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  • ATTENDANCE MATTERS


    HOW THE COLLEGE WILL COMMUNICATE ABSENCES

    Absence communication to best support students and families during these difficult and challenging times.

    • At approximately 10am the Absent TEXT Message is sent to parents/guardians for students marked ABSENT from FORM ASSEMBLY or PERIOD 1 or PERIOD 2 or from Form Assembly & Period 1.
    • At approximately 3pm the Absent TEXT Message is sent to parents/guardians for students marked ABSENT ALL DAY.
    • EVERY Week, generally on Mondays Unexplained Absence emails are automatically generated from Compass to parents/carers based on teacher roll marking. 'Pink Slip' Unexplained Absences include whole day absent dates and single class absences from Term 1, 2, 3 and 4 - please carefully check the dates and classes unexplained requiring explanation.

    At Craigieburn Secondary College attendance and engagement takes high priority and is highly supported by Education Support & Sub-school staff, Teachers and by our multi-disciplinary health care teams. We encourage all families to contact the College to promptly explain these absences so as the College can best support your family and your child/ren during these challenging times or you may not be meeting your requirements under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006.

    The Victorian Government has announced the ‘Staged Return to School Plan’ 2021. Students learning from home due to exceptional circumstances and have Principal Approval will be coded as ‘Remote Learning (exceptional)’. For example:

    ·       Student has a medical vulnerability, and their GP has advised that they should learn from home.

    ·       Student has COVID-19,is in isolation for 7 days, and if able and well enough to do so may study remotely.

    ·       Student is unable to return from interstate or overseas due to COVID and the school is supporting remote learning.


    Reporting Absences 

    Follow one of the options to explain lateness or absences and/or request attendance & engagement support.

    The College is doing its best to keep attendance records as accurate and as up-to-date as possible. Attendance records are uploaded daily to the Department of Education and Training. 

    Students experiencing difficulties returning to school or engaging in the face-to-face learning will not penalised on parent/guardian contact and immediate supports will be provided. We commend all students and families for doing their best during the Remote Learning Program.

    If you have any questions about the attendance communications and coding, please contact Andrea Brislin - Attendance Officer or Sub-school staff for engagement and learning supports on 9308 1144 or email attendance at attendance@craigieburnsc.vic.edu.au. 

    For more information about attendance and missing school visit the school attendance web page. 

    For advice and assistance in relation to Coronavirus for parent, please visit COVID advice for parents web page.


    Every Day Counts and Every Minute Counts

    It's Never To Late to Improve Attendance - We thank you!


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    EVERY DAY & EVERY MINUTE COUNTS

    As a college we aim to put strategies in place to improve student attendance, engagement and well-being, hence the Attendance policy processes, and procedures has been developed to best support each family to assist their child/ren where possible reach 100% attendance.

    The college wishes to ensure that all parent/guardians/carers have a clear understanding of how they can meet their legal obligations under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006. See the college Attendance Policy and DET School Age and Attendance and Missing School information to understand how the new attendance processes will support your child/children and families.


    ATTENDANCE COMMUNICATION

    Families are required to explain lateness and absences before or on the day of a student's absence.

    • If a child/ren are absent without communication to the college, a daily SMS message is sent on the day of absence at 10.00am and 3.00pm.
    • If no communication is received to the college, an unexplained absence will be recorded.
    • Unexplained absences will initiate a 'Pink Slip', emailed weekly and throughout the term given to your child/children for families to provide a valid reason for absence - (5 days to return Pink Slip).
    • Continued Unexplained Absences will initiate Attendance Unexplained staged response chronicle emailed letters generated by Compass.
    • Explained absences will initiate an Approved or Unapproved or Amended chronicle email generated by Compass.
    • Attendance Rate chronicle emails generated by Compass provide help and encourage positive engagement and support to families to improve their child/children's attendance.

    Improving student attendance - Supporting Students at Attendance RISK

    We would like our families to feel supported through our process, and as such the SMS, emails, letters and reminders are designed for you to gain full understanding of the circumstances behind absenteeism. This provides the basis for the college and families to work together to improve student attendance.

    Regardless of the type of absence (approved or unapproved or amended) when a student's attendance rate reaches less than 90%, the DET determined threshold for students to achieve academically, socially and emotionally at school; then the student is considered at attendance risk. At this point the college will introduce attendance and engagement interventions that may include a:

    • student and engagement profile
    • attendance card and monitoring
    • student support group meeting
    • individual learning plan
    • return to school plan
    • safety and well-being plan
    • referral to the college Allied Health Team
    • referral to external service providers

    The college will communicate via Compass chronicle emails when absences are deemed:

    1.    Explained Approved - these are absences where the explanation is reasonable, or attendance rate is <90%

    2.    Explained Unapproved - these are absences where the college has determined the explanation is not reasonable or is excessive

    3.    Amended Explained - attendance record/s have been updated to an approved reason based on evidence provided e.g., medical certificate

    4.    Unexplained - these are absences where no reasons have been provided

    If you have any questions about how the college communicates attendance and absences or you wish to discuss all things attendance and engagement, please contact your child's year level coordinator or sub-school manager on 9308 1144 or via the Compass parent portal email.

    Every day and minute counts when it comes to getting the best educational and
    social emotional outcomes for your child/children.
    We are here to help!