This course will equip educators with strategies to combat chronic absenteeism by leveraging team collaboration and data tools. Participants will gain an understanding of chronic absenteeism, its root causes, and its connection to Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). The course emphasizes utilizing school teams to develop and implement effective attendance success plans, focusing on multi-year chronically absent students and addressing the root causes, such as barriers, disengagement, and misconceptions.
Throughout the course, participants will explore the use of attendance data, learn how to prioritize interventions, and align attendance improvement strategies with broader school improvement goals.
Intended Audiences
School & District Leaders, Attendance Team Members
Course Type
Self-paced
Recommended # of PLUs
2 PLUs
The most effective classrooms set students up for success by building strong relationships, taking an instructional approach to behavior and social-emotional learning, and arranging the environment to maximize learning and minimize challenging behaviors. The most effective teachers, set up effective classrooms and then engage in ongoing self-reflection to ensure continued success and continual improvement. This course explores what it takes to build classroom communities that support ALL students, providing practical tools to plan, or improve your classroom.
*Participants in this course can pick and choose topics and complete specific sections to meet their needs. PLU certificates are available on a section by section basis.