Clerk - Front Office (SY25-26)

DISTRICT OVERVIEW

Holyoke Public Schools is a PreK-12 public school district serving nearly 4,800 students, of whom 80 percent are Latino/Latina, in 11 schools. We employ nearly 1,300 people who together educate and support a richly diverse community of learners. We are committed to recruiting and retaining top-quality educators who believe all children can and will learn and who strive daily to make school a joyful place of discovery, support, and belonging.

Holyoke Public Schools' strategic plan, "Moving Forward Together," builds on the strengths of our past while serving as a call to action to accelerate student learning by thinking differently about how we teach, how we work together, and how we support students' well-being.

Many successes contributed to Holyoke's return to local governance after 10 years in state receivership. These include:

• The highest graduation rate on record of 77.1 percent, an increase of more than 15-points over 10 years
• Meaningful, applied learning opportunities for high school students, including theme-based academies, career vocational technical education programming, work-based learning, and advanced coursework
• A comprehensive approach to early literacy that includes strong core instruction and one-on-one tutoring, contributing to more students reading at grade level
• A thriving dual language English/Spanish program, where nearly 900 students are on their path to becoming bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural
• More than one-third of Holyoke teachers identify as people of color, a 19-point increase over 10 years. Many partnership programs support staff to earn licensure or additional certification.

Please visit the Holyoke Public Schools website to learn more about us, our recent accomplishments, and our commitment to equity.

• PERSPECTIVA GENERAL DEL DISTRITO

Las Escuelas Publicas de Holyoke son un distrito escolar publico que cuenta con 11 escuelas de prekinder a 12. grado y acoge a casi 4 800 estudiantes, de los cuales el 80 % se identifica como latino o latina. Empleamos a casi 1 300 personas que, en conjunto, educan y apoyan a una comunidad de estudiantes altamente diversa. Estamos comprometidos a contratar y retener educadores de alta calidad que creen firmemente que todos los ninos pueden aprender y aprenderan, y que se esfuerzan diariamente por hacer de la escuela un lugar alegre de descubrimiento, apoyo y pertenencia.

El plan estrategico de las Escuelas Publicas de Holyoke , "Avanzando Juntos", se basa en nuestras fortalezas previas y, al mismo tiempo, sirve como un llamado a la accion para acelerar el aprendizaje estudiantil a traves de una nueva perspectiva sobre como ensenamos, como trabajamos en colaboracion y como apoyamos el bienestar de los estudiantes.

Existen numerosos logros que permitieron a Holyoke recuperar el control local despues de 10 anos de administracion judicial. Entre estos logros se encuentran:

• La tasa de graduacion mas alta registrada, del 77.1 %, lo que representa un aumento de mas de 15 puntos porcentuales en 10 anos
• Oportunidades significativas de aprendizaje practico para estudiantes de secundaria, que incluyen academias tematicas, programas de educacion tecnica y vocacional, aprendizaje basado en el trabajo y cursos avanzados
• Un enfoque integral de la alfabetizacion temprana que combina una solida instruccion basica con tutorias individuales, lo cual ha contribuido a que mas estudiantes lean a nivel de grado
• Un prospero programa bilingue de ingles/espanol, en el que casi 900 estudiantes avanzan hacia el bilinguismo, la biliteracidad, y la biculturalidad.
• Mas de un tercio de los maestros de Holyoke se identifican como personas de etnicidad diversa, lo que representa un aumento de 19 puntos porcentuales en 10 anos. Diversas colaboraciones con programas que han contribuido a que miembros del personal obtengan sus certificaciones o credenciales adicionales.

Visite el sitio web de las Escuelas Publicas de Holyoke para obtener mas informacion sobre nuestra comunidad, nuestros logros recientes y nuestro compromiso con la equidad.

JOB DUTIES:

1. Maintains a regular filing system

2. Screens phone calls; answers inquiries of a routing nature for parents or other callers

3. Places and receives telephone calls, and records messages

4. Maintains a schedule of appointments and makes arrangements for conferences and interviews

5. Welcomes visitors and arranges for their comfort and screens unexpected callers in accordance with a predetermined policy

6. Obtains, gathers, and organizes pertinent data as needed and puts it into usable form and maintains this data as required

7. Types and files correspondence, notices as well as reports, memoranda, and other documents

8. Answers general public inquiries

9. Performs other related duties as needed

QUALIFICATIONS:

High School Diploma or GED Certificate Excellent general office skills Type a minimum of 40 words per minute Documented, successful (3) years secretarial Good communication skills Knowledge of computers and word processing Bilingual encouraged to apply

SALARY:

According to Contract