00:21:51 draths: Karen Draths, Secretary/Registrar 00:21:53 Heather Scott: Heather Scott Principal Helen Wilcox Palermo District 00:21:53 Tiffany Scott: Tiffany Scott- school social worker with Charlottesville City Schools. Snow is melting away slowly 00:21:54 Shontria Carrington: Shontria Carrington; Supervisor of Dropout Prevention and School Social Work; Guilford County Schools 00:21:57 Betsy Schroeder: Betsy Schroeder, Interim Principal, Beloit Learning Academy, School District of Beloit - I don't have a window so I'm not sure! 00:21:57 bustillos_martha: Martha Bustillos, Truancy Court Liaison, St. Brain Valley School District. It is cloudy and pretty windy here! 00:22:00 mmchugh: Martha McHugh Social Worker Aldrich Intermediate Beloit WI 10 inches of snow 00:22:00 Deanna Holman: Deanna Holman ISD Consultant to Muskegon Heights PSA, Blue Skys and sunny!!! 00:22:02 Kimberly Solano: Kimberly Solano, Principal, Palermo, Cold and cloudy 00:22:04 Jeannee': Jeannee' Neville 00:22:05 Penny Munoz: Penny Munoz-Pioneer Family Liaison, District 33 in West Chicago, IL. 00:22:05 June Haught: June Haught, Assistant Principal 00:22:06 jameszaveski: Jim Zaveski, Asst Principal Marion County WV cold 00:22:06 Ms. Snodgrass: Heather Snodgrass, Assistant Principal at East Fairmont Middle in Marion County, WV. Snow on the ground and cold. 00:22:07 Rob Barelli: rob barelli, dean of students at Moreland Middle School, Moreland SD in San Jose, CA 00:22:08 Rachel: Rachel Clark, Executive Administrative Coordination, Muskegon Heights Public School 00:22:08 Jason W: Jason, Elementary AP, Beloit, WI. Nice weather today. Snow storm coming in tomorrow with freezing rain and snow mix. 00:22:08 dconover: Debra Conover, Principal 00:22:10 Lizzette Soto: Lizzette Soto, Family Liaison, West Chicago School District 33. Cold and frozen snow on ground 00:22:10 Alfred Morales: Hello, Alfred Morales-Community Schools Site Coordinator 00:22:11 Jason Dorst: Ava Dorst, Counselor Todd Elementary School Beloit, WI 00:22:12 Vel Coleman: Assistant Principal Charlottesville City Schools 00:22:12 Shontria Carrington: Sunny but COLD! 00:22:12 Zachary Freeman: Zach, Associate Director of Operations at Attendance Works, partly cloudy and cool in Berkeley CA 00:22:13 Ricardo Dominguez: Ricardo Dominguez- Family Liaison- West Chicago District 33 00:22:16 Jenny Allen: Jenny Allen, Family Support Specialist, Seattle Public Schools. Cloudy with some sun, 46 degrees 00:22:17 TysonF: Tyson Furgason, principal at Rivesville in Marion County WV, been snowing and cold 00:22:18 Kelly Kaminski: Kelly Kaminski, Beloit, WI, Asst. Principal, 00:22:18 Anna Barth: Anna Barth, Student and Family Support Coordinator (social. Worker) Thief River Falls, MN - 00:22:19 tmaxwell: Tricia Maxwell, Attendance Director for Marion County Schools in West Virginia. Sunny, but chilly today! Some snow still on the ground. 00:22:19 Colleen Murphy: Colleen Murphy, LCSW, school social worker, Boulder, Montana. 00:22:21 Teresa Ocon: Teresa Ocon Family Liaison West Chicago School District 33, super cold! 00:22:21 Alyson W: Alyson Walker, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Attendance Liaison, dreary but warm here in Colorado 00:22:23 Rachel: Academy System, Muskegon, MI Sunny 00:22:23 Stacy Nemetz: Stacy Nemetz, School Social Worker, Beloit WI, snow on the ground 00:22:25 Jennifer Nitz: Jennifer Nitz, School Social Worker, Beloit, WI 00:22:25 Harper K: Harper, Guilford County Schools, windy and cold! School Social Worker. 00:22:26 Kristi Napoli: Kristi Napoli, Principal, Golden Hills School, Palermo District, Northern Ca. cloudy 00:22:28 Victoria Martinez: Victoria Martinez Attendance Liaison SVVSD, wind... 00:22:28 Angie Nieto : Angie Nieto, West Chicago, d33. Saturday about to be very COLD. 00:22:29 Marla Spivey: Marla Spivey, AP Penn Wood MS- Darby, PA (Outside Philly) Just shoveled 12 inches yesterday:-) 00:22:29 Vandiebilt: Vandiebilt Mathews Middleschool dean MHA Muskegon Heights 00:22:29 Audrey Buchanan: Audrey Buchanan, Beloit Learning Academy in the School District of Beloit. Sunny but cold with lots of snow on the ground 00:22:29 Darrell: Darrell Brown, Page High, Guilford County Schools, NC School Social Worker, cloudy and cold 00:22:30 Mary Lynn Westfall: Mary Lynn, Principal East Fairmont High School Fairmont WV. Sunny today with snow on the ground. About 27 today 00:22:32 Anna Johnson : Anna Johnson, Assistant Principal, Northern California 00:22:32 Adriane Butler: Adriane Butler, Charlottesville City Schools 00:22:33 Yvette Hernandez: Yvette Hernandez, Family Liaison, d33 00:22:33 draths: Oak Grove, Lots of snow and sunshine! 