Resource
Video
Attendance Matters!
REL West
Publication date:
September 2018
Summary
Video Collection: The three videos below share how three rural school districts in California's Central Valley are using cross-sector practices to boost attendance. Each video starts with an overview of national data and research on absenteeism, followed by a profile of the district's local approaches, including how the district used data to identify at-risk students, built school cultures to promote and reward attendance, and strengthened connections with school-based health centers and other community partners to support students and families.
Online Availability
- Kerman Unified School District: This 11-minute video describes districtwide approaches to supporting chronically absent students and focuses on "whatever-it-takes" strategies that are particularly promising in the elementary grades.
- Parlier Unified School District: This 11-minute video describes a communitywide "superhero campaign" to boost daily attendance. It shows how using data and positive messaging, along with intensive student and family supports, can reduce chronic absence.