00:15:50 Erin Gordon: Good morning! Erin Gordon from San Diego County Office of Education 00:16:15 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: We are recording the session. Cathy will send it to you afterwards. 00:16:23 aweis: Hello 00:16:43 Drew Herron: Good Morning. Drew Herron from Napa Valley USD. 00:16:51 Carol Smith: Good afternoon from Carol 00:17:05 DANA WORTH: Good Morning from Marysville Washington! Marysville School District. 00:17:07 John Robertson: Hello everyone. John Robertson here - along with our school counselor, Mrs. Mazon. Both of us from Tonti Elem. School. 00:17:17 Lisa Bailey: Good morning! Lisa Bailey from Napa Valley Unified 00:17:19 mimoore: Hello I’m Milton Moore, Family Mgr from Waukegan Schools 00:17:22 JHaudenshild: Good morning! Jeff Haudenshild from Klamath Falls City Schools 00:17:27 Linn Brooks: Hello, My name is Linn Brooks for Darrington School District 00:17:48 Christine Clark-Gustafson: Good morning! Auburn, Washington - Auburn School District. 00:18:42 Melody Edmiston: Good Morning! Des Moines, Washington - King County Superior Court 00:20:48 JHaudenshild: Jeff Haudenshild 00:21:00 Carrie Duba: Carrie Duba, Northfield, MN District MTSS Systems Coach. 00:21:01 aweis: Allyson Weis, Behavior Specialist at Jefferson MS in waukegan, IL 00:21:01 Sue Fothergill: Sue Fothergill, Director of Strategic Programming, I live in Baltimore City, MD and the teacher who inspired me is Ms. Keesecker who was my 5th grade teacher and really cared for me as a human. 00:21:16 Melissa Holley: Melissa Holley, Truancy Coordinator from Tippecanoe County Indiana. I run the Truancy program in connection with Superior Court III. 00:21:24 aberry: Andy Berry,School Social Worker, Alexander County Schools. My freshman English teacher took time to edit my writing and coach 1:1 for improvement 00:21:26 kzaccone: Katie Zaccone ERSEA Coordinator, Blueprints Early Learning 00:21:27 Kathleen Blount: Katie Blount, Social Worker- Waukegan, IL Dist. 60- My 2nd grade teacher. She was kind and made me feel special. 00:21:31 Leanne: Leanne Eckenrode, Reading School District, Reading PA. I am a social worker, and Ariel Parker inspired me to attend with her positive problem solving perspective on increasing attendance for our students! 00:21:35 Michele Mace: Dept Head Leanne inspired me: Makes me feel valued in our dept, wonderful peer 00:21:35 JHaudenshild: Jeff Haudenshild Dean of Students. Mrs. Nelson high school teacher believed in me. 00:21:36 Loannie Houston: Loannie Houston, MVCA Attendance Specialist: Michigan Virtual Charter Academy 00:21:39 Verona: Verona from Waynesburg Pennsylvania. Caseworker with Early Learning Programs. My grandmother, loved education and supporting people. 00:21:57 Pam Medve: Hi, I am Pam and I am a caseworker with Blueprints Head Start in Washington PA. 00:22:00 jbenjamin: Julius Benjamin, Culture Climate Specialist at Jefferson MS Waukegan, IL 00:22:04 Trish Piliado: Trish Piliado, Director of Student Welfare and Attendance, Vancouver Public Schools. Krissy Johnson from OSPI extended the invitation for today. She motivates me to do what is best for students in regards to attendance and removing barriers. 00:22:09 Mary Lynn Smock: Mary Lynn Smock. Social Services Specialist-enrollment/attendance. Southeast Michigan. The Guidance Center Head Start. Inspired by elementary teacher many years ago. 00:22:12 Carol Smith: Carol Smith I work for Head Start I am a caseworker. My school district is Ringgold. 00:22:15 Joshua Hart: Hello, I am Joshua Hart. I am a caseworker for Blueprints here in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Greene County. 00:22:15 Loannie Houston: My parents-it was an expectation in our home. 00:22:18 Terri Myles: Terri Myles Solano County Office of Education. My community college instructor made me realize my potential 00:22:20 Todd Langager: Todd Langager, Evaluation Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Education. Ms Strandquist, high school English teacher, pushed me to work harder and write. 