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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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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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