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Schoolwide Attendance Plan

School Name

Everglades ES (2942)

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: Based on data derived from 2017-2018, the grade level in Second Semester with the highest average of Chronic Absences was Kindergarten, at 13.67%.  In Kindergarten, our goal to reduce the number of students with chronic absences by at least 9 students (about 6%) for the 2018-2019 school year.

Goal 2: Based on data derived from 2017-2018, 25.33% students in Kindergarten through Fifth Grade in the Second Semster were classified as At Risk. For the 2018-2019 school year, we want the number of At Risk students for the Second Semster to decrease by a minimum 5% (about 13 students).

Goal 3: Based on data derived from 2017-2018, the grade levels in Second Semester with the highest average of Satisfactory Attendance were 3rd grade and 5th grade, both at about 72% attendance.  The goal for Satisfactory Attendance is to increase the percenteage of students attending 95% or more school days across all grade levels by the end of 2018-2019.

 

 

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

A. Monitor Data:

  • Administrative team will request a monthly report for the current year attendance categories inorder to monitor improvement and analyze development of of attendance initiatives.
  • School counselors will monitor BASIS twice each quarter to set goals for students in school-wide recognitions.
  • Attendance Line (phone number) easily accessible on the school website
  • Identify the staff member utilized as the Attendance Manager, this person will monitor procedures on a weekly basis, and as requested by administration.
  • Ensure that all teachers are trained to take attendance accurately. Administrartor will ensure that all teachers have completed the Brainshark training for attendance at elementary level. Encourage all to take attendance in a timely and accurate manner. (Teacher Attendance Codes: P, PN, AU, TU).
B. Engage Students and Families:
  • When teachers make phone calls home, include information about attendance (ex. "thank you for getting her to school on time every day"; "she was absent two days last week and we missed her"; "he is on track for perfect attendance this month.")
  • Parents will receive a phone call from the school indicating that the student has missed two or more days of school.
  • School Twitter account will follow and retweet relevant messages about attendance for our stakeholders.
  • Messages on school website and front office slide show will be positive and suportive, especially in regards to attendance
  • Attendance phone line will be checked and cleared daily by attendance clerk
C. Recognize Good and Improved Attendance:
  • Attendance administrators will ensure that students have opportunities to participate in District-wide attendance recognition events (certificates, Miami Heat games, Florida Panthers, Miami Marlins, etc.)
  • School-based attendance recognition events will occur throughout the school year, may be combined with honor roll recognitions
D. Provide Personalized Outreach:
  • Attendance record will be included on all student report cards
  • School will integrate information about chronic absence into parent programs and communications throughout the shcool year
  • School staff will host a transitional "Kindergarten Round Up" meeting for students moving from PreK into Kindergarten to include sections for learning about the importance of regular school attendance for their child's academic success through their senior year.
E. Remove Barriers:
  • This school provides free breakfast for all students every day
  • A bike rack enclosed in a gated area is available for students that bike to shcool, closed after school begins and monitored by staff after school..
  • Parent  meetings are hosted throughout the year at avrying times to inform parents about services/programs available throught the school or 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

A. Monitor Data:

  • Monitor data and look for qualitative data to assess underlying causes for continued absences.
  • Leadership team will review non-attendance report from Opti-Spool during regular leadership meetings. Students will be identified through this process and teachers will be notified which of their students may be at risk.
  • Leadrship team will use BASIS to identify students that have enough absences to be considered at-risk or chronically absent.
  • Teachers will monitor attendance using Pinnacle and BASIS and consult with suppoert staf as needed for help in redirecting absenteeism behavior.
  • School counselors will monitor attendance with the leaderhsip team to help in identifying students that may have a need for more wrap-around services.
B. Engage Students and Families:
  • Engage students and parents through positive communication that supports a good relationship between the school and family.
  • Provide information about support from the Student Services Department within Broward Schools (School Social Worker, Family Counseling, HEART). http://www.Browardstudentservices.com
  • Parents will receive a phone call and a letter from the school explaining that the student has missed 5 or more school days.
  • The parent will be encouraged to meet with the School Guidance Counselor and/or Social Worker to discuss attendance issues, including the option to develop a "Student Success Plan for Attendance" to promote the research proved correlation between good attendance and good academic performance.
  • Staff will help identify any family needs and connect the family with services, such as food pantry, clothing assistance, literacy programs, transportation, etc.)
C. Recognize Good and Improved Attendance:
  • Our school will work with students and families to set attendance goals and time frames that are attainable to help improve attendance of at-risk or chronically absent students.
  • Students with good and improving attendance will be recognized routinely because it is shown that positive reinforcement and trusting relationships with staff improve attendance.
D. Provide Personalized Outreach:
  • Our school will use staff to actively from relationships with students that encourage better attendance.
  • Parent-Teacher conferences with support staff will be scheduled to discuss absences and challenges to identify the barriers we may be able to assit with, making the various possible soltuions and assitance avaiable and known to families.
E. Remove Barriers:
  • Public agencies, community partners, and resources will be involved as needed to address barriers identified through parent conferences, communicatioins with families, or other sources.
  • School nurse can be involoved as necessary to follow-up on medically related absences and train staff to recognize signs of illness.
  • Families will be connected to our School Social Worker to provide insight as to the role of a School Social Worker, establish relationships, and provide clinical support and services.

 

 

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

A. Monitor Data:

  • Identify students that have a history of missing 20% or more of school and are at-risk due to other challenges.
  • Leadership team will monitor the non-attendance report from Opti-Spool, BASIS to identify students that are missing too many shcool days.
B. Engage Students and Families:
  • Determine if the student should have an agency involved (CINS/FINS or BTIP) and refer students and families to appropriate agencies.
  • Ensure students are connected with positive supports (social worker, mentor, peers).
  • Refer students to appropriate services and/or agencies as needed.
  • Share data with appropriate agencies and ensure that agencies are using chronic absence as an indicator for helping families.
  • Utilize best practices from schools within in Disctict that been abel to decrease chronic absences and increase satifactory absences.
  • BTIP may initiate truancy letters to hold 5 or 10-day meetings with parents, principal, designee, District representative, and State Attorney's Office for the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. 
C. Recognize Good and Improved Attendance:
  • An "Attendance Success Plan" plan to improve the student's attendance will be developed by the classroom teacher, Guidance Counselor, School Administration, and the student's parents as needed.
  • The School Social Worker will conducted a home visit after a student has been absent for 10 days or more to meet with the student's parents, assess barriers to school attendance, and develop a plan to improve the student attendance.
  • For students at Tier 3, appropriate positive reinforcements will be included in their "Attendance Success Plan" to support continued improved attendance.  Plans, goals, and reinforcements will be shared with the child's teachers.
  • Tangible incentives may be used to help students and parents sucessfully improve attendance.
D. Provide Personailzed Outreach:
  • Ensure continued positive and regular contact with the family.
  • Check-in on "Attendance Success Plans" regularly and communicate wiht parents on a regualr basis. Positive reinforcement ensures positive results.
  • Consult with School Social Worker as a resource for helping families with attendance problems.
  • When student s do miss school, ensure the assigned personnel is following up on all absences.

E. Remove Barriers:
  • Implement agreed upon fmailiy intervention pland and monitor for success.
  • Connect students with chronic physical and mental health issues to medical providers.
  • In cases of suspected abuse, neglect, or endangerment, contact appropriate agencies to report in a timely manner.