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 Quest Center is located in Hollywood, Fl. The Quest Center provides intensive supportive education to ESE students. According to data presented, 23% of students are absent more than 10% of school days. Total enrollment K-12 is 118 students. It is our goal to encourage students and parents to attend school on time every day. Through the use of positive reinforcement we expect to decrease our absenteeism by 1%.

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-Attendance will be taken daily and recorded in the school's database as to excused and unexcused. Due to The Quest Center being the most restrictive environment data is collected daily to ensure learning gains.
• Engage Students and Families-Teachers or school staff will contact the parents/guardian after 3 absences. The school will utilize Parent Link to communicate absences to parents. After 3 days of unexcused absences, parents will be contacted. 
• Recognize Good and Improved Attendance-Students will receive a Perfect Attendance Certificate.
• Provide Personalized Outreach-Teachers and school staff will contact the parents/guardian of the absentee student individually after 3 consequtive absences. 
• Remove Barriers-Collaborate with parents in an ongoing bases to accommodate our students special needs.

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-When schools have noted a pattern of non-attendance (3 days), teacher will contact parent to offer assistance.
• Engage Students and Families-After 5 days absent, parents may be required to attend a meeting at the school. School staff, adminstrator, counselor, CPST, School Social Worker will meet with parent to discuss strategies for improving student's attendance.
• Recognize Good and Improved Attendance-Students will receive an Improved Attendance Certificate and personal choice reinforcer (primary).
• Provide Personalized Outreach-Call parents to provide supplemental curricular experience for a shorter period of day 
• Remove Barriers-Provide information for transportation options, OT/PT reaches out if attendance is due to wheelchair concerns, Nurses can call regaurding medical concerns.

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-The teacher and attendace clerk will notify parents on the fourth unexcused absence on bi-weeky basis. 
• Engage Students and Families-Assistance will be provided to student/family as needed to encourage student attendance. 
• Recognize Good and Improved Attendance-In class individual weekly reward system that have made attendance improvments 
• Provide Personalized Outreach-Support staff and teachers will contact parents/guardians/group home to clarify if chronic absenteeism is due to medical, behavior or hardship concerns.
• Remove Barriers-The school will contact the assigned school social worker in regards to students with chronic absenteeism to consult with the family to determine underlying causes for missing school.