Thank you to Natalie Brooks (top), Jen Vogel(bottom left), and Melanie Rodriguez(bottom right) for their work with TCPS students and families!
What is a Pupil Personnel Worker?
Pupil personnel workers are specialists trained to assess student needs, serve as student advocates, and act as a motivating force to remove student achievement barriers.
The Pupil Personnel Worker serves primarily as an advocate for all students and as a consultant to school staff and parents/guardians on various issues such as attendance, discipline, counseling, residency, homelessness, and crisis support for schools. To forge home, school, and community partnerships, the Pupil Personnel Worker serves as a liaison between various departments within local school systems and a referral source to outside agencies and community resources. Pupil Personnel Workers are responsible for:
- Counseling/conferencing with individuals and groups
- Conducting home visits to promote family involvement
- Responding to emergency welfare situations for students and families
- Collaborating with the classroom teacher to facilitate the adjustment of students
- Providing crisis support for schools
- Interpreting school policies, local school system Board of Education policies and procedures for students and families
- Coordinating home and hospital teaching
- Monitoring/supervising homeschooling cases
- Investigating out-of-county and out-of-district residency requests
- Petitioning cases to the court for violations of the Maryland Compulsory Attendance Law
- Arranging and facilitating intake conferences for students returning from DJS facilities
- Providing case management for suspended and expelled students
- Providing homeless liaison services to students, parents, and all schools
