By documenting student/family concerns within jmc Office, school personnel will be able to stay up to date with their interactions for better in-school communication. Documenting all communication between students and parents is the best way to ensure nothing is overlooked.
To keep professionals up-to-date on communication with a student or family let's enter a communication record by navigating to Communication > Data > Edit Student Records in jmc Office. We'll cover everything from selecting the student to relating other records to updating the record.
Step One: Select the student you'd like to add or edit a communication record for by entering their name in the "Find" drop-down list.
Fun fact: The student’s previous communication records will be displayed for reference.
Step Two: Click the "Add New" button or the "Edit" button to add/edit a communication record.
Fun Fact: Click the "Delete" button to delete a communication record.
Step Three: Enter or edit the "Date" and "Time" in the appropriate fields to specify the time and date of the communication event.
Step Four: Enter or edit information into the “Reported By”, "Related Referral“, "Reason”, “Action”, and “Detail” fields.
Reported By: person who submitted the communication
Related Referral: select a previously entered referral from the "Related Referral" drop-down list if the current record of communication is related to a previous communication event
Reason: the reason for the communication
Action: how the communication took place
Detail: what the communication is about and why it is being submitted
Step Five: Click “Update” to add or update the student’s permanent record or click "Cancel" to discard your changes.