Credit: Rachel Denny Clow, The Caller
Several news media outlets were on hand for the first day of the program – here’s what they had to say:
Attendance Improvement Management Comes to West Oso High School
“ A state of the art G.P.S. tracking system. is now part of a new program that kicked off today in the West Oso School district. It’s called “A.I.M.” and it’s aimed not only at stopping truancy but also at keeping more kids from dropping out of school.”
(From kiiitv.com)
“Our first goal is to align with the kids and find out what success means to them. Eighty percent of what we do is coaching, and that’s what allows us to change the student’s behavior and reshape the way they think about school and the decisions they make.”
(From The Caller)
“We call these kids in the morning to make sure they are up and ready to go, and then throughout the day we interact with these kids 6 to 8 times a day. We have them doing something or we’re interacting with them and the reason we do that is to keep these students engaged and to hold them accountable and make sure they are doing what they need to be doing,” said CEO of AIM Travis Knox.”
(From KRIStv.com)
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In the spring of 2009 the AIM program was at work in six cities and 26 middle and high schools across the Unites States. The results are in, and they’re impressive.
During the program half of the students maintained perfect attendance records, and overall the program achieved a 98% attendance rate. The true test is what the students do after the program, and one month following the program, students were maintaining an impressive 97% attendance rate.
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January 26, 2010 - Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) launched in Bryan, TX last week, and it gathered local media attention as well as national coverage on HLN. HLN featured the program throughout the day, and even had a lengthy segment on Prime News.
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January 22, 2010 - Last night, Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) was featured on HLN’s Prime News show. The coverage stemmed from AIM’s newest launch in Bryan, TX and the replay is available below. If you’re joining us for the first time, be sure to check out how the AIM program works and contact us with any questions you may have about our unique program.
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January 20, 2010 – Over the last week, team members from Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) have been traveling around Texas launching new partnerships in Bryan and Port Arthur, Texas. Both programs are off to a strong start, and have just enrolled their first students in the AIM program that combines one-on-one coaching with GPS [...]
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January 11, 2010 – While the Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) Program typically deals with truancy reduction and dropout prevention rather than recovery, the tools used to engage students and keep them on track are nearly the same. In both cases, experts say that success is tied to individual attention.
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January 7, 2010 – After a successful 2009, the Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) team is back in full swing this new year as they add more students and school districts to their truancy reduction program.
Students were back in school after vacation over the holidays, and many were taken off the program this week since their [...]
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November 11, 2009 – In September, school and county officials in Covington, Kentucky decided to introduce Attendance Improvement Management’ (AIM) truancy reduction program. Last week, the program went live with students from Covington’s Holmes High School.
The AIM program uses GPS technology and one-on-one coaching to produce consistent results among chronically truant students.
Local officials were [...]
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Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) is expanding its programs across the state of Texas this week, adding an additional school district to its lineup and tripling the size of one program with an existing client.
After successful implementation in previous semesters at New Caney High School in Texas, the size of the AIM program is being tripled [...]
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The National Governor’s Association (NGA) recently recognized Texas as having some of the best practices for dropout prevention. Headquartered in Dallas, TX, Attendance Improvement Management’s is currently helping more schools in Texas than any other state to reduce truancy rates.
According to a study by the Texas Education Agency, high school dropout rates have dropped [...]
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The Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) team is in San Antonio this week for the 21st Annual Dropout Prevention Network Conference.
This year’s NDPN Conference kicked off Sunday with pre-conference events, and is in full swing this Monday morning.
“This Conference is a great way for educators and other stakeholders to pinpoint best practices for engaging young people [...]
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In the town of Beeville, TX – parents, teachers, judges, and even the local Chamber of Commerce are involved in keeping kids on the right path and in school. Last month, local Chamber President Pam Priour Stuart met with the BISD trustees to discuss implementing the Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) program, which utilizes coaching [...]
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Montgomery County, TX is expanding their use of the Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) program, after having success with a pilot program. During the school’s trial, they had an incredible 100% attendance rate – close to AIM’s typical 98% success rate. Below is an article from the Montgomery County Courier explaining the decision to expand [...]
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Officials in one Kentucky county recently approved the Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) program on a trial basis. The pilot program will be in place for one year and track the progress of 125 students. Executives from AIM expect the program to have similar results to other schools who were showing dramatic improvement in [...]
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Attendance Improvement Management (AIM) was featured in the New York Times for its work with the Dallas Independent School District. Article below.
To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring
May 12, 2008
DALLAS — Jaime Pacheco rolled out of bed at dawn last week to the blaring chorus of two alarms. Then Jaime, a 15-year-old [...]
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KENS5, a local TV station in San Antonio was on hand when 53 students who completed the AIM program were recognized for their achievement.
Also on hand were the Chief of Police, The District Attorney, a County Commisioner, and Judge Linda Penn were also in attendance — all four are champions of the AIM (Attendance [...]
