Attendance and Behaviour Are the Signals. What Are Schools Missing Before Them?
Five evidence-informed ways school leaders can re-engage students earlier The leadership question is not only “What happened?” but “What happened before?” Across Australian schools, two issues continue to dominate leadership conversations: attendance and behaviour. How do we improve attendance? How do we reduce disruption? How do we re-engage students who are becoming harder to reach? […]
The Early Warning Signs of Student Disengagement Most Schools Miss
By the time attendance becomes a problem, it usually isn’t a new one. A student who has stopped coming to school regularly didn’t wake up one day and disengage. Something was usually shifting for weeks, sometimes months, before it showed up on a roll. That’s the challenge with attendance data. It’s accurate, but it’s late. […]