Attendance: initiatives, Newsletter, certificate, Posters, Survey, 2PPT& Tracker

88 pages of a comprehensive bundle for K-12.

1- Editable School-wide Attendance Monthly Initiatives

background info:
I created this calendar as a way to motivate students to want to come to school by having weekly attendance incentives. For being present every day of the week (Thurs to Thurs) they had 2 separate opportunities to participate in a fun theme or win a class prize. This is how it works:

• Individual - This is specific to a student who was present everyday of the week.
• Whole Class- Cohorts who had 95% attendance or above.
• On Thursday I would run the attendance data and hand out incentive passes to students who fit the individual criteria to take home to their parents letting them know their child had perfect attendance for the week and what the theme was for the following day.
• At the end of the day I would announce ( over the loudspeaker) the 2 cohorts with the highest attendance in the building and what prize they won.
• Both kids and parents LOVED these incentives and our attendance increased by 20%!!!!!

2-Editable Attendance Newsletter

Description

The purpose of this newsletter is to have clear goals for the student’s attendance and understand the consequence of having chronic absence

3- Editable and Fillable Award certificate for Perfect Attendance

Editable and fillable ready-made Perfect Attendance Award!

4-Student Attendance Survey “Anonymous”

Do you want know the reasons from the students why they are absent?

Try putting a box in the front office for students to explain anonymously why they were absent. Students can complete the survey individually or in small groups.

5- "See for yourself" editable attendance poster

Description

Too many absences—excused or unexcused—can keep students from succeeding in school and in life. How many are too many? 10% of the school year—that’s 18 missed days or 2 days a month—can knock students off track.

6-Promoting Positive School Attendance PD PPT

Description

This Presentation includes:
●Steps to Promote Positive School Attendance
●Essential Strategies
●School Year Timeline
●Campaigns checklist and slogans' sample
●Top 10 tips to Consider When Talking to Parents About Attendance
●Additional Resources

7-Editable and Fillable “Strive for Five" Attendance Tracker

Description

Students who maintain good attendance honored.
Students who maintain an attendance record with five or fewer absences during the grading period receive special incentives

8- Editable Fillable Attendance Success Plan

We use this Attendance Success Plan to design a path toward regular attendance with the parent and their child. The purpose of this plan is to have clear goals for the student’s attendance and to set strategies at home and at school to support the student in being at school regularly.

9-Positive Attendance Activities for Elementary Schools

This editable resource includes great activities that elementary teachers and/or school staff can use in their classrooms to help improve and promote everyday student attendance. At the bottom of the second page, you will a list of low-cost incentive and reward ideas students can receive for good attendance.

10- Editable 2 Attendance Recovery Forms

If the students are receiving this attendance recovery form, then they have missed certain number of days in one class. Students must make satisfactory academic progress in all make up work. Please choose any of the two forms that meet your needs

11-Editable K-12 School Attendance Review Board Flow Chart

Description

School Attendance Review Board Flow Chart divided into K- 8 and 9-12. The chart outlines the steps and the process of how to deal with chorionic absence and truancy

12-THE IMPORTANCE OF REGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE: Parent workshop

Description

All stakeholders need to know the consequences of missing school.
Objectives of this important comprehensive presentation (can be used as a PD or parent workshop):

A.Understand the importance and benefits of regular school attendance

B.Discuss the reasons students miss school

C.Understand excused absences, truancy, and the effects of chronic absences

D.Review ways in which schools and parents can support each other

13- Editable Fillable Three Student Attendance Parent Notices

Description

We send three notes to parents if their child continue to be absent
After the first notification, should missing school continue, we follow up with parents to schedule a Student Attendance Review Team (SART) conference in which we can work together to develop an appropriate support plan for their child.

If we do not seen improvement in the student’s attendance, we schedule a second conference to identify furthers options for support.

What we will talk about?
● What is still contributing to student’s unexcused absences?
● What are some things that you have considered since the first SART conference?
● Who continues to be affected by student ’s absences?
● What other things can we all do to help?

The last letter is to indicate that the child has accrued twelve unexcused absences. The child is now in danger of failing the grade.

14- Editable Attendance Handbook

Description

I made my own Elementary Truancy Prevention Plan and it correlates with a color scale (like MAPS assessments) and has been a wonderful help!

15- Truancy Flow Chart (editable and fillable resource)

The chart outlines the steps and the process of how to deal with chorionic absence and truancy. It is the steps taken before applying Apply Tier 3 Interventions

16-Monthly Attendance Celebration Requirements in English& Spanish- editable

resource

Monthly Attendance Celebrations… helping students and families develop good attendance habits.

we have a monthly goal and do a celebration every month for those who reach the goal… we are focused on helping teach the good habits. Basically we took the idea that employees in the district are expected to miss no more than 10 days (given at beginning of the year) and made monthly goals to help students and families be on track for that amount. The connection to building good attendance habits for employment (even at elementary) has been more effective than conversations about academics, etc. for our community because parents relate easier.