Roughly 30 percent of District students miss more than 18 days of school, said Betsy Hoffer, Associate
Director of Student Attendance.
Not exact matches
In 2007, she assumed the role
of Director of Student Support Services, and later Deputy CEO for Youth Development, in the newly formed Office
of School and Youth Development (OSYD), overseeing policy for the areas
of school counseling, substance abuse prevention and intervention,
attendance, community partnerships, and
Students in Temporary Housing.
According to Read to Succeed Executive
Director Anne Ryan,
students who miss 10 percent
of kindergarten and first grade scored an average
of 60 points below similar
students with good
attendance on third grade reading tests.
Pecchia's wife Karen, who is the
attendance officer and
director of student services, agreed that the school's instruction wasn't always rigorous.
In The Four - Day School Week, another School Administrator report, Jack McCoy, deputy
director of learning services at the New Mexico Department
of Education, said in his district's case
attendance for teachers and
students improved while scores on standardized achievement tests remained stable.
8:30 am Breakfast & Network 9:00 am Welcome & Keynote: Addressing
attendance to improve achievement for all
students Dr. Joshua Childs, Assistant Professor, Department
of Educational Leadership and Policy, the University
of Texas at Austin; Sonia Dominguez,
Director of Student Success, E3 Alliance; Matt Pope, Chief Transformation Officer, E3 Alliance 10:30 am Breakout Session I: 11:45 am Lunch & Exhibit Walk 1:00 pm Breakout Session II 2:00 pm Guided Campus Planning & Collaboration 3:45 pm Closing Remarks
Presenters: Eric Glaser,
Director, U.S. Network Impact, United Way Worldwide; Brittany Moore, Manager, Alliance Engagement, America's Promise Alliance; Mark Bishop, Vice President
of Policy, Healthy Schools Campaign; Yolie Flores, Senior Fellow, Campaign for Grade - Level Reading; Gordon Jackson,
Director, Coordinated
Student Support Division, California Department
of Education; Jill Habig, Special Assistant Attorney General for California Attorney General Kamala Harris; Sharon Lee,
Director, Office
of Multiple Pathways, Rhode Island Department
of Education; Rebecca Boxx,
Director, Providence Children and Youth Cabinet, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University; Terry Haven, Deputy
Director, Voices for Utah Children; Lisa Wisham, Education Specialist, 21st Century Community Learning, Centers, Utah State Department
of Education; Susan Loving, Transition Specialist, Utah State Department
of Education; and from
Attendance Works: Hedy Chang,
Director; Cecelia Leong, Associate
Director; Phyllis Jordan, Communications Lead.
Many states are choosing to use absenteeism both because it is linked to
student achievement and because it doesn't require a lot
of new resources, since schools and districts already collect
attendance data, said Chris Minnich, executive
director of the Council
of Chief State School Officers.
«One
of the big shifts is just acknowledging that, more than just a test score, you really have to look at a child's entire experience and ability to learn,» said Cecelia Leong, associate
director of programs for
Attendance Works, a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing
student success by reducing chronic absenteeism.
As the district's
director of student services, she held her first
attendance award ceremony a dozen years ago.
s — who as Pittsburg Unified's
director of student services oversees
attendance — emceed the
attendance ceremony, beaming in a brown suit.
That change came at the behest
of officials with the North Carolina Virtual Academy, the school backed by controversial for - profit online school operator K12, Inc., who complained to state officials that recording and reporting daily
student attendance through the online reporting software that traditional schools use didn't work for them, according to DPI's interim
director of the state's charter school office Adam Levinson.
Dr. Sandy Addis,
Director of the NDPC / N and co-author
of the issue brief, said
of the paper, «We know from studies conducted by well - respected researchers in the field that
students who have not experienced grade retention, who have good school
attendance, and who have higher course grades are likely to graduate.
The two dozen people in
attendance also heard from Principal Lolita Jackson and Vice Principal Sherrye Hubbard
of KIPP Bridge, an Oakland school profiled in the report as successfully educating African American
students, and from Jorge Lopez, Executive
Director of Amethod Public Schools (which operates Oakland Charter Academy and Oakland Charter High School).
Students, scholarship donors, faculty, staff members and members
of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation Board
of Directors gathered for a celebration
of commitment and connection, with about 120 in
attendance.
Instructor: & bull; Instruct classes using a variety
of teaching strategies & bull; Monitor
attendance of students and submit to Registrar in a timely fashion & bull; Manage classroom to provide an optimal learning environment & bull; Provide tutoring to
students needing additional help & bull; Prepare lesson plans & bull; Follow syllabi and lesson plans to maintain a pace that meets instructional requirements & bull; Prepare lecture and testing materials for
students & bull; Grade tests in a timely fashion and submit grades to Registrar within allotted timeframe & bull; Periodically evaluate
students to assess retention
of course material & bull; Advise
students with regard to academic progress & bull; Evaluate and ensure
students meet program competencies & bull; Maintain clean work environment & bull; Be punctual and reliable & bull; Ensure adherence to school schedule & bull; Immediately notify Education Coordinator or School
Director of all incidents that may threaten the security
of students
• Maintain
attendance records and bio-data
of students • Devise and implement classroom activities based on the curriculum • Schedule weekly or monthly meetings with the
Director of Church