Presentations and Handouts
Presentations
Attendance Counts Power Point June 2010 – Use this overview of the Attendance Counts project, including an explanation of the chronic absence issue, to help build public awareness and public will. We will soon provide power points tailored for specific audiences, including state policymakers, community schools, afterschool providers and early education.
Handouts
America’s Promise Alliance and the Annie E. Casey Foundation have developed these handouts to encourage parent engagement in improving school attendance at all grade levels.
Attendance Counts has developed a series of handouts:
- Handout on Attendance Incentives
- Handout on the Effect of Afterschool Programs on School Day Attendance
- Five Myths About School Attendance
The Baltimore City Public Schools and the Baltimore Student Attendance Initiative have created this checklist for parents.
The Consortium of Chicago School Research created these handouts for parents and students going into ninth grade.
- What Matters-Parents
- What Matters-Parents-Spanish version
- What Matters-Students
- What Matters-Teachers
The San Diego Unifed School District created these tips on attendance.
The University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development has developed a toolkit to help preschoolers manage the transition to kindergarten, based on a progam used in the Pittsburgh Public Schools for the past few years.