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.

In the 2017-2018 school year, Nova Eisenhower had 68.3% overall satisfactory attendance, which is higher than the district average of 59.8%. Our goal is to increase our overall satisfactory attendance by 5%.
In the 2017-2018 school year, Nova Eisenhower had an increase in chronic absenteeism from the 2016-2017 school year, where the average went from 5.1% to 7.7%. Our goal is to decrease chronic abssenteeism to 4% for the 2018-2019 school year.
The satisfactory attendance data from the 1st semester to the 2nd semester, went down 11%. Our goal is to maintain the 71% for satisfactory attendance.

According to our attendance data from 2017-2018  there are a few areas of concern, as well as improvements;
Kindergarten - Chronic absences went up; At Risk students went down.
First - Satisfactory absences went down; At risk absences went up.
Second - Satisfactory absences went up; At risk & Chronic absences went down.
Third - Satisfactory absences went up; At risk & Chronic absences went up as well.
Fourth - Satisfactory absences went up; At risk absences went up; Chronic absences went down to 0.
Fifth - Satisfactory absences went up; At risk absences went up; Chronic absences stayed the same.
Overall, the satisfactory absences went up, but the at risk student absences went up as well. 
 

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
-Review attendance quarterly
-Attendance manager will look for patterns of attendance

Engage Students and Parents
-Teachers will discuss the importance of daily attendance during class
-Promote attendance through the school's website
-Offer before and aftercare programs
-Provide enrichment activities such as field trips and dances
-Greet students and families in the morning drop off
-Keep the school clean and free of heath hazards

Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
-Provide student recognition for good and improved attendance during assemblies
-Provide parent recognition during special assemblies

Provide Personalized Early Outreach
-Teachers will call home to check up on patterns of attendance, both positive and negative
-Include attendance on report cards and interim reports
-Kindergarten transition program

Remove Barriers to Attendance
-School breakfast (and lunch) programs
-Health interventions (lice, dental, eye, etc)
-School uniform exchange

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
-Administration and the IMT will review attendance data every week for students that are chronically absent and the CPST team will take note off attendance patterns for students that are in RtI and recieving addtional supports and interventions during weekly meetings.
-Look for qualitative data to assess the underlying cause of absences
-Evaluate whether persistent absences require a Tier 3 response

Engage Students and Parents
-Administration and the IMT will call home to alert the family of attendance concerns and explore what help might be needed
-Provide the parents with easy to understand information/assistance on social services or community resources
-Explain to parents the legal consequences of extreme chronic absence
-Identify and provide for family needs such as clothing assistance, food pantry, and literacy programs
-Maintain contact with parents to ensure they are receiving support

Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
-Administration and Support Staff will work with students and families to set attendance goals and time frames
-Engage students in tracking their own attendance
-Recognize good and improved attendance weekly

Provide Personalized Early Outreach
-Teachers will schedule conferences to discuss absences and will include administration as necessary.
-Refer families to appropriate services (social, human, housing, and health)
-Provide transportation alternatives
-Administration and Support Staff will work with families to develop strategies for improved attendance

​Remove Barriers to Attendance
-Administration and Support Staff will identify barriers to attendance such as health, transportation, or housing
-Involve public agencies and community partners as needed
-Involve the school nurse with follow-up on medical related absences
-Provide families with information on resources that can help overcome barriers
-Connect families with school based resources that can support good attendance

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 that have a history of missing 20% or more of school
-Review attendance daily and ensure that Tier 3 students are in school every day, follow up when they are absent.

Engage Students and Parents
-Determine if agencies need to be involved
-Set up a meeting between families and agencies if necessary
-Share data with appropriate agencies when chronic absences are an indicator
-Work with families to avoid legal consequences
-Determine if the Courts have access to additional programs that would assist the family

Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
-Incorporate appropriate positive reinforcements into plans for supporting improved attendance

Provide Personalized Early Outreach
-Ensure continues positive and regular contact with the family
-Check in on agreements at appropriate intervals
-Follow through on commitments of support to the family
-When the student misses school ensure assigned personnel is following up on each absence

​Remove Barriers to Attendance
-Implement agreed upon family intervention plan. Monitor for progress
-Connect students with chronic physical and mental health issues to medical providers