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Attendance Supervisor Session

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Bo Magnusson

Cumberland County Schools

Attendance Supervisor

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Our Team

Cumberland County Schools - Around 7,100 Students in 12 schools

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Bo Magnusson

  • Attendance Supervisor
  • Director of Emergency Management & Security
  • Threat Assessment Task Force
  • Supervisor of Safe Schools Counselors
  • Discipline Hearing Authority Chairman

Faith Abston

  • SIS & Attendance Administrative Assistant & Bookkeeper
  • Lead Attendance Clerk

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Patricia Overstreet

  • SIS Administrator
  • Testing Coordinator

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Student Attendance

Strategies Utilized to Ensure and Increase Student Attendance

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Getting Everyone Involved

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School

Family

Community

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Community Partnerships & Relationships

  • Dave Kirk Car Giveaway(19 years)
  • Juvenile Court Officers
  • General Sessions Court Judge
  • DCS Case Managers & Supervisors

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District Interventions

Attendance Audits

    • District Attendance Team
    • Twice Every Grading Period
    • EIS “Absent Student” Data Report
      • Excused and Unexcused
    • School Outreach and Follow-up

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Centralized Google Folder

    • Shared Drive With Procedures and Policies
    • Consistent Documents Across the District

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District Interventions

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Home Visits

    • School Requests
    • Door Knockers
    • Juvenile Court Officers

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School Interventions

SIS Package

    • Communication
      • Robocalls
      • Family Weekly Attendance Emails
    • Encourage use of Family Access to check attendance and if notes have been turned in by the student
    • Tier Process

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Tier Interventions

Tier 1

    • Meeting with student and school attendance representative at 3 unexcused
    • Reviews absences and notes

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Tier 2

    • Meeting with student, parent/guardian, school attendance representative at 4 unexcused
    • Signed attendance contract

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Tier Interventions

Tier 3

    • Truancy Court with student, parent, Juvenile Service Officers, and District Attendance Supervisor at 5 unexcused
    • Informal agreement is signed

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Tier 4

    • Juvenile Court Citation to appear before the General Session Judge if student continues to miss school

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Thanks!

Any questions?

You can find me at magnussonb@ccschools.k12tn.net

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