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Tuesday, April 29
 

8:30am PDT

The Power of SART
Tuesday April 29, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am PDT
TBA
Learn how to make the most of a SART meeting at your site to explore barriers to attendance and engage students, staff, and family members in effectively identifying and committing to interventions to address barriers.

Speakers
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Sasha Lubkin

TSA ATTENDANCE, SRVUSD
I am a California licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and hold a pupil personnel service credential for school social work. Prior to working in education, I provided case management and substance abuse treatment for parolees, taught job readiness skills to adults seeking work in... Read More →
Tuesday April 29, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am PDT
TBA

8:30am PDT

Utilizing a System of Approach to Attendance & Truancy Mediation
Tuesday April 29, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am PDT
TBA
Learn about Lodi USD's system of approach for addressing student attendance and truancy.  This presentation will cover the following: district/school site structure for attendance/truancy, Lodi USD's truancy mediation process, and the use of RaaWee K12 Attendance Improvement software.
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Benjamin Rechter

Coordinator, Lodi Unified School District
Tuesday April 29, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am PDT
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10:00am PDT

Attendance: MTSS Tiers of Intervention: Addressing Absenteeism in High School
Tuesday April 29, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am PDT
TBA
Taking a closer look into Sequoia Union High School District’s (SUHSD) planning and development of a secondary student engagement service structure. This session will include perspectives from both district and site levels on the development and implementation of SUHSD’s tiered interventions to address the often complicated barriers to high school student engagement. SUHSD is a 2024 Model SARB awardee.
Speakers
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Jarrett Dooley

Director of Student Services, Sequoia Union High School District
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Shana Karashima

MTSS Coordinator, Sequoia Union High School District
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Maribel Orozsco

Mental Health Caseworker, Sequoia Union High School District
Tuesday April 29, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am PDT
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10:00am PDT

From Crisis to Success: How One District Cut Chronic Absenteeism in Half
Tuesday April 29, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am PDT
TBA
With 40,000 students across nearly 70 schools, Garden Grove Unified School District transformed their post-pandemic attendance approach from compliance-focused to a comprehensive cultural shift emphasizing student engagement and family partnership. District leaders will share how they leveraged their MTSS framework to create sustainable attendance improvements, particularly among vulnerable populations. Learn how they aligned attendance initiatives with LCAP goals, integrated equity-focused practices into outreach strategies, and built a scalable system across all grade levels. Discover how their data-driven approach has created lasting improvements in student attendance and engagement.
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Erik Elorriaga

Account Executive, SchoolStatus
Erik is a former Special Education and Para-Professional helping students with severe educational needs accomplish huge success. Currently charged with increasing student achievement, family engagement, and overall attendance across California schools while focusing heavily on curbing... Read More →
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Dr. Jeff Layland

Coordinator of Student Services, Garden Grove Unified School District
Dr. Jeff Layland (He/ His / Him) is the Coordinator of Social Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health with the Garden Grove Unified School District. GGUSD is a TK-12 school district that serves a diverse population of about 37,000 students. He helps to support many of GGUSD's social... Read More →
avatar for John Marsh

John Marsh

Director of Student Services, Garden Grove Unified School District
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Dr. Steve Yoon

Assistant Superintendent of Special Education and Student Services, Garden Grove Unified School District
Tuesday April 29, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am PDT
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10:00am PDT

Reducing Truancy and Chronic Absence Through Collaborative Truancy Courts
Tuesday April 29, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am PDT
TBA
This presentation will lay out how to partner with schools and districts to first prevent and reduce truancy and chronic absence without law enforcement involvement. I will cover best practices, district-wide attendance messaging, and how to effectively communicate with parents about absences. I will also cover how to establish and run an effective collaborative truancy court, that both supports parents who are struggling with a crisis leading to their child's truancy, and encourages accountability of the parents in order to achieve improved attendance rates.
Speakers
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Alisha Schoen

Santa Clara County District Attorney's Association
Alisha Schoen graduated from UCLA in 2005, after which she attended Stanford Law School, graduating in 2009.  Alisha has experience in both the private and international sectors: she practiced civil defense work for two years before working for the Office of the Prosecutor at the... Read More →
Tuesday April 29, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am PDT
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1:45pm PDT

