Founders’s Message

Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty is a highly accomplished executive and international research scholar, spanning 25 years in higher education, social work, academic affairs, and leadership roles. She has been involved in constructing policy action statements, optimizing standard operating procedures, cultivating visions for long-term institutional change, emphasizing shared ownership of change, embedding performance evaluations around expected change, and creating articulated policy practices. Meet the Dean. (2024, July 23). ​

Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty

It Takes a Village​

Improving student attendance requires more than school-based interventions—it demands a unified, collaborative approach. This session explores how schools, families, and communities can co-design attendance action plans rooted in open communication, meaningful partnerships, and shared accountability.​

​Whether you’re a district leader, school campus staff member, or community partner, you’ll discover proven strategies to engage diverse stakeholders, align resources, and create systems that ensure every student is seen, supported, and showing up.