Goals for the Attendance Plan

1. A school's response for this section should be in SMART format for improving attendance for each category reported in the data tables.
• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Realistic/Rewarding
• Timely
2. Address early grades at your school level (K & 1, 6th Grade, 9th Grade). Analyze school-wide data to determine needs at grade levels and times of year when challenges occur more often.

School attendance data are provided reporting percent of students with satisfactory attendance, at-risk attendance, chronic absenteeism, and severe chronic absenteeism. The two-year trend allows for comparison of attendance over time and an indication of how strategies implemented to improve attendance are working.

The first attendance goal is to decrease chronic & severe chronic absentessim by 1% for the 2018-2019 school year from 30.37% to 29.37%.  The second attendnace goal to increase satifcatory attendance by 3% from 37.43%  to 40.43%.  

Tier 1 Strategies for Attendance

Tier 1 Strategies for Attendance - Address all five core ingredients. Tier 1 is aimed at 100% of students, parents, school staff, and community stakeholders. This is where you cast a wide net. Strategies are general to reach the largest audiences and include all employees and stakeholders.

Tiered plans will include strategies and interventions for the 5 core ingredients.

• Monitor Data
• Engage Students and Families
• Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
• Provide Personalized Outreach
• Remove Barriers

Monitor Data
The administrator responsible for school attendance will ensure that all teachers have completed the Brainshark training for taking classroom attendance at the high school level (9-12). The administrator should maintain a record of teachers that have completed the training. Administration will weekly monitor attendance taking. 

Engage Students and Families
School staff will be encouraged to reach out to parents by phone or email to remind parents about the importance of attendance in the early grades.
Administration will provide monthly updates at SAC regarding Average Daily Attendance and the Chronic Absenteeism categories, celebrating the students that are attending 95% or more
School Twitter account will follow and re-Tweet relevant messages about attendance for our stakeholders. Messages on the school website will be positive and supportive.
Notify Parents of Student Attendance

Recognize Good and Improved Attendance 
The administrator responsible for attendance will ensure that students have opportunities to participate in District-wide Attendance recognition events (certificates, Miami Heat games, Florida Panthers, Miami Marlins, etc.). School-based attendance recognition events will occur throughout the school year. 

Provide Personalized Outreach
Attendance will be included on all student report cards.
Integrate information about chronic absence into parent programs and communications throughout the school year. 

Remove Barriers
This school provides free breakfast for all students, every school day.
A bike rack enclosed in a lock gate is available for students that arrive by bicycle. The rack is locked after school begins and is unlocked and monitored by staff after school.
 

Tier 2 Strategies and Interventions to Improve Attendance

Tier 2 Strategies and Interventions to Improve Attendance - Address all five core ingredients. Tier 2 identifies students using early warning indicators to make connections with students and families at the onset of the school year or emergence of patterns of non-attendance. Early warning indicators include prior year chronic absenteeism, 3 or more absences in the first 4 weeks of enrollment, more than 10% of school days absent in any time period from the beginning of enrollment.

- Tier 2 represents between 10-20% of students at all schools in Broward County. This is true at individual schools and across the District.

- Chronic Absenteeism: Absent for 10% or more school days. These absences include excused, unexcused, and suspensions as days of instruction missed.

Tiered plans will include strategies and interventions for the 5 core ingredients.

• Monitor Data
• Engage Students and Families
• Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
• Provide Personalized Outreach
• Remove Barriers

Monitor Data
Montlly the leadership team will review the non-attendance report from Opti-Spool during leadership meetings.
Bimonthly, using BASIS, the leadership team will identify students that have enough absences to be considered chronically absent.
School Counselors, will monitor attendance with the leadership team to help identify students that may have a need for more wrap-around services.

Engage Students and Families
School Staff, will reach out by phone to speak with parents of chronically absent students to identify if any support is needed for the family.
If needed, parents and student will work with the School Counselor or School Social Worker to develop a personalized “Student Success Plan for Attendance” to make sure the child doesn’t miss too many days and get back on track with good attendance. There is a correlation between good attendance and good academic performance

Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
We will work with students and families to set attendance goals and time frames that are attainable to help improve attendance for at-risk or chronically absent students

Provide Personalized Outreach
Parent-Teacher Conferences with support staff will be scheduled to discuss absences and challenges to identify the barriers we may be able to assist with.

Remove Barriers
Involve public agencies, community partners, and resources as needed to address barriers identified through parent conferences, communications with family, or other sources.
Involve the school nurse when necessary to follow-up on medically related absences and train staff to recognize signs of illness.

Tier 3 Interventions

Tier 3 Interventions - Address all five core ingredients. Tier 3 is the highest level of intervention and support for students that are absent 20% or more school days during the year.

- At most schools, Tier 3 interventions are utilized for about 5% (or less) of the student population.

Tiered plans will include strategies and interventions for the 5 core ingredients.

• Monitor Data
• Engage Students and Families
• Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
• Provide Personalized Outreach
• Remove Barriers

Monitor Data
Identify students with a history of severe chronic absenteeism (missing more than 20% of a school year).
Leadership team will monitor the non-attendance report from OptiSpool, data from BASIS to identify students that are missing too many school days.

Engage Students and Families
Refer students to appropriate service agencies (social services, human resources, counseling, housing, the HEART team for homeless education, or health services). When appropriate, a truancy petition Share data with appropriate agencies and ensure that agencies are using chronic absence as an indicator for assisting families.

Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
For the students at Tier 3, appropriate positive reinforcements will be included in their “Attendance Success Plan” to support continued improved attendance. This plan will be developed with the parents, School Counselor, and School Social Worker. Plans and goals will be shared with the child’s teachers. 

Provide Personalized Outreach
Consult with the School Social Worker as a resource for helping families with attendance problems

Remove Barriers
Connect students with chronic physical and mental health issues to medical providers.