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Making It Work: The CALPADS Handbook and Attendance Recovery Playbook
By Vikrant Duggal, Attendly’s founder · 21 chapters
Making It Work is your practical guide to navigating CALPADS compliance and building effective attendance recovery programs in California K-12 districts. From understanding LEAP file formats to converting recovered hours into ADA funding, this handbook covers the technical, operational, and strategic aspects of two interconnected challenges facing district administrators today.
Contents
- 1 The Email That Changed Everything
- 2 Understanding CALPADS and Why It Matters Now
- 3 The LEAP File Format – What You Need to Report
- 4 The STAS File and Attendance Recovery Integration
- 5 SIS Integration Challenges and Solutions
- 6 Building Your Compliance Workflow – Understanding What It Really Takes
- 7 The Intersection with Attendance Recovery Programs
- 8 Common Technical Hurdles and How to Address Them
- 9 Looking Ahead – CALPADS as an Ongoing Compliance Partner
- 10 The Spreadsheet That Revealed the Opportunity
- 11 Understanding Attendance Recovery – What It Is and Why It Matters
- 12 Program Requirements and Eligibility
- 13 The Mathematics of Recovery – Converting Hours to ADA
- 14 The "Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?" Analysis
- 15 Implementation Models That Work
- 16 Parent Engagement and Student Recruitment
- 17 Learning Recovery – The Missing Piece
- 18 Data Systems and Operational Workflows
- 19 CALPADS Reporting and Audit Compliance
- 20 Common Implementation Challenges and Solutions
- 21 Looking Ahead – Building Sustainable AR Programs