How Law Enforcement and the Courts Can Help Improve Attendance
Tuesday April 29, 2025 1:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
TBA
From Covid to false school shooting threats, educators are dealing with a tsunami of causes of increased chronic absence. As the problem gets bigger then, so too must our solutions get smarter. In this presentation I will cover how partnership with the district attorney to prevent and abate truancy is a vital part of that solution. I'll lay out the mechanics of how to scaffold tiered, partnered interventions. And how to create a collaborative truancy court that not only addresses attendance, but the underlying crisis that the child or family is experiencing which lead to the chronic absence in the first place.
Speakers
avatar for Alisha Schoen

Alisha Schoen

Santa Clara County District Attorney's Association
Alisha Schoen graduated from UCLA in 2005, after which she attended Stanford Law School, graduating in 2009.  Alisha has experience in both the private and international sectors: she practiced civil defense work for two years before working for the Office of the Prosecutor at the... Read More →
Tuesday April 29, 2025 1:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
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1:45pm PDT

Understanding Section 504
Tuesday April 29, 2025 1:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is a function of general education.  As a result, many of the general education staff responsible for implementing the Section 504 requirements lack the specialized training typically associated with special education, even though there are comparable procedural requirements as those found in special education.  This training provides an overview of the Section 504 process, including eligibility, assessment, and child find requirements.  This training is ideal for Section 504 Coordinators and any staff responsible for implementing Section 504 at school sites.
Speakers
avatar for Dora Dome

Dora Dome

Attorney, Dora Dome Law
Dora J. Dome has practiced Education Law for over 27 years, primarily in the areas of student issues and special education. She currently provides legal representation to school districts on student issues and develops and conducts professional development trainings for district staff... Read More →
Tuesday April 29, 2025 1:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
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3:15pm PDT

Reengaging, Redirecting, Reinforcing: Addressing Chronic Absenteeism Through Expanded Learning Partnership
Tuesday April 29, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm PDT
TBA
Chronic absenteeism poses a significant obstacle to student success and overall academic performance. Nevertheless, through strategic partnerships and expanded learning initiatives, schools can effectively confront this challenge and cultivate a culture of consistent attendance and active participation.

In this interactive workshop, participants will delve into the innovative approaches spearheaded by the Garvey School District in collaboration with expanded learning provider, Woodcraft Rangers. Together, they have established a comprehensive network of support and opportunities aimed at engaging and retaining students. From developing community and culturally tailored programs to providing immediate assistance for unhoused or foster youth, the partnership between Garvey and Woodcraft has capitalized on their respective strengths to optimize student engagement.


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Danny Salas

Chief Program Officer, Woodcraft Rangers
Danny Salas, Chief Program Officer, Woodcraft Rangers, leads diverse expanded learning programs, overseeing a team of directors, program managers, and 850+ site coordinators and club leaders. Instrumental in the formation of partnerships that support inclusion of neurodiverse and... Read More →
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Bulmaro Magallon

Director of Family Services, Garvey School District
Tuesday April 29, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm PDT
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3:15pm PDT

SART and SARB - From Development, Training, Roll Out, and Implementation
Tuesday April 29, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm PDT
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A student's truancy journey begins at their school site. We often have a well-established SARB process at the district level, but what preventative steps exist at the site level? Who do we engage? What does the SART process look like prior to the student being referred to the district-level SARB?

Next, we will explore the SARB process, which must follow various compliance aspects and there are many facets to a successful program. Participants will explore the legal aspects of SARB, learn step-by-step aspects of a successful SARB program, explore implementation procedures, and evaluate their site and/or district SARB process. Participants will walk away with tools to immediately implement when they return to their site and/or district.
Speakers
avatar for Steven France

Steven France

Director, Acalanes Union High School District
Steven France brings 25 years of public school education at the high school and adult education levels. He began his career as a high school English and Leadership teacher in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District prior to his 2005 appointment as Vice Principal within the same district... Read More →
Tuesday April 29, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm PDT
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