August Strategies and ActivitiesWhere Attendance Improvement Begins

The First Ten Days…Of the Attendance Improvement Program

Organize, Prioritize, Familiarize.

Communication, Collaboration, Concentration.

Teaching Attendance.

Prevention and Intervention.

Set-Up

Essentials

GOAL 3

GOAL 1

GOAL 2

Attendance and Dropout Prevention Plan.

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Office and Job Essentials

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What is the recipe for successful achievement?

There are just four essential ingredients:Choose a career you love, give it the best there

is in you, seize your opportunities and be amember of the team.

-Benjamin F. Fairless

ESSENTIALS

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• To remain relevant, you must

communicate consistently and

intently. Plan to disseminate

some form of communication

to at least one stakeholder

group weekly.

• Be creative and utilize various

types of communication (social

media, banners/posters,

newspapers, radio, webinars,

etc.) to reach your audience.

• Form partnerships with community agencies, SLC’s, and parent organizations.

• Join in other school initiatives to create attendance awareness.

• Create opportunities to bring all stakeholder groups together.

• Focus on data and tailor

incentives, preventions and

interventions to meet the

needs of your target audience.

• Do everything with the

Attendance Improvement

Program and target grade-

level in mind.

• Plan activities to meet the

needs of the masses—MACRO

versus micro.

Three Tools to Use Communication Collaboration Concentration

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• Task 1~ Locate the ADP and review it thoroughly. Highlight information that is unclear and record any questions you may have.

• Task 2~ Identify the ADP team members or recruit team members.

• Task 3~ Schedule a meeting date. During the scheduled meeting be prepared to discuss the following:

• Roles, responsibilities and road map for attendance improvement.

• Attendance data and trends from the prior year.

• AIP expectations and goals.

Attendance and Dropout Prevention Plan

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• Display attendance expectations in all common areas (cafeteria, classrooms, hallways, restrooms).

• Facilitate an attendance promotion where students/staff submit a poem, song or rap and have the winning person recite over the PA system.

• Distribute Attendance Improvement Program brochures to parents, staff and community businesses.

• Plan a small group meeting with parents (Coffee w/AIC, Doughnuts for Dads, etc.) and explain the attendance expectations.

• Design a bulletin board to display August attendance data. Be sure to highlight students in the advanced and proficient attendance bands.

• Give grade level teachers a copy of the list of advanced and proficient students. If possible, provide teachers with an accounting of their class attendance rate for the month of August.

• Provide students with attendance notifications informing him/her of the attendance band they are currently in. Send a copy of the notification to parents.

GOAL TWOTeaching Attendance

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• Seek in-kind donations from businesses in the community.

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• Create a list of community referrals.• Include mental and medical clinics, childcare facilities, employment resources, etc.

GOAL THREEPrevention and Intervention

• Invite community-based organizations to attend parent meetings or school resource fairs.

• Include family source centers, neighborhood council members, after school and extra-curricular programs, etc.

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Be Flexible and Remember to Share Your Ideas

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You Won’t Be Left Hanging…

Contact your local lead counselor for assistance.

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