Date Approved
8-9-2022
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Education-School Counseling (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
College of Education
First Advisor
Shawn A Bultsma
Second Advisor
Judy Williams
Academic Year
2021/2022
Abstract
Research has shown that students who feel a sense of belonging or personal connectedness in school have higher academic achievement. This project is to help my school Westfield Preparatory High School with its attendance issues. Since COVID, we have struggled to make daily attendance, so I chose this research project to give me better insight based on the issues staff and students gave for chronic absenteeism. I created an in-service for teachers to let them know how important teacher-student relationships are. During this in-service, I will present my research to teachers and present an academic coaching program where teachers will have a group of students who will lean on them for academic support throughout high school. This will be done with the hopes of reducing student absences by 10%.
ScholarWorks Citation
Ferguson, Mia, "Boosting Attendance through Relationships" (2022). Culminating Experience Projects. 159.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/159
Included in
Higher Education and Teaching Commons, Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons
