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Schoolwide Attendance Plan

School Name

Wingate Oaks K-12 (0991)

School Year

2018 - 2019

 


 

Data for 2017 - 2018 (Last year)

 

Population

Chronic Absenteeism
(10% or More Days)

Excessive Absences
(21 Days or More)

Grade Level

Total Number

Number

%

Number

%

 

Purpose of Plan

  1. Describe where the school is currently, using quantitative data. Include other data if needed, cite the source of the data, (e.g. Data Warehouse)

  2. Describe where the school wants to be (use precise data points), be specific and simply state what you plan to do, using the SMART guidelines in writing your goal statement.

 

Strategies To Be Implemented

Describe each strategy and include benchmarks/data points per quarter.

2: Goals for the Attendance Plan

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.

Attendance CategoryPercent of days missedLevels of strategies and Interventions
Satisfactory Attendance0 - 4.99Tier 1
At-Risk Attendance5.0 - 9.99Tier 1 and 2
Chronic Absenteeism10.0 - 19.99Tier 1, 2, and 3
Severe Chronic Absenteeism20.0% or higherTier 1, 2, and 3

Given data from the 2017-2018 school year, students were tardy 13.7% of school days in Quarter 1. Given data from the 2018-2019 school year, students were tardy 2.7% of school days in Quarter 1.  Wingate Oaks staff will implement strategies identified below to support and maintain a satisfactory attendance level during the second semester of the 2018-2019 school year which is less than 3% of total school days tardy in a quarter as measured by District data.

 

 

2: Tier 1 Strategies for Attendance

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

Wingate Oaks Center only serves students with significant cognitive disabilities, most of whom have multiple handicaps and multiple health concerns; for compulsary attendance requirements. Wingate Oaks Center also serves a special needs preschool population, who do not fall under the state statutes for compulsary attendance requirements, but we do work with families to establish positive attendance patterns. The purpose of our attendance plan is to strengthen the home/school connection, to better enable our students to attend school and engage in the learning process.  Administration monitors attendance on a daily basis.  Parents of students who are absent without prior knowledge of the classroom teacher are contacted immediately to ascertain the reason for the absence.  When a family cannot be contacted, the School Social Worker is notified to continue the effort to contact a family.  Our students have a higher rate of absence due to frequent doctor visits, hospitalizations, transportation issues, equipment issues, etc.  Patterns of excessive early sign out are analyzed and families are contacted, as needed.  Teachers, the social worker, and administration are utilized to make contacts and assist families.
 

 

 

2: Tier 2 Strategies and Interventions to Improve Attendance

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

Families are contacted by our school nurse or instructional staff to maintain the home/school connection during extended school absences, including those which occur as a result of hospitalization.  Additionally,C Patterns of tardiness are analyzed and families are contacted, as needed.  Teachers, the social worker, and administration are utilized to make contacts and assist families.  The School Social Worker is notified to make home visits as needed, and school staff often is able to access support systems so students may return to school.  Our students have a higher rate of absence due to frequent doctor visits, hospitalizations, transportation issues, equipment issues, etc.

 

 

2: Tier 3 Interventions

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

Administration monitors attendance on a daily basis.  Reasons for non-attendance at school may include behavioral issues, medical concerns, and family issues.  Chronic absenteeism is typically due to these issues.   The School Social Worker is notified to make home visits as needed, and school staff often is able to access support systems so students may return to school.