Attendance Services
Regular attendance is an important aspect of a student’s social, emotional and academic success. In an effort to support districts and their unique needs, the ESC has designed a leveled model of attendance services delivered by Licensed Social Workers. These services align with the requirements of HB410 and can be a valuable addition to your absence intervention teams.
Our goal is to provide short-term, solutions-focused, strength-based approaches to lower grade retention, increase attendance, and increase graduation rates.
Our goal is to provide short-term, solutions-focused, strength-based approaches to lower grade retention, increase attendance, and increase graduation rates.
Level I | Professional Development, Coaching & Consultation
- Provide tailored professional development on HB410 including requirements and strategies that reduce barriers and increase engagement
- Examples: The Role of Relationships and Creating a Safe Learning Environment, Family Engagement, Academic Engagement, Strategies to Remove Barriers, Requirements and Timelines Associated with HB410
- Participate in absence intervention team meetings as a consultant and/or contributor
- Review of the district and/or school’s current attendance system including processes, protocols and interventions
- Provide exemplars of effective use of attendance data
- Provide information regarding evidence-based interventions and strategies
- Analyze building and district data to inform decision-making
- Increase the capacity of the intervention team’s use of data
- Connect absence intervention team with community resources to assist intervention efforts
Level II | Modeling, Coaching, Consultation & Direct Service
Provide a variety of supports to the team as they intervene with students who are habitually truant or excessively absent such as:
- Assist building team through the process of identify and reduce attendance barriers
- In collaboration with or under the direction of the team, meet with students and families to identify barriers and solution to attendance
- Assist the team in the development of student-centered Absence Intervention Plans including the identification of barriers and solutions to attendance
- Identify and refer to community services, as appropriate
- Support the team as they monitor and document the implementation of the plan
- Assist in the revision of the plan, as needed
Level III | Direct Service
- Assist the district in complying with court mandates
- File a complaint to juvenile court on behalf of the district
- Attend and represent the district at all court hearings
- Residency, Well Checks and Missing Child
Learn more about the Central Ohio Attendance Network (COAN) here