00:22:25 Jenny Vervynck: Good morning, Jenny Vervynck, Behavior Interventionist, Kitsap Mental Health Services, Port Townsend School District, Salish Coast Elementary School, Blue Heron Middle School, mother valued education and being in school 00:22:26 Kim Welling: Kim Welling, Student Support Services Administrator, Burlington-Edison, my master teacher from student teaching 00:22:26 jlaque: Jennifer Laque, Homeless Education Liaison, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD. My PPW colleagues- always working hard for our students and families. 00:22:28 Marin Trujillo: Marin Trujillo- WCCUSD. My mom and dad 00:22:28 Maria Rogers: Maria Rogers, Ontario, Canada. My mom. 00:22:41 Linn Brooks: Linn Brooks, AD, ASB Sec. Title IX, BECCA/Truancy, Foster Care/McKinney Vento Case Manager, Darrington School District, My Grandmother had a Love of learning and showed the importance of education she was a UW grad when many woman didn't attend college 00:22:43 John Robertson: I’m in Chicago Public Schools, Dist. 299. The person that inspired me to be here is Mrs. Mazon, our school counselor. Tonti Elem. I’m Ass. Princ. at Tonti. Great teachers motivated me to attend school. 00:22:44 Dave: Dave,Blueprints Head Start caseworker in Washington, PA 00:22:46 Krissy Johnson: Krissy Johnson, Attendance & Truancy Program Supervisory, Washington's state department of education (OSPI); my father, my first teacher and also an elementary teacher & coach, always excited about learning which he instilled in me. 00:22:47 Claudia Mazon: Claudia Mazon, Counselor , Tonti in Chicago, Dad who highly encouraged education 00:22:48 Drew Herron: Coordinator for Child Welfare and Attendance in Napa Valley USD. Mrs. Dowler who I had each year of high school for a different subject each year. Influenced me to go to college. 00:22:56 Alissa Hildebrand: Alissa Hildebrand Headstart Caseworker located in Washington, Pa. My school district is Washington Park. 00:22:57 Ms. Virgous: Valorie Virgous- I am the Attendance Manager and Parent Counselor at MLK located in Memphis, Tenn. My grandmother inspired me 00:22:58 Stephanie: Stephanie Antonini caseworker at Blueprints SW PA 00:23:00 Delnita L. Mickey: Delnita Mickey, Principal FCS, 00:27:52 dldrenning: Denise Drenning- Pupil Personnel Worker 00:33:59 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: You also have a handout explaining the measures in greater detail. 00:34:56 Krissy Johnson: Spoken like a mother, Cathy:) 00:36:24 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Hello, 00:36:52 Mary Lynn Smock: We have been experimenting with creative ways to involve children in learning at different times of day (for working parents) by using our video learning vingettes called Ready Rosie 00:36:59 John Robertson: Some students connect to some classes and not others. Some kids pop in and pop out and we track that although not as efficiency as we should. 00:37:02 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Carol, NECSD Attendance Teacher/Officer, Newburgh, NY 00:37:15 JHaudenshild: Split custody. 00:37:32 Marin Trujillo-WCCUSD (He/Him): Parents’ work shift hours 00:37:33 Alissa : Work schedule for parents/transportation 00:37:35 Mary Lynn Smock: could be working conflicts, caregiver conflicts or custody issues. 00:37:36 Drew Herron: Sue has connectivity issues. 00:37:39 jlaque: Connectivity 00:37:45 Ms. Virgous: They work 2 days a week 00:37:46 Delnita L. Mickey: They are taking turns assisting with other siblings. 00:37:47 Michele Mace: babysitting other siblings 00:37:50 Marin Trujillo-WCCUSD (He/Him): Only one device 00:37:50 Ariel Parker: Sue connectivity and Cecelia transportation, child care 00:37:55 Carrie Duba: anxiety 00:37:56 Drew Herron: Cecelia might be watching siblings. 00:38:02 Krissy Johnson: Disengaged from remote learning 00:38:02 Linn Brooks: Cecelia might be bullied at school Sue internet issues 00:38:05 Pam Medve: Grandparents don't have knowledge of technology being used 00:38:07 Carol Johnson-Cromer: anxiety 00:38:18 John Robertson: no supervision at home 00:38:25 Delnita L. Mickey: One doesn't like online learning and one rather learn in person. 00:38:27 Mary Lynn Smock: technology challenge 00:38:31 Dave: Parent just not wanting to hop on 00:38:31 Carrie Duba: Lack of clarity of schedule expectations 00:38:40 Marin Trujillo-WCCUSD (He/Him): Schedule a SART 00:38:44 Loannie Houston: Contact the parent to ask 00:38:46 dldrenning: contact family 00:38:50 Carol Johnson-Cromer: make contact via phone or home visit 00:38:51 Ariel Parker: A meeting speaking with the student and parent 00:38:54 Drew Herron: Call the parent. 00:38:56 JHaudenshild: Phone calls, home visits. 00:38:57 jlaque: Contact family/home visit 00:39:01 Delnita L. Mickey: meet with students 00:39:22 Krissy Johnson: Identify someone at school who has a positive relationship with the student and family to have the conversation. Start with basic needs, before getting to attendance. 00:39:27 Linn Brooks: meet with them and set up an Community Re-engagement meeting 00:39:29 Loannie Houston: After parent conversation, create a plan that identifies barriers to attendance and what steps we can use to minimize the effects of those listed barriers. 00:42:50 Mary Lynn Smock: in Head Start we do something similar called an attendance success plan to address barriers and create ways to address them. 00:42:51 Sue Fothergill: Great plan Loannie! 00:43:24 JHaudenshild: Lack of structure and routines. 00:43:26 Sue Fothergill: Less access to enrichment activities at the school. 00:43:30 Marin Trujillo-WCCUSD (He/Him): Some of the students who were absent last year are attending, and some who never had attendance issues have gone missing 00:43:40 Melissa Holley: We have seen that many of our students who have struggled with attendance issues in the past, are now virtual learning but still struggling with attendance therefore furthering the educational gap. :( 00:43:40 Krissy Johnson: Some of our preliminary data show that both enrollment and attendance have increased for students that identify/are categorized as Gender X. 00:43:40 Verona: More virtual than in person 00:43:43 Sue Fothergill: Exactly Marin! 00:43:44 Melody Edmiston: anxiety students who had been asking for online learning are doing better now. 00:43:44 Drew Herron: Students have a higher level of anxiety. 00:43:46 DANA WORTH: Lack of support at home 00:43:47 Michele Mace: sleep schedules are totally off 00:43:48 Delnita L. Mickey: It's requiring teachers to work harder to build personable relationships 00:43:54 aberry: less time for fun 00:43:56 Terri Myles: Lack of supervision 00:44:03 Drew Herron: Teachers are overwhelmed. 00:44:04 Mary Lynn Smock: uncertainty. One minute we are going hybrid next minute remote and then back to hybrid... 00:44:04 Leanne: They are signing in but not really attending 00:44:10 Eric Vaillancourt: Less of the things that make many of our kids want to come to school. Such as performance groups, sports, etc. 00:44:13 Everett: Middle school age students home learning with no adult support 00:44:14 Loannie Houston: The physical and emotional health and safety concern has increased and affect the student's motivation and engagement. 00:44:21 Delnita L. Mickey: Students have a sense virtual is not real school 00:44:21 Krissy Johnson: Less time for students to engage socially 00:44:23 dldrenning: some of needs met at school aren't being met 00:44:26 Tricia Budgar: quantity of work 00:44:29 Kathleen Blount: Differences in google classroom expectation 00:44:49 Delnita L. Mickey: Students feel they are doing more work virtually. 00:44:50 Tricia Budgar: higher due to the feeling of extra time since kids are not in school 00:44:57 John Robertson: Most of the time, in my experience, student’s camera being off is not a good indication of the possibility of learning well. 00:45:01 JHaudenshild: Higher work load with less direct instruction. 00:45:22 Loannie Houston: Belonging is challenged from a societal point of view. Some have a difficult time see a future during this pandemic. 