When educators discover some of the reasons behind student absenteeism, it can seem like the problems are insurmountable. One of the best things to do is recognize your own role in support student attendance since everyone at school plays a role.
Tag: connections
May 26
How can I keep conversations about student attendance going year round? May 18/23
Talking about student attendance requires regular reminders to staff. How about using your current memos or newsletters to make it a monthly discussion in the staffroom? In this podcast we discuss some simple attendance tips that can be part of your conversations.
May 26
How can I include and engage parent voice in my school? May 2/23
Parent voice needs to be included through a variety of channels that are formal and less formal.
Mar 02
Research shows restorative practices has some positive effects reducing suspensions Feb.28/23
Listen now to podcast at CircleForum By itself, restorative practices does not do it all! The research shows some positive change in reducing suspensions. The recommendations coming out of this research are worth a second look. Shelley, Steve and Stan discuss how the complexity involved with attendance, suspensions and achievement require complex responses. “The authors …
Feb 07
Harvard study shows reduced absenteeism by 10% or more with personalized communication with parents – Jan 24/23
Listen now to Circle Forum “No way my child has missed that much school already!” Parents underestimate the number of days missed by a factor of 2. A relational approach to communicating with parents is firm and fair not punitive. Provide parents with the data AND with the support is part of the conversation this …
Feb 07
Attendance improves with Positive Greetings at the Door , a low-cost, high yield strategy – Jan.17/23
Listen now to Circle Forum Simple and proactive and doable! These are things we appreciate about the research on positive greetings at the door(PGD) “Results revealed that the PGD strategy produced significant improvements in academic engaged time and reductions in disruptive behavior. Moreover, results from a social validity questionnaire indicated that teachers found the PGD …
Jan 02
Start with data when addressing the complexity of student attendance – Dec.27/22
Listen now to recent podcasts on Circle Forum In this fourth of 4 conversations about the complex solutions required to address student attendance issues, Shelley, Steve and Stan end where schools need to start, with the attendance data. The article published in October 2022 by Dr. Jess Whitley of the University of Ottawa and Dr. …
Jan 02
School climate impacts student attendance – Dec. 20/22
Listen now to recent podcasts on Circle Forum Shelley, Steve and Stan continue part 3 of their discussion about an article published in October 2022 by Dr. Jess Whitley of the University of Ottawa and Dr. Beth Saggers Queensland University of Technology. It’s called“School attendance problems are complex, and our solutions need to be as …