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NATIONAL STUDENT ATTENDANCE, ENGAGEMENT,
AND SUCCESS CENTER

The mission of the center is to disseminate evidence based practices and build and facilitate communities of practice to help students attend every day, be engaged in school, and succeed academically, so that they graduate high school prepared for college, career, and civic life.

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NSAESC NATIONAL CONVENING (MAY 2018)

NSAESC EWS FALL VIRTUAL CONVENING (OCTOBER 2017)

NSAESC SUCCESS MENTOR PEER LEARNING CONVENING (SEPTEMBER 2017)

NSAESC VIRTUAL NATIONAL CONVENING (APRIL 2017)

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NSAESC WEBINARS:

• Lessons Learned: Improving Attendance and Keeping Students on Track
  September 26, 2018, 3:00pm ET
• Opening Strong (Everyone Graduates Center)
  September 20, 2018, 3:00pm ET
• Supporting Mentoring Relationships (MENTOR)
  September 12, 2018, 12:30 – 2:00pm
• Training New Mentors (MENTOR)
  September 6, 2018, 12:30 – 2:00pm
• Learning From the Field: Examining the Impact of Student Success Mentors Initiative
  August 30, 2018, 3:00pm
• Bilingual Success Mentors Presentation for Families (Everyone Graduates Center)
  July 19, 2018, 3:00pm ET
• Engaging Student Resistance as Part of Your Internal Early Warning System (Jobs for the Future)
  June 7, 2018, 3:00pm ET
• Recruiting and Preparing Success Mentors, Students and Families for a Successful Mentoring Experience (MENTOR)
  May 23, 2018, 1:00pm ET
• Intervention Reviews (Everyone Graduates Center)
  May 15, 2018, 3:00pm ET
• Don’t Fade Away — Closing your Success Mentor Program for the End of the Year (Everyone Graduates Center)
  May 1, 2018, 3:00pm ET
• Finishing Strong (Everyone Graduates Center)
  April 20, 2018, 3:00pm ET
• Strategies to Reduce Health Related Causes of Absenteeism (Attendance Works)
  March 13, 2018, 1:00pm ET
• Using Data Displays to Visualize EWS in Classrooms & Schools (Everyone Graduates Center)
  February 22, 2018, 3:00pm ET
• Equipping Success Mentors with the Necessary Skills to Support Students with Disabilities (Attendance Works)
  January 30, 2018, 1:00 – 2:30pm ET
• Teaching Attendance: Involving Educators with Attendance Improvement Strategies (Attendance Works)
  January 23, 2018, 1:00pm ET
• Creating a Warm and Engaging School Climate to Support Attendance (Attendance Works)
  January 16, 2018, 1:00pm ET
• Taking a Multi-Tiered Approach to Attendance Improvement at the State, District, and School Level (Attendance Works)
  January 9, 2018, 1:00pm ET
• Connecting Parents & Guardians to EWS – Everyone Graduates Center (EGC)
  December 14, 2017, 3:o0pm ET
• Engaging & Learning from Student Voice – Everyone Graduates Center (EGC)
  December 7, 2017, 3:o0pm ET
• Supporting Youth in the Wake of Violence and Trauma – MENTOR
  November 28, 2017, 3:o0pm ET
• Linking School Climate, Cultural Responsiveness, and Exclusionary Discipline to Chronic Absenteeism
  Sept. 21, 2017
• Mentoring 201: Overcoming Mentoring Challenges
  Sept. 14, 2017, 1:30pm ET
• Mentoring 101: Building a Strong Foundation for Your Success Mentor Relationship
  Sept. 12, 2017, 1:30pm ET
• Supporting the Mentoring Match 
  Sept. 7, 2017, 1:30pm ET
• Strong Starts: Matching & Initiating New Mentoring Relationships
  Sept. 6, 2017, 1:30pm ET
• Tackling the Early Attendance Gap
  Aug. 30, 2017, 3:00pm ET
• Intervention Review: Conducting School Based Analysis of Interventions and Strategies
  June 6, 2017, 3:00pm ET
• What is Needed for Effective Data Tools for EWS: Tracking Data and Interventions
  May 23, 2017
• Using Early Warning Systems to Overcome Poverty’s Influence on Absenteeism
  May 17, 2017
• Lessons Learned about Improving Attendance Among Our Most Vulnerable Students
  May 9, 2017
  
• Methods for Identifying Root Causes of Chronic Absence
  April 25, 2017
• Linking School Climate, Cultural Responsiveness, and Exclusionary Discipline to Chronic Absenteeism
  March 23, 2017
• Early Warning Systems Effective Data Review Meetings
  March 15, 2017
• Early Warning Systems Behavior Strategies
  March 8, 2017
• Tier 1 Supports within an Early Warning System to Improve On-Track Rates
  March 1, 2017
• Building a Resource Map – Providing Mentors Ongoing Support While They Serve as Connectors
  February 28, 2017
• Introduction to Early Warning Systems
  February 22, 2017
• Success Mentors to Address Chronic Absenteeism: A Four-Step Approach
  February 21, 2017
• Realizing the Power of Chronic Absence Data to Ensure Safe Supportive Schools
  December 7, 2016
• Growth Mindset in Practice: Successfully Applied in Youth Mentoring Work
  November 14, 2016

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2018 NSAESC NATIONAL CONVENING
FLIPPING ESSA:AchievingSuccess throughStudent Engagement
May 9 – 10, 2018

Speaker Biographies

• NSAESC 2018 Presenter Information

Opening Plenary

• Successful Strategies for Systems Approach

Breakout Sessions

• Action Components of Early Warning Systems
  • Action Components of EWS (PDF)
  • Tiers Posters (doc)
  • Tiers List Interventions (xls)
• Addressing Chronic Absence among Homeless and Other Highly Mobile and At-Risk Students
  • Addressing Chronic Absences Among Homeless (PDF)
• Early Warning Systems in Elementary Schools
  • EWS in Elementary Schools (PDF)
  • EWS Implementation Action Plan (doc)
• ESSA Needs Assessments and Evidence-Based Interventions
  • ESSA Needs Assessments_FINAL
• Integration of Chronic Absenteeism into Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
  • Integration of Chronic Absenteeism (PDF)
  • Resources Integrating Chronic Absenteeism (doc)
• Introduction to Early Warning Systems
  • Intro to Early Warning Systems (PDF)
  • Research Jigsaw (PDF)
  • Student Case Study (doc)
• Introduction to Success Mentors
  • Intro to Success Mentors (PDF)
• Leading Attendance – How to Nurture a Whole-School Approach to Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
  • Leading Attendance (PDF)
• Lessons Learned from Implementation of Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring Systems
  • Learning from Implementation (PDF)
  • Infographic (PDF)
• Mock Early Warning Indicator (EWI) Meeting
  • Mock EWI Meeting (PDF)
  • Mock EWI Meeting Samples (PDF)
• Organizing a School Strategy to Reduce Health-Related Absenteeism
  • Organizing a School Strategy (PDF)
• Pattern and Trend Analysis and Planning for Implementation
  • Pattern and Trend Analysis (PDF)
  • EWS Task Chart (PDF)
  • Needs Assessment for EWS Implementation (doc)
  • Sample Support Book (xlsx)
• Putting it All Together – How Success Mentors and a Schoolwide Attendance Plan Keep Students On-Track
  • Putting it All Together (PDF)
  • Attendance Resource Map (PDF)
• School Conditions that Impact Attendance
  • School Conditions that Impact Attendance (PDF)
• Success Mentor Match Support Focus Group
  • Match Support Session (PDF)
• Supporting School Based Relationships with Trauma-Informed Mentoring Practices
  • Supporting School-Based Relationships (PDF)
• Tapping into the Power of Peer Mentoring
  • Tapping Into Power of Peer Mentoring (PDF)
• Tip of the Iceberg – Identifying and Addressing Barriers to School Attendance
  • Tip of the Iceberg (PDF)
• Trauma-Informed School-Based Mentoring
  • Trauma Informed School-Based Mentoring (PDF)
• Using Student Voice to Inform ESSA School Improvement
  • Using Student Voice (PDF)

2017 NSAESC EWS FALL VIRTUAL CONVENING

October 24-25, 2017

Videos

• Plenary 1: Early Warning Systems: Connecting EWS and ESSA
• Integrating EWS into Existing Structures
• Plenary 2: Perspectives from States: The Implications of Including Chronic Absence as a Measure of Accountability
• Plenary 3: Strengthening Your EWS Strategy through Relationships
• Breakout Session 1: Homeless Education 101: A Primer on Supporting the Education of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
• Breakout Session 2: Key Intervention Points: Addressing Chronic Absence in Transition Grades
• Breakout Session 3: Being an Intervention Champion
• Breakout Session 4: Transition Toolkit 3.0: Meeting the Educational Needs of Youth Exposed to the Juvenile Justice System
• Breakout Session 5 : EWS in Elementary Schools
• Breakout Session 6: Creating, Monitoring, and Improving Tiered Interventions
• Breakout Session 7: Managing an Effective School-Integrated Mentoring Program
• Breakout Session 8: Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Schools
• Breakout Session 9: Getting the Diagnosis Right: Setting Schools Up for Success – Using ESSA Needs Assessments

 

Convening Presentations, Materials, Etc.

