KILP Attendance Procedures

Student Expectations:

Students will be assigned to in-person sessions that meet their needs. They will attend three in-person sessions per week unless other arrangements have been made with the teacher and approved by the administrator. Students will be required to communicate with their mentor each week. Virtual weeks are counted from Wednesday through the following Tuesday.

To be successful with virtual instruction, it is highly recommended that students follow the guidance from their teachers and attend the synchronous sessions offered. Students should expect to spend at least 1-1.5 hours per day in each course.

Teacher Expectations:

The teacher will be responsible for taking attendance and maintaining accurate two-way communication documentation in PowerSchool. For audit purposes, the teacher will sign and date the Teacher Electronic Attendance Certification Form in the office or electronically at the end of each week upon review of their weekly attendance for accuracy. During the six-week count periods, the weekly attendance report has to be signed instead of the Teacher Electronic Attendance Certification Form. Teachers will record daily attendance in the homeroom class. Students who attend an in-person session will be recorded as PRE in the PM attendance.

On the Wednesday dates, teachers will also record two way interactions in the AM homeroom for the week Wednesday through the following Tuesday. The attendance is based on two-way communication between the teacher and student during the week. The two-way communication must be relevant to the student’s course(s) or academic progression. The teachers will mark students with TWI (two-way interaction) when a two-way interaction occurred during the week. If no two-way communication occurred 10 Kalamazoo Public Schools Attendance Procedures during the week, the teacher will mark the student VA (virtually absent). All two-way communications must be thoroughly documented in PowerSchool TWI log page; including the date(s), method of two-way communication, and a summary of the communication. Completion of assignments and virtual attendance in synchronous instruction will not be an acceptable form of two-way interaction in 2025-2026.