dc.contributor.author	Williams, Linda L.	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Southwestern Georgia	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	2001-2002	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-10-07T20:04:18Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-02T17:28:55Z
dc.date.available	2009-10-07T20:04:18Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2011-03-02T17:28:55Z
dc.date.issued	2001-12	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/421	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This action research was conducted in a four-year secondary school in southwestern Georgia to determine if the use of technology and stricter enforcement of the local Board of Education's attendance policy helped in preventing or reducing excessive absenteeism. Interventions were employed over the first three months of the 2001-2002 school year among approximately 850 students in grades 9-12. Phone calls were made to parents/guardians and/or individual contacts were made with students who were absent from class for more than three days. At the end of the three months, absentee rates were reduced by 20% from first semester absentee rates in the previous two school years. The number of students in danger of having credit denied due to excessive absences was also reduced by 37%. Teachers responding to a survey indicated that they believe students are aware of the attendance policy and our efforts to reduce absenteeism, and they also made suggestions for improving our appeals policy. Students' responses to a survey corroborated that they and their parents are aware of the attendance policy and its consequences. Based on statistical data and results of the survey, recommendations were made to investigate purchasing software to generate automated phone calls and to be more consistent in denial of credit when students' excessive absences warrant that action.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Valdosta State University	en_US
dc.rights	Copyright protected. Unauthorized reproduction or use beyond the exceptions granted by the Fair Use clause of U.S. Copyright law may violate federal law.	en_US
dc.subject	Attendance policy	en_US
dc.subject	Absenteeism	en_US
dc.subject	Credit	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	High school attendance	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Telephone in education	en_US
dc.title	Applying Interventions to Prevent or Reduce Excessive Absences in a High School Setting	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Curriculum and Instructional Technology	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Leader, Lars	en_US
dc.description.committee	Brovey, Andrew J.	en_US
dc.description.committee	Zahner, Jane	en_US
dc.description.degree	Ed.S.	en_US
dc.description.major	Instructional Technology	en_US