A clerk is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world. In some communities, including most in the United States, the position is elected, but in many others, the clerk is appointed to their post. It is an official responsible (as to a court) for correspondence, records and accounts and having specified powers or authority or it can be a person employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work. What does a clerk do in government? They answer telephones, direct calls and take messages; review files, records and other documents to obtain information to respond to requests; open, sort and route incoming mail, answer correspondence and prepare outgoing mail. A school clerk is responsible for performing a number of administrative duties at an elementary, middle or high school. As a school clerk, you often function as the attendance secretary and have job duties related to monitoring, tracking and reporting on daily student attendance.

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