Problem-solving produces change; growth produces change. And change takes time—especially when tackling an issue as complex as chronic absenteeism.

Through our expert-led professional development sessions, Kinvolved helps districts through the change management process: building attendance teams, setting SMART goals, managing the implementation of new attendance policies, and leveraging KiNVO to improve student attendance.

Research shows that parents might not always realize the connection between attendance and achievement, and that parents do not always understand what constitutes “good” attendance. For example, a parent might think that 90 percent average daily attendance is satisfactory, even though that in fact means the student is chronically absent. Furthermore, parents often significantly underestimate their children’s rate of absenteeism.

It takes a village to improve attendance. Many stakeholders must share this work—government leaders, superintendents, principals, teachers, parents, students, and community partners.

Attendance Works describes shared accountability as one of the most critical ingredients to systemic change.¹²  By facilitating support circles that work together to benefit individual students, over time Kinvolved helps create systems-level impact across communities.

As a mission-driven social enterprise and Certified B Corporation, we at Kinvolved hold ourselves publicly accountable for our results. Our impact evaluation process guides district leaders in understanding how to dive into their own data to determine the resources their teams need, the processes they need to put in place, and the evaluation measures they have to follow.