The California Attendance Team Blueprint
A practical guide for California schools and districts to improve attendance
Improving attendance in California means meeting Education Code requirements while responding to the real reasons students miss school.
This guide offers clear, California-specific direction for building and leading attendance teams that focus on early support, shared responsibility, and steady improvement, including SART, SARB, and CA-MTSS alignment.
What it covers
Designed for school and district leaders, attendance teams, and student support staff, this guide shows how to organize attendance work in a practical, sustainable way.
- Build and structure an attendance team
- Clarify roles and lead focused team training
- Use tiered strategies to support students early
- Maintain follow-through with simple routines
- Bonus: See how ParentSquare Attendance Plus supports attendance teams
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- A clear framework for building an effective attendance team
- Defined roles and responsibilities across staff
- Tiered attendance strategies aligned to CA-MTSS
- A 30-day launch plan to move from planning to action
- Ready-to-use tools, including a goal worksheet and audit checklist
- Guidance for supportive, non-punitive family engagement
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Introduction: Why attendance teams matter
How coordinated, team-based approaches help schools identify barriers early and support students more effectively. - Building your attendance team
Who should be involved, how to define roles, and what makes teams successful at both the school and district level. - Leading effective attendance team training
A facilitator’s guide for launching your team with shared purpose, clear expectations, and practical routines. - Tiered attendance strategies in action
How to apply Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 supports using a CA-MTSS framework—plus common pitfalls to avoid. - Keeping momentum with follow-through tools
Simple systems for tracking interventions, assigning responsibilities, and staying accountable over time. - 30-day attendance team launch plan
A week-by-week roadmap to move from setup to meaningful action. - Planning templates and checklists
SMART goal worksheet and attendance audit checklist to support reflection and continuous improvement.
Whether you’re launching a new attendance team or refining existing practices, this guide helps schools and districts align people, processes, and data around the shared goal of improving attendance in ways that are sustainable and student-centered.
You’ll learn how to spot trends early, intervene thoughtfully, and maintain momentum over time—without adding unnecessary complexity for already stretched teams.