Strategies for taking Accurate Attendance by Carlene Murray https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh What strategies do you use in your classroom to record and maintain accurate attendance? en-us 2019-01-06 21:28:00 UTC 2019-01-07 20:10:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317861003 I stand outside my classroom and greet students as they come into the classroom, which allows me to take a "mental" attendance. That way, I can easily take accurate attendance while students complete their warm-up once class has started. I don't have a lot of students who arrive late because of procedures I have set up in my classroom, so it is easy to stop what I am doing when they come in and change their absence to a tardy.]]> 2019-01-07 14:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317861003 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317861139 I start taking attendance after the first 5minutes of class and review it during the last 5 minutes. ]]> 2019-01-07 14:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317861139 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317863077 I take attendance more than once during class periods.  Students that come in late are added to the list asap.]]> 2019-01-07 14:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317863077 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317864667 Sometimes I call them out, but for the most part I take attendance silently while they're working. I double check attendance before leaving the building.]]> 2019-01-07 14:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317864667 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317870186 I have tried several.  sign in sheets, tardy logs, actually calling each name out loud, and taking attendance based on a seating chart and a "buddy" system. ]]> 2019-01-07 14:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317870186 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317875114 I take attendance 20 mins after class has begun. Most students are in class and completing the warm-up. I complete this silently since I know the students by name. Its very quick and accurate ]]> 2019-01-07 14:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317875114 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317893650 We have the students sign in on a wall chart or the 5 Column SchoolMax Attendance Sheet when they first come in. Then we submit attendance by the late bell.]]> 2019-01-07 15:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317893650 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905424 I scan the room but I also do a verbal call out while putting in attendance on my computer. If students arrive after that I document them as tardy and document what time they arrived. ]]> 2019-01-07 15:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905424 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905541 Just take attendance as required by the BOE and follow the directives of the administrators!!! Not difficult at all.  We are professionals, I thought...]]> 2019-01-07 15:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905541 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905738 Calling students names aloud. It's not something that is done often anymore, especially at this point of the year, but I find that students like to hear their names called and respond. ]]> 2019-01-07 15:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905738 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905797 I have a 10 column schoolmax print out every two weeks to record attendance then enter in schoolmax]]> 2019-01-07 15:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905797 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905954 I take attendance before starting the class and after!!]]> 2019-01-07 15:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905954 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905979 Provide students with entrance and exit tickets and require students to sign the tardy log if they are late.  Collect and keep student late passes.  I also have a notebook where I write down the dates of any excused  or unexcused absent note I receive.]]> 2019-01-07 15:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317905979 sekou_ahmad https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906326 I lock the door at the late bell and have students who arrive late explain the lateness to me as I open the door. I also have them sign a late log as they enter. ]]> 2019-01-07 15:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906326 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906397 As I take attendance, I look at each student's face to ensure that I am accurately marking that they are in my classroom. I have struggled with taking attendance in first period because some students arrive so late and I can't go back to SchoolMax ever few minutes. I'd love any advice to help make that work.  ]]> 2019-01-07 15:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906397 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906498 I do have an assiduous student who reminds me within the 20 minutes in case I get carried away by my lesson. ]]> 2019-01-07 15:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906498 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906640 The daily routine consists of a warm up.  This is usually when I take attendance.  If a student is tardy, there is a log that I check when students work individually.]]> 2019-01-07 15:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906640 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906670 I take attendance while my students are completing the warm up. At the end of first period, I try to go back and fix attendance to include the students who arrived late. ]]> 2019-01-07 15:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906670 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906830 I take attendance while the students are completing the warm up. I learned the students names so I can do it quick.]]> 2019-01-07 15:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317906830 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317907103 After 15 min I take attendance I don’t use codes cause I was not sure until today]]> 2019-01-07 15:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317907103 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317907108 Take roll during warm up time..Students are seated alphabetically ,noted empty seats say absence (:]]> 2019-01-07 15:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317907108 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317908296 I inform my students that attendance will be done at 8:35, and anyone who comes in after has to sign the tardy log book. At the end of class, or as the student is walking in, I will mark them tardy. Late Passes are also labeled and place on my computer so I can update attendance at the end of class.]]> 2019-01-07 15:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317908296 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317908301 My students who are late, sign in on the tardy list with  the time and I will go back ASAP and adjust the attendance with noted tardy time]]> 2019-01-07 15:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317908301 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317908895 I take attendance 20 mins after the  bell and do  the head count until the number matches to check to make sure accurate attendance.  I always enter the proper codes and accurate  time in for tardy.]]> 2019-01-07 15:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317908895 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317909048 I have my students signed in on the attendance sheet as they enter the room, then I scan the room to see who is absent and make adjustment. The late ones have to sign the tardy log.]]> 2019-01-07 15:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317909048 My students sit in pairs and have assigned seats. It is easy to skim the room to notice if someone is missing using this two person system. I am still in the process of calling parents to inform them of excessive absences but have made progress and am in the process of creating truancy checklist for truant students. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317925962 2019-01-07 16:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317925962 I make sure the portal is open and while warm up is being down, I take attendance. I also remind myself everyday that I don’t want to see my name on the “missing attendance list”! https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317926452 2019-01-07 16:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317926452 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317926453 I do roll-call periodically although I already know students’ names. But I also have a hard copy. In addition, after hall duty if students do not see me at the door, they know they are late. Therefore they sign the Tardy Log with time.
.]]> 2019-01-07 16:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317926453 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317926539 I take visual (seating chart if necessary) attendance as they enter room or as they work on assignment. I try to do this in the first 20 of class, but will ultimately complete it before end of period.]]> 2019-01-07 16:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317926539 I take attendance during warm-ups. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317927859 2019-01-07 16:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317927859 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317927910 Rosalyn Turner
Take attendance after 20 minutes]]> 2019-01-07 16:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317927910 Take attendence in the beginning and at the end of class. Also take notes in SchoolMax https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317969989