00:22:34 Anna Barth: No window, but it is WHITE and COLD!! 00:22:35 June Haught: West Fairmont Middle School, Fairmont, WV 00:22:40 Jeanine Aguila, PXU: Jeanine Aguilar, Phoenix Union High School District, cloudy 00:22:42 Fonda Lewis: Fonda Lewis Principal Gaston in School District of Beloit 00:22:46 Michael Reedy: Mike Reedy Interim AP, Muskegon Heights, MI COLD! 36 Degrees 00:22:48 dconover: Debra Conover, Principal, East Fairmont Middle School, Marion County, WV 00:22:52 Colleen Murphy: Warm in Montana. We have little snow so we have been ice skating a lot!! 00:22:57 Chris Binotto: Chris Binotto, assistant principal, Rivesville Elementary/Middle School in Marion County WV 00:23:00 Andee Farrar: Andee Farrar Assistant Principal Palermo USD, Palermo CA Cloudy, windy and cold. Looks like rain. 00:23:00 Belitza Contreras-DeLeon: Belitza Contreras-DeLeon/Family Liaison West Chicago School District #33/ West Chicago, IL/ 32 F 00:23:07 Natalie Cabral: Natalie Cabral Family Liaison West Chicago School District 33 . 30 degrees sunny and snow on the ground :) 00:23:17 iPhone: Chauwanda Southerland 00:23:22 Lisa Daniels: Lisa Daniels, Romeoville, IL sunny 00:23:30 bustillos_martha: St. Vrain Valley SD in Colorado, hate auto Correct! 00:23:40 Vicki Trimingham: Vicki Trimingham, Elk Grove Unified School District in California. Sunny day :) 00:23:53 iPhone: Chauwanda Southerland Greensboro, NC cold and sunny 00:24:27 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: Martha, St. Vrain--got it! 00:25:01 M Brown: Melinda Brown Principal Mannington Middle WV sunny 35 degrees 00:25:53 Tyra Williams-Seattle Public Schools Attendance Liaison: Tyra Williams-Seattle Public Schools Student Supports Manager 00:27:11 Kelly Kaminski: Relationships! 00:27:19 Tiffany Scott: relationships & clear expectations 00:27:20 Darrell: Relationships 00:27:23 Dawn Rogers: relationships 00:27:23 Heather Scott: Relationships are key! 00:27:25 Vel Coleman: Need to work on clear expectations and communication 00:27:26 Marla Spivey: Relationships and expectations 00:27:27 Stacy Nemetz: Providing more clear expectations for students 00:27:29 Lindsey Swagerty - UA ERZ: Clear Expectations and Communication 00:27:30 Yvette Hernandez: relationships/communication 00:27:30 Harper K: rapport 00:27:31 tmaxwell: Relationships and Attendance Expectations 00:27:33 Kristi Napoli: Relationships, communication 00:27:33 Anna Johnson : Clear Expectations 00:27:37 Vel Coleman: relationships are rather strong 00:27:38 Kimberly Solano: relationships 00:27:40 mmchugh: Relationships/clear expectations 00:27:44 Ms. Snodgrass: Been working on expectations 00:27:47 Jeanine Aguilar, PXU: climate and relationships 00:27:48 Jennifer Nitz: I think we have 1 and 2 established, but need to work on clear expectations/communication. 00:27:48 Vicki Trimingham: Relationships 00:27:49 Colleen Murphy: We are doing extremely well with one and two. Expectations around attendance during covid have been challenging. 00:27:49 Natalie Cabral: Relationships and Climate 00:28:08 2 Jessie Jimenez - SPS: Jessie Jimenez, District Truancy Rep, Seattle Public Schools 00:28:12 Alfred Morales: Need to work on communication and clear expectations. 00:28:38 Vicki Trimingham: Collaboration 00:28:39 Penny Munoz: communication 00:28:41 Lizzette Soto: Effective communication 00:28:42 Vel Coleman: brainstorming - collaboration 00:28:43 Mary Lynn Westfall: Communication 00:28:44 Dawn Rogers: communication 00:28:44 Ms. Snodgrass: Mutual respect 00:28:45 mmchugh: listening 00:28:46 Heather Scott: clear expectations 00:28:46 Jeannee': trust 00:28:48 Kristi Napoli: communication 00:28:48 2 Jessie Jimenez - SPS: Need to work on communication and clear expectations. 