2024-2025 Elementary Clerk (PK Center at Johnson)

Oklahoma City Public Schools - Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time - Entry Level

Oklahoma City, OK

Educational Services

About the position

The Elementary Clerk at Oklahoma City Public Schools is responsible for performing clerical work related to the administration of the school. This role involves a variety of tasks including filing, recording, and retrieving information, as well as providing support to the school administration and interacting with students, parents, and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical support to the school administration.
• Issue admittance slips to students who are late for class.
• Take calls from parents regarding student absences.
• Take telephone messages for teachers and students.
• Greet parents and visitors in the school office.
• Prepare and type daily absentee bulletins, suspension lists, and unexcused absence lists.
• Check students in and out of school for absences during the school day.
• Prepare office call slips and send them to classrooms for students needed in the office.
• Type out the DO NOT ADMIT list at the end of the day and provide it to teachers.
• Contact parents of students with unexcused absences.
• Operate the switchboard or communication system as needed.
• File student class schedules.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associates degree or higher, or completed at least two years (48 credit hours) of study at an institution of higher education.
• Passed the OGET or the ETS Parapro Assessment (with a score of 455 or better) or the WorkKeys Assessment (with a score of 4 or better on all three parts).
• Good knowledge of office terminology, procedures, and equipment.
• Working knowledge of computer software applications to produce various formats, such as correspondence and reports.
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, and school personnel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to use computer applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, email, and database software (Microsoft Office Suite).
• Accuracy, discretion, tact, courtesy, good judgment, and reliability.