Bringing Attendance Home
Live Thursday, November 6th, 2025
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At every level, family engagement is a key component of effective, comprehensive approaches to reducing chronic absenteeism. It is important to approach the topic of chronic absenteeism using a parent lens. Many times, it is a missing component in a district/school approach to increasing attendance. This webinar calls schools to engage families in the process of reducing chronic absenteeism. Power Points developed for schools and families will be available to attendees to use in their own district/school.
Powerpoint Presentations:
Attendance – Families | Attendance – Educators
National Association of ESEA State Program Administrators (NAESPA) & the ESEA Network
NAESPA is a membership organization of state directors and state-level staff working in the federal education programs which are authorized by the Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA). NAESPA’s mission is “building the capacity of education professionals to provide children served by ESEA programs with a high quality education.”
ESEA Network is a project of NAESPA. It is the embodiment of the National ESEA Conference, Video OnDemand service, professional development opportunities, and resources--as well as the people brought together by these connections on www.eseanetwork.org.
Dr. Jane Groff, Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC)
Dr. Jane Groff has served as the Director of the Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) for nineteen years. While supervising all KPIRC priorities, Dr. Groff provides professional development and technical assistance on family engagement in education to Kansas districts and schools. She also provides trainings for families on parent leadership, parent advocacy and family engagement in education. She is a certified teacher in early childhood education, elementary education, and special education K-12. She taught for 25 years in both general and special education classrooms. Jane has earned a Masters degree in Education and a Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Kansas. Jane’s passion is to increase meaningful family engagement in all schools. On a personal note, Jane has been married for 48 years to her husband Dave and raised three children. Jane is nana to 8 grandbabies!
