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powerschool:powerteacher:mtgattendance [2019/01/17 14:40]
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powerschool:powerteacher:mtgattendance [2019/01/17 14:43]
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 The Absences recorded on the Report Cards next to the class grade is a cumulative total of the Meeting Attendance count for each class. The Absences recorded on the Report Cards next to the class grade is a cumulative total of the Meeting Attendance count for each class.
  
-meeting attendance (not daily) for students who are scheduled to classes that span over multiple periods.  Up until this week, when a teacher marked a student absent or tardy in a class with more than one period assigned to it the total doubled on the Quick Lookup page in PowerSchool, on the Parent Portal, and on report cards.  We have updated meeting attendance to show the correct absent and tardy totals for the current year students.  We have also updated a setting in Section setup that will alleviate the issue in the future as well.  This change will affect how teachers take attendance and how attendance clerks record and/or update student attendance.  Below are the steps that each of you will need to do differently from this point on.+Meeting attendance (not Daily Attendance) for students who are scheduled in classes that span over multiple periods are a special case.  When a teacher marks a student absent or tardy in a class which spans more than one periodthe total meeting attendance count is doubled on the Quick Lookup page in PowerSchool, on the Parent Portal, and on report cards.  We have updated meeting attendance to show the correct absent and tardy totals for the current year students.  We have also updated a setting in Section setup that will alleviate the issue in the future as well.  This change will affect how teachers take attendance and how attendance clerks record and/or update student attendance.  Below are the steps that need to be done differently from this point on.
  
 Guidance Counselors (Section Setup):  When creating a new section for a class that spans across multiple periods (i.e. 1-2(A)) go to the line that reads "Record Attendance" and select "Each Meeting Separately" If the section only meets for one period you can leave it to the default setting of "Once for each meeting". Guidance Counselors (Section Setup):  When creating a new section for a class that spans across multiple periods (i.e. 1-2(A)) go to the line that reads "Record Attendance" and select "Each Meeting Separately" If the section only meets for one period you can leave it to the default setting of "Once for each meeting".
powerschool/powerteacher/mtgattendance.txt · Last modified: 2019/01/17 14:43 by lokes