What happened to the 10,000 missing assignments?

Earlier this year, we tallied the total number of missing assignments in the district and found the grand total was just over 10,000 (reference: https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/10000-missing-assignments/ ).  We then set up automated email notifications to students and parents each Thursday night, giving them the exact list of missing assignments per child. 

I was recently asked the following questions related to this….

Question: “What happened after the parent notifications were turned on… did it lower the number of missing assignments? Will we continue to send out missing assignments notices to students and parents next school year? “

Answer:  
Although the parent response from the notifications was extremely positive, it did NOT lower the number of missing assignments.  In fact, the number of missing assignments continued to rise the reminder of the school year.  Despite this, we are planning to continue the student/parent notifications related to missing assignments for next school year since the parent response was so positive.

NOTE: A missing assignment is defined as an assignment for which a student has received an “M” for missing.  The “M” must be manually marked by the classroom teacher – it is not an automated feature. The charts below are the total number of “M’s” marked in the grade book.

# of missing assignments per school during 4th quarter, spring 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# students per school that have at least one missing assignment

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of student population that has at least one missing assignment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary Schools: Missing Assignments….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary Schools: Students w/ at least one missing assignment…

 

 

 

 

 

 

6th Grade Missing Assignments…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6th Grade Missing Assignments…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ability to update demographic information in Infinite Campus

A new feature was just enabled in Infinite Campus and that relates to our move to a District Registrar….

Parents now have the ability to send updated demographic information requests directly within Infinite Campus.  Using their parent Infinite Campus account (student accounts do NOT have this ability), parents can select the tabs for…

* HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION

 * FAMILY MEMBERS

or  * CONTACT PREFERENCES
 

A few important notes on how the system works……

1) The information is NOT automatically updated into Campus. Instead, the information is sent to the District Registrar for review and then approved.  The person making the request will then receive a notification within Campus letting them know when the changes were approved.

2) You can change your legal guardianship designation with your children, but any requests to change legal guardianship for another person will be denied unless proper paperwork is provided.

Download detailed step by step directions for how to update your demographic information within Infinite Campus. (pdf file)