Due to the advancements in technology, schools easily track truancy within the large student population. What technology cannot do, however, is solve the problem. Multiple reasons for student truancy exist from health issues, learning problems, fear of someone at school, lack of parent support, and/or supervision to problems with substance abuse. Whatever the reason, top motivational speakers provide a means to help students understand the consequences of continued truancy and provide them with strategies to overcome their difficulties.
While absenteeism issues are the greatest at the high school level, the problem exists across all grades. Continued truancy results in poor school performance and a stronger possibility of not achieving grade-level requirements. Students who routinely miss school are the same students who are most likely to drop out of school before graduating. The future prospects for these dropouts are extremely poor and affect us as a society. Therefore, we all should be concerned with the issue and encourage our local schools to bring in one of the top motivational speakers to speak with the students and staff.
Top Motivational Speakers Promote Communication
The initial step in improving attendance is strong and clear communication. Schools need to clearly communicate their attendance policy to students and parents alike across all forums, verbally, written, and through technology. Not only must the consequences of poor attendance be clear, but also the reasons why attendance is important. This is an area where top motivational speakers excel, as clear communication is the basis of what they do. Bringing a speaker in to speak at your school provides not only an effective but also an enjoyable, method for clearly communicating the importance of regularly attending class, as well as the possible lifelong consequences of continued truancy.
Schools also need to communicate and celebrate the positives that occur throughout the year. Meeting attendance goals on a school-wide, class-wide, or individual basis needs to be celebrated. Don't just focus on the negatives, but instead shift the focus to the positives. Give the students a positive reason to attend class.
Top Motivational Speakers Help Promote a Positive School Culture
One key method of encouraging students to attend class is to make school a place where they actually want to be. Students who become engaged at school are much less likely to avoid attending class. A positive school culture motivates students, encouraging them to participate. Top motivational speakers excel at doing this. Their infectious enthusiasm spreads like wildfire throughout a school population, uniting everyone together under a common cause. Using their own background, typically fraught with difficulties in one form or another, they can reach students at all levels, bringing an understanding of the issues and how each student can resolve the personal difficulties in their own life.
Brad Hurtig is one of today's top motivational speakers. After losing both hands in a workplace accident while still a teenager, Brad became a leader on his high school football team. He learned how to overcome any obstacles that stood in his path in order to reach his goals. His unique story brings individuals together, motivating them to overcome any obstacles they are facing. To Have Brad speak at your assembly on Decreasing School Truancy, please contact us today.
