Chronic Absenteeism
What is chronic absenteeism?
Iowa defines chronically absent as any absence from school for 10 percent or more of the days or hours in the grading period established by a public school.
We know that poor attendance contributes significantly to the achievement gap and predicts the dropout rate in secondary schools. Chronic absences arise from many interconnected factors and the solution is multi-faceted, including family/school connections, student sense of belonging, value of school and overcoming potential barriers.
Strategies for Addressing Absenteeism
Our consultants can assist you in addressing chronic absenteeism in your district/school using one or more of these strategies:
- Learning about attendance and its impact on achievement
- Developing an attendance team
- Investigating attendance data including root cause analysis
- Learning about proactive approaches to addressing chronic absenteeism
- Prioritizing practices to take action on and developing an implementation plan
- Engaging community stakeholders to communicate priorities
- Monitoring implementation of the agreed-upon plan
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Important Contacts
Jadie Boens
- Director of Social, Emotional & Behavioral Health Services