Resources
Here you will find a list of tools to download and use for that contain "ready-to-go" briefs, flyers, PSAs, newsletter/newspaper articles, etc. for Parents, Teachers & Schools, Students and Military Leaders.
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| DoDEA Regulation 2095.01, "School Attendance." September 1, 2011 | Visit DoDEA's "Be Here" website |
| Schools & Teachers | Parents & Students | Military Leadership & SLOs |
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 Video: Magic Johnson Encourages School Attendance |
 Attendance Strategic Messaging Parents: This document contains
statistics and data on the effects of absenteeism, and provides
suggestions for how parents can help their children reduce absenteeism.
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Dear Service Members: A letter to military service members from a
military leader communicating the importance of making attendance a
priority.
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| Attendance Matters - How Teachers Can Help This document lists
ideas for ways that teachers can help to improve daily attendance. |
 When To Keep a Child Home When is your child too sick to attend
school? This resource will help parents make this important decision.
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Attendance Strategic Messaging Military Leaders: This piece contains
suggestions for ways that military leaders can support and get involved
in the "Be Here" campaign.
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| School Self-Assessment: Is attendance a priority in your school?
This self-assessment tool will help your school make that determination. |
What Matters to Parents: Freshman Year of High School is dubbed the
"Make it or Break it Year." This handout helps parents understand the
importance of grades and attendance in their child's freshman year.
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Newspaper - Newsletter Template: An article that can be reproduced and
used in any newspaper, newsletter, etc.
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| Attendance Incentives: Great ideas on inexpensive ways to create
school-wide (or classroom) attendance incentives!
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Parent-One-Pager: An excellent article for parents about the
importance of attendance in the early grades.
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Improving Attendance Initiative SLO: Suggestions for ways that School
Liaison Officers can support the "Be Here" campaign.
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| Attendance Research - Addressing the Barriers: This article is great
for any teacher or school trying to improve attendance. It gives an
excellent overview of the issues and barriers that impede attendance and
offers suggestions for overcoming them.
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Attendance Every Day: This flyer is appropriate for parents,
communities and schools that are trying to promote Attendance Every Day!
A Great resource for Back-to-School, PTA Meetings, and community events.
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Importance of Attendance Brief: A ready-to-go brief on the importance of attendance, and how
military leadership can support the "Be Here" campaign. A great tool for
SLOs. This PowerPoint can be modified to include your own initiatives.
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| Understanding Contributing Factors to Absenteeism: A great list of
factors that lead to absenteeism. In order to combat the issue, it is
imperative to know what it is occurring!
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Chart Across Key Transitions: This chart helps parents and teachers
understand key issues at the major transitions in educational careers
and how Attendance can impact each stage.
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| What Matters to Students: A message for students entering freshman
year of high school that highlights the importance of grades and
attendance in the "Make-it-or-Break-it Year" of their high school
career.
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| Power of Attendance: This is a great resource for schools wanting to
improve attendance. It highlights the benefits of conducting an analysis
of chronic absenteeism.
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Parent's Letter to School for Deployment Related Absence: This is a
template that parents can use to inform their child's teacher of an
upcoming school absence due to deployment or reintegration.
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 Attendance Sub Group Analysis template: This excel worksheet can be
used when analyzing the attendance of sub-groups.
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Parent Deployment Letter: This is a template parents can use to
inform teachers that the child's parent will be deploying and what
teacher's need to watch for. While not related to absence, it is an
excellent resource for parents. |
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| What Matters to Teachers of Freshmen: This data sheet helps teachers
understand the critical freshmen year, and gives suggestions for making
it the best year yet! |