Develop school and department policies and procedures to record and track attendance and, if necessary, intervene in student absenteeism

• Use clear procedures for following up if students are often absent
• Develop a tracking system for all school aged children in the Northern Territory

Coordinate and train school staff who work on improving school attendance

• Coordinate and provide training to Indigenous education workers
• Provide a package to aid staff in understanding a wide range of attendance issues

Partnerships between community and government

• Develop agreements with 15 of our largest remote schools and make school attendance a key component
• Deliver a ‘value of schooling’ campaign over 5 years.

Continual review of school and department practices to improve attendance

• Review school attendance continually through the department’s accountability frameworks
• Monitor enrolment and attendance records for quality at the system level

Local attendance strategies for improving school attendance

• Locate education engagement coordinators in regional areas to target school attendance
• Support local incentives that are shown to improve school attendance

Work with other agencies in a whole of government approach to improve school attendance

• Work together to provide services to students and their families
• Support non-government organisations’ programs for school attendance