00:11:56 Cecelia Leong: Welcome everyone! 00:12:55 Cecelia Leong: Hey Todd, hey Marin 00:15:09 Cecelia Leong: It feels so military to call you by last name! 00:16:38 Dana Worth-Marysville School District- Truancy: Can we get the follow up and Resources sent out from session #2 please? 00:16:50 Dana Worth-Marysville School District- Truancy: Thank you! 00:28:51 Mrs. Davis (she, her): The pandemic has actually helped; lots of teachers focusing on getting the children to class and able to problem solve! 00:28:53 Marin (he/him): Held monthly PD for Front Office, Parent Liaisons and SART members on Trauma Informed Practices 00:28:56 Kathleen Blount: We are remote so we don’t have other behaviors that we would normally focus on. 00:29:45 Mrs. Davis (she, her): We have started an equity based PD, but think there could be one focused on attendance that we'd like to start using this type of framework. 00:30:13 Krissy Johnson: ^^^Mrs. Davis - love that idea. 00:38:49 Michele Mace: internet issues 00:38:50 Ariel Parker: virtual allows my student to work during the day 00:38:52 Jenny Vervynck: This is a lost year anyway. I can't get my child to understand that going to school is important. If they go to school on the two days a week, that;s enough 00:38:53 Mrs. Davis (she, her): "My child isn't learning anything on the computer anyway; just playing" or "My daycare teaches those things" 00:38:56 dldrenning: well they aren't really learning anything anyway 00:38:57 Michele Mace: just cannot learn online 00:39:14 Valorie.Virgous: Parents will say as long as they are doing their work they should be present and they should pass them anyway 00:39:25 dldrenning: they can do the work anytime so why does it matter if they are logging on during the day 00:39:32 Jennifer Laque: letting political views impact school attendance in the virtual world 00:39:34 Ariel Parker: thinking that virtual classes are not as important. They can do the work at other times 00:39:46 Dana Worth-Marysville School District- Truancy: Why is my student always marked absent, I see them in front of the screen. 00:39:46 Jenny Vervynck: The attendance definition from the state OSPI is not helpful. 00:39:48 Dr. Margareth Legaspi: Attendance doesn't necessarily mean student engagement 00:39:58 John Robertson: Even after repeated reminding, some chronic parents just don’t understand what they are doing to their child by continued long-term truancy. 00:40:22 Melissa Holley: Our school's don't retain students due to the social and emotional issues related so many students/parents struggle to engage because, "it doesn't matter anyways". 00:40:32 Stephanie Jones: They can make up the work at any time, they don't have to log on everyday. 00:41:12 Carol Johnson-Cromer: I have to much going on to teach and monitor my child! 00:41:13 Jenny Vervynck: Students who struggled academically before the shut down engage even less now 00:42:10 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Monitoring my child's attendance is your job! 00:43:33 Mitzy Maldonado (she/her/hers/ella): I think that is especially true for children that walk to school 00:43:42 Alison Wycoff: Washington State requires notification home of all absences - is that different than other states? 00:44:05 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Parent portal is available for parents to monitor and check their child's attendance and academic performance 00:44:07 Cecelia Leong: Good point, Sue. A lot of times when learning is virtual, families see that a student is at the computer but s/he may not be in class--may be doing something else. 00:44:26 Jenny Vervynck: Parents ignore daily notification of absence because the calls come after the day of absence, so it is confusing 00:45:27 Alison Wycoff: Good point - we can’t rely on robocalls for engagement 00:45:55 Krissy Johnson: Emergency contacts! 00:46:21 Alison Wycoff: @Krissy, yes! That almost always works 00:46:24 Jenny Vervynck: From parents....I know that attendance is important, but I can't get my student to go to school because it's only 2 days a week. 00:47:20 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Daily attendance calls, chronic attendance letters sent to address on record, re-engagement home visits, attendance home visits, and connecting families to appropriate services needed. 00:47:26 Alison Wycoff: @Jenny, I would suggest to make home as boring as possible - 00:48:17 Jenny Vervynck: Alison....boring is fine for so many students. It beats getting up and getting to school. 00:49:23 Jenny Vervynck: How can we work with parent to incentivize school attendance? 00:53:12 Cathy W.: Caring Conversations Worksheet: https://www.