• Plenary 1: Early Warning Systems: Connecting EWS and ESSA
• Integrating EWS into Existing Structures
• Plenary 2: Perspectives from States: The Implications of Including Chronic Absence as a Measure of Accountability
• Plenary 3: Strengthening Your EWS Strategy through Relationships
• Plenary 3: Getting Ready for Action on School-Integrated Mentoring: Transforming Student Engagement through Relationships
• Session 1: Homeless Education 101: A Primer on Supporting the Education of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
• Breakout Session 2: Key Intervention Points: Addressing Chronic Absence in Transition Grades
• Breakout Session 3: Being an Intervention Champion
• Breakout Session 4: Transition Toolkit 3.0: Meeting the Educational Needs of Youth Exposed to the Juvenile Justice System
• Breakout Session 5 : EWS in Elementary Schools
• Breakout Session 6: Creating, Monitoring, and Improving Tiered Interventions
• Breakout Session 7: Managing an Effective School-Integrated Mentoring Program
• Breakout Session 7: School Checklist for Developing and Launching a Success Mentors Program
• Breakout Session 8: Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Schools
• Breakout Session 9: Getting the Diagnosis Right: Setting Schools Up for Success – Using ESSA Needs Assessments

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2017 NSAESC SUCCESS MENTOR PEER LEARNING CONVENING

September 19-20, 2017

Videos

• Building a Culture of Mentoring at Your Schools
• Chronic Absence Reports to Support the Success Mentor Strategy

Convening Presentations, Materials, Etc.

• Building a Culture of Mentoring at Your Schools
• Chronic Absence Reports to Support the Success Mentor Strategy
• Connecting Your Success Mentor Initiative to an Attendance Message
• Innovative Techniques for Supporting Success Mentors
• Intra Agency Support for Success Mentors
• Kansas City Expansion
• Keeping Youth Engaged and Leadership Teams Motivated
• Leveraging a District Mentoring Portfolio
• National Evaluation
• Networking Across Districts
• Outreach to Families and Communities
• Structures to Strengthen the Success Mentor Community of Practice
• Trauma Informed Mentoring
• Using Qualitative and Quantitative Data to Target Tier 2 Intervention Strategies

Photos

• Networking Across Districts
  Products created by each participant team
• Structures to Strengthen the Success Mentor Community of Practice
  Gathering Feedback for Future Communications/Events

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2017 NSAESC VIRTUAL NATIONAL CONVENING

April 3, 2017, Day 1:

• Welcome & Plenary 1: Early Warning Systems
  Dr. Robert Balfanz and Johann Liljengrenn, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University
• ESSA, Early Warning Systems and Chronic Absenteeism
  Dr. Robert Balfanz, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University
• Plenary 2: Reducing Chronic Absence
  Hedy Chang, Attendance Works

April 4, 2017, Day 2:

• Plenary 3: Success Mentors
  Delia Hagan, MENTOR, Linda Muskauski, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University
• Breakout Session 1: Chronic Absenteeism, The Fifth Indicator in ESSA
  Lexi Barrett, Jobs for the Future, Sue Fothergill, Attendance Works
• Breakout Session 2: Observing Student Behaviors to Inform Early Warning Systems
  Johann Liljengren, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, Eric Toshalis, Jobs for the Future
• Breakout Session 3: What We Have Learned about Data Systems in Early Warning Systems
  Paul Verstraete, Talent Development Secondary at Johns Hopkins University
• Breakout Session 4: Linking Safe & Healthy School Activities to EWS & Resources
  Linda Muskauski, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, Rita Foy Moss, Office of Safe and Healthy Students, OESE
• Breakout Session 5 (REPEAT): What We Have Learned about Data Systems in Early Warning Systems
  Paul Verstraete, Talent Development Secondary at Johns Hopkins University
• Breakout Session 6 (REPEAT): Chronic Absenteeism, The Fifth Indicator in ESSA
  Lexi Barrett, Jobs for the Future, Sue Fothergill, Attendance Works
• Breakout Session 7: Early Warning Systems as a School Improvement Strategy within ESSA
  Johann Liljengren, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University
• Breakout Session 8: Building a Multi-tiered & Multi-Sector Response to Chronic Absenteeism
  Linda Muskauski and Dr. Robert Balfanz, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University

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