00:15:02 Lori Howington: Crystal Cheeks, Amy Oliver, Lori Howington 00:15:25 Mike Lauretti, Jr.: Mike Lauretti, Social Worker at Torrington HS, Connecticut 00:15:29 Kimberly Manganella: Kimberly Manganella Coordinator Family Engagement Secondary Schools Vernon Public Schools 00:15:37 Amanda West: Amanda West, Resource Coordinator, Missouri 00:15:41 Chasity Kennedy: Chasity Kennedy, McDowell County Schools WV 00:15:43 Rhonda: Rhonda Cox McDowell County 00:15:44 Erin Greenfield: Erin Greenfield, Noble Schools, Chicago 00:15:45 Anna Palmer: Anna Palmer, School counselor at Gettysburg Area High School 00:15:46 Sarah Diaz: Sarah Diaz, Principal at Welch Elementary in WV 00:15:47 Stephanie Fletcher: Stephanie Fletcher, Torrington, CT, middle school special education 00:15:48 Abby Mayers: Good morning all! Abby Mayers, Family and Community Engagement Coordinator at Everett Public Schools, WA 00:15:54 Stephanie Marta: Stephanie Marta, Attendance Coordinator, Appleton, Wisconsin 00:16:05 Elizabeth Scott: Elizabeth Scott, general education teacher, McDowell County, WV 00:16:37 DPicklesimer's iPad: Deanna Picklesimer McDowell County WV Counselor 00:16:41 FAITH BOUDREAUX: Faith Boudreaux, Program Manager LA Adolescent School Health Program 00:16:43 Patricia Muncy: Patricia Muncy, Bradshaw Elementary, McDowell County 00:17:32 Karla Vappie: Karla Vappie, Teche Action Clinic, West St. Mary school-based health 00:17:49 Jennifer Elenes: Jennifer Elenes, Coordinator - Attendance & Engagement, Santa Clara County Office of Education (California) 00:18:06 Laura Goforth: Laura Goforth, Kimball Elementary, McDowell County Schools, WV Exceptional Learner Teacher 00:19:00 Bill Caten, Ed.D.: Bill Caten, Henrico County Public Schools, School Quality Specialist, VA 00:19:05 Charlotte Ljustina: Charlotte Ljustina, Dean of Interventions at Boston based school 00:19:14 Devon Pearrell: Devon Pearrell, Attendance Coordinator-Jefferson County Schools, WV & Sue Buchanan Attendance Assistant-Jefferson County Schools, WV 00:19:17 FAITH BOUDREAUX: School-Based Health Centers 00:19:22 Devon Pearrell: Key Community Partner: 00:19:22 Samantha Macy: Samantha Macy, Director of Operations, Nashville TN 00:19:27 Stephanie Marta: Truancy Reduction and Assessment Center through the Boys and Girls Club 00:19:28 Amanda Miller: Jacqueline Gilliard, assistant principal, Mount View Middle school, Welch, WV CIS 00:19:32 Charlotte Ljustina: Community Resource Agency 00:19:34 Monica Wilson (she/her)- ISA: Housing Provider 00:19:34 Kimberly Manganella: School based mental health 00:19:39 Bill Caten, Ed.D.: school based attendance officers and social workers 00:19:44 Samantha Macy: We don't have a key community partner right now, but I’d love to find one to connect with 00:19:52 Sarah Diaz: Communities in Schools 00:19:52 Frazier & Aleshia: Frazier McGuire and Aleshia Lester , Principal and CIS, McDowell Co WV. WVDHHR is partner 00:19:56 Patricia Muncy: Community in Schools 00:20:03 Devon Pearrell: Rotary Clubs & Community volunteer organizations 00:20:03 LA - Shelneka Adams, CWA-LDOE: Community-based After school programs 00:20:10 kimball: charlene bowman title 1 reading McDowell county 00:20:22 Sheila Muncy: Sheila Muncy, Communities in Schools Site Coordinator. Bradshaw Elementary, WV---- Local Churches 00:20:23 Stephanie Marta: County Youth and Family Services 00:20:36 Tate Dudgeon : Tate Dudgeon. School Counselor at Mount View High School 6-8 Community in Schools 00:21:07 Bill Caten, Ed.D.: all of the above!! 00:22:18 Bill Caten, Ed.D.: for the poll! lol 00:23:31 Samantha Macy: False 00:23:37 Samantha Macy: True, False, True 00:43:10 Samantha Macy: I had a conversation like this today 00:43:32 Bill Caten, Ed.D.: THe parent felt attacked and lashed out because it was finally something they could control 00:43:54 Stephanie Marta: Making assumptions instead of asking questions 00:44:03 Samantha Macy: We're talking about how we can support this student with health issues attending school, then was talking about their plan to bring in a note to excuse absences for a past trip, and upcoming vacation that they wanted to be excused. 00:44:06 Nikki Landry (LDOE): As high school disciplinarian, a particularly difficult conversation could have been aided by consultation with parent prior to decision of consequence. 00:44:06 Cynthia Zingler: Conversation can go badly when parent feels judged 00:44:24 Kimberly Manganella VPS: Yes! They need to feel our compass 00:44:27 Erin Greenfield: lack of communication earlier on before it was 'too late' for consequence (eg failed class) 00:44:29 Kimberly Manganella VPS: Compassion 00:44:30 Samantha Macy: I told them that the vacation would not be excused and they really had a problem with that 00:44:56 Kimberly Manganella VPS: That can be cultural as well 00:45:00 Jennifer Elenes: As a principal, defensive parent, during the pandemic (remote learning), over the phone, she didn't allow me to speak and wasn't listening when I did. In person would have been helpful. She felt disconnected and had some misunderstandings due to her lack of engagement despite really heavy outreach. 00:45:27 Amanda West: I had a parent that hung up on me because I couldn't give her a long-term solution, I could only offer her short-term solutions to her issues at home. 00:45:27 Sheila Muncy: always talk about the importance of attendance and address absences later in the conversation. 00:45:41 Kimberly Manganella VPS: Some vacations are for cultural travel reasons 00:48:12 JoAna Smith: Since not everyone lives with family, ask "which adults take care of you?" 00:48:20 Laura Goforth: I like the hopes and dreams question. We do that with our home visiting project 00:48:23 FAITH BOUDREAUX: Tell me some of your favorite things to do with your child. 00:48:23 Gavin Hogg: What dreams and aspirations do you have for your children? 00:48:24 Amanda Wilkins: I always ask is there anything they would like me to know or share with me.. 00:48:25 Kimberly Manganella VPS: What are some of your child’s gifts or abilities? 00:48:37 Devon Pearrell: Tell me about your family. 00:48:42 Abby Mayers: I like to open with things like tell me about your favorite things about your family 00:48:44 SRMS Jessica M. Anglin: What are your hopes and dreams for your student? 00:48:50 Sarah Diaz: What's your favorite activity to do with your child? 00:49:09 Patricia Muncy: What are some of your child's interest and hobbies? 00:49:09 Nikki Landry (LDOE): Who is the best cook in your family? 00:49:46 Nikki Hall: What is your favorite thing about your family 00:50:09 Beverly Phelps: Let's ask them their opinion of Attendance. In order to understand their lack of attendance, we must understand their perspective. 00:55:15 Beverly Phelps: I love both of these resources. 00:57:54 Cathy Wolfenden: Breakout group questions: At your school:Who in your school community could benefit from learning about Caring Conversations?How and when can you introduce them to Caring Conversations? 01:09:59 Cynthia Zingler: Don't forget about the importance of the front office staff 01:10:10 Karla Vappie: How to have Caring conversations with non-English speakers 01:10:15 Bill Caten, Ed.D.: A reentry plan for students that have been suspended or been out for any reason to ensure their success 01:10:27 Paula Baldwin: Sharing with all teachers some of the training on working with families on Attendance. 01:10:27 FAITH BOUDREAUX LDH: All staff need to be positive and express their joy in being at school to serve as role models. 01:10:29 Stephanie Fletcher: include everyone and share your positivity with others because it is contagious :) 01:10:29 Kimberly Manganella VPS: We all agree compassion is key and training is essential for all staff on this skill 01:10:32 Erin Greenfield: considering training for support teams & separately for teachers 01:10:34 WILLIAM BILYAK: UTILIZING PD SESSIONS TO GET IFO OUT TO THE WHOLE STAFF 01:10:44 Stephanie Marta: I would like to share these concepts with our school attendance teams across the district, as a start 01:10:54 Nikki Hall: These need to happen with all conversations with families. try and look at things through the families point of view 01:10:55 Sarah Diaz: I love the idea of giving "We miss you" post cards home. And positive post cards for attendance improvement. 01:10:56 LA - Shelneka Adams, CWA-LDOE: Caring conversations must start before the student even enters a classroom. 01:10:56 Amanda West: Incorporate this into a PD day for staff training 01:11:13 WILLIAM BILYAK: THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HAS TO HAVE THE BUY IN FOR IT TO WORK 01:11:18 Karla Vappie: SBHC staff are perfect deliverers of this message via faculty meetings, email blast, 01:11:43 Beverly Phelps: Including the whole staff is vital part reducing attendance rates across the board. 01:11:59 Karla Vappie: Parents could also benefit from initiating this staff 01:13:18 LA - Shelneka Adams, CWA-LDOE: Love Lorri!!! 01:14:19 Laura Goforth: Empathy is missing across the board. 01:14:26 Beverly Phelps: We absolutely must listen to our families, in order to understand how we can help! 01:29:27 Erica Bravo - FPSD: Could you share the link on the chat? 01:29:44 Erica Bravo - FPSD: Thank you! 01:35:24 Cathy Wolfenden: Download today's slides here, which have links to all of the resources we covered today https://www.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Session-3-Partnering-to-Make-a-Difference-GROUP-3-9-29-22-v1.pdf 01:36:16 Charlotte Ljustina: My question is less about content and more about process - is that ok? 01:36:16 Samantha Macy: Have you used the PDSA cycle? I've never done that before or seen it done, so i would love to hear more 01:36:25 Cathy Wolfenden: Type your q's in chat or feel free to unmute & show your video. 01:37:37 Cathy Wolfenden: Before you go, please let us know your thoughts about today's class https://app.upmetrics.com/data_collector/ckf2oltbqlt8k0759tfdbfybj 01:41:04 Cathy Wolfenden: Survey: https://app.upmetrics.com/data_collector/ckf2oltbqlt8k0759tfdbfybj 01:42:08 Cathy Wolfenden: Today's slides https://www.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Session-3-Partnering-to-Make-a-Difference-GROUP-3-9-29-22-v1.pdf 01:42:19 Charlotte Ljustina: Does Attendance Work offer short-term consultation to review school-specific documents or processes? 01:44:14 Charlotte Ljustina: That's wonderful! Yes - I'd love to reach out to you :) 01:45:10 Charlotte Ljustina: Thank you! 01:45:21 Kimberly Manganella VPS: This has been so impactful and I am so grateful for all the resources 🙏 01:45:26 Cathy Wolfenden: If you can, you're welcome to stay for 15 minutes in the "parking lot" 01:45:31 Veltrellico Perry: Thanks you 01:45:37 Stephanie Fletcher: thank you!