Our school’s three-year trend data in student attendance as reported by the NC DPI.

Apply the PDCA Cycle to this data and provide a written summary (narrative, bullets, and/or charts/graphics) to describe your findings in each of the four phases of the PDCA Cycle.

THS 2010-2011 ADA ADM RATIO626 663 94.42

THS 2011-2012ADA ADM RATIO620 655 94.66

THS 2012-2013ADA ADM RATIO613 651 94.16

THS 3-YEARRATIO RANK*

94.41 1,863*out of 2,375 schools *out of 117 districts

SCHOOL PERCENTILES LEAADA:ADM RATIOS OF THE DISTRIBUTION ADA:ADM RATIOS

100.00 100 (MAXIMUM) 100.0096.66 95TH 95.9796.39 90TH 95.8295.95 75TH 95.4095.37 50TH (MEDIAN) 94.9494.59 25TH 94.4993.54 10TH 94.0492.03 5TH 93.7467.71 0 (MINIMUM) 93.19

     94.83 MEAN 94.962.71 STANDARD DEVIATION 0.872,375 N 117

ECPS 2010-2011ADA ADM RATIO RANK6,666 7,088 94.05 103

ECPS 2011-2012ADA ADM RATIO RANK

6,585 6,982 94.31 104

ECPS 2012-2013ADA ADM RATIO RANK

6,187 6,599 93.76 105

ECPS 3-YEARRATIO RANK

94.04 106

The “Plan” PhaseBy using the three-year attendance trend data, one is able to observe that Tarboro High is ranked 1,863 of the 2,375 schools within North Carolina. Additionally, our district, Edgecombe County, is ranked 106 of the 117 districts across the state. Unfortunately, our data clearly demonstrates that our attendance is within the bottom 10th percentile of the state on both a school and LEA level.

School Improvement Team will use these findings to make data driven decisions; it is clear that the team should prioritize improving our attendance rates.

To understand root causes and create goals, we will use an Ishakawa diagram to establish cause and effect relationships. For example, at Tarboro High, root causes to high rates of student absence vary between: student disengagement, suspension, student illness, parents checking students out for “half days,” student responsibilities external to education, displacement from home.

School Improvement Team will create SMART goal regarding attendance: Increase student attendance rates to 95% by the end of the first semester.

The “Do” PhaseData

Collection Strategy Person Responsible Professional Development Funding?

PowerSchool Daily Attendance

Ensure that all teachers are completing their attendance within all periods of the school day.

THS Data Manager PowerSchool Handbook

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PowerSchool Daily Attendance

Daily attendance rates communicated to parents.

Teachers: -Contact parents/guardians of student once they are absent from class for 3, 6, 9 days-Contact parents/guardians to show gratitude for outstanding student attendance whenever possible.

THS Data Manager: Use Connect Ed calling software to communicate daily absences to parents.

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Connect Ed Professional Development

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School site payment for Connect Ed Software

PowerSchool Obtain and L. Prudenti, THS Principal PowerSchool n/a

Weekly Attendance

track weekly attendance rates obtained from PowerSchool

Intern Handbook

PowerSchool Weekly Attendance

Communicate weekly attendance rates on bulletin board for stakeholders to see.

L. Prudenti, THS Principal Intern

THS Guidance Counselor

PowerSchool Handbook

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PowerSchool Monthly Attendance

Student attendance will be incentivized via school ‘attenDANCE,’ passes for free sporting game, passes to skip lunch line, etc.

Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support (PBIS) Team

PBIS Training

Access to general fund to hold incentives.

The “Check” Phase Chart weekly student attendance.

o Ask weekly questions to be answered in School Improvement Team meeting:

Are our student attendance rates increasing each week? Are the gains steady or varying? Is there an overall trend of increase/decrease in student attendance?

o Highlight which weeks student attendance incentives were offered. Determine if increase in student attendance is positively/negatively

correlated to incentives.o Identify potential changes based on results –or lack there of.o Meet with School Improvement Team, High School principals from across

county, and District DPI Coaches to review results and agree how to best proceed.

The “Act” PhaseWithin this phase, we will revisit the ‘do’ phase to integrate new ideas, discontinue initiatives that are yielding little results, and reinvest in our desire for continuous improvement at THS.