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Attendance Matters!

Engaging Parents, Students and Staff in Your Attendance Campaign

 

Educators know the value of attendance but there is a growing group of parents and students who do not. The idea seems so easy but it is lost on so many—you must show up to learn! It is as plain and simple as that. Students who miss days or portions of class due to tardiness can miss up to a year of school by the time they reach 12th grade. It’s no wonder that the students who frequently miss school due to doctor/dentist appointments, family vacations or just to have a rest day end up being the same students that need more discipline, remediation and are at the greatest risk of dropping out.

Over 250 pages of resources (in English and Spanish) provide you with attendance strategies and campaigns with varying themes that you can use year after year!

Appropriate for both Elementary and Secondary levels, this kit contains all of these helpful components:

A DVD with three 10-minute, enhanced PowerPoint presentations on why attendance matters, professionally narrated for elementary and secondary parents and staff. Each comes with a leader's guide, script and handouts. Just pop it in a DVD player or use the separate PowerPoint presentation and script to give the presentation yourself!

A CD containing ALL the kit's printed materials including planning tools and handouts.

Program profiles of successful attendance plans on topics such as:
  • Make dropout prevention a community priority;
  • Use home visits to keep students on track and in school;
  • Use student involvement and an incentive program to boost attendance;
  • A community attendance campaign;
  • A media campaign to reduce truancy.

See Sample Pages

You'll also receive:
  • A checklist of "best practices";
  • Sample media releases;
  • A campaign calendar;
  • Newsletter articles;
  • Parent handouts;
  • Surveys;
  • Posters and more!

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And to remind parents of the importance of attendance throughout the year, you'll receive 50 copies each of these three best-selling publications:

Questions Parents Ask About...Attendance parent booklet

Written in a friendly Q & A format, this booklet addresses many questions parents ask about attendance issues, including how to handle school refusal, illness, family vacations, unfinished homework and fear of bullies.

 

Why Your Attendance Matters Student Tip

Written for students of all ages, this Student Tip outlines the common reasons students are tempted to skip school and explains why they are poor excuses. It discusses why attendance is so important and points out that small improvements in attendance can result in big test-score gains.

Attendance: A Key to Your Student's Success parent Stuffer Card

When you only have a few seconds of parents' attention, this card will encourage them to be sure their children get to school every day.

 

Plus!

All of the Attendance Matters! components are provided in an attractive binder. Use the helpful materials year after year to evaluate and improve your program!

 


Order Presentation Kit materials in English for an introductory price of only $329!

Add the Spanish Supplement and pay only $399 for both versions!

— You'll receive all the entire English kit, PLUS Spanish versions of the DVD, CD-ROM, the Booklet, Student Tip, Stuffer Card, handout masters, reproducible workshop materials, and appropriate leader's materials.

The more kits you buy, the more you save—

For an even stronger parent involvement plan, check out our other resource and presentation kits—

"Reading for Success: Engaging Parents in Your Literacy Program"

"Ways Busy Parents Can Help Their Children Succeed on Standardized Tests "

 

"Off to a Good Start!
Engaging Parents in the Kindergarten Year " and

 

 

"Ways Busy Parents Can Help Their Children Succeed in School "

 

Buy multiple kits and save!

Together you’ll have powerful presentations
for parent meetings all year long!

 

Districts—buy kits for all of your schools with our discounted prices and save even more!

*Includes all the English materials, PLUS Spanish versions of the DVD, CD-ROM, Booklet, Student Tip, Stuffer Card, handout masters, reproducible workshop materials, and appropriate leader's materials.

English: Stock #5K05
English & Spanish: Stock #6K05

 

 

 

 

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