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.

The students at Eagle Ridge who have at risk or chronic absentism will decrease their absences by 5% by June 2019.

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

Teachers take daily attendance in Pinnacle. The Information  Management Technician monitors daily tardies and enters the minutes into Pinnacle. Parentlink automatically calls parents daily to report unexcused absences. If a student is absent more than 2 days per month the teacher contacts the parent and documents the conversation on a parent teacher conference form. The attendance line is easily accessible on the school website and in the student handbook provided to every parent. Teachers stress the importance of regular attendance at Open House and parent teacher conferences. The teachers will praise/reward students monthly who improve their pattern of attendance and those who arrive to school on time and regularly. Administrators and teacher work together to resolve conflicts in attendance records as a result of testing, field trips, illnesses, and other causes of student absences.

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

When a student has 5 or more absences by December 2018, a letter is sent to the parents highlighting the importance of regular attendance and encouraging parents to improve attendance by working together with the school. The Assistant Principal meet with parents and will review the circumstances and come up with a plan to  improve regular attendance.  The Assistant Principal will monitor the attendance data monthly for excused and unexcused absences in BASIS 3.0 and involve the social worker to indiviualize and personalize a plan based on the unique situation. Parents will be required to provide proper documentation to excuse future absences. If a parent is non-compliant with the attendance contract, BTIP procedures will be enforced.

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

The teacher makes contact with the parent and documents the conversation on a conference form. If the situation continues, the Assistant Principal attempts to make contact with the parent to communicate the expectations for attendance.The Assistant Principal will monitor the attendance data for excused and unexcused absences in BASIS 3.0 and involve the social worker to determine the cause of the problem and individualize a plan to remedy the situation. Referrals to community resources will be shared with parents as appropriate. Parents will be required to provide proper documentation to excuse future absences. If a parent is non-compliant with the attendance contract, BTIP procedures will be enforced. Assisitant Principal will reward students who improve attendance status.