Description
Nationwide, about 1 in 7 students is chronically absent. This is defined by the Office for Civil Rights as missing 15 or more days in a year for any reason, while others define chronic absenteeism as missing 10 percent or more possible days of attendance, whether it is excused or unexcused. When students miss too much school, they fall behind their peers academically, which can have lasting effects throughout their education and ultimately hurt their chances of graduating. This webinar will address the importance of accurately tracking student attendance data, and how it can be used to help chronically absent students get back on track with their attendance.
Presenters Sue Fothergill (Attendance Works) and Laura Hansen (Metro Nashville Public Schools) will share highlights from their work conducting “deep dives” into student attendance data, including understanding the reasons that students are absent and building effective interventions to directly address those issues. Drawing from the recent National Forum on Education Statistics’ “Guide to Collecting and Using Attendance Data” and Attendance Works’ “Key Ingredients for Systemic Change,” this webinar will also provide concrete examples of how state and local education agencies can work within and across their departments and communities to address chronic absence.
Webinar attendees will…
- Learn about how attendance data, when examined effectively, can drive decisionmaking to support chronically absent students
- Be introduced to an inquiry process for examining attendance data that can uncover absence trends and help teams build shared understanding and consensus for problem solving
- Hear about actions other districts have taken as a result of effectively collecting and understanding attendance data
- Have the opportunity to engage in a group discussion and question-and-answer session with the presenters
Date & Time
April 26, 2018
Online
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT