Designed to support the author's Managing School Attendance: Successful Intervention Strategies for Reducing Truancy, this work provides checklists, timetables, and other planning and implementation resources for a whole-school attendance strategy at the primary or secondary level. The resources are accompanied by explanations, rationales, and reviews of supporting research. The book will be useful to school administrators, senior management teams, attendance support staff, and classroom teachers. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
In this engaging book Professor Ken Reid focuses on the needs of school professionals and leaders, providing them with workable, achievable solutions to radically reducing their truancy rates. As well as discussing the importance of regular attendance and the importance of sound leadership, Professor Reid provides:
- A highly effective whole school strategy for use in both primary and secondary schools
- Checklists on good practice
- Early intervention strategies
- Advice on using attendance panels
- Guidance on effective monitoring schemes
Supporting throughout with case-studies, sample letters, reports, attendance calendars and action plans, this book will be an essential staff-room resource for head teachers, deputy head teachers, teachers and any educational professional eager to raise standards for all.