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Caring-Conversation-Worksheet-v3.docx 01:14:02 Valorie.Virgous: You guys were amazing! 01:14:43 Jenny Vervynck: students and families 01:14:51 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Families will benefit 01:14:56 Drew Herron: Attendance clerks on the front line talking with families. 01:14:57 Ariel Parker: Everyone. It would enable staff to be more impowered, ease the stress level on those in charge of attendance and families 01:15:00 John Robertson: Building relationship with student and parent. 01:15:03 dldrenning: I think the school counselor and admin would benefit from the script when they are working with families prior to them being referred to the PPW 01:15:05 Verona: All parties would benefit 01:15:08 Jenny Vervynck: teachers 01:15:10 Jennifer Laque: I think inform sometimes leads the conversation so focusing on the order of delivery would be important 01:15:13 Alison Wycoff: Any staff would benefit, exploring the student’s personal trauma and sharing that in a safe environment is difficult and could be skipped 01:15:14 Loannie Houston: All staff 01:15:15 dldrenning: Yes :) 01:15:18 Dr. Margareth Legaspi: teachers, parents, and families, administrators 01:15:19 claire.pearsonwalker@esd112.org: any of us that work directly with students/families would benefit! 01:15:24 mimoore: Families would benefit from the clear effective communication 01:15:32 Melissa Holley: student, family and schools will all benefit. I think arriving at a plan and also pointing out the strengths and not just focusing on the negative 01:15:55 John Robertson: 6th grader in a new school, maybe middle school - will not have built relationships with school members. 01:15:57 Jenny Vervynck: Well said, Melissa. 01:18:26 Loannie Houston: Lack of relationship with the student 01:18:33 Melissa Holley: Thank you Jenny ;) 01:18:37 Alison Wycoff: Rush to find answers without developing trust 01:18:38 dldrenning: causes to break down: time/lack of relationship building 01:18:38 Mrs. Davis (she, her): I think a lot of communication from many different people 01:18:40 Melody Edmiston: Feeling pushed for time 01:18:42 claire.pearsonwalker@esd112.org: Difficulty getting back in contact with some families. 01:18:43 Krissy Johnson: Assumptions and judgements 01:18:44 Jenny Vervynck: Lack of communication among staff. Mutual accountability among staff. 01:18:44 Loannie Houston: The student believes that no one cares 01:18:47 Carol Johnson-Cromer: distrust 01:18:51 Kathleen Blount: Lack of time or resources 01:18:57 Ariel Parker: High caseloads 01:18:57 Melissa Holley: Lack of time 01:19:03 Michele Mace: lack of time to maintain contact 01:19:05 Drew Herron: We get too busy and hurry to get the convo done. 01:19:23 John Robertson: Not having clear understanding of who does what. 01:19:25 Marin (he/him): Sometimes an agreed protocol with facilitator to remind us all of our agreed process 01:19:49 Krissy Johnson: In a hurry, focusing on the need to improve attendance and grades, instead of addressing the underlying cause first and building the relationship. 01:21:02 Loannie Houston: In the virtual environment this is challenging 01:26:01 Jenny Vervynck: Family physicians and healthcare institutions can help with health as a reason for absence. 01:29:19 Michele Mace: communicating with students via an App 01:30:02 Valorie.Virgous: We use SchoolMint to communicate with parents and students 01:30:19 Michele Mace: Home visits/social media 01:30:23 Krissy Johnson: I wonder if adding emergency contacts specifically might help cue busy folks 01:32:21 Melody Edmiston: Courts need to have a tiered response also 01:38:13 JHaudenshild: Has anyone used success mentors for parents? Sometimes they are the ones that need the reinforcement. 01:38:42 Alison Wycoff: Some community partners include parent coaching 01:38:59 Carol Johnson-Cromer: where did mentors come from? Faculty, staff, admin in buildings overwhelmed and do not have the time... 01:39:16 Alison Wycoff: Community Partners 01:40:03 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Community partners from which agencies? 01:40:45 Cecelia Leong: MENTOR, https://www.mentoring.org/ can help. 01:41:13 Cecelia Leong: They connect volunteers to local communities. 01:41:17 Alison Wycoff: Many that support families have parenting classes, coaches, “parent partners” 01:41:47 Cathy W.: Class evaluation link: https://app.upmetrics.com/data_collector/ckf2oltbqlt8k0759tfdbfybj 01:42:22 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Thank you for website! 01:42:42 Valorie.Virgous: Thank you all! 01:43:14 Jenny Vervynck: This has been great! Thank you! 01:43:18 John Robertson: Thank you - there have been many great ideas and strategies. Now to try and implement.