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United in Excellence SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION BACCALAUREATE (IB) CANDIDACY Attending to the Importance of Attendance Presentation to the NLPS Board of Education August,2019 VISUAL &


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United in Excellence

SCIENCE ● TECHNOLOGY ● ENGINEERING ● MATHEMATICS

BACCALAUREATE (IB) CANDIDACY INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

United in Excellence

Attending to the Importance of Attendance Presentation to the NLPS Board of Education August,2019

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VISION United in Excellence

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Attendance Matters

Summer, 2019 Campaign

  • SY19-20 Calendar
  • Fact Cards (Spanish and English)
  • Incentive Giveaways with a purpose:

 NLPS Toothbrush  Magnet Clips (to hold the SY19-20 calendar)  Cell Phone Pop Sockets

  • Events

 NLPD National Night Out  Back-to-School Socials  Back-to-School Open Houses

  • Partnerships In Development

 New London Public Library  Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT

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Attendance Matters

Did You Know? Fact Cards

  • Available in Spanish and English
  • Elementary and Secondary Versions
  • Distributed widely to all students and families

Elementary Version Elementary Version

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Attendance Matters

What Can You Do? Fact Cards

  • Available in Spanish and English
  • Elementary and Secondary Versions
  • Distributed when a student is at risk of

becoming chronically absent and during SRBI attendance meetings to students and families

Secondary Version Secondary Version

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United in Excellence

Attendance Matters

In the works…

  • Early contact with students and families
  • SY19-20 Pilots of –

 Training of staff  Attendance SRBI meeting process, form, and best-practice strategies  Implementation of school-specific attendance events, one per month  Nudge Letters  Use of a decision-making flow chart

  • Schedule of District Attendance Team Meetings –at least one time per month
  • PowerSchool dashboards and alerts
  • Development of an Attendance Handbook (Director of School Climate and

Culture) that is in alignment with NLPS Board of Education Policy and practices

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Attendance Matters

NLPS Chronic Absenteeism moving in the right direction!

From: 22% in SY 13-14 To: 15% in SY 18-19

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United in Excellence

BACCALAUREATE (IB) CANDIDACY VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

SCIENCE ● TECHNOLOGY ● ENGINEERING ● MATHEMATICS

NEW LONDON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

134 Williams Street New London, CT 06320

WWW.NEWLONDON.ORG

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION