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.

Goal 1:  In 2017-2018, the grade level with the most students in chronic absence was 12th grade with 305 total students (168 (30%) chronic absence and 137 (24%) severe chronic abasence).  In 12th grade, our goal is to reduce the number of students witn chronic absenteeism by 35 students ( an 11% reduction) for the 2018-2019 school year.

Goal 2:  Overall chronic absence in 2017-2018 was 39.34% (24.07% chronic and 15.27% severe chronic).  Our goal is to reduce the overall chronic absenteeism by 10% in all grade levels which is about 91 students.

Goal 3:  In 2018-2018 9th grade had the highest level of students with satisfactory attendance with 51.29% of the students attending 95%, first semester and 35.38% of the students attending 95%, second semester.  The goal for satisfactory attendance is to increase the percentage of students attending 95% or more in every grade level by the end of the 2018-2019 school year to 55% of students.

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

Monitor Data
The administrator responsible for school attendance will ensure that all teachers have been properly trained to take attendance.
The administrator will also generate a list of teachers not taking attendance.  This list is shared with the other Administrators for follow-up conversations with the teachers identified.
Each quarter school counselors will monitor BASIS and Data Warehouse to set goals for students in school-wide recognitions.  

Engage Students and Families
Phone calls will be made to parents via the attendance line.
The importance of attending school will be addressed via our grade level assemblies.
We also engage in conversations with parents and other agencies for students that begin to exhibit at-risk attendance.
Principal will provide updates at SAC and SAF meetings regarding the school's average daily attendance and outline what the school is doing to increase attendance.
School Twitter account will follow and re-Tweet relevant messages throughout the school year about attendance.  The message on the school website will be positive and supportive.

Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
The administrator responsible for attendance will ensure that students will have opportunities to participate in district-wide attendance recognition events.
School-based attendance recognition events will take place each quarter and will be combined with honor roll assemblies

Provide Personalized Outreach
School staff will visit our main feeder middle school and meet with students.  The team will stress the importance of regular attendance and why attendance is important to their academic success in high school.
Attendance will be included on all student report cards.
Information about chronic absenteeism will be integrated into parent programs and meetings throughout the school year.

Remove Barriers
The school provides free breakfast for all students every school day.
Various groups on campus (Lations in Action, ESOL, Grade Level Offices) will host parent nights throughout the school year to inform parents about services, programs, and District policies.

 
 

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

Monitor Data
Teachers will monitor attendance using Pinnacle and BASIS and will consult with support staff for help in redirecting absenteeism behavior.
An attendance report will be generated bi-quarterly by the Assistant Principal that oversees attendance.  The report will be sent to all administrators and school counselors.  The respective administrator will meet with their assigned school counselor and will identify students that need additional interventions.

Engage Students and Families
The school counselors will reach out to the parents and guardians of the students  to identify if any additional support is needed for the family.
RTI/MTSS referrals will also be generated so that the committee can review the information to determine if further steps need to be taken. 
Staff will identify any family needs and connect the family to services (food, clothing, transportation, etc.)

Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
Recognize those students with good or improved attendance. 
We wil work with students and familits to set attendance goals to help improve the attendance of the students that exhibit at-risk attendance.

Provide Personalized Outreach
Parent  teacher conferences will be scheduled with support staff to discuss the absences and challenges to identify the barriers that might need to be addressed. 

Remove Barriers
Connect families with the School Social Worker who will provide clinical support and services.
Involve public agencies, community partners, and resources as needed to address identified barriers as a result of communication with the parents.
 

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

Monitor Data
Teachers will monitor attendance using Pinnacle and BASIS and will consult with support staff for help in redirecting absenteeism behavior.
An attendance report will be generated bi-quarterly by the Assistant Principal that oversees attendance.  The report will be sent to all administrators and school counselors.  The respective administrator will meet with their assigned school counselor and will identify students that exhibit chronic absenteeism (missing more tnatn 20% of the school year) that need additional interventions.

Engage Students and Families
The school counselors will reach out to the parents and guardians of the students  to identify if any additional support is needed for the family.
RTI/MTSS referrals will also be generated so that the committee can review the information to determine if further steps need to be taken. 
Staff will identify any family needs and connect the family to services (food, clothing, transportation, etc.)
Utilize best practices from schools within the Distit that have been bale to decrease chronic absences and increase satisfactory attendance.

Recognize Good and Improved Attendance
Recognize those students with good or improved attendance. 
We wil work with students and familits to set attendance goals to help improve the attendance of the students that exhibit chronic absenteeism.

Provide Personalized Outreach
Parent  teacher conferences will be scheduled with support staff to discuss the absences and challenges to identify the barriers that might need to be addressed. 
Ensure that parents are continued to be contacted to check on the students.
Continue to work with the Social Worker to help students and families with attendance problems.

Remove Barriers
Connect families with the School Social Worker who will provide clinical support and services.
Involve public agencies, community partners, and resources as needed to address identified barriers as a result of communication with the parents.
For cases of suspected abuse, neglect or endangerment, contact the appropriate agencies to report.