00:28:48 Michael Reedy: communication 00:28:49 Marla Spivey: contribution of all team members 00:28:50 dconover: collaboration 00:28:50 Darrell: communication 00:28:51 Jason Dorst: Safe environment 00:28:54 Anna Johnson : collaboration 00:28:55 Betsy Schroeder: Communication 00:28:56 Yvette Hernandez: communication 00:28:56 M Brown: communication 00:28:56 Tyra Williams-Seattle Public Schools Attendance Liaison: Shared Vision 00:28:57 Andee Farrar: communication 00:28:58 Rachel: Communication 00:28:58 Stacy Nemetz: organizations 00:29:00 Belitza Contreras-DeLeon: Communication 00:29:00 tmaxwell: Execution Skills 00:29:01 Betsy Schroeder: Transparency 00:29:02 Angie Nieto : Collaboration 00:29:06 2 Jessie Jimenez - SPS: Collaboration and share vision 00:29:07 Kimberly Solano: focused goal 00:29:08 Michael Reedy: follow-through 00:29:12 N. Whitehead: Accountability 00:29:12 Shontria Carrington: Accountability of all stakeholders. 00:30:21 Alia Herrod: is this recorded? thank you 00:30:30 Sue, Attendance Works: HI Alia, yes 00:30:35 Alia Herrod: yes, I can see, it is recorded, sorry 00:37:49 Alia Herrod: sorry, I haven't clicked submit 00:37:56 Alia Herrod: yet 00:37:58 Colleen Murphy: Grade level teams encompass most everything at our small, rural, k-8 school. 00:42:39 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: @Colleen, grade level teams are great! and draw on the combined strengths of teachers. How do your support services personnel partner with the grade level teams? 00:44:37 Michael Reedy: Daily 00:44:42 Harper K: seven days after the assignment is due 00:44:49 Marla Spivey: Synch-1st period, async-SEL question 00:44:54 Darrell: daily 00:44:55 Vicki Trimingham: Marked present if they attend any portion of the daily synchronous lessons 00:44:57 Alia Herrod: when they log into our LMS student, come to live classes, logged in into each course 00:44:58 iPhone: after 7 days 00:45:01 Anna Barth: Teachers are supposed to do daily, but some don’t 00:45:01 Jeanine Aguilar, PXU: each period 00:45:02 Brenda: attendance daily present when during sych. time 00:45:03 Kimberly Solano: present if they Zoom or talk with teacher on the phone (daily) OR if they complete an assignment 00:45:05 2 Jessie Jimenez - SPS: daily twice a day in some cases 00:45:07 Jen Paepke: Students can earn daily attendance credit for completing work, even if they don’t come into the live session 00:45:10 Rachel: Marked present when in class and absent when not in class. Attendance taken daily 00:45:10 Adriane B.: daily 00:45:10 Ms. Snodgrass: In order to be present, students must show engagement with the material being provided. We look at a week at time. 00:45:20 Kristi Napoli: Daily: Student attend Zoom or completes work online by 2:30 pm each day 00:45:22 Vel Coleman: twice a day; daily 00:45:47 Colleen Murphy: Infinite campus daily. Very difficult to track remote students who don't attend all zoom classes. 00:45:54 Jason Dorst: They are considered absent if they don’t show up for a live lesson or do an assignment…we take attendance once in the morning & one in the afternoon. Our kids have all quarter to turn in work .. 00:45:56 mmchugh: Attending live session, watching recorded lessons, communication between student/family and staff..also going back and changing attendance if work is turned in 00:50:20 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: Have you adapted attendance codes? Some districts mark a student absent for remote sessions and have a code if the student reports being unable to attend due to connectivity issues. 00:53:41 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: One strategy with asynchronous online or packet learning is to show students their progress to encourage them to persist. e.g. progress bar showing % completed. 01:09:18 2 Jessie Jimenez - SPS: Not enough time to share with our colleagues around the nation... 