Chosen What is the evidence and How will you ensure it is Staff lead Review Desired action/approach rationale for this choice? implemented well? Outcome To ensure all forms of Recent research from Todd Use my ed to make parents aware AG/GB/AA Letters about attendance communication are Rogers at Harvard Kennedy of what typical are all now referencing “classmates” used to raise and attendance is so that they are classmates. awareness of Avi Feller at Berkeley has aware how far out of step their child attendance issues evidenced that correcting is. E.g parents’ biased beliefs has missed 15 days so far In particular to about their child’s total this term His classmates have 18th Oct Met with My ED to – develop MyEd so that absences compared with only missed 2. Billy’s attendance is ensure that we can use it it is used as classmates has an significantly below etc.” successfully to promote … effectively as possible appreciable impact on their good attendance. in terms of attendance child’s future attendance Meet with My Ed trainers to investigate the attendance message possibilities. To engage with Parental engagement is Create a process of parental 22/23rd Jan We are doing parents more quickly fundamental in improving meetings based on the new Stages these termly at the moment. regarding attending attendance process see below for an One has happened and one – issues exemplar triggers for each half in next 3 weeks. We term. managed to get in contact with most parents whose children were attending below 90%.
Desired Outcome Chosen action/approach To ensure all forms of communication are used to raise awareness of attendance issues In particular to develop MyEd so that it is used as effectively as possible in terms of attendance What is the evidence and rationale for this choice? Recent research from Todd Rogers at Harvard Kennedy and Avi Feller at Berkeley has evidenced that correcting parents’ biased beliefs about their child’s total absences compared with classmates has an appreciable impact on their child’s future attendance How will you ensure it is implemented well? Use my ed to make parents aware of what “classmates” typical attendance is so that they are aware how far out of step their child is. E.g has missed 15 days so far this term – His classmates have only missed 2. Billy’s attendance is significantly below … etc.” Meet with My Ed trainers to investigate the attendance message possibilities. Staff lead AG/GB/AA Review Letters about attendance are all now referencing classmates. 18th Oct Met with My ED to ensure that we can use it successfully to promote good attendance. To engage with parents more quickly regarding attending issues Parental engagement is fundamental in improving attendance Create a process of parental meetings based on the new Stages process – see below for an exemplar triggers for each half term. 22/23rd Jan We are doing these termly at the moment. One has happened and one in next 3 weeks. We managed to get in contact with most parents whose children were attending below 90%.
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