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.

From BASIS, we have identified the following baseline data from 2017-2018:  Chronic Absenteeism:
K   13.3 %;1  11.79%; 2    5.66%; 3    7.89 %; 4   11.02%; 5   ​ 6.80%
Based on the above data, our goals for 2018-2019 are to decrease Chronic Absenteeism by 5% by June 2019.  We will monitor our progress towards meeting these goals by evaluating the data retrieved from Data Warehouse quarterly.  Data will be retrieved monthly and evaluated by the Attendance/Discipline Focus Group of the School Advisory Council quarterly.

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

August: Review Attendance Plan with teachers/staff during pre-planning week. An Attendance/Behavior assembly will be held for students within the first two weeks of school. First day packets will have information pertaining to the Attendance and BTIP policies. Parent(s)/guardian(s) will begin receiving calls and letters pertaining to non-compliance of Attendance Policy 5.5.
September: Open House PowerPoint with the Attendance policy clearly outlined will be presented to the parent(s)/guardian(s).
Weekly: At grade level meetings, teachers will conference about classroom attendance and report best practices and concerns to the Attendance Committee designees.
Monthly: The Attendance Committee of the School Advisory Council Focus Group will review data retrieved from the Data Warehouse.  Monthly Parent Link call outs will be made. Monthly Newsletters will include reminders. 
Quarterly: Awards for perfect attendance will be given out at Honor Roll assemblies.
Extra Curricular Activities:  In order to participate in any extracurricular activity such as Safety Patrol, Morning Announcements, Chorus, Green Team, Art Club, National Honor Society, Math Club, and Student Councils, students must maintain their attendance record in good standing.  

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

If a student has 3 unexcused absences within a marking period, a phone call and/or letter will go home. After 5 unexcused absences, parents will receive the 5-day BTIP letter from ETS/State Attorney’s office. Administration will conference with parent(s)/guardian(s). After 10 unexcused absences, parent(s)/guardian(s) will receive the 10-day BTIP letter from ETS/State Attorney’s Office. This letter will have an appointment set to meet at the Court House for a mediation meeting. An administration or the school social worker will contact the parent(s)/guardian(s) prior to the appointment date to determine if further action is necessary. If the meeting with the State Attorney’s Office is not deemed necessary and unexcused absences continue after an agreement has been made, charges may be filed by the State Attorney's Office.

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

If a student has 5 or more excused absences at any time, a phone call and/or letter will go home to check on the child's status and to offer the assistance of the school social worker, if necessary.