01:09:28 Alia Herrod: yes 01:14:13 Kelly Kaminski: In Distance Learning….student in Special Education 01:14:14 Darrell: students in transition 01:14:22 Rob Barelli: low SES 01:14:24 Anna Barth: Free/Reduced lunch and children of color 01:14:30 Colleen Murphy: no one group 01:14:32 Heather Snodgrass: low ses 01:14:32 Audrey Buchanan: Students who have taken jobs and are working during the day 01:14:34 Darrell: unstable housing 01:14:38 Debbie: homeless/displaced 01:14:39 Harper K: ESL 01:14:41 Vicki Trimingham - Elk Grove USD in California: Free and reduced lunch, Special Ed 01:14:42 Michael Reedy: African American Population 01:14:44 tmaxwell: Rural areas 01:14:44 iPhone: ESL 01:14:51 June Haught: single parent families 01:14:52 Shannon Murray: working students 01:14:55 Harper K: English as a second language 01:14:55 Rob Barelli: in Distance Learning, many kids across all demographics are stuggling 01:14:59 Craig Musser: students working to support family 01:15:05 Marla Spivey: Those caring for siblings in virtuall 01:18:07 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: @ Jessie, Feel free to reach out during our session and arrange to connect directly afterwards. Virtual makes it hard to continue great conversations! 01:18:14 Colleen Murphy: What happened to all the previous steps to a letter like that? 01:20:57 tmaxwell: We changed our attendance letter this year to be more of an outreach/supportive measure encouraging communication with attendance director or school principal....our typical attendance letter which is more of a "legal notice" 01:21:50 Colleen Murphy: Yes, but where was the initial call from the teacher, the relationship piece and the attendance team having a meeting with the family prior to such a letter being sent? 01:22:07 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: @tmaxwell - great move. Are you seeing better results? Would you be willing to share your revised letter with us? 01:24:00 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: Much thanks! 01:24:27 Debbie: lots of mental health issues 01:24:32 iPhone: No device 01:24:32 Rachel: Struggling with the school work 01:24:36 Alia Herrod: no parent support at home 01:24:40 Tiffany Scott: virtual isn't engaging- expected to be online too many hours per day 01:24:41 Anna Johnson : They are watching younger siblings. Parents at work. 01:24:41 Jeannee': transportation, technology issues 01:24:42 2 Jessie Jimenez - SPS: Tech challenges 01:24:44 Kelly Kaminski: Babysitter won’t / can’t get them on 01:24:44 Rachel A: They're burnt out, can't wake up on time, no one home to help 01:24:44 Natalie Cabral: The people who are caring for them don't know how to manage the devices and can't support the younger kids 01:24:48 Penny Munoz: Parents are afraid of illness due to Covid 01:24:48 Heather Snodgrass: with a childcare giver during school day 01:24:50 Alia Herrod: parents are not making sure they are on and ready to go 01:24:53 Tiffany Scott: older students are missing in person interactions with peers 01:24:54 Darrell: no device 01:24:54 Alia Herrod: working students 01:24:55 Colleen Murphy: Disengagement and remote instruction is not engaging 01:24:56 Harper K: working 01:25:00 Craig Musser: actual Covid cases in household 01:25:01 Michael Reedy: Embarrassed of home background.. 01:25:05 Alia Herrod: computer not working, no internet 01:25:05 Vicki Trimingham - Elk Grove USD in California: depression 01:25:09 Tiffany Scott: caregivers not able to navigate the technology 01:25:14 Anna Barth: Mental health, both the students and the parents 01:25:15 tmaxwell: @colleenmurphy multiple calls, emails, home visits, etc. take place prior to our attendance letter 01:25:19 iPhone: Burnout 01:25:21 Harper K: being caretakers 01:25:32 Heather Snodgrass: still struggling in our area with internet accessibility 01:25:39 Alia Herrod: not having regular schedule, no routine, chaotic household 01:26:00 Alia Herrod: playing all night on video games, then sleeping in 01:26:00 Natalie Cabral: Parents feel overwhelme especially with a child who needs more attention 01:26:16 iPhone: wanting to see students succeed 01:26:35 Penny Munoz: working toward equity 01:26:43 Heather Snodgrass: Our kids NEED us more than ever! 01:27:16 Alia Herrod: What keeps me going: can see effects of my work, feedback from others, engage with other co-workers in instant messenger, group chats - these are very supportive 01:27:18 Debbie: The excitement we feel when a student does return to school regularly. Never give up 01:27:28 Alia Herrod: feel connected 01:27:48 Craig Musser: hope that pandemic will be over soon under new administration and vaccine distribution! 