{"id":3272,"date":"2014-09-03T07:30:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T14:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.quickschools.com\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2014-09-03T07:34:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T14:34:49","slug":"administrative-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.quickschools.com\/administrative-attendance\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrative Attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many schools want to track specific items about a student\u2019s attendance. For example, did the student leave early (\u201cEarly Dismissal\u201d or \u201cHalf Day\u201d), or was the student suspended. If a student is expected to be absent \u00a0due to vacation or medical reasons, an administrator<\/a> might want to note that down in the Attendance module, even if it\u2019s several days in the future.<\/p>\n

The current Attendance Module within QuickSchools<\/a> is designed for a homeroom teacher or subject teacher to take attendance<\/a> when class starts. Often times, the teacher does not know the reason why a student is absent or tardy. This is why, the Attendance Roster only has 5 available settings: Present, Absent, Tardy, Absent with Excuse and Tardy with Excuse (Note: some of these fields can be hidden or renamed based on specific requirements of your school<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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Attendance Defaults to Not Yet Taken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once attendance is taken, an administrator or office manager can review the attendance taken for the day, and make any adjustments based on follow-ups with the parent. So for example, if a student is marked “Absent”, the administrator or office manager would typically call the parent and verify what happened, and would then update the system accordingly (if the student is sick, for example, the admin can change the record from \u201cAbsent\u201d to \u201cAbsent with Excuse\u201d and add remarks).<\/p>\n

For these types of situations, we recommend using the Attendance Codes App<\/a>. With this app, an administrator can define any number of scenarios that can be applied to a student attendance record. The administrator has some control on how changes to the attendance record would affect the students overall attendance (for example, if a student leaves early, does that count as the student being present or absent). And finally, the app keeps the Attendance screen simple for teachers, so teachers are not confused by all the attendance codes that an administrator might set up.<\/p>\n

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Manage Custom Attendance Codes and Defaults<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is a summary of benefits:<\/p>\n