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Attendance Support

Every student's attendance, every day, increases their opportunities to learn, grow and be an integral, contributing member of their classroom community. That is why the North Cook Intermediate Service Center provides member districts with direct support in increasing student attendance. When a student is showing attendance problems - even before they have reached "chronic truant" status -  NCISC Attendance Liaisons can work with the student, family and school to improve attendance through a variety of actions including home visits, resource provision, creation and enforcement of attendance contracts, and uncovering and removing any barriers that might be present that impede school attendance.

New! Custom Attendance Support Program

While many schools have attendance policies and take positive steps to boost student attendance, often, districts don't have the resources or expertise to plan and implement a comprehensive response to the complex issues of absenteeism and truancy. 

The NCISC Attendance Team can work with schools to develop a  comprehensive, custom program to tackle those issues, providing all students the opportunity to succeed. 

Learn more about custom attendance support

 

Workshops to Improve Attendance

The NCISC attendance team provides workshops to help districts improve student attendance. 

Attendance Workshop List & Registration

Attendance Team

Adriana Chavez
Attendance Program Manager
achavez@ncisc.org
847-803-6703

Yahaira Castro
Student Attendance Liaison
ycastro@ncisc.org
847-803-6706

Chloe Nabors
Student Attendance Liaison
cnabors@ncisc.org
847-803-6701

Do not complete a new referral form for continued truancy after the first referral is made within the same school year.

Attendance Support Student Referral Form

Required

Student's Namerequired
First Name
Last Name
Must contain a date in M/D/YYYY format
Street, City, Zip Code

School attendance is mandatory in Illinois for children ages 6-17.

Student's Genderrequired
Street, City, ST Zip Code
Must contain a date in M/D/YYYY format
Does the student have an IEP?required
Does the student have a 504 Plan?required
Does the student have a Health Plan?required
Has the student qualified for McKinney-Vento?required
Attach up to 2 files with a maximum size of 10MB
No file chosen

Parent/Guardian Information

Parent/Guardian's Namerequired
First Name
Last Name
Does the parent/guardian live with the student? required

REQUIRED: Missed Attendance Days/Dates

Please enter the days/dates for the student's FULL-DAY school absences only (excused and/or unexcused).

(Must contain only numbers)
Must contain only numbers

The Illinois School Code requires schools to take measures to assist the student and his/her family in resolving attendance issues.

It is a requirement to have three (3) interventions. Please fill in the intervention dates and upload your intervention documentation below.

First Intervention

Must contain a date in M/D/YYYY format
Attach up to 2 files with a maximum size of 10MB
No file chosen

Second Intervention

Must contain a date in M/D/YYYY format
Attach up to 2 files with a maximum size of 10MB
No file chosen

Third Intervention

Must contain a date in M/D/YYYY format
Attach up to 2 files with a maximum size of 10MB
No file chosen
Was a meeting held with the family?required
Did a phone conversation occur with the family? (Live conversation - not just a message left.)required
Did a home visit occur?required

Barriers to Attendance

This section is not required, but please complete the best you can as it will help us to identify the needs for the student and family.

Please list any other issues that are barriers to the student's attendance.

School Contact #1

School Contact's Namerequired
First Name
Last Name

School Contact #2

School Contact's Namerequired
First Name
Last Name

North Cook ISC staff will contact the referral source within a week. If the contact does not respond to NCISC within a week, the referral will be dropped.