Presented by Dr. Jeff Dillon, Superintendent, Wilder School District (ID); Melissa Dilling, CTE Coordinator, Marysville School District (WA); and Terry Thoren, CEO, Wonder Media
During the edLeader Panel “Decreasing Absenteeism and Its Effects with Meaningful Strategies,” Brian Marques, Sr. Director of Opportunity Youth for Boston Public Schools (MA), Aspen Florence, Educational Consultant for the Utah State Board of Education, and Cecelia Leong, Vice President of Programs for Attendance Works, provided insights into leveraging Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and innovative approaches to understand and address chronic absenteeism and attendance barriers.
Presented by Brian Marques, Sr. Director of Opportunity Youth, Boston Public Schools (MA); Aspen Florence, Educational Consultant, Utah State Board of Education; Cecelia Leong, Vice President of Programs, Attendance Works; and Nicole DellaRocco, Senior Account Director, Panorama Education
Presented by Patti Moon, Chief Communication Officer, Aurora Public Schools (CO); Simón Miera, Senior Partner Success Manager, TalkingPoints; and Kate Pechacek, Senior Director of Partner Success, TalkingPoints
The effects of the pandemic are continuing to impact students’ school attendance and academic progress, complicating long-standing challenges and creating new ones, but school district officials are continuing to respond with innovative approaches that can help students overcome current difficulties and resume their academic progress.
Presented by Dr. Tommy Welch, School Superintendent, Office of the Superintendent, Boston Public Schools (MA); Jennifer Lawson, Chief Academic Officer, Cobb County School District (GA); Helen Chan Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development, Pasadena Unified School District (CA); Eric Bethel, Instructional Superintendent, District of Columbia Public Schools; and Dr. Monica Lee, Senior Research Associate, Annenberg Institute at Brown University and EveryDay Labs
Students can’t learn if they’re not in school, but too often, administrators only pay attention when a student is chronically absent. And as schools reopen after a year away, it’s even more important that learners and their families feel wanted at school. During an edLeader Panel, sponsored by EveryDay Labs, the presenters shared why family communication is an important part of school attendance and how they make students and families feel welcome in the classroom.
Presented by Dr. Carletha Shaw-Rolle, Cadre Director CS 1, Broward County Public Schools (FL); Chelsea Montgomery, Executive Director, Office of Student Supports, Fulton County Schools (GA); and Dr. Erin Simon, Assistant Superintendent of School Support Services, Long Beach Unified School District (CA)
Even before COVID-19 created online, remote, and hybrid learning environments in school districts across the country, most district and school leaders struggled with chronic absenteeism in their schools. Researchers like Dr. Todd Rogers, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and Chief Scientist at EveryDay Labs, have tirelessly worked with school districts to identify, develop and implement strategies to reduce absenteeism at scale.