The Director of Chronic Absenteeism Reduction and the Pupil and Administrative Services (PAS) Unit assist all Riverside County School Districts in the improvement of student attendance by reducing chronic absenteeism and truancy. The Director facilitates implementation and improvement of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and the School Attendance Review Board (SARB) process to increase student attendance. The Director and the PAS unit provide support, guidance, trainings, workshops, consultations, resources, and other related services to school district and school site staff to help combat chronic absenteeism, truancy, and irregular attendance.

School district level support includes the following:

• Regular meetings with school districts to assess attendance program development and to provide suggestions, resources, and/or examples of best practices for future growth.
• Professional development and workshops on a variety of attendance related topics.
• District SARB meeting observations to support successful district attendance meetings with families.
• District attendance team or attendance committee building support, including volunteering as a member of the district attendance team.
• Annual assistance to school districts applying for CDE Model SARB Designation.
• Host monthly county SARB meetings to bring all stakeholders and school districts together to help improve student attendance countywide and to collaborate on building collaborative solutions to chronic absenteeism.

School site support includes the following:

• School site support attendance team building partnership, including volunteering to be a member of a school site’s attendance team. Attendance teams may work on Tier 1 systems re: student engagement, parent involvement, and school climate. Teams may also work on data analysis, communication, outreach, and Tier 2 interventions, among other topics.
• School site SART meeting observations to support successful school site attendance meetings with families.
• Parent Group Attendance Presentations when requested by school sites.
• Student Group Attendance Presentations when requested by school sites.
• Training and ongoing professional development on important topics related to school site attendance practices.

Workshop / Training Topics:

• Tier 1 Attendance Practices for Your Attendance Initiatives
• Certification Training for Supervisors of Attendance
• Best School Site Attendance Practices
• Best Practices for School Site Attendance Meetings
• All Hands-On Deck: Attendance Team Building Strategies
• Equity & Attendance
• Restorative Practices & Student Attendance
• Trauma Informed Attendance Practices
• Family Engagement & Student Attendance
• Best Practices for SARB Meetings
• Breaking the “Dropout of School to Prison Pipeline”
• Best Attendance Practices for High School Students
• Customized workshops and trainings upon request