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 Park Trails Elementary 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

The Attendance Secretary monitors daily tardies and enters the minutes into Pinnacle.  If a student is chronically absent the teacher contacts the parent and documents the conversation on a parent teacher conference form.  If the absences continue, the school social worker, will contact the parents to communicate the expectations for attendance.  An attendance contract will be developed within the CPST meeting, resources and solutions will be discussed to help remedy the current situation.  If the interventions listed above to improve attendance, BTIP procedures will be enforced and followed up on.  The school social worker and Assistant Principals, will reward students who improve their pattern of 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

When a student has 5 or more unexcused absences, a BTIP letter is sent to the parents requesting a conference with the school social worker and Assistant Principals to review the circumstances and develop and intervention to promote and improve the student's attendance.  A Parentlink automatically calls the parents daily to report unexcused absences.  The Assistant Prinicipals will monitor the attendance data monthly for excused and unexcused absences in BASIS 3.0, and involve the school social worker to individualize 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 classroom teacher will make contact with the parent and document the conversation on a conference form.  If the situation continues, the Assistant Principals will attempt to make contact with the parent to communicate the expectations for attendance.  The Assistant Principals along with the school social worker will monitor the attendance data for excused and unexcused absences in BASIS 3.0 and involve the school social worker to determine the cause of the problem and indivualize an intervention to remedy the situation.  Referrals to community resources will be shared with parents as deemed 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.  The school social worker and Assistant Principals, will reward students who improve their pattern of attendance.