Provided by the Tennessee Department of Education, funded by the Tennessee General Assembly, and in partnership with Graduation Alliance, ENGAGE TN is a statewide program available to Tennessee’s local education agencies (LEAs) to assist schools and families with school engagement by providing intensive outreach, engagement, and enhanced support for eligible students in grades K–12.

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Program Overview

Participating LEAs refer eligible students to the ENGAGE TN team.
ENGAGE Outreach Counselors reach out to students and their families using every tool in our toolbelt — phone, email, text message, social media, and U.S. mail.
When we connect with the family, our outreach team will assess their needs and offer them the support of a mentor for the duration of the program. There is no cost to them or to you for this support.
We will report back to you about our progress and interactions with your students through a dashboard, which is updated weekly.

Student Eligibility

This program applies to students who:

Are in grades K-12
Are chronically absent or at-risk of being chronically absent
Are academically at-risk (i.e. in danger of failing one or more courses)

Have questions about eligibility? Schedule time to speak with your ENGAGE Program Manager.

Student Experience

OPT-IN

To opt-in to the ENGAGE TN program, please complete the form below. We will respond with next steps, access to SFTP site and data template for your district.

Main Contact First Name *

Main Contact Last Name *

Main Contact Email *

Main Contact Phone Number *

Main Contact Title *

Your First Name (If different than the main point of contact above.)

Your Last Name

Your Email

School District or Charter School *

Estimated Number of Students to be Referred (K-12) *

Best Time to Contact *

Data Coordinator First Name *

Data Coordinator Last Name *

Data Coordinator Email *

Data Coordinator Phone Number *

On behalf of my district, I acknowledge that we elect to be a Participating District or Charter School in the ENGAGE TN project in accordance with the Agreement between the Tennessee Department of Education and Graduation Alliance, Inc. and further agree to be bound by all applicable terms therein including the Data Sharing Agreement.

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Program Results

ENGAGE TN

Attendance Recovery Program

Program Feedback

“Any additional resource we can use to help our students and families is excellent. The issue we are seeing is no matter how much we do for some students we are not seeing results. However, the additional resources and help is a great piece to add.”

Adam Hoskins
Landmark Academy
ENGAGE Program

“The program helped the students they were able to reach, and even if only one student benefited, it was good. We had a senior that graduated due to the program, so it was well worth it.”

Toni Hopkins
Mulberry–Pleasant View
Bi-County School District
ENGAGE Program

“The ENGAGE program has helped me become a better student. My mentor has helped me be more motivated and excited about learning. They are extremely helpful and always want to know other ways they can help. They are always encouraging me to do better than yesterday! I am extremely grateful I have the help from this program!”

ENGAGE Program student

Next Steps

To get started, fill out our opt-in form. Space in the program is limited, so estimate as close as possible the number of eligible students you would like to refer.

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Independent research shows that students who participated in the program had significant gains in days of attendance, grades, credit earned rate, and graduation rate compared to students who were referred to the program but did not participate.

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