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Attendance & Truancy A mong Virginia Students

Attendance & Truancy A mong Virginia Students. Module 9 : The Power of Positive Connections: Providing Personalized Early Outreach. This PowerPoint serves as No. 9 in a series of modules designed to equip Virginia school divisions to reduce truancy and absenteeism.

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Attendance & Truancy A mong Virginia Students

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  1. Attendance & Truancy Among Virginia Students Module 9: The Power of Positive Connections: Providing Personalized Early Outreach

  2. This PowerPoint serves as No. 9 in a series of modules designed to equip Virginia school divisions to reduce truancy and absenteeism. This module identifies challenges to good attendance including health and transportation barriers. The Purpose

  3. Today’s Agenda Learning goals review What is the PEOPLE strategy How to identify students for Tier II outreach Evidence-based Tier II intervention strategies

  4. Learning Goals • Educators will learn about the PEOPLE strategy (Priority Early Outreach for Positive Linkages and Engagement). • Educators will learn how to identify which students require personalized early outreach. • Educators will learn about evidence based, Tier II intervention strategies.

  5. Warm Up • Think of a student you worked with who was missing 2 or more days a month. • What were the underlying barriers to his or her attendance? • How quickly did school staff connect with the student to understand what was happening?

  6. The Power of Positive Connections: Strategies to Engage Students who are Chronically Absent

  7. Priority:Focuses on at-risk students in grades, schools and neighborhoods with high levels of chronic absence. Early: Begins with the start of school. Outreach: Connects to students and families. Positive: Promotes preventive, supportive approaches rather than punitive responses. Linkages: Taps the full community for support. Engagement: Motivates showing up to class & offers students & families a role in improving attendance. Priority Early Outreach for Positive Linkages and Engagement (PEOPLE)

  8. Tier II:Targeted interventions that remove identified barriers and increase positive connections that motivate improved attendance. Who are the families in Tier II? Missing 10% or more of the prior or current school year for any reason. Families experiencing some challenge e.g. chronic disease, job loss, divorce, etc. For which families is Tier II sufficient? Families with barriers to school attendance who may not understand how to access support. Families who see school as “the deliverer of bad news”. Families who are more successful when there is a positive relationship with someone at the school. Tier II Interventions

  9. Recommended Site Level Strategies Includes higher level of support for Priority Students

  10. Chronic absence (missed 10% or more of school) in the prior year, assuming data is available. And/or starting in the beginning of the school year, student has: Criteria for Identifying Priority Students for Tier II Supports In first 2 weeks 2 absences In first month (4 weeks) 2-3 absences Missing 10% any time after In first 2 months (8 weeks) 4 absences

  11. Missing 2 or More Days in 1st Month is a Warning Sign for Chronic Absence Percent chronically absent at the end of the school year • Baltimore students who missed 2-4 days in September were 5x as likely to be chronically absent. • Students who missed 5+ days in September were 16x as likely to be chronically absent.

  12. Possible Tier II Interventions Recruit for engaging Before- or After-School Activities Partner with families/students to develop Student Attendance Success Plan Connect to Walk- to-School Companion Positive Linkages and Engagement for Students and Families Offer plan or contacts for Health Support Assign Attendance Buddies

  13. Mentors & Supporting Infrastructure Improved Student Attendance New York City students with prior histories of chronic absenteeism with a Success Mentor gained nearly two additional weeks of school (9 days). In the top 25% of schools, students with Success Mentors gained one additional month of school. High School students with Success Mentors (including those overage for their grade) were 52% more likely to remain in school the following year. Students reported they liked having a mentor and the mentor helped improve their attendance, schoolwork, motivation, and confidence.

  14. Make Creating Back Up Plans a Norm: Student Attendance Success Plan

  15. Implementing PEOPLE Strategy 1 2 3 4 5

  16. Use Data to Determine Where to Focus: A Typical District’s Chronic Absence Data By Grade

  17. Who Can Help Advance a PEOPLE Approach? Division Leaders • Offer district support and data • Identify and engage priority schools School Leaders PEOPLE • Make attendance a priority • Ensure implementation team and plan Community Partners • Call for data & PEOPLE approach • Link to community resources (health, afterschool, food, mentoring, family support, etc.)

  18. Learn More • For more information on Tier II strategies that can help to support and engage students and their families please refer to the Power of Positive Connections tool kit: • http://www.attendanceworks.org/tools/schools/power-positive-connections-toolkit/

  19. Virginia Absenteeism & Truancy Professional Development Series

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