00:47:57 Marin Trujillo-WCCUSD (He/Him): Love the clarity of foundational support elements, we struggle in our district to define what quality Tier-1 looks-like 00:48:46 Marin Trujillo-WCCUSD (He/Him): Student affinity groups 00:48:52 jlaque: Positive Relationships 00:48:58 JHaudenshild: Access to technology 00:48:59 Stephanie Jones: Support for families to facilitate... 00:49:00 Kathleen Blount: Access to tech 00:49:00 Drew Herron: Access to learning supports 00:49:04 Terri Myles: access to tech equipment 00:49:04 Ariel Parker: a published and communicated schedule of classes access to tech 00:49:06 Sue Fothergill: A published schedule of classes. Along with details of which assignments haven't been turned in. 00:49:07 Jen: Ability for students and parents to understand both their childs course schedule and the class schedule 00:49:08 DANA WORTH: Positive Relationships, Technology 00:49:11 Trish Piliado: Positive relationships, support for families 00:49:11 aberry: trauma informed 00:49:26 Loannie Houston: Routines, rituals and celebration: Positive Relationships 00:49:26 John Robertson: positive relationships, active engagement of families in planning 00:49:27 Sarah Frazelle, PSESD, she/her: parent partnerships 00:49:47 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Support families. Meeting parent where they are, aftyerwork 00:49:47 Linn Brooks: all staff zoom meetings to discuss students 00:50:18 John Robertson: parent partnerships are very important, basically key, but we struggle with many of our families. 00:53:50 John Robertson: I like the statement on relationships here. 00:55:14 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: In PBIS, the "dot" exercise invites school staff to identify students who have or dont' have relationsihps. 00:55:20 Cathy W,: School Climate Elements: https://www.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/School-Climate-Elements.pdf 01:13:20 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: We're glad you made it Claire. 01:13:22 John Robertson: We’re all having similar problems. 01:13:36 dldrenning: Making sure to connect with families and seeing what the barriers are and how to break those down. 01:13:43 Kathleen Blount: Offering more grace because we just don’t know what others are experiencing 01:13:49 Erin Gordon: Mr. Moore is going the extra mile to build relationships- home visits, bring food, etc. 01:14:04 Jenny Vervynck: School wide strategies to improve attendance are helpful, but attendance barriers are specific and individual. 01:14:17 Melissa Holley: Mr. Moore is very inspiring about the work he's doing! 01:15:13 Kathleen Blount: We have been talking about building relationships for a couple years, but we can seem to fall on a common conception of what relationship is. 01:15:15 Loannie Houston: The virtual has added a barrier to student attendance and engagement. The barrier is being able to motivate them to engage, something that face to face could do in real-time. While virtual the evidence o disengagement is evident: overdue assignments and online attendance. 01:16:25 Krissy Johnson: Several in our room are using schoolwide incentives (e.g. pizza or door dash at end of week for good attendance), random gift cards prizes on Thursdays, weekly positive messages from the principal. 01:22:13 Sue Fothergill: Advisories. 01:22:19 Loannie Houston: Check in Calls to stay connected to our students 01:22:36 aberry: open texts with expression of caring - hope you all are well, missed you, etc 01:22:39 Jenny Vervynck: I jokingly say that food, flowers and gift cards open doors....joking, but real! 01:22:41 John Robertson: consistency 01:22:44 Kristin Andrews: Being able to praise students to parents 01:22:47 Krissy Johnson: Conversations that are asset based, 01:22:49 sbetthauser: Reward incentives 01:22:52 Drew Herron: Home visits 01:22:57 Krissy Johnson: not deficit based 01:23:00 dldrenning: check in with families frequently. "HOw can I help?" 01:23:06 Melody Edmiston: Listening to the families, believing them and helping them with what they say they need, not what we may think they need. 01:23:09 JHaudenshild: Delivery of school food, when families can't pick it up. 01:23:11 Carol Johnson-Cromer: Active listening 01:23:15 Ms. Virgous: check in calls, texts, friendly reminders via email 01:23:31 Claire Walker: I am heading home visits are really helpful in making a connection. And personal calls to students/parents. attendance teams providing outreach. 