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 chronic absences was 12th grade. with 94 stduents first semester and 133 second semester. Our goal is to reduce the number of students with chronic absenteeism for each semester by 1% for the 2018-19 school year.
Goal 2: In 2017-2018, the ninth grade had the highest level of students with satisfactory attendance. The goal for satisfactory attendance is to increase the percentage of students in every grade level by 1%.

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

Everglades High School will address Tier 1 attendance by implementing the following:
Monitor Data: 

• The administrator responisble for school attendance will ensure that all teachers have completed the Brainshark training for taking classroom attendace. The administrator will maintain a record of teachers that have completed the training.
• School counselors will monitor BASIS and Pinnacle to set goals for students in school wide recognitions twice each quarter. This will work as a back up to assist in identifying students that may need Teir 2 interventions.
• Attendance clerk will monitor attendance taking procedures weekly.

• Promote daily attendance using school's Twitter account Follow @BCPS_180 for content, designed for Broward Schools and will follow and retweet relevant messages about attendance for our stakeholders.
• Principal will provide monthly updates via parentlink and PTSA meetings regarding average daily attendance and the chronic absenteeism categories as well as celebrating the students that are attending 95% or more.
• Front office staff will meet each month to discuss customer service responsibilities and adapt procedures for ensuring a welcoming environment when visitors enter the front office.
• School twitter account will follow and reTweet relevant messages about attendance for our stakeholders. Messages on the school website will be positive and supportive.

• The administrator responsible for attendance will ensure that students have opportunities to participate in District wide attendance recognition events (certificates, Miami Heat games, Florida Panthers, Miami Marlins etc)
• School based attedance recognition events will occur throughout the school year. These will include quarterly certificates and school based attendance recognition and may be combined with honor roll assemblies.

• Attendance will be included on all student report cards
• Integrate information about chronic absence into parent programs and communications throughout the school year
• School staff will host a transition meeting for students moving from feeder middle schools into 9th grade. Families will meet the team of teachers, tour the school and learn about the importance of regular attendance for their child's academic success through the end of their senior year.
• Grade assemblies are held quarterly to review procedures and update students on quartlery attendance reports 

• This school provides free breakfast for all students every school day.
• A bike rack enclosed in a lock 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
• The community liasion from Family and Community Engagement will host parent nights throughout the yearto 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

Everglades High School will address Tier 2 attendance by implementing the following:

Monitor Data: 

• Teachers will monitor attendance using Pinnacle and BASIS and consult with support staff for help in redirecting absenteesim behavior.
• School counselors will monitor attendance with the leadership team to help identify students that may have a need for more wrap around services.
• Weekly, using BASIS, the leadership team will identify students that have enough absences to be considered chronically absent.

• If needed, parents and students will work with the School Counselor or School Social Worker to develop a personalized student success plan for attendance to make sure the child does not miss too many days and get back on track with good attendance.
• Staff will help identify any family needs and connect the family with services.
• School counselors will reach out by phone to speak with parents of chronically absent students to identify if any support is needed for the family.

• Recognize students routinely for good and improved attendance. Positive reinforcement and trusting relationships with staff improve attenance. 
• 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

• Parent-Teacher conferences with support staff will be scheduled to discuss absences and challenges to identify the barriers we may be able to assist with.
• Social/Emotional learning in our school will include teaching the value of each member of our community supporting an expression of care when we interact with others.

• Connect families with the School Social Worker to provide insight as to the role of a School Social Worker. Establish a relationship and provide support and services
• Involve the school nurse when necessary to follow up on medically related absences and train staff to recognize signs of illness.

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

Everglades High School will address Tier 3 attendance by implementing the following:

Monitor Data:

•  Identify students with a history of severe, chronic absenteeism
• Attendance data is one of the main metrics brought to discussion fpr Collaborative problem solving team and Response to Intervention. Attendance data may help uncover bigger issues the student or family are experiencing.

• Utilize best practices from schools within the District that have been able to decrease chronic absences and increase satisfactory attendance.
• Refer students to appropriate service agencies when appropriate.
• Work with students and parents that have been flagged by the Division of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to resolve suspended licenses with a plan to meet attendance goals and restore driver's license or permit.

• Tangible incentives may be utilized to help students and parents improve attendance.
• For the students at Tier 3, appropriate positive reinforcements will be included in their Attendance Success Plan to support continued improved attendance. This plan will be developed with the parents, school counselor and school social worker. Plans and goals will be shared with the child's teachers.

• Check in on Attendance Success Plans and communicate with parents at regular intervals. 
• Consult with the School social worker as a resource for helping families with attendance problems.
• When the student misses school, ensure that the assigned personnel is following up on each absence.

• Implement agreed upon family intervention plan and monitor for progress.
• 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.