Who Does What?

Does

• Notice attendance, punctuality, and engagement changes early
• Report period-level patterns and what changed
• Support re-entry after absences without shaming
• Provide input for Site-Level Intervention, SST / MTSS team, and SART reviews

Does not

• • Own the case
• • Determine the tier
• • Make the referral decision alone

Handoff: Passes the observation to the attendance clerk or site case owner in writing.

Does

• Maintain accurate attendance coding and records
• Produce pattern data: days, periods, tardies, checkouts, trend
• Send required notifications on their legal timeline
• Flag emerging patterns to the site case owner

Does not

• • Recode absences to avoid notifications
• • Serve as the sole intervention for a student
• • Decide the intervention plan alone

Handoff: Hands the pattern data to the Site-Level Intervention case owner and keeps the notification record.

Does

• Own barrier identification, the matched strategy, the dosage, and the review date
• Run the fidelity check before judging the intervention
• Document the cycle so the story travels forward
• Decide continue, modify, intensify, step down, or refer

Does not

• • Refer before implementing and monitoring
• • Leave an intervention without an owner

Handoff: Brings the documented intervention story and a specific ask to SST / MTSS team.

Does

• Lead student and family barrier conversations
• Deliver connection, academic, and SEL strategies
• Coordinate schedule, credit, and re-entry planning
• Support step-down while keeping the relationship

Does not

• • Absorb every attendance case as a caseload
• • Replace the site case owner's documentation

Handoff: Shares barrier findings with the case owner and the team.

Does

• Address basic needs, housing, caregiving, and family stability
• Make and confirm community referrals
• Support crisis and welfare situations
• Connect families to sustained resources

Does not

• • Provide long-term clinical treatment on site
• • Own the attendance record

Handoff: Reports resource delivery and remaining needs to the case owner or team.

Does

• Ensure a case owner and a review date exist for every case
• Commit site resources and confirm implementation happened
• Chair SART and approve step-down or closure
• Watch schoolwide patterns and act on system barriers

Does not

• • Use notices as the intervention
• • Forward incomplete referrals to the district

Handoff: Confirms readiness before SST / MTSS team, SART, or SARB referral.

Does

• Review attendance alongside academics, behavior, health, and family context
• Reduce duplicated services and assign coordinated responsibilities
• Set measurable goals and a follow-up date
• Determine whether assessment or specialized support is needed

Does not

• • Serve as the place the barrier is first discovered
• • Refer and close without monitoring the plan

Handoff: Advances the coordinated plan and its results to SART if the concern persists.

Does

• Write the attendance agreement with the family
• Assign responsibilities to student, family, school, and district
• Commit additional resources
• Set review criteria and the monitoring date

Does not

• • Repeat the Site-Level Intervention conversation
• • Write responsibilities only for the family

Handoff: Forwards the implemented plan and results to SARB readiness review.

Does

• Review the full attendance and intervention history
• Set directives with measurable goals and timelines
• Coordinate district and community resources and accountability
• Require 30/60/90-day follow-up

Does not

• • Function as a purely punitive step
• • Accept absence counts without the intervention story

Handoff: Returns the case to site and district follow-up for re-engagement monitoring.

Does

• Analyze barrier and intervention trends across sites
• Check referral quality and consistency
• Fix district-level barriers such as transportation and scheduling
• Track post-SARB re-engagement outcomes

Does not

• • Manage individual site interventions
• • Treat repeated system barriers as student failures

Handoff: Returns findings to sites as practice guidance and system fixes.