01:23:44 Claire Walker: oops auto spell 01:23:55 Claire Walker: I meant to say home visits are helpful 01:24:11 Carol Johnson-Cromer: reconnect with former student 01:24:46 Sarah Frazelle, PSESD, she/her: The translation aspects are HUGE - make sure to check the list of languages that they match your student populations 01:26:24 Stephanie Jones: 18 01:26:25 Alissa : 5 01:26:26 Marin Trujillo-WCCUSD (He/Him): 3 01:26:27 Ariel Parker: less than 18 01:26:28 Delnita L. Mickey: 9 01:26:30 Todd Langager: 17 01:26:32 JHaudenshild: 17 01:26:33 Ms. Virgous: 10 01:26:34 Drew Herron: 7 01:26:34 John Robertson: 15 01:26:37 Melissa Holley: 3 01:26:37 mimoore: 10 01:26:37 Trish Piliado: Less than 10 01:26:38 Kristin Andrews: 9 01:26:38 Loannie Houston: 9 01:26:39 Terri Myles: 10 01:26:42 Jen: 9-12 01:26:42 jlaque: 9 01:26:48 Kim Welling: 9 01:26:52 Carol Johnson-Cromer: no days 01:27:06 Ms. Virgous: 6 01:27:14 Carol Johnson-Cromer: regular attending school 01:29:21 Jenny Vervynck: Does that standard include virtual learning? How do you suggest quantifying the virtual learning attendance. Check in and/or full engagement? 01:29:37 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: Great question Jenny! 01:30:13 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: There is no research yet on the relationship for time in virtual learning and achievement. 01:31:49 Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works: The best we have is the research showing 10% or more absence for in person on achievement. Our working hypothesis is that missing 10% of virtual is the right starting point. As we gather information over time, you might change that measure based on the correlation with achievement. 01:34:38 Ariel Parker: Somewhat 01:34:39 Trish Piliado: Very familiar 01:34:41 Delnita L. Mickey: somewhat 01:34:41 Kathleen Blount: Somewhat familiar 01:34:43 JHaudenshild: Somewhat 01:34:45 Stephanie: somewhat 01:34:45 Terri Myles: very 01:34:46 Christine Clark-Gustafson: Very familiar 01:34:47 John Robertson: somewhat 01:34:50 Drew Herron: Somewhat 01:34:53 Claire Walker: very 01:34:55 dldrenning: very 01:34:57 Ariel Parker: not at all 01:34:59 Loannie Houston: School-very familiar 01:35:01 Stephanie: not 01:35:01 JHaudenshild: somewhat 01:35:02 Trish Piliado: Somewhat 01:35:03 Stephanie Jones: Not at all 01:35:03 Terri Myles: Not at all 01:35:03 Delnita L. Mickey: not at all 01:35:04 aweis: Not enough 01:35:04 John Robertson: not at all 01:35:04 Claire Walker: somewhat 01:35:05 Stephanie: not 01:35:06 dldrenning: families- limited 01:35:07 Drew Herron: Not at all 01:35:08 Jenny Vervynck: somewhat 01:35:08 Carol Johnson-Cromer: somewhat 01:35:10 Christine Clark-Gustafson: Somewhat 01:35:10 Loannie Houston: Families-varies 01:35:12 Ms. Virgous: Not at all 01:35:21 Sarah Frazelle, PSESD, she/her: How do you suggest schools address students and families with chronic illness and the impact of having Covid for example 01:35:25 Jenny Vervynck: Parents...not at all. 01:35:27 Linn Brooks: somewhat but I preach it all the time to both staff and families 01:40:07 Stephanie: I have a contact with truancy and they use to come to my parent meetings and talk to the parents about that school districts requirements for attendance so they knew before transitioning 01:42:52 Cathy W,: Here’s the link to the evaluation survey! Please let us know how we can improve:https://app.upmetrics.com/data_collector/ckf2oltbqlt8k0759tfdbfybj 01:43:39 Ms. Virgous: Thanks!!! 01:43:54 Sarah Frazelle, PSESD, she/her: Thank you! 01:44:00 Todd Langager: Thank you! 01:44:05 Krissy Johnson: Thank you! 01:44:06 John Robertson: Take care and see you soon. 01:44:07 Stephanie Jones: Thank you! 01:44:10 Sue Fothergill: Thanks everyone! 01:44:10 Marin Trujillo-WCCUSD (He/Him): Thank you!