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.

During the first semester of 2018-2019, we will reduce chronic absenteeism by 1% in Kindergarten from 12.6% to 11.6%; in First Grade from 10.64% to 9.64%; and total from 9.64% to 8.64%.

During the second semester of 2018-2019, we will reduce chronic absenteeism by 1% in Kindergarten from 21.19% to 20.19%; in First Grade from 19.86% to 18.86%; and total from 16.5% to 15.5%.

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

Attendance Line (754-322-8852) will be easily accessible on the school website.

The IMT will be utilized as the Attendance Manager.

During Honor Roll assemblies or quarterly report cards, students with perfect attendance and no tardies will receive Perfect Attendance Certificates. We will reinforce the message to students that attendance impacts academic and future success.

During Pre-Planning Week will ensure that all teachers are trained to take attendance accurately. They will be encouraged to take attendance in a timely and accurate manner.

During Title I meetings prior to Open House parents will be informed of attendance policies.

The social worker and school counselor will disseminate attendance policies and procedures to teachers, especially in the foundational grades of Kindergarten and First Grade.

Teachers will document attendance concerns in the note section of interims and/or conference forms.

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

The BTIP Coordinator will send home a notice to all students identified in the previous school year as having ten or more unexcused absences and/or were chronically absent.
Quarterly attendance data will be reviewed from BASIS or DWH reports.
Referrals will be made to the 504 Coordinator, ESE Specialist, and the School Nurse if students have a medical condition or disability that may impact attendance.
Students will be referred to the HEART Coordinator if a student's family is in transition.
Students will be referred to the Foster Care Liaison if a student is in the care of a non-custodial caregiver.
Referrals will be made to the Social Worker if a family is in need of services or resources that are barriers to attendance.
BTIP Coordinator will meet with parents or guardians when a 5-day BTIP letter is mailed home. 

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

Quarterly attendance data will be reviewed from BASIS or DWH reports.
Students whose needs have not already been resolved will be referred to the MTSS Team and the Social Worker.
BTIP letters will be mailed home to students who have more than 10 unexcused absences. The BTIP Coordinator and Social Worker will attend meetings with parents/guardians.
Referrals will be made to outside supports, if needed.