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.

By the end of the 2018-2019 school year we want the chronic absenteeism to decline from 13% of our students to 9% or less. 

By the end of the 2018-2019 school year we want the number of students with severe absenteeism to decline from 3% to 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

-Robot call when students are absent
-Easy parent access to Attendance Line
-Attendance policy distributed to all students during the beginning of the year
-Teachers are trained to take accurate attendance and in a timely manner. 
-Reward students for excellent attendance 
-Teachers have attendance policy in class for make-up work 

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

-Teachers call home when a pattern of absenteeism is noticed to check on the student
-Student is referred to the grade-level counselor
-Counselors conference with students/parents to discuss problem-solving techniques for the improvement of attendance
-Social worker is contacted and contacts families
-Provide parents with community resources and support 
-Create and utilize an attendance contract
-Utilize DHH Family Counselor for DHH students

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

-Social Worker involved at a higher level; possible legal action (State Attorney address specific problems)
-Educate parents on alternative educational opportunities (virtual school, hospital homebound, etc.)
-Create and utilize an attendance contract
-Home visits from the Social Worker 
-Utilize DHH Family Counselor if the student is DHH