The ASD Chronic Absence will build district’s capacity in five major areas:
- Assist in establishment of standard operating procedures for collection, analysis, sharing and use of attendance data
- Assist in development and implementation of a district attendance committee structure
- Assist in the development of a standardized series of attendance campaigns
- Assist in the creation of a district-wide incentive acquisition and distribution for attendance awards
- Assist in the creation of effective family engagement processes that clarify attendance expectations.
The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley has committed to a goal of increasing the number of students reading on grade level by 2022. To reach this goal we will mobilize and coordinate a host of community partners to join the movement, align their efforts, raise the quality of strategies and programs delivered and value and celebrate a collective impact with students and families. We will accomplish this goal by leveraging individual, programmatic and systemic changes intentionally brought about through the implementation of the United Way Community School Model.
An AmeriCorps VISTA assignment is unpaid and lasts for one year. Participants must be 18 years of age and have a combination of community service and/or equivalent college experience. They receive an end-of-service stipend or education award, health coverage, training, a relocation allowance, a living allowance and childcare assistance if eligible. The work is full-time; VISTAs are permitted to do paid part-time work during their assignment to supplement their income.
Salary: Less than $20,000 per year