[Mesppsdir] Addressing Chronic Absenteeism: What Works and SPPS Director meetings paused for the summer

[Adley, Mary]

Good Afternoon, Champions of Education,

Thank you for your commitment and dedication to educate Maine’s most vulnerable youth! My team is sending wishes that you all take some much-deserved time off to spend with family and friends, and to rest, rejuvenate, and reset. In addition, the Office of Special Services and Inclusive Education has a great deal of focused work with the Office of Special Education Programs and our partner Technical Assistance Centers this summer. Therefore, the State Agency Programs team is pausing our SPPS Director meetings for the summer, and will see you on September 11th at 10:00 for our initial meeting of the FY 25 school year.

I am paasing along a free ASCD PD opportunity Addressing Chronic Absenteeism: What Works, details below, along with three additional summer ASCD PD opportunities.


Addressing Chronic Absenteeism: What Works?

Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Duration: 60 minutes

Since the onset of the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in U.S. schools has doubled<https://information.ascd.org/e3t/Ctc/RI+113/cYYm-04/VW349v7BvFPxVjS-_m6BD3fbW4sKGqD5gB7x8N4Tr4Mq5nR32W5BWr2F6lZ3nNVvnK6P1y46v9W3zl2Cp642rjRW2KSv4261xzwWW6-WV121CZyJ8W97Gl8v95nGrrW5M7lcg73zyHSW2K2hvq4BH9rzW4zTHsn6bfjFLVnRd-L8lp7SwW24N16x3xZY2-N7RS6qcrtxzjW21L3Zb3rKXT3W1RhZQd1m2Rg6W7H0fhw6rBk5wW2Vv8j07PNx-BW1vtQdP8Qrt32W567fGD3q2Lm0W2H99PR29Tb60W3SjnfF23Jg9sW7v0_cm9h81z4W97zmNp6lg9qsW6G3ny41j00zPW211cvd17th8cW67_6Ls96BM1-W1hPnZJ1kd_0PW4zsPZ81PzbT4W6Mr7KY3G3ZSlW6FRzsl1J6Fs7W4n_Dph1lj15kW2SfFJk3yr5Y3W3tXt4W5mJ9MDVl9kcp3KnvrdN54YYlF9t76HN2sgmrZ8tl6Hf4ThrWx04>, according to some estimates. How can schools and districts re-engage students and families whose connections to school have frayed?



Why Attend?

🏫 Learn how attendance issues have changed the landscape of schools.



📝 Discover best practices for addressing systemic barriers to attendance and increasing student engagement.



📔Receive complimentary advance access to the Summer 2024 issue of Educational Leadership magazine: From Absent to Engaged.



🎯 Earn professional learning hours to count towards your state-specific professional development requirements*.



Panelists:
Hedy Chang, Founder and Executive Director, Attendance Works



Shadae Harris, Founding Faculty Member of the VSU Engagement Institute; former Chief Engagement Officer, Richmond (VA) Public Schools



Luis Torres, Principal, C.S. 55 in Bronx, New York



Hosted by:
Sarah McKibben, Editor in Chief, Educational Leadership

Register For FREE! <https://information.ascd.org/e3t/Ctc/RI+113/cYYm-04/VW349v7BvFPxVjS-_m6BD3fbW4sKGqD5gB7x8N4Tr4Pb3qgyTW95jsWP6lZ3kyW6hlBvD9hDdPjW3yZGvx1vp48fN7BGrC-LhTvGW20n0yq6j1Z9mW5x32158tVqlKN68CQZMMtgsqVgp_XC5gcVhGW8rjxmK8slMVzW21mD5N2mBsx0W5BCNvc7tKzDCW8rxMdZ8M5tBwW3VkmZz2DwtTpW1BrtDF1nPW7lT-FQC6M4V1yW8SgDyr2VJdBdW11Lqfp7N4Mj6W5z_CD23Dxwk1W22fV_j6bLxhcW80Rktt5N8LM3W6gVlsj4hdGDQN2P261t4hynmW3Rw-pv7V_7_tW7r-dTZ1ggpZsW7rCPSn2k2Fx5W7X1bhb403zTPW6mmZ0C8DB95YW38TGwJ8Cpvx0W5WX47S1q6JrvW3MN_1Q9jyZ44N2fCfnPk4bqgf4G0rnx04>


*Must attend webinar to receive.

Upcoming Webinars:


Rekindle Your Professional Fire, with Mike Anderson

Date:  Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Professional Learning Hours Available - must attend to receive

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Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024

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Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2024

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Mary Adley, Ed.D.  Coordinator of State Agency Programs
Office of Special Services & Inclusive Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023
Email: mary.adley at maine.gov<mailto:mary.adley at maine.gov>
Phone: 207-624-6671
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