Attendance concerns among school leaders has become increasingly more important than ever before. In many States, attendance is tied to school funding and more recently to accreditation. Because of this, it has become clear that schools must educate all students and make efforts to provide interventions for students who may have chronic absences.
As a school counselor, the monitoring of attendance has become an expected role in response to student attendance concerns. However, I do believe there are better ways to approach this issue. A proactive systemic school-wide approach and planned set of interventions is best suited to encouraging the expected behavior of attending school. Take some time to look at the resources gathered here and for more information on how to build an effective Attendance Intervention go to Attendance Works. I am Wild about meeting the needs of all students but in a proactive and effective way that lead's to better outcomes. Matt
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