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Attendance & Punctuality
Attendance Matters!
• The link between attendance and achievement is well documented– 10% of regularly absent students achieve
Distinction or Merit grades compared with 38% of occasionally absent students and 58% of present
– 21% of regularly absent students do not achieve, compared to 3% of present students
Attendance Matters!
The potential effects of irregular attendance are:
– Get behind with work– Lose the thread of the topics being taught– Become demotivated– Lose friendships– Miss out on important careers and guidance
inputs– Miss out on extra curricular opportunities – Are less likely to feel involved
Jane Smith
Jane’s attendance is always around 90%.
She thinks this is pretty good.
•90% attendance means that she is absent from one lesson per week
•Last year she missed the equivalent of three weeks of teaching which equates to one brief or assignment
Attendance %
• What’s yours?
My Attendance is…
• Excellent 100%
• Good 90-99%
• Acceptable 80-89%
• Poor 70-79%
• Very Poor 60-69%
Poor Attendance Affects
Me– Miss important, key, interesting information– Miss important, key instructions– Worry, stress, concern, anxiety– Spend more time catching up– Understand assignments– Become disinterested, bored, resulting in poor
behaviour– Miss out on activities, opportunities, fun!
Poor Attendance Affects
My Peers•Kept waiting•Become annoyed, irritated •Bored by repetition•Disrupted by late arrival and repetition•Let down if in group or team work•Fewer people to work with•Different group dynamics, inconsistency
Poor Attendance Affects
My Tutors•Have to repeat instructions•Loose the thread or flow of the session•Become irritated, disrupted, annoyed•Have to spend time challenging learner lateness and following procedures•Distracts from core learning of the session•May have to make changes to session plans inc. group work
Poor Attendance Affects
My College
•Poor OFSTED reports
•Poor Teacher Observation
•Poor reputation
•Time taken calling learners, printing reports, sending letters, meeting with parents, meetings between staff
Ways to Improve Attendance
• Set off earlier• Catch an earlier bus, train -
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• Do not rely on others or accept lifts, if they make you late
• Wear a watch, set your clock 5 mins fast so you always arrive early
• Set your alarm 30 mins earlier, keep it away from your bed, have several different alarms inc. lights, radio, traditional
Ways to Improve Attendance
• Ask someone to call you, wake you, remind you• Ensure that you are prepared to leave on time,
pack bag the night before, make lunch, clean up• Don’t mess about watching TV, playing computer
games, texting, playing with the dog, chatting to your friends, trying on lots of outfits, styling hair etc.
• You are only sick if you CANNOT get out of bed and/or need medical attention. If you can go shopping or to a friends house, you are well enough to attend college
Acceptable Reasons for Being Late
• Serious or Severe Transport Delays – These would be reported on the news and affect everyone on that route
• Accidents – Do happen (occasionally)• Faulty Alarm, Overslept (once)• Car Breakdown (once)• Family Emergency (rarely)• Sickness (rarely)
Un-Acceptable Reasons for Being Late
• Doctors/Dentist Appointment – Should be made outside class time
• Went out last night – Hung-over – Be responsible• Got lost – Been here over a year• Missed or late Bus, Train, Lift – They always are!!!• Friends or Family – Prioritise yourself• Coffee, Breakfast, Food – Get up earlier, Get on break• Sickness – Every Monday Morning!!! Unlikely• Lost track of time – Refer to your watch…• Couldn’t be bothered to get up or Uninterested• Clothes or Hair not right – Get up earlier, Be prepared
Being Late
Makes you appear:– Disorganised– Disrespectful– Unreliable– Uncaring– UNEMPLOYABLE
Is this how you want to appear???
Percentage Attendance Weekly
90% = 1 session, ⅓ day
80% = 2 sessions, ⅔ day
70% = 3 sessions, 1 day
60% = 4 sessions, 1 ⅓ days
Percentage Attendance Termly/Yearly
90% = 1.2 wks = 3.7 wks80% = 2.4 wks = 7.4 wks70% = 4.8 wks = 14.8 wks, 1 term60% = 9.6 wks = 29.6 wks, 2 terms
3 terms per year, 12 weeks per term37 weeks per year
High Attendance =
• More learning opportunities• More qualifications• More choice
IT’S YOUR CHOICE!
• Minimum attendance target is 87%
• 100% is expected
The Manchester College
• It is the personal tutors responsibility to monitor A&P
• The parent of the learner must inform the college if they are going to be absent/late
• All appointments to be made outside college time and if not evidence of appointments must be produced
TMC Process
• Lateness should be challenged without disruption to the lesson
• Learners should be questioned at an appropriate time to determine the reason for lateness
TMC Process
1st absence
1.Tutor to inform Reception and PT
2.Reception to phone student
3.Reception to respond via email
TMC Process
No improvement
1.Reception to send letter home
2.PT monitor and action level 1 of disciplinary procedure
3.Monitor for 2 weeks
TMC Process
No improvement/Continued absence1.Follow disciplinary procedure level 22.Reception to send 2nd Letter3.Written warning
Still no improvement1.Reception to send 3rd Letter2.Parents Invited in
TMC Process
• Students are to complete and sign late book
Learner Late Book