10-11+Attendance+Team+Report

Members: Teri Sprecco – Assistant Principal (AP) Attendance Tammy Ullsperger – Drop Out Prevention Specialist Janelle Malueg – Attendance Technician Kay Lindley – SST/Records Heidi Crowder – AP Secretary Officer Monsour – School Resource Officer Cece Elliot – Office Assistant Marc Carter – Lead Campus Supervisor Teri Sprecco and Tammy Ullsperger – The TnT Team! We brought the Attendance Team together to focus on the following key areas this year: ** Goal # 1: Accurate Attendance: Every student, every period, every day! ** ** Goal # 2: Decreasing all day absences – Average Monthly Attendance ** · Regular updates emailed to staff · Positive Attendance Incentives: · Daily winners announced over our PA system “Be in it to Win it”, random winners win movie tickets just for being in class · Monthly drawings for 100 % attendance · Broadcast two winners monthly on Brave TV for “Making it Happen” · Quarterly luncheon for 100% attendance winners at the Wig Wam · Attendance Display on quad to track school –wide monthly attendance // To implement: // · // Classroom competitions for best period attendance – need to work on data system // ** Goal # 3: Decreasing Period and Full Day Truancies ** || 100  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 146 || 32 || 72 || 74 || 26 ||
 * __ Single Plan for Student Achievement Planning Report for 2010-2011- __****__ DRAFT __**
 * Department, Team or Program ** : ** Attendance Team **
 * Name of person(s) submitting the report: **
 * 1. What were your successes in meeting your team goals and supporting the Site Goals? **
 * Actions Steps: **
 * Reminder slips out to teachers at the end of the day who did not take attendance
 * Reminder slips out to teachers who did not take attendance the prior day
 * Emails out to teachers who did not take attendance the prior day
 * Results: More teachers taking more accurate attendance. **
 * Improved ADA, more accurate attendance data presented to parents and SARB hearings **
 * Action Steps: **
 * Absence excuse procedures: **
 * Verify that caller or note is from parent/guardian
 * After 72 hours, parent/guardian to come to office in person to excuse absence
 * Parent/guardian to come to office in person after 5 excused full day absences, 10 cumulative absences per quarter for conference with Assistant Principal.
 * Absence Notices: **
 * Automated home phone calls daily-period absences/full day absences
 * At three absences, letter sent home
 * At three all day truancies, first truancy letter sent home
 * At five absences, second letter sent home
 * SART contract (may start earlier due to prior record)
 * SART contract violations – refer to SARB
 * Results: Improved ADA **
 * Action Steps: **
 * Coordinated efforts between FRC, Counselors, Attendance and Administration to tighten the support net and communicate services
 * Weekly meetings AP Attendance, DPS, Attendance Clerk to update “most-wanted list”
 * Schedule checks on students coming to school period 1 and period 2 late
 * Schedule checks on any student out during any period without a pass or TA lanyard
 * Focused period 4 sweeps as needed
 * Results: ** Month 7, Period and Full Day Truancies increased. Will need to see more longitudinal data as truancy sweeps started in March 2010 and truancy recording changed in month 6.
 * Drop Out Prevention Specialist Data: **
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 * Attendance Laws ** ||
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 * SARB ** ||
 * FRC Referrals ** ||
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 * 2. What were your challenges in meeting your team goals and supporting the Site Goals? **
 * Change in attendance policy, again.
 * High volume of chronic truants, late students, and underlying socio-emotional issues at home
 * Working with teachers to welcome chronic truants back
 * Reminding teachers to take accurate attendance for every student, every period, every day so that we have accurate attendance data
 * Independent Study Contracts not completed, lose A.D.A.
 * Data systems do not communicate – FRC, VAX, counselor notes, etc. We need to develop on online system where all contacts, services and consequences are documented in one system where all can access and record as appropriate.
 * 3. What are your department/team/program needs for supporting student learning for next year in these areas? **
 * Support for positive incentives
 * Support for personnel – Drop-out Prevention Specialist, Attendance Clerk (s) campus supervision, Family Resource Center Case Managers.
 * Develop an online system where all contacts, services and consequences are documented in one system where all can access and record as appropriate
 * __ Supplemental __** Materials and Supplies to assist students who need additional support to learn

“Be in it to win it” movie tickets || 130 x $6 || $780.00 || Perfect Attendance lunches ||  || $2,000.00 || Gift cards for perfect monthly attendance || 22 x $25 || $550.00 || PDAs and Internet Access for administrators and campus supervisors to verify student ID and schedule - pending funding || 12 PDAs x $300 || $3,600.00 || service agreement-pending funding || 12 x $100 mo || $14,400.00 || **total requested** ||  || **$21,330.00** ||
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