A Practical Approach to
Achieving a Culture of Positive Attendance
Part 4 of a 6-part Blog
Identifying and Addressing Factors contributing to Chronic Absenteeism and Habitual Truancy
Understanding why students are frequently absent is just as important as knowing they are absent. Tracking reasons for the absences and understanding the individualized circumstances of each student is equally important. If we just focused on student absences and provide them a generalized support, it may not change a student’s attitude towards attendance. However, understanding each of their situations individually and connecting them with the support they need along with the follow-ups to ensure interventions are working will help in building a positive attitude towards attendance. Having the tools to Follow-up is important and should not be ignored. Student support officers should close the loop and ensure that the support provided has worked for the student. This can only be effectively managed with minimal time and effort spent by district staff with the help of an integrated collaboration platform like RaaWee K12 TDPS. The factors contributing to absences can easily be linked to the interventions provided to the student in TDPS.
Understanding why students are frequently absent is just as important as knowing they are absent. Tracking reasons for the absences and understanding the individualized circumstances of each student is equally important. If we just focused on student absences and provide them a generalized support, it may not change a student’s attitude towards attendance. However, understanding each of their situations individually and connecting them with the support they need along with the follow-ups to ensure interventions are working will help in building a positive attitude towards attendance. Having the tools to Follow-up is important and should not be ignored. Student support officers should close the loop and ensure that the support provided has worked for the student. This can only be effectively managed with minimal time and effort spent by district staff with the help of an integrated collaboration platform like RaaWee K12 TDPS. The factors contributing to absences can easily be linked to the interventions provided to the student in TDPS.
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