Tuesday, March 24, 2020


March 24, 2020 – Attendance * Assignments * Grades


Daily Attendance Accounting Guidelines

The following process will be used to take attendance for each class.

Secondary:

Please see the new attendance guidelines for secondary students.

Attendance Procedures:

• Teachers are required to enter and submit student attendance every Tuesday and Friday. 
• Teachers have until 4:30 pm on Tuesdays and Fridays to enter and submit student attendance.   

Secondary:

• Attendance is taken only for the teacher’s “ADA” course (meets at 11:00 am.)
o On Tuesdays – 6th Period
o On Friday – 3rd Period

All Teachers are required to confirm participation in at-home learning for each student.  

• Confirmation of participation at-home learning will be used to enter student attendance as “present”.
• Confirmation of participation in at-home learning can be determined using electronic login by student (Google Classroom, Zoom, Teams, or other learning applications or platforms)
• Confirmation of participation can be used for any of the three days prior to official attendance accounting on Tuesday and Friday.
**If you believe your child was marked absent in error, please contact our Registrar, Carmen Robinson @ CaRobins@dallasisd.org and copy the teacher for that particular class
Assignments and Grading:

·      Each teacher will be posting assignments on a virtual platform daily
o   Students will “attend” class virtually. Each teacher will have an online designated platform for courses , which can be found on our school directory:  LINK
o   It is the student's responsibility to check in with every class daily.
o   Grading is conducted based on assignments completed and submitting assignments in a timely manner.
o   If students need assistance and or tutorials they should reach out directly to their teacher via email or the classroom platform. 
o   Parents, we encourage you to review the course platforms with your students and reach out to your teachers if you need assistance. 
o   We will monitor student attendance via online engagement and submitted assignments. 
o   Teachers will assign and record 2 grades per week. Grades can be viewed via PowerSchool.
o   If you need to set up your PowerSchool account click here En Espanol.  


Student/Parent Support can be found at www.tiny.cc/studentathomelearning
The website contains:

•    Elementary At-Home Learning Plans (Grade specific TV programming, at home activities, online resources are available NOW!!!!) – **Plans will be printed and made available at the Food Service District Sites beginning March 30.
◦                    Student instruction for accessing zoom as a video conferencing tool
◦                    Student instructions for accessing Clever as a method to connect to the Powerschool LMS or Google Classroom
◦                    Training Video, quick step guide and webinar schedule to support students in participating in an online course in the Powerschool LMS or Google Classroom in English and Spanish
•    Optional PK – 12 Free Online Resources – A vetted list of online applications that can support learning in the content areas
•    Special Education/Section 504/Dyslexia Support - Specific resources to support continued at-home learning for a variety of special needs
•    Library Resources Online – Ways to access the various ebook libraries available to students through Dallas ISD or open source

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