Wall Street Journal education reporter Leslie Brody has a new piece out that looks at the troubling issue of
chronic teacher absences in Newark Public Schools.
Not exact matches
Based upon
teacher referral and review of attendance records, Boze and her staff identify students with
chronic attendance concerns, including excessive tardies, 12 or more days absent in a year, and multiple
absences in a month (not related to legitimate illness).
This course, the first in the series, explains what
chronic absence is and how it impacts student achievement and causes
teachers» time in the classroom to be less productive.
The attendance rate is increasing,
chronic absences are down, and even
teacher attendance increased from 69 percent to 79 percent.
Everyone — from
teachers taking roll to school nurses taking temperatures and security guards monitoring the hallways — can play a part in reducing
chronic absence.
The district has implemented several key initiatives to successfully reduce their
chronic absence rates including their innovative use of
Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSA) as dedicated attendance liaisons.
If they go this route, school systems will see dividends in more established measures that reflect SEL progress indirectly, like lower
chronic absence rates, stronger school climate surveys, and better
teacher - retention numbers, said Weissberg.
«When
chronic absence reaches high levels in a classroom or school, all students — not just those with too many
absences — may suffer because the resulting classroom churn hampers
teachers» ability to engage all students and meet their learning needs,» the study says.
By adopting
chronic absence data as a key diagnostic measure, pre-K
teachers can enhance their efforts to ready young children for kindergarten.
Everyone, from the
teachers taking the roll to school nurses taking temperatures or security guards monitoring the hallways, can play a part in reducing
chronic absence.