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Complete Attendance Tracking for K-12 Schools
Effectively tracking attendance in schools is not as easy as it sounds. We've developed software and integration solutions with the sole focus of reliably solving this problem for you. Single class, to district wide. Including school bus arrival and departure tracking.
Attendance Tracking
- Multiple attendance collection options.
- Manual, automated and hybrid.
- Comprehensive and intuitive cloud based attendance tracking software.
- Many customizable ways to view data.
Flexible Solutions
- Timetabled and non-timetabled solutions.
- Automatic allowance for late school bus arrival.
- Stand alone or integrated.
- Automated alert and report options.
Truancy & Behaviour Monitoring
- Automatically identify chronic truancy.
- Register behavioural issues.
- Manage and track intervention actions.
- Auditable timeline of all actions and results.
Attendance Collection Options
Choose the collection method that works for you - we’ve got plenty of options. These can work together in a hybrid solution. As students age their responsibility levels improve, the automated approaches may work best with older students, and manual with younger.
Teacher Entry
Teachers enter attendance for their class on any web connected device
QR Self Entry
Students scan rolling QR codes on their phone
Kiosk
Students enter unique identifier on a kiosk as they enter a location and optionally provide more details
Mobile Scanning
Teachers scan students RFID or barcode enabled cards as they enter a location
Self Registration
Students are assigned unique codes at the start of class which they enter into their device in a time window
Custom
Attendance triggered by your LMS or other systems
Two Powerful Software Options
Each is tailored to different attendance tracking scenarios, can be configured to integrate seamlessly with your existing systems, and has specially designed functionality to make working with automated scanning devices a breeze.
Attend School
Track attendance by scheduled day or class
Attend Core
Track attendance without timetabling
- Comprehensive attendance tracking system.
- Configurable to almost every aspect, this system works with your existing processes, hierarchies and reporting requirements.
- Works best in situations where you have timetable data, however it can work as the system of record as well if needed.
- To monitor behavior and truancy, use the inbuilt 'Revive' module (optional), or have alerts generated by Attend School in your system of choice.
Attendance Entry
Enter and adjust attendance records using a clean and simple interface.
Configurable Statuses
Configure all the attendance options you need including their colour and how the status affects attendance rate calculations.
Modern web interface
Intuitive and responsive web interface is easy to use on tablets and desktop computers.
School Bus Arrival
- Scan in school buses when they arrive.
- Automatically give some leeway to students if their school bus is running late.
Integration Options
All of our solutions can be integrated with your existing Student Information or Learning Management Systems, sometimes an integration with both is required.
Our powerful integration frameworks make it simple to load data from and export data to your systems, enabling you to leverage what you have. Attend School and Core both provide a variety of outputs to augment this or can provide for all your attendance reporting requirements.
Seating Plans
Assign your students to defined seats using a simple drag and drop interface. Get to know your students faster, setup defined seats for exams, and utilize the proximity information for the contact tracing report. Fully integrated with the student view of aPlus+ Attendance allowing students to see their assigned seat in advance.
- Fixed and adjustable, or session specific
- Simple drag and drop seat assignment with flexible room layouts
- Notify students of their assigned seat
- Fully integrated with contact tracing
- Advanced options such as student self submission of seats
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K-12 Buyers Guide
Everything you need to become an expert on evaluating automated attendance solutions for K-12.
Download K-12 Buyers Guide (PDF)
This guide has been prepared based on our research and experience with attendance tracking technology options. In this guide we explore the key reasons for taking attendance in schools, discuss challenges and technology options available for automating attendance taking. This guide will be valuable if you're evaluating attendance automation options for K-12.