1. Paperless First Day Attendance
Texas Skyward User Group Conference
Paperless First Day Attendance
Dr. Chad Jones

2. First Day School – Taking Attendance

3. First Day School – Taking Attendance

4. First Day School – In Skyward

5. The Story…
“EVERYBODY on Skyward takes attendance online the first day of school!”
-Unnamed Skyward Trainer
Internal Conversation – Why do we take attendance on paper?
Linda – Fortunate to have a PEIMS coordinator who is good at the question “Why do we do it that way?” She either has a good reason or says…”I don’t know…let’s change it!”

6. The Guide

7. How do you do this?

8. Before First Day Procedures
Elementary
Secondary
WS/OF/CS/SS/RE/MR
WS/OF/CS/SS/RE/FP

9. How do you do this?

10. Who has not taken attendance?
How do you do this?
Who has not taken attendance?
WS/OF/AT/RE/AR/UC

11. How do you do this?

12. How do you do this?

13. How do you do this?

14. How do you do this?
Mark No-Shows!
Who was marked absent?
WS/OF/AT/RE/AR/PD

15. No Show Settings
PS/CA/ST/CF

16. Last Step – Deleting Attendance!
Run by campus…several days after first day
WS/OF/AT/PS/UT/MD

17. Campus Feedback:
“This was by far the easiest first day of school I’ve had in 15 years.”
-High School Registrar
“The procedures now are so user-friendly! The old procedures were time consuming, horrible – awful! Our new way is done in 5 minutes! Can’t imagine doing it differently!”
-Elementary Secretary

18. Campus Feedback:
“It makes it so much easier for the campuses to determine whose not there. Your teachers mark them absent and then you run a list – this used to take 4 hours!”
-The BEST PEIMS Administrator Ever

19. Resource Documents
First Day Procedures Checklist: Students Missing Specific Courses Report: Free Period Report: Non-Roster Student List: Alternate Location Sign In Sheet: Unrecorded Class Attendance Report: Period Detail Report:

20. Texas Skyward User Group Conference
QUESTIONS?

21. Paperless First Day Attendance
Texas Skyward User Group Conference
Paperless First Day Attendance
Dr. Chad Jones