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  Case: Attendance issues
Ms. Smith has a student that only attends school on an average once or twice a week. The attendance has been turned in to the truancy officer and meetings have been called with parents. The lack of attendance is causing a drop in grades. The intervention teacher cannot collect enough data to move the student up or down a tier. What should Ms. Smith do next?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
This is an issue that is difficult because you as a teacher cannot force children to come to school. Often I find that it is not the students fault. I would do my best to collect data when the student was present, and make sure to send the student home with enough work, so if they do not attend they still have work to complete.
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: Sending students home with more work is not a useful solution. If the student does not come to school, why should a teacher assume they will do more work at home?
Rated On: July 10, 2017 2:38 am
Rated By: Cali Pohlman
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: Not sure that sending extra work home will actually help in this situation, one they may not understand the work and two if they are missing this much school, who says that they will actually do the work?
Rated On: February 21, 2018 12:47 am
Rated By: Simone Haddad
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: You shouldn't send work home with the student without first having a lesson on the content and you don't know when they will be there or not.
Rated On: October 14, 2018 5:37 pm
Rated By: byXyha