In school your presence is very important even though there are resources now a days such as videos or FaceTime that can help students who are absent in order for them to catch up on what they've missed. Being absent overall does impact a students ability to reach success at school because class is suppose to be the time where you learn and so missing school days is not recommended. For me, I have missed quit a few of school days through my high school and even my earlier middle school days due to medical and health issues and I can tell you from first hand experience that coming back to school after having missed 1 or 2 or even a week of school is very stressful for the student and even the teacher. Having to juggle and balance 7 periods along with possibly work in every class can be very hard to handle. As a teacher, their/our job is to help catch those students up and after visiting and reading articles on the website, Absences Add Up (linked below), I have come to see that there are many steps a teacher or even a parent can do to help a child that has struggled with attendence. I like how the website suggests a mentor, seeing that: "Inside and outside of school, mentors can have an invaluable and lasting impact on their mentees. Studies show that kids who have a mentor tend to have better relationships with their families, are more likely to make better relationship and lifestyle choices, and are less likely to use drugs or engage in violent behavior." Seeing how some students can miss school for reasons such as emotional or mental health I think having that extra set of ears helping to give advice and overall just being a friend is a good idea. Strategies such as making sure the students understand attendance from day one and making sure to talk about attendance at parent- teacher conference helps to assure that you, the teacher, are doing all you can to emphasize the need to be at school as much as possible. Located on the website, "Absences add up", there is recommendations on things, as a teacher, you can do to help students understand the concept of attendance. I especially like a visual representation, like a poster, in the room that explains it. Having incentives like rewards can make students want to come to school every day while games can also make attendance seem like a fun concept to learn and do.
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AuthorI am a Junior this year in the Ready, Set, Teach program at my school learning how to become a future teacher. Archives
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