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SOSA-led supports, attendance circles and after-school cohorts credited with attendance gains
Summary
Glasgow Middle's presenter said a Systems of Support Advisor (SOSA) coordinated K–12 efforts, led attendance circles and worked with families; after-school cohorts and teacher check-ins also helped students recover attendance hours.
Presenter (Glasgow Middle School) described the role of a Systems of Support Advisor in coordinating interventions across the school's K–12 pyramid. "Our systems of support advisor, you may know them as a SOSA, collaborated across our entire k 12 pyramid, engaging our elementary and high school colleagues so that we could meet our students where they are and help them navigate challenges as a whole family," the presenter said.
The presenter said the SOSA led attendance circles that gave students a voice and surfaced barriers to showing up, and that staff ran after-school cohorts to help students recover attendance hours. She also said the SOSA worked with parents, teaching "when to keep a child home and when it's okay to send them," which school leaders view as part of enabling consistent attendance.