]]> 2019-01-07 17:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317969989 I let all my students sign in the paper attendance. After 20 minutes, I go over them and check on the students before entering them on the schoolmax. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317970138 2019-01-07 17:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317970138 carly_schoenstadt https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317970371 Assign a warm-up at the beginning of the period and take attendance while the students are taking attendance.  I kept a paper log and a recorded it in SchoolMax so that I could easily see attendance.]]> 2019-01-07 17:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317970371 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992454 We take attendance with a clipboard as the students enter the classroom. We note the times if they come in late. While students are completing the "Do Now Activity", attendance is entered during the first 20 minutes of the period. If something happens, such as a fire drill, a glitch in SchoolMax, or some unforseen circumstance, we have the physical copy to go back and correct any issues that may come up.
Mrs. Reini & Ms. Richards]]> 2019-01-07 17:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992454 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992798 Take attendance during warm-up and/or independent activities ]]> 2019-01-07 17:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992798 Attendance procedure https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992822 I take attendance manually (with times for late students, and codes) as students come in and complete the warm up, or once the late bell rings. While students work independently or at the end of class I submit attendance in schoolmax. ]]> 2019-01-07 17:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992822 Attendance https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992846 Attendance is taken between the first 5-10 minutes of class. Keep a manual copy as well as schoolmax of your attendance. ]]> 2019-01-07 17:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992846 Attendance https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992901 While my students are working on their warm up, I take the attendance in my manual attendance journal. I place them in school max when I am done with the initial part of lesson.]]> 2019-01-07 17:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992901 Attendance Routines https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992935 I take attendance while the students are doing their warm up. As the late students enter, they know to sign the tardy log and I make adjustments on my list and in Schoolmax to reflect the time and changes.]]> 2019-01-07 17:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317992935 I take attendance 20 mins to the end of the period to make sure that students who came in late or were tardy are also accounted for. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317993707 2019-01-07 17:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/317993707 I use a seating chart, and keep a copy with me on a clipboard. I have a space to mark attendance, and can easily and quickly mark students who come late to class, or leave early. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318050576 2019-01-07 19:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318050576 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318050586 I take attendance the first 10 minutes of class by physically seeing the student.  When time allows talking to them personally as well.
 ]]> 2019-01-07 19:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318050586 I take attendance during warmup. Also take paper attendance. Use google voice/translate to text parents. Texting seems to work best to get ahold of parents. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318050746 2019-01-07 19:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318050746 When a student leaves and not come back, I change that to absence. The reason is because if anything happens and attendance says "present" then I am liable. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318050931 2019-01-07 19:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318050931 I take attendance at the door as students walk in https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051013 2019-01-07 19:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051013 I have students greet me as they enter and exit the classroom. I look at them in the eye and greet them as they enter and as they exit. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051021 2019-01-07 19:27:13 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051021 Take attendance during warm-up before starting instruction. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051053 and review it at the end of the class .]]> 2019-01-07 19:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051053 Attendance Routine https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051195 I take attendance in the first or last 10 minutes of class. It depends on the warm-up and it depends on buses (for first period).

]]> 2019-01-07 19:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051195 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051230 Taking attendance during warmup or SSR]]> 2019-01-07 19:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051230 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051310 2019-01-07 19:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051310 Attendance https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051504 Attendance is taken when the students are completing their warm up
.]]> 2019-01-07 19:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051504 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051539 I take attendance when the students are ]]> 2019-01-07 19:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051539 I take attendance everyday during the first 15 mn of my classes, while students are working on the warm up https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051612 2019-01-07 19:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051612 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051655 I use a seating chart and mark who’s absent at the ringing of the bell. Late students are required to sign the tardy log and place any pass in the binder. I then go back and mark students tardy accordingly.]]> 2019-01-07 19:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051655 Check attendance as students get in your class while you are standing by the door. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051790 2019-01-07 19:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051790 https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051915 I take attendance while the students are completing Warm-Up. When students come in later, I note them as Tardy and the time.

]]> 2019-01-07 19:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318051915 The moment students enter my class, they go straight to their seat. They look at the warm up on the board, take their notebook and homework out. I check the attendance while they are doing their warm up and as I call each students, they also need to turn in their homework. Then after 15 minutes, I go back to Schoolmax to update the attendance for students who are late. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318071440 2019-01-07 20:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318071440 I take attendance during warm up before starting instruction. So as students completing the warm up, I will take their attendance and also count the number of students in the classroom to make sure it is the same as the number I have after submitting the attendance. If students come late, I ask them to sign in the tardy log with the time and they need to give me some type of pass with their name and time. I also have my own roaster to keep trace of their attendance. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318071601 2019-01-07 20:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318071601 I take attendance during the warm-up if I am not using the projector. If I am using the projector, I take attendance during independent work. I update attendance at the end of the period to account for any late-late comers. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318071702 2019-01-07 20:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318071702 I take attendance as the students are working on the warm-up, and then update it throughout class as/if students arrive tardy. https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318071753 2019-01-07 20:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/elaine_murray/7ddkpcq0efgh/wish/318071753