I’m a teacher

Improving regular school attendance is a core school priority and responsibility.  

As a teacher, you make a difference every single day by empowering students to reach their full potential.  

How do teachers support school attendance?

As a teacher, you support student attendance by:  

• Building and keeping good relationships with students. Creating environments to help ensure they are known, safe, well and learning. This can help you to recognise the signs when a student may be struggling and needs some extra support. 
• Knowing your role in supporting your school’s attendance procedure. 
• Maintaining accurate attendance records. 
• Monitoring and following up student absences.   
• Addressing the learning needs for students with attendance concerns. This might involve working with professional support staff to best support students. 
• Speaking with your school principal about attendance concerns. This is even more important when there are concerns for the wellbeing of safety of a student. 
• Raising attendance concerns with your Student Support and Wellbeing Team. 
• Ensuring Child Safety Service supports are engaged for any matter relating to school attendance where there are concerns for the wellbeing or safety of a student.  
• Reading the attendance scenarios for examples of common attendance situations and the recommended actions. 
• Exploring the range of resources available to support improved attendance through a multi-tiered system of supports in your school. 
• Accessing roll marking resources that are available to you. Ensure you are aware of the roll marking procedures for your school.