Course Description

A successful school attendance professional must understand school culture, truancy issues, resources, attendance policy, and family dynamics. This course covers planning for student absenteeism and examines how school and parent interactions affect students' attendance.

The course's main topics are the causes of truant behavior and setting up a campus absenteeism/truancy plan. You will explore detailed ways to prepare for communicating with parents, students, and other campus professionals. Clear communication will create safe, respectful relationships, foster student self-esteem, and encourage good attendance.

Course details

· Hours: Self-paced course

· Certification: after passing the final assessment

· Course Length: Must finish in 60 days or request additional time.

· Location: Online

· Prerequisites: Hold a minimum of a Bachelor's degree or four years of

professional work experience in place of a degree.

Have experience working with K-12th-grade truancy or student absenteeism cases.

(Supervisor verification may be required.)

Sign up for the course ATT101 if you do not meet the requirements.

To be eligible for the School Attendance Officer Certification, the student must:

Complete all course exercises and pass quizzes with 80% or higher.

Your certification will remain valid as long as you work on K-12 grade truancy-related cases.

Course Objective

1. To apply strategies that improve students' attendance

2. Identify issues that cause truant behavior

3. Detail the process for creating a campus attendance plan

4. Describing the process for communicating with parents to improve absenteeism

5. Explaining steps for developing the attendance campus team committee

6. Prepare you for parents' communication styles

7. Evaluating attendance data to identify students

8. Applying techniques to encourage parent participation

9. Identifying software needs to support identifying truant students

10. Evaluating intervention planning

Why is the Attendance Officer certification necessary?

Certification is a process which verifies, based on fixed standards, an

individual's qualifications and knowledge to work in a specialized field.

* Confirms your professional development.

* Validates your credibility.

* Demonstrates your commitment.

* Increases stakeholder trust.

* Shows that you are trained and prepared for your role.

* It helps build our Attendance Officer community.

Often, staff hired to address school truancy are not provided the proper training to make them successful. Adequate training and preparation are critical for attendance professional success.

This online, self-paced course is a comprehensive training program designed to prevent students from dropping out of school. You will learn about issues that affect attendance and explore different strategies to improve it. It covers everything you need to know about working with school staff, parents, students, and the community.

By signing up for this advanced course, you are confirming that you meet all of the course prerequisites.

If you withdraw from this course within 7 days of your enrollment date and before you start your first course, you will receive a 100% refund.