Tier 3+ — Tiered Attendance Intervention Guidance
SART Formalized Attendance Intervention
Formalize expectations, supports, accountability, and coordinated intervention when attendance concerns remain persistent despite previous efforts.
SART should not repeat Site-Level Intervention or SST / MTSS team. It should advance the work.
When this tier applies
- Attendance concerns persist after documented Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention
- Expectations and responsibilities need to be written down and agreed to
- Additional district or community resources need to be committed
Key question: What remains unresolved, and what now needs to be formalized?
What staff do at this tier
Practice guidance, not a referral checklist.
- 1Summarize what has already been attempted and what it produced.
- 2Confirm whether interventions were fully implemented.
- 3Confirm whether the barrier has changed.
- 4Write a plan with responsibilities for the student, family, school, and district.
- 5Set the attendance goal, the review criteria, and the progress-monitoring date.
- What remains unresolved
- Which interventions were attempted
- Which worked and which did not
- Whether interventions were fully implemented
- Whether the barrier has changed
- What additional resources are needed
- What expectations now need to be formalized
- What each participant will do, and when progress will be reviewed
Decision point
At the review date, choose deliberately and record it.
Improving
Continue the plan.
Modify
Change the intervention or support.
Intensify
Additional district or community support.
SARB readiness review
Previous interventions remain insufficient and referral may be necessary.
Move to a more intensive tier when
- • The SART plan was implemented and monitored and the concern remains significant
- • Intensive district and community coordination is required
Reduce the level of intervention when
- • Attendance is improving and supports can be managed at Tier 2 or Tier 3
Documentation tools for this tier
Where this sits in the continuum
- Tier 1Universal PreventionConnection, clear expectations, consistent communication, and schoolwide data awareness.
- Tier 2Early Identification & Site-Level InterventionBarrier identification, matched intervention, and short-cycle monitoring at the site.
- Tier 3Multidisciplinary School-Site Support (SST / MTSS)Coordinate and intensify support for barriers that targeted intervention did not resolve.
- Tier 3+SART Formalized Attendance InterventionFormalize expectations, supports, and accountability with the family in writing.
- Tier 4SARB Intensive CoordinationDistrict and community coordination, intervention, and accountability together.
- Follow-UpRe-Engagement & Follow-UpStabilize at 30 days, evaluate at 60, determine the path at 90.