The Examination of Attendance Support Teams in Urban Middle Schools

<p>The research study was conducted to analyze effect of an attendance support team in urban middle schools. The study utilized a six-month time window using students in three middle schools that accumulated five unexcused absences. The attendance support team was comprised of a school social worker, a family resource student support coordinator, a district-level director of pupil personnel, and a court-designated worker from family court. The function of this team was to share attendance policies, requirements, and mitigate barriers through system support to increase regular attendance for students. The research was analyzed to measure the effect on gender, grade level, and to determine if there was significance in average daily attendance funding between the intervention year and the previous year. A final analysis was conducted to measure the filed habitual truancy petitions for students in family court in the intervention year compared with the non-intervention year. The research, analysis, and further study recommendations will be used to make revisions, improvements, and systemic levels of support needed to support student regular attendance and improve learning opportunities. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2021

Author dc:creator

• Young, John Christopher

• Education Policy
• Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2021 John Christopher Young

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/779

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1777