Attendance Information

(learn more at attendanceworks.org)

1. Half the students who miss 2 – 4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school.

2. Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back.

3. By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school.

4. Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school year, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month, and that’s known as chronic absenteeism.

5. When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances for graduating.

Attendance is the combination of online, offline and supplemental learning instructional time. Attendance may also include unique situations such as students placed in therapy centers, alternative settings or programs. Daily attendance is verified by evidence of participation in instructional opportunities.

Learning opportunities of instructional time include but are not limited to:

• interacting with the curriculum;

• progress made in the curriculum;

• assignment submissions;

• online Class Connect sessions attended;

• completion of internal assessments;

• and other offline resources.

Students are expected to school daily.

If a class is optional or canceled the student would need to log in time in the other areas.

If class is required the student MUST attend.

To be counted present for the day: Attendance is tracked by a combination of the following:

Attendance in the scheduled Class Connect Session

Watching the recording of a missed Class Connect Session

Attendance in homeroom

Attending small groups and meetings

Working in the courses; tests, quizzes, assignments, overdue assignments, etc.

At the end (logging off); the time is calculated for the day and submitted in a report.

If a student has zero minutes; they are counted absent.

Even if you are on the Flex/Async program you are still required to log in daily and do work.

If you do not see a recording reach out to the teacher.

Indiana Gateway Digital Academy understand that there may be circumstances that require a student to not attend during a school day. Absences must be reported by the parent or legal guardian to be excused.

The absence can be reported through written notification by completing the attendance form https://forms.office.com/r/ywDYLCXc2r.

Just because an absence is reported it does not mean it has been excused. See section on what is an "excused absence".

Also, please let your Homeroom teacher know that you will be absent.

Absences must be reported within 7 days. Excuses submitted beyond this timeframe, or for another family member's appointments or illness, will not be accepted.

Absences will be considered excused for legitimate reasons, including but not limited to:

• illness verified by note from parent/guardian;

• illness (physical, mental, maternity, etc.) verified by note from Physician’s office or hospital;

• funeral and bereavement;

• religious holiday;

• military connected absences;

• state fair participation or any other reasons exempted by Indiana Code to be recorded as absent.

Absences due to illness; we can excuse two days (within a week) without a document; further days do require a doctor's note.

Absences must be reported within 7 days. Excuses submitted beyond this timeframe, or for another family member's appointments or illness, will not be accepted.

If student’s family member has an appointment, testing, etc.; student is still expected to school.

One of the benefits of being an online school is that you can do your school work from any location or watch the recording at a later time.

Absences must be reported within 7 days. Excuses submitted beyond this timeframe, or for another family member's appointments or illness, will not be accepted.

Asynchronous learning refers to courses where students access course materials—lectures, readings, and assignments—on their own time. Learning, in other words, takes place at all different times for students enrolled in a course, because there's no set class time.

In other words-- on Asynchronous learning days, there will not be any live class connect sessions. Your student will however, be required to log in an do work.

Such As:

• Working on missing or overdue assignments
• Checking email

• Watching the recording of a missed Class Connect Session

• Attendance in homeroom
• Attending small groups and meetings
• Working in the courses; tests, quizzes, assignments, etc.

At the end (logging off); the time is calculated for the day and submitted in a report.

If a student has zero minutes; they are counted absent.

Because we are an online school you can complete your required school work from any location. If traveling out of town; student should be taking laptop to school; recording is available, and student can do the online work. Otherwise the missed days will be counted as unexcused absences

This feature is used by other schools within K12 it is not used by INGDA.

Absences due to tech issues are not excused, be sure to have a backup device available.

Contact technical support either by phone: 1-866-512-2273 or by submitting a ticket https://www.help.k12.com/s/submit-a-case

1. Be sure to get a support ticket number you may need this for any follow up.
2. Notify the attendance office by completing the attendance form: https://forms.office.com/r/ywDYLCXc2r
3. Notify the homeroom teacher
4. Use your backup plan to ensure that your student does not miss classes: log in on a phone, tablet, home computer or other device in the home.

Indiana Code 20-18-2-2.4 defines “chronically absent” as missing ten percent (10%) or more of a school year for any reason. That’s equal to about 18 absences per school year.

Students meeting the Habitual Truancy qualification must be withdrawn from Indiana Gateway Digital Academy Schools per IC 20-19-9-5.