Family Engagement Is the Foundation for Attendance and Learning
A conversation with Attendance Works and Wicomico County Public Schools—sponsored by TalkingPoints
We hope you enjoy our webinar.
The everyday work of showing up starts with trust. In this recording of Attendance Works’ final Attendance Awareness Campaign webinar, leaders from Wicomico County Public Schools, Southeast Polk, and Paris Union High School share what’s working to reduce chronic absence and strengthen learning in their schools.
See how family and community engagement is turning attendance improvement into a positive, proactive, sustainable effort. You’ll hear concrete, non-punitive routines—and how thoughtful use of technology reduces barriers, provides real-time insight, and supports continuous improvement.
Whether you’re refining a district plan or looking for ideas you can use this month, you’ll leave with steps that help teams communicate clearly, act early, and sustain momentum across schools.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Organize attendance as a systemwide effort across teams and departments
- Establish daily, trust-building communication routines that welcome every family
- Align family partnerships with goals for attendance, academics, and well-being, and monitor leading indicators
- Use technology to remove barriers (language, time, access) and leverage real-time data to address root causes
TalkingPoints’ model is based on decades of family engagement research, and draws heavily on research-driven practices to develop our product. We are also committed to adding to this body of evidence. Access all research reports here.
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Research Report
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