New Attendance Officers
As part of the Attendance Turnaround Package new attendance officer roles have been introduced to support schools, kura and learning communities to turn around attendance
The Attendance Turnaround Package announced in February 2023, is a five-year investment as part of Budget 2023 to address attendance issues with urgency. As part of the package, new attendance officer roles have been introduced to support schools, kura and learning communities to turn around attendance. The attendance officer role:
- supports schools, kura and learning communities to turn around moderate and irregular absence patterns for ākonga from years 1 to 12
- provides direct support to analyse and understand the drivers of absence and share a range of responses and practices across the community to improve attendance
- works closely with a broad range of key partners and stakeholders including parent communities and iwi, contributing to, and complementing existing and emerging attendance responses.
A kete of resources for attendance officers
Welcome to your new role as an attendance officer. Here are some practical resources to help support your mahi:
New attendance officer role
- Attendance officer role description [PDF, 150 KB]
- Attendance officer key messages and FAQs [PDF, 186 KB]
- Information for school leaders on the attendance officer role [PDF, 89 KB]
Giving practical effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Ka Hikitia – Ka Hāpaitia [PDF, 742 KB] and Ka Hikitia – Tau-Mai Te Reo Brochure [PDF, 946 KB]
- These resources are a guiding cross-agency strategy for the education sector.
- Tau Mai Te Reo [PDF, 677 KB]
- This Māori language in Education Strategy for all ākonga could be shared with schools
- Action Plan for Pacific Education 2020-2030 [PDF, 3.8 MB]
- Tapasā [PDF, 731 KB]
- This resource is the cultural competencies framework for teachers of Pacific learners and could be shared with schools and kura working with Pacific learners and families.
- Working with whānau, hapū and iwi
- He Piringa [PDF, 2 MB] is a resource you could share with schools and kura you work with.
Attendance data
- How we measure attendance [PDF, 131 KB]
- Summary of Term 3 2022 attendance and engagement data [PPTX, 4.8 MB]
- Summary of Term 4 2022 attendance and engagement data [PPTX, 4.8 MB]
- Attendance –Education Counts(external link)
- AO Data Sharing for Attendance Officers - Infosheet [PDF, 145 KB]
- AO Data Sharing for Ministry Staff - Infosheet [PDF, 145 KB]
- AO Data Sharing for Sector - Infosheet [PDF, 143 KB]
Working together, sharing information safely, and inclusive education
- Working together [DOCX, 40 KB]
- Sharing information safely [DOCX, 42 KB]
- Inclusive Education
- The following link provides a number of resources about inclusive education practices Guides – Inclusive Education (tki.org.nz)(external link)
Attendance Service: Supporting documents
- AO reporting template [DOCX, 43 KB]
- Attendance officer reporting guidelines [PDF, 150 KB] and Activity Log [XLSX, 37 KB]
- Attendance service provision guidelines 2023 [PDF, 1.9 MB]
- Attendance service delivery guidelines 2023 [PDF, 7.5 MB]
- Attendance matters [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- This document was published in 2011, however includes relevant guidelines for implementing an effective attendance management plan.
- Map showing location of attendance officers and attendance services. This can be used by providers. Map on Google(external link)
More information and support
Contact your regional office in the first instance.
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