Research shows that sending families a weekly message that focuses on the importance of attendance and provides families with guidance has a positive impact on improving attendance. The attendance message series provides administrators with weekly messages to send to families throughout the school year.
Each week, send or schedule the attendance message(s) to your families. Some messages are applicable across school levels, while some weeks include multiple messages to send to different school levels.
Step 1: Click on Engagement Tools.
Step 2: You will land on the Attendance tab. Click on Explore.
Step 3: Scroll through the messages. If there are any messages that you DO NOT want to use with your school community, hide the messages.
Step 4: Click Hide to confirm.
Step 5: Click Assign Start Date.
Step 6: Choose the date and click Done.
Step 7: Confirm the start date by clicking Assign. This will help you understand which week each message should be scheduled for.
We recommend starting with the first week of the school year.
Step 8: Schedule messages by referencing the week.
Research shows that scheduling the messages for Sundays makes the most impact.
Step 9: Select the date and time.
Step 10: Edit the message, if necessary. Click Schedule.
Repeat steps 8-10 for the duration of the year.
All responses to these messages will go to the Admin Inbox.