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.

GOAL 1: In the 2017-2018 school year, the grade level with the most chronic absences was __6th____ grade, with ___12___ total students ( ___9__ chronic and ____3__ severely chronic). In the 2018-2019 school year, our goal is to reduce the number of students being chronic absentees by __6_____.

GOAL 2:  In the 2017-2018 school year, the total number of 7th grade students absent was  ____11__   ( ___9__ chronic and ___2___ severely chronic). In the 2018-2019 school year, our goal is to reduce the number of 7th grade students being chronic absentees by ___5____.

GOAL 3: In the 2017-2018 school year, the total number of 6th grade students absent was  ___12___   ( ____9_) chronic and _____3_ severely chronic). In the 2018-2019 school year, our goal is to reduce the number of 6th grade students being chronic absentees by _____6__.

GOAL 4: Satisfactory attendance ranges between __90_____% and ___95____%. Within three years, our goal is to have all grade levels at __95___% or higher for students attending ___95_% or more school days. At the end of this year, each grade level should increase by at least 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

• All staff will complete the Brainshark training on how to take classroom attendance at the middle level. The administrator responsible for school attendance will maintain a record to ensure that all teachers have completed this training.
• The school guidance team will monitor BASIS and Data Warehouse to identify students who may require Tier 2 interventions.
• The IMT will provide a report for current year attendance to the administrative team to monitor improvement and create attendance initiatives.

• Front Office staff will meet monthly to discuss effective customer service.
• The Principal will provide monthly attendance updates at Faculty, PTSA, and SAC Meetings.
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• Attendace phone line will be checked and cleared daily by the Attendance Secretary.
• The school's social media accounts will be utilized to post relevant attendance messages.
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• Students who attend 95% or more days will be recognized throughout the year and given rewards (ice cream social, PRIDE points, certificates).
• Students will have opportunities to participate in District-wide attendance recognition events (certificates, Miami Heat/Florida Panthers/ Miami Dolphins games)

• Our school will hold an informational meeting for incoming 6th graders where the importance of regular attendance will be discussed.
• Attendance will be included on all Report Cards.
• Information about chronic absenteeism will be included in our Family Night activities.

• All students at our school receive a free breakfast every day.
• Our school has a bike rack that is enclosed and remains locked during the school day, unlocked after school, and monitored by security personnel.
• During Family Nights, parents will be informed about services, programs, and District policies regarding 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

Monitor Data:

• The leadership team wil review the abstences from Opti-Spool during weekly leadership meetings. At risks students will be identified and teachers will be notified
• Using BASIS, the leadership team will identify students who are considered to be chronically absent.
• Teachers will monitor attendence using pinnacle using BASIS and engage support staff for help with redirecting the absentees.
• School guidence counslers will monitor attendence and work with the leadership team to identify students who may need more services.

• Guidence counslers will reach out by phone to parents of chronically absent students in order to identify needs for support for the family.
• Parents and students will work with guidence and the school worker to develop a personalized attendence plan.
• School staff will help identify any family needs and direct the family to services ( food pantry, clothing assistance, literacy programs, transportation)

• Guidence counselors will work with students and families to set attendence goals and time frames that are attainable to help improve the attendence of at risk or chronically absent students.
• These students will be frequently recongnized for good and improved attendence.

• Teachers will serve as "buddies" to partner with at-risk students by forming relationships that encourage better attendence.
• Parent-teacher confrences will be scheduled with guidence counselors to discuss abstences and challeneges, and identify barriers they maybe able to assist with.

• Families will be connected with the school social worker to establish a relationship, and provide clincal support and services.
• Where nesissary the school nurse will be involved to follow up on medically related abstences and work with staff to recongnize signs of illness.

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:

• Students with a history of severe chronic absenteeism will be identified.
• Using Opit-Spool and data from BASIS, the leadership team will monitor the nonattendence report to identify students who are missing too many school days.

• Refer students to appropriete service agencies (Social Services, Human Resources, Counseling, Housing, Health Services)
• Utilizes best practices from other schools within the district that have been successful in decreasing chronic absences.

• For tier 3 students appropriete positive reinforcements will be addressed in their attendance plan.
• Tangible incentives will be utilized to help students and parents improve attendence.
• The school social worker will be used as a resource for helping families with attendance problems.

• Impliment family intervention plan and monitor its progress.
• Contact appropriete agencies to report suspected abuse, neglect, or endangerment.
• Connect students with chronic, physical, and mental health issues to medical providers.