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Schoolwide Attendance Plan

School Name

Silver Trail MS (3331)

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

In analyzing STMS data from semester one to semester two, the following SMART goal was developed. STMS will increase the satisfactory attendance for all grade levels from 60% to 65%, and chronic absenteeism will be reduced by at least 3%.

 

 

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

STMS creates a school climate that encourages students to come to school everyday by providing an engaging curriculum that draws students to schools, cultivating an atmosphere where students feel respected and safe, offering programs before and afterschool to engage students, and providing enrichment activities for students, such as field trips, assemles, and dances.

In addition, STMS created a welcoming culture of attendance by greeting students and families at the door in the morning, reinforcing positive experience in the front office, and creating visuals that reflect attendance messaging and modifying during the year to sustain impact.

STMS tells parents how to report an absence by callin gour school line 754-323-4300 which is on our school website and also under the "contact us". In addition, STMS will call when students miss school to express concern and welcom students back and identify any academic support needed.

 

 

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

STMS provides information and attention that underscores concern for children by:

  • Calling or sending letters to alert families to attendance concerns and explore what help may be needed.
  • We request a parent conference to address barriers to attendance.
  • Help parents understand and avoid legal consequences of extreme chronic absence.
  • Identify academic needs of the student and develop a plan to provide appropriate tutoring and coaching services.
  • Determine if the students has make-up work that is needed to keep up their grade point average and ensure the student and their family understand what make-up work is due.

 

 

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

STMS will assess student and famil needs and intensify outreach by:

  • Determining if the student and their family is or should be agency involved. If they are, work to set up a meeting to coordinate services.
  • Refer students and families to appropriate service agencies, e.g., social services, human resources, counseling, housing, and health services.
  • Work with relevant agences to develop a comprehensive educational plan that also address student and family needs.
  • Work with families to avoid legal consequences to the extent possible.
  • Work to ensure that the student is connected to positive supports and programs.