This is a guest blog post by Dan Horel, president of School Technology Associates. I’m Dan Hoerl, president of School Technology Associates, and a proud corporate sponsor of the Attendance Awareness Campaign, a project led by Attendance Works. I started working in the education market in 1983 selling robotic training solutions and in 2011, I […]
The fourth and final webinar of the 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign, “Leadership for Sustainability: Superintendents Making a Difference,” (September 25, 2024), heard from local and state superintendents who are leading efforts to reduce absenteeism and engage students and families in school. The webinar also explored a new Ad Council survey on family attitudes towards attendance […]
The third webinar of the 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign, “Creating a Culture of Belonging and Engagement: Principals In Action,” held on August 7, 2024, focused on engagement approaches designed to improve attendance for K-12 students. Kwesi Rollins, Vice President for Leadership and Engagement at the Institute for Educational Leadership started off the webinar noting the […]
The second webinar of the 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign, “Essential Partnerships for Showing Up: Families, Youth and Community” (held on May 15, 2024), focused on engagement approaches designed to improve attendance for K-12 students. At the start of the webinar, Kwesi Rollins, Vice President for Leadership and Engagement at the Institute for Educational Leadership discussed […]
RaaWee K12 Solutions is wrapping up the 2023-24 school year with two powerful virtual events, free to all educators. RaaWee K12 is teaming up with Pivot Attendance to present a free, virtual International Summit on June 7, 2024, bringing together education attendance improvement experts from around the world. Participants will leave with practical tips to […]
The first webinar of the 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign – On the Front Line: The Crucial Role of Teachers (April 3) – investigated support systems that can equip teachers to forge relationships with students and their families. Hedy Chang, executive director of Attendance Works, and Kwesi Rollins, vice president for leadership and engagement at the […]
Our theme this year, Showing Up Together! spoke to the importance of joining together to address the devasting impacts from interrupted learning and economic stress large numbers of families and students have experienced since 2019. We highlighted the value of partnerships between communities, schools, students and families to build and implement long-term plans to address […]
Attendance Works is deeply grateful to our 2023 Attendance Awareness Campaign corporate sponsors: EveryDay Labs, Kaiser Permanente Thriving Schools, RaaWee K12 Solutions and School Technology Associates. EveryDay Labs Kaiser Permanente Thriving Schools RaaWeeK12 Solutions School Technology Associates Bringing resources without charge through this campaign to schools, districts and states across the country […]
With “Sustaining Success: Investing in Showing Up,” Attendance Works, the campaign partners and the Institute for Educational Leadership presented the final 2023 Attendance Awareness Campaign webinar. The webinar focused on student health, home visits, strategies to develop strong, trusting relationships and positive, problem-solving approaches driven by data. “Chronic absence remains extremely elevated,” said Attendance Works […]
“A Healthy Return to School: Ensuring Showing Up,” was the third Attendance Awareness Campaign webinar. Sponsored by Attendance Works, the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) and campaign partners, the webinar focused on how to create a supportive, welcoming environment that encourages a sense of connection and community as students and families return to school. Attendance […]