01:29:10 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: Love all the ways you keep motivated. Thanks for sharing. 01:31:27 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: Alia's comment also highlights the benefits of a team - mutual support. 01:33:03 Alia Herrod: Thank you, Cecelia. I can see a big difference - b and m schools - teachers switching online are very disconnected. having these instant messenger group chat with colleagues is amazing support, answering questions for each other, helping, motivating. 01:35:18 Alia Herrod: I don't see the link to playbook in the resources for this class. where do I find it? 01:35:44 Sue, Attendance Works: HI Alia, It is linked in this deck that you will receive. And we will make sure to add it to the resources as well. 01:36:41 Sue, Attendance Works: This is about measuring the effectiveness of our interventions. 01:36:56 Alia Herrod: ok, I can see the link on one of the slides, thank you 01:37:20 Alia Herrod: I downloaded the slides, thank you 01:38:51 Natalie Cabral: Calling emergency contacts 01:38:57 Harper K: @Alia check their cumulative folders for additional contact information 01:39:21 Vicki Trimingham - Elk Grove USD in California: Porch visits with site admin and a wellness provider 01:39:22 N. Whitehead: Use social media (Facebook) 01:39:32 Craig Musser: have student create goals for their education. 01:39:39 Debbie: call for a well check from the sheriff's dept. 01:39:40 Harper K: @Alia ask students if they've had any contact - 01:39:41 mmchugh: I wanted to share this. I recently read this and thought it was helpful. I liked the “won’t attend vs. can’t attend” explanations. https://www.sunshine-support.org/school-attendance-difficulties-and-school-related-trauma?fbclid=IwAR3ww0Bls_8KyqjOfSgEVpNFHE8VG5d9uXsGcMfdqVlfHtG3SozEYRS-xfA 01:39:55 Spears, Iyonna I: Thank you 01:40:09 N. Whitehead: truepeoplesearch.com to locate other addresses and relatives 01:40:18 iPhone: see I f they have siblings in the district especially younger ones with correct information 01:40:21 Cathy W,: Strategies for Connecting with Students & Families: https://www.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Strategies-for-Connecting-with-Students-and-Families-rev-8-27-20.pdf 01:40:44 Harper K: People search is a great online resource, as well! Call Department of Health and Human Services to see if they have an active social worker and ask them to contact you if so 01:41:20 N. Whitehead: court system for upcoming court dates 01:42:01 Heather Snodgrass: Our resource officer has been a tremendous resource for helping us connect with missing families and using his resources through law enforcement. 01:42:10 Sue, Attendance Works: SRO = School Resource Officer 01:42:38 tmaxwell: DHHR is helpful sometimes.....in order to receive benefits, families must keep their contact info current with DHHR 01:44:40 Sue, Attendance Works: Create formal and informal mechanisms for gathering information about families. 01:44:51 Audrey Buchanan: We constantly ask students and families for updated contact information and include it in our contact log because school records are not always updated 01:45:30 Cathy W,: Before we close today's session, please fill out the evaluation survey: https://app.upmetrics.com/data_collector/ckf2oltbqlt8k0759tfdbfybj 01:45:31 Sue, Attendance Works: The student success plan we shared also creates the opportunity to gather information about families' extended support system that may come in useful later. 01:46:02 Alia Herrod: thank you very much everyone for these amazing ideas. 01:46:11 Darrell: thanks everyone 01:46:12 Marla Spivey: Thank you:-) 01:46:26 Sue, Attendance Works: Thank you everyone for sharing and engaging today! We appreciate you all and the monumental work you are doing. 01:46:49 Cathy W,: Class survey: https://app.upmetrics.com/data_collector/ckf2oltbqlt8k0759tfdbfybj 01:46:54 Sue, Attendance Works: Thank you Shontria for jumping in with a moment notice! 01:47:05 Michael Reedy: Blessings to you all! 01:47:06 Tiffany Scott: This was super helpful. Thanks!