Reducing Chronic Absence: It’s a Matter of 1, 2, 3!

What does it really take to reduce chronic absence? Communities across the country are reducing chronic absenteeism by using a comprehensive set of strategies that: 1) Prevents absences from occurring 2) Organizes caring and early outreach to families and students before absences add up and 3) Coordinates supports and services for vulnerable students who miss the most school. Join us for the first of four webinars held as part of Attendance Awareness Campaign 2017! Highlighting what schools and communities can do to engage students and families and educate them about the impact of absences, this webinar will focus on universal attendance improvement strategies for all students. These strategies are the first of three tiers of action needed to reduce chronic absence. Webinar guests will share innovative efforts from their communities such as the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s Attendance Awareness Poster Contest and the Allegheny County Be There campaign. We’ll also unveil the 2017 edition of the Count Us In toolkit, the essential guide for planning your community’s 2017 Attendance Awareness Campaign.