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Schoolwide Attendance Plan

School Name

Winston Park ES (3091)

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

Based on the Attendance data provided, our students have improved in the percentage of satisfactory attendance from 55.07% during the 2016-2017 school year to 61.78% during the 2017-2018 school year.  Additionally, the percentages of our at-risk, chronic, and severe chronic absenteeism have decreased as a result of the tiered strategies that were implemented during the 2017-2018 school year.  

Satisfactory Attendance-

By June 2019, the overall percentage of students with satisfactory attendance in semester one will increase to 75% and semester two will remain at or above 65%.
By June 2019, the grade level with the greatest increase in chronic absenteeism from semester 1 to semester 2 was 5th grade with an increase by 11 students.  In 5th grade, our goal is to reduce the number of students with chronic absenteeism by 50%.

At-Risk Attendance- By June 2019, our goal is to reduce kidergarten through fifth grade at-risk attendance by 10%. 

Chronic Absenteeism- By June 2019, our goal is to reduce kidergarten through fifth grade chronic absenteeism in semester one and two by 5%.

Severe Chronic Absenteeism- By June 2019, our goal is to reduce kidergarten through fifth grade  severe chronic absenteeism in semester one and two by 1%.

 

 

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

  • Monitoring attendance-taking procedures will take place weekly by the Attendance Clerk and as requested by administration.
  • Teachers will monitor the number of excused and unexcused absences and communicate with families about absences greater than 5 quarterly.
  • Attendance Clerk will print the daily attendance report, detailing student absences.
  • At the beginning of each month, the administrattive team will request from the IMT to provide a report for current year attendance categories to monitor improvement and steer the direction of attendance initiatives.
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.
  • Assistant Principal will provide monthly updates via ParentLink, PTA, and SAC meetings regarding attendance.
  • The Attendance Phone line will be checked and cleared daily by the attendance clerk.
  • Create a school climate that encourages students to come to school every day.
  • Communication and encouragement of good attendance through weekly parent link calls and attendance informational link on our school website.
  • Greet students and families each morning.
  • Provide activities that engage students and families.
  • Family Night events where all family members are welcome to participate.
C. Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
  • Incentives for students that have satisfactory attendance by classroom teachers.
  • School-based attendance recognition events will occur throughout the school year. Perfect attendance awards at Quarterly Awards and recognized on our school-wide announcements.

D. Provide Personalized Outreach
  • Teachers will host Open House for all students at the beginning of the year with families to learn about the importance of regular attendance for their child's academic success.
  • Attendance will be included on all student report cards.
  • School administration will check report cards for all students in Kindergarten through fifth grade to ensure accurate reporting of attendance.
  • Create visuals that reflect attendance messaging.
  • Reporting absences procedures are clearly defined in materials and the website.
E. Remove Barriers
  • The school provides free breakfast for all students, every school day.
  • Create a welcoming culture of attendance.
  • Clean and orderly environment.
  • Both bike racks enclosed in a locked gate is available for students that arrive by bicycle.  The rack is locked after school begins and is unlocked and monitored by staff after school.
  • Enrichment Activities that encourage students to come to school.
  • Explain expectations for attendance in back to school materials and events.
  • After School Program activities such as steel band, chorus, cheerleading and free tutoring.
  • Celebrate attendance to after school and evening events by providing incentives for students.

 

 

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

  • Teachers will monitor attendance using Pinnacle and BASIS and consult with support staff for help in redirecting absenteeism behavior.
  • Monitor attendance data to determine when to send letters or make personal phone calls to alert families of attendance concerns.
B. Engage Students and Families
  • Explore what help may be needed to improve attendance and support families in attaining appropriate resources available.
  • Provide parents with easy to understand information about the importance of attendance and community resources to assist.
  • Help parents to understand and avoid the consequences of extreme absenteeism.

C. Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
  • We will work with students and families to set attendance goals and time frames that are attainable to help improve attendance for at-risk or chronically absent students.
  • Recognize these students routinely for good and improved attendance.  Positive reinforcement and trusting relationships with staff improve attendance.

D. Provide Personalized Outreach
  • The school social worker will personally call or visit with families of students with chronic and severe chronic absenteeism to determine factors causing school absences and provide resources to support increased attendance.
  • Connect families with needed resources through Parent Outreach and social sevices.
  • Availability to conference with school counselor to discuss any personal barriers preventing satisfactory attendance.
  • Provide information and attention that underscores concern for children.

E. Remove Barriers
  • Title I and ELL Parent Trainings
  • Make-Up work policies
  • Referral to RtI
  • Social Emotional Learning needs assessment
  • After school tutoring opportunities

 

 

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 with a history of severe chronic absenteeism.
  • Leadership team will monitor non-attendance report and share with school social worker to identify students that are missing too many days of school.
  • Review attendance data during Collaborative Problem-Solving Team (CPST) and Response to Intervention (RTI) meetings to help uncover bigger issues the student or family are experiencing.
  • Monitor attendance data to determine if the student and their family are in need of coordinated services.

B. Engage Students and Families
  • Refer students to appropriate service agencies to support satisfactory student attendance.
  • Share data with appropriate agencies and ensure that agencies are using chronic absence as an indicator for assisting families.
  • Utilize best practices from schools within the District that have been able to decrease chronic absences and increase satisfactory attendance.
  • The Broward Truancy Intervention Plan (BTIP) may initiate truancy letters to hold 5-day or 10-day meetings with parents, administration, and State Attorney's Office for the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.

C. Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
  • Tangible incentives may be utilized to help students and parents to improve attendance.
  • Positive reinforcements for students falling in Tier 3.

D. Provide Personalized Outreach
  • Ensure positive and regular contact with the family.
  • Consult with school social worker as a resource for helping families with attendance problems.
  • When the student misses school, ensure the assigned personnel is following up on each absence.
  • Refer students and families to appropriate service agencies.
  • Work with families to avoid legal consequences of chronic absenteeism.
  • Ensure that families and students are connected to positive supports and programs.
E. Remove Barriers
  • Utilize lessons learned from working with families and students in tier three to inform tier one and two prevention and intervention efforts.
  • Assess student and family needs and intensify outreach.
  • 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.