““Routine does support learning,” said Hedy Chang of the nonprofit Attendance Works. “There’s routine and there’s flexibility. Both are actually really important.”
Category: COVID-19
Oct 31
5 Things You Need to Know About Student Absences During COVID-19
“Absenteeism has long been a vexing and frustrating issue for educators. During COVID-19, the phenomenon has only grown more pressing.”
Oct 21
Teachers can build strong relationships with and between students to help them get through this very challenging time.
“educators need to be attuned to indicators that a student is struggling. They also need to embrace new strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of students during distance learning. “
Oct 20
Remote Learning Is Tough for Many Students. How ‘Early-Warning’ Data Can Help Schools Support Them
“Like the lights on a dashboard telling you something’s wrong, an early-warning system uses indicators—missed days, falling grades, or a sudden rash of disciplinary actions—to identify which students need more help. “
Oct 15
Attendance matters! Make every day count in distance learning or at school!
Many factors influence reading proficiency, and chronic absence is one. COVID-19 has changed the way we view attendance. School is now defined as wherever the student is, and learning happens in many places, including brick-and-mortar classrooms and home computers with online teachers.
Oct 15
Trauma is ‘Written Into Our Bodies’—but Educators Can Help
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris “We know that educators are the backbone of our society. As we do this work, I want to encourage you to put your own oxygen mask on first.”
Oct 05
The Urgent Need to Avoid Punitive Responses to Poor Attendance, attendanceworks.org
“What improves attendance is partnering with students and families to identify and address the root causes that lead to students to miss school in the first place, whether absences are connected to barriers to showing up for school, negative experiences in school or a lack of engagement. Root causes can also be related to misconceptions about attendance, such as thinking that sporadic absences aren’t a problem, or missing two days a month doesn’t affect learning.”
Sep 05
Taking attendance for online schooling a team effort: an example from Maricopa Unified School District
“All MUSD students must submit a weekly log to the school “for evidence of learning time.” Each student must also either be present for the daily synchronous lessons or submit work for the day on an online platform. “
Sep 04
How White Educators Can Approach Antiracist Work:Striving to understand the origins of the concept of race and the effects of implicit biases are good initial steps.
“I believe that, as Dr. Ibram X. Kendi says, we are all “either racist or antiracist; there’s no such thing as ‘not racist.’”