Showing Up Together!” is the theme of 2023’s Attendance Awareness Campaign, which begins this month.
We’re using this 11th annual campaign to encourage everyone to remember that students are more likely to attend school if they feel emotionally and physically safe, connected and supported and believe they can learn and achieve.
The theme “Showing Up Together!” speaks to the importance of joining together to address the devastating effects of interrupted learning and increased economic stress.
This year’s campaign will highlight the value of partnerships to build and implement long-term plans to address today’s unusually high levels of absenteeism. We will emphasize the need to ensure the positive conditions for learning—degraded during the pandemic—that motivate students and families to engage and show up for school even when it is challenging. And we will share strategies that research and practice show can improve attendance and engagement.
- Use the Count Us In! toolkit
Consult the What to Do When calendar
Add a badge with the 2023 image to your handout, website, social media or email signature.
Join us during the Attendance Awareness Campaign kickoff webinar!
Belonging and Engagement: The Keys to Showing Up
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Noon – 1:30 p.m. PT / 3 – 4:30 p.m. ET
Find the recording and presentation slides!
We’ll host three more Attendance Awareness Campaign webinars. Save these dates:
- Wednesday, May 10, Relationships All Year Round: Nurturing Showing Up (working title)
Wednesday, August 9, A Healthy Return to School: Ensuring Showing Up
Wednesday, September 27, Bright Spots: Sustain Engagement and Attendance
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