Teacher's Guide to Tackling Attendance Challenges

Students can succeed in schoolbut they must be in school to do so. Addressing absenteeism is as important as addressing problematic behavior and academic difficulties in the classroom. To address the pervasive issue of chronic absenteeismthat is, missing 10 percent of school days for any reasoneducators must begin to move away from a model of reliance on reactive and punitive approaches and toward one that is preventive and positive, and that uses proven principles of behavioral change.Teacher's Guide to Tackling Attendance Challenges, by nationally known educators Jessica Sprick and Tricia Berg, provides teachers with the information and resources they need to build a strong classroom-based initiative to improve the attendance of all students, creating a classroom culture of attendance with easy-to-implement strategies. Sprick and Berg provide concrete and practical strategies for teachers to implement in their own classrooms to address chronic absence and improve the attendance of all students, including:A framework for implementationSample lesson plansExamples and reproducibles for reinforcement systemsTalking points for use with students and familiesReal-world examples of successful classroom-based approachesHandouts for parents on establishing routines, dealing with technology and moreWhen teachers apply the easy-to-implement and minimally invasive presented, they will see significant improvements in student attendance. This book is a copublication of ASCD and Ancora Publishing.