Targeting Audience

EG Ross Elementary

Helen Cordero Primary School

Systematic efforts to Improve Attendance

Who Participates in Attendance Team Meetings

● Principal● Assistant Principal● School Counselors● School Nurse● Family Programs Coordinator● SAT Chair● Strategic PD Support● District Support

Why these people?

Each has a connection to students that are chronically absent.

● Principal- Parents- Health and Wellness Team- Big Picture● Assistant Principal- Students/ Teachers/ Social Emotional Learning/Discipline● School Counselors- Participate in Health and Wellness Team, Classroom Counseling, Small group

counseling, Attendance Referral● School Nurse- Connection to Health Concerns- Parents● Family Programs Coordinator- Connection with Parents- Bilingual Support● SAT Chair- Connection with teachers/ students/ parents- academic and behavior● Instructional Coach- Connection with students/teachers/testing● District Support- Connection with Attendance Team- Other schools- district resources

Nurse

● Acute sickness

-Help parents/guardians understand guidelines and policies, identify resources

● Chronic medical conditions

-Medications/treatments at school

-Appointment times (All day vs a few hours)

● Long term absences

-hospital, transitioning them back to school

Counselors

● Teachers have initial contact with parent, the refers to counselors● Teachers refer to Health and Wellness- Attendance issues surface● Follow up individually with students● Refer to community resources ● Students share when they are having issues at school, teasing, struggles in class, friendship groups● See the connections between the problems● Reduce barriers

SAT Chair- Strategic PD Coach

● SAT- meetings with parents/teachers on SAT meetings● Follow up meetings-ongoing● Sees the impact on academics when school attendance isn’t consistent● SATs can’t be submitted- opportunity to learn● Social Emotional impact of struggling in academics- self-esteem● Testing- not here for deadlines, can’t get important data on the student

Family Programs Coordinator

● Build relationship first● Meet basic needs for food, clothing, shelter.● Title I Homeless- Secretary is the front line● Supports for extended families, grandparents/guardians● New to the educational system- things have changed● They are overwhelmed● What is the root problem?

District Resource

● Extension of the school community● Bring in new strategies to share● Data● Coaching● Touching all the students

Admin

● Coordinate scheduling of meetings-● Keep focus on students and families- What are the underlying issues?● Attend Health and Wellness● Develop forms/ tech to coordinate actions, record results, lead analysis, next steps● Professional connections for staff- many minds together ● Build schoolwide systems- lunch duty- AttenDANCE

Benefits- Frequent check ins- moving target- current information

share the work

Family Focused Questions to Improve Student Attendance

Tier I Strategy:Using Family Focused Questions

at Attendance Team Meetings

How does this goal impact families?

What support do we need from families to make this goal

successful?

How will we communicate this goal to families?

Tier II Strategy:Goal Focused Questions with

Families

How does this goal impact you?

What support do you need to make this goal successful?

How will we communicate with each other?

Thank You!