The Student Engagement and Attendance unit assists schools in addressing systemic barriers to student engagement and good attendance, thereby enhancing student achievement, and college and career readiness. 

Given COVID-19 and distance learning, attendance is more critical than ever.  Please see the resources below specific to supporting student attendance during this time.

• Launching the 2020 Attendance Awareness Campaign
• Send the Message that Showing Up Matters; 10 Key Messages for 2020
• Monitoring Attendance In Distance Learning:  A Framework

Training

Supervisor of Attendance Certification – September 25, 2020 (virtual)

Chronic Absenteeism – January 12, 2021 (virtual)

• Attendance Law — Charter Schools and District of Residence (Google folder)
• Attendance Talking Points — English (Google folder)
  
• Attendance Talking Points — Spanish (Google folder)
• Brown Act — Open Meeting Law (Google folder)
• Chronic Absence/Truancy Letter Samples (Google folder)
• Chronic Illness Verification (Google folder)
• Health and Attendance (Google Folder)
• Home Visit Doorhangers (Google folder)
• Marquee Messages (Google Folder)
• Student Attendance Review Team (SART) Resources (Google folder)
• Student Attendance Review Board (SARB) Resources (Google folder)
• Tribal TANF (Google folder)
  

ADDITIONAL ATTENDANCE RESOURCES

• Attendance Works
• Attorney General's Truancy Toolkit
• Tiered Approach Strategies
• School Attendance Review Board (SARB) Manual (PDF)
  

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American School Counselor Association
• Association of California School Administrators
• California Association of School Social Workers
• California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance
• School Social Work Association of America
  

For questions or more detail contact:

Barbara Higgins
Director
858-298-2081