August Strategies and Activities Where Attendance Improvement Begins
Jan 02, 2016
The First Ten Days…Of the Attendance Improvement Program
Organize, Prioritize, Familiarize.
Communication, Collaboration, Concentration.
Teaching Attendance.
Prevention and Intervention.
Set-Up
Essentials
GOAL 3
GOAL 1
GOAL 2
Attendance and Dropout Prevention Plan.
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There are just four essential ingredients:Choose a career you love, give it the best there
is in you, seize your opportunities and be amember of the team.
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ESSENTIALS
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• To remain relevant, you must
communicate consistently and
intently. Plan to disseminate
some form of communication
to at least one stakeholder
group weekly.
• Be creative and utilize various
types of communication (social
media, banners/posters,
newspapers, radio, webinars,
etc.) to reach your audience.
• Form partnerships with community agencies, SLC’s, and parent organizations.
• Join in other school initiatives to create attendance awareness.
• Create opportunities to bring all stakeholder groups together.
• Focus on data and tailor
incentives, preventions and
interventions to meet the
needs of your target audience.
• Do everything with the
Attendance Improvement
Program and target grade-
level in mind.
• Plan activities to meet the
needs of the masses—MACRO
versus micro.
Three Tools to Use Communication Collaboration Concentration
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• Task 1~ Locate the ADP and review it thoroughly. Highlight information that is unclear and record any questions you may have.
• Task 2~ Identify the ADP team members or recruit team members.
• Task 3~ Schedule a meeting date. During the scheduled meeting be prepared to discuss the following:
• Roles, responsibilities and road map for attendance improvement.
• Attendance data and trends from the prior year.
• AIP expectations and goals.
Attendance and Dropout Prevention Plan
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• Display attendance expectations in all common areas (cafeteria, classrooms, hallways, restrooms).
• Facilitate an attendance promotion where students/staff submit a poem, song or rap and have the winning person recite over the PA system.
• Distribute Attendance Improvement Program brochures to parents, staff and community businesses.
• Plan a small group meeting with parents (Coffee w/AIC, Doughnuts for Dads, etc.) and explain the attendance expectations.
• Design a bulletin board to display August attendance data. Be sure to highlight students in the advanced and proficient attendance bands.
• Give grade level teachers a copy of the list of advanced and proficient students. If possible, provide teachers with an accounting of their class attendance rate for the month of August.
• Provide students with attendance notifications informing him/her of the attendance band they are currently in. Send a copy of the notification to parents.
GOAL TWOTeaching Attendance
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• Seek in-kind donations from businesses in the community.
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• Create a list of community referrals.• Include mental and medical clinics, childcare facilities, employment resources, etc.
GOAL THREEPrevention and Intervention
• Invite community-based organizations to attend parent meetings or school resource fairs.
• Include family source centers, neighborhood council members, after school and extra-curricular programs, etc.
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