OUTREACH

Leaders with high staff attendance communicate policies, set expectation and think out of the box.

   "I remind staff of the district's attendance policy many times throughout the year via staff meetings and weekly bulletins."

Policy Guidance:

• LA Unified’s goal is for every employee to be at work 100% of the time.
• The current staff attendance target is 96% attendance or higher, or no more than 7 days absent for a typical school-based employee (C-basis, working 182 days per year) or no more than 10 days absent for an A-Basis employee working annually.

Strategies:

• Regularly communicate the 96% staff attendance target individually with all staff and collectively with your staff community.
• Communicate that illness pay is a benefit reserved for illness, and not an entitlement.
• Share various attendance incentives, substitute teacher salary savings, counting unused absence days to retirement service credit, and other benefits related to improved staff attendance.