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Schoolwide Attendance Plan

School Name

McFatter Technical College and High School (1291)

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

Goal 1: In the 2017/2018, the grade level with the most students with chronic absences was 12th grade with 97 total students (62 chronic absences and 35 severe chronic absences).  In 12th grade, our goal is to reduce the number of students with chronic absenteeism by 5 students (an approximate 5% reduction) for the 2018/2019 school year.
Goal 2: Overall chronic absence in 2017/2018 was 25.15% (10.27% chronic absence and 14.88% severe chronic).  Our goal is to reduce overall chronic absence by 5% in all grade levels (about 8 students).
Goal 3: In the 2017/2018, 9th grade had the highest level of students with satisfactory attendance with 75% of students attending 95% or more school days.  The goal for satisfactory attendance is to increase the percentage of students attending 95% or more in every grade level by a 1% average amongst all grades for the 2018-2018 school year.
 

 

 

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

Tier 1 Strategies for Attendance – Address all five core ingredients.

A. Monitor Data

  • The administrator responsible for school attendance will ensure that all teachers watch the Brainshark training for taking classroom attendance at the high school level (9-12). 
  • Monitoring attendance-taking procedures will take place weekly by attendance clerk and as requested by administration
  • Quarterly, School counselors will monitor BASIS and Data Warehouse to set goals for students in school-wide recognitions.

B. 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 to be successful in an “AP for All Learning Environment”
  • Administration will provide monthly updates via the school’s weekly newsletter to update the community on our overall Average Daily Attendance as well as celebrate success for students that are attending 95% or more.
  • The Attendance phone line will be checked and cleared daily by the attendance clerk.
  • School Twitter account will follow and re-Tweet relevant messages about attendance for our stakeholders.

C. Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
  • The administrator responsible for attendance will ensure that students have opportunities to participate in District-wide Attendance events (certificates, Miami Heat games, Florida Panthers, etc.)
  • School-based attendance recognition events will occur throughout the school year.  These will include yearly attendance certificates and special recognition at the Honor Roll assemblies.

D. Provide Personalized Outreach
  • During Parent Seminar meetings, we will integrate information about attendance and the positive impact it can have on their child’s successful in an “AP for ALL Learning Environment”
  • Attendance will be included on all student report cards.

E. Remove Barriers 
  • The school provides free breakfast, for all students, every school day.
  • The Magnet Coordinator and Guidance team will host Parent Seminars throughout the school year to inform parents about services and other resources provided by the District.

 

 

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

Tier 2 Strategies and Interventions to Improve Attendance

A. Monitor Data

  • School Counselors, will monitor attendance with the leadership team to help identify students that may have a need for more wrap-around services.
  • Teachers will monitor attendance using FOCUS and BASIS and consult with the appropriate guidance staff for help in redirecting absenteeism behavior.
  • Bi-weekly, using BASIS, the leadership team will identify students that have enough absences to be considered chronically absent
B. Engage Students and Families
  • School Counselors, as part of the leadership team and support, will reach out by phone to speak with parents of chronically absent students to identify if any support is needed for the family.
  • As needed, parents and student will work with Administration, School Counselor or Social Worker to develop a personalized “Student Success Plan for Attendance”
  • Guidance Counselors and support staff will identify families in need and connect them with appropriate outside agency.

C. Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
  • Bi-weekly, the guidance counselor will work with families to monitor, support and improve attendance for at-risk or chronically absent students.
  • Recognize students, routinely, that have improved attendance over time
D. Provide Personalized Outreach
  • Implement our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Program with all students and parents at our Discovery Fest as well as Parent Seminars
  • Employ Parent-Teacher Conferences with support staff to discuss absences and challenges that are impacting the students overall attendance at school
E. Remove Barriers
  • Connect Families with School Social Worker to provide insight as to the role of a School Social Worker, establish a relationship, and provide clinical support and services.
  • Ensure select Teachers, Guidance Counselor and support staff attend the Youth Health First Aid Training

 

 

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

Tier 3 Interventions

A. Monitor Data

  • Identify students with a history of severe chronic absenteeism (missing more than 20% of a school year).
  • Attendance data is one of the main metrics brought to discuss for Collaborative Problem-Solving Team (CPST) and Response-to-Invention (RtI). Attendance data may help uncover bigger issues the student or family or experiencing.

B. Engage Students and Families
  • Refer students to the appropriate service agencies (social services, human resources, counseling, housing, the HEART team for homeless education, or health services.
  • Utilize best practices from schools within the District that have been able to decrease chronic absences and increase satisfactory attendance.
  • Work with the students and parents that have been flagged by the Division of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to resolve suspended licenses with a plan to meet attendance goals and restore driver’s licenses or permits.

C. Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
  • For students at a Tier 3, appropriate positive reinforcements will be included in their “Attendance Success Plans” and communicate with parents at regular intervals for continued guidance and support.
  • Explore potential incentives by working with PTSA and other parent groups

D. Provide Personalized Outreach
  • Ensure continued positive and regular contact with family
  • Consult with the School Social Worker as a resource for helping families with attendance problems.
  • Monitor all “Attendance Success Plans” and communicate with parents at regular intervals.

E. Remove Barriers
  • Implement agreed upon family intervention plan. Monitor for progress.
  • Connect students with chronic physical and mental health issues to medical providers
  • For cases of suspected abuse, neglect or endangerment, contact the appropriate agencies to report.