Parents and students have found ways to work around this system to avoid having school officials and the judicial system involved. According to the California Department of Education (n.d.), Education Code, section EC48260:Īny pupil subject to full-time education who is absent from school without valid excuse more than three days or tardy in excess of 30 minutes on each of more than three days in one school year is a truant and shall be reported to the attendance supervisor of the superintendent of the school district. The state of California has gone to great lengths to ensure that students are in school regularly. This project will assist teachers in providing absent students with detailed lessons and instruction for assignments using SMART Technologies products, including Bridgit™ conferencing software. In order to eliminate the learning gap that takes place when students are not in class, teachers must develop a system that ensures that detailed instruction is provided to the students along with the assigned make up of schoolwork. This thesis will be a formative evaluation research project designed to create and develop tools for the classroom teacher to make daily lessons and instruction available for students and parents to view (missed due to absenteeism) using technology. 13) Regardless of the reason for this absence, the fact is that these students have missed important instruction. According to the California Department of Education (2000), “One out of ten grade school children is absent on any given day” (p. A child with 85% attendance will miss the equivalent of half a term’s learning.Ī child with 80% attendance will miss 2 whole school years by the age of 16.įrom a pedagogical perspective, the greatest teaching strategies and instruction are not effective if a child is not in school.
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