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Home and School Visitor

As an integral component of the State College Area School District's Student Service Department, the Home/School Visitor is involved with a variety of activities, involving all grade levels. The Home/School Visitor is particularly concerned with: absenteeism and the development of a plan to establish and maintain regular school attendance; serving as a liaison between parents and school personnel to create a home-school partnership.


Home/School Liaison

  • Acts as a connection between parents and school personnel, so that a home-school partnership is created
  • Participates in meetings with school staff, community agencies, parents and students
  • Outreach to parents; referral to appropriate school and community resources
  • Collaborates with District Social Worker
Truancy and Attendance Intervention
  •     Assessment of truancy 
  •     Help facilitate a School Attendance Improvement Plan (SAIP)
  •     Facilitate services of outside agencies
  •     Facilitate school meetings and provision of school resources
  •     Court Liaison - file 2nd Truancy Offenses in court & attend Truancy Hearings
  •     Report chronic truancy to Children & Youth Services
  •     Refer students who dropout of school to GED program (in collaboration with school counselors)
  •     Attend Truancy Meetings - to establish SAIP, discuss school's attendance rules, discuss court process and court consequences for truancy

  School Meetings

  • Attend SAP (Student Assistance Program) meetings at Middle Schools
  • Attend MTSS meetings district wide
  • Attend IST (Instructional Support Team) meetings as needed
  • Attend IEP (Individualized Education Program) meetings as needed
  • Attend other school meetings as needed

Resident/non-resident investigations

 
District and Community Committees

Cindy Sergeon-Smith, Home School Visitor