KPS Virtual Program Attendance Procedures

Student Expectations:

To be successful with virtual instruction, students should expect to spend at least 1-1.5 hours per day in each course. Weeks are counted from Wednesday through the following Tuesday.

Secondary - The student will be responsible for participating in at least one synchronous session or meet with the teacher during his/her drop-in office hours for each class, each week. Students are also expected to communicate with their mentor on a weekly basis.

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.

The attendance is based on two-way communication between the teacher and student/parent 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) for the week when a two-way interaction occurred during the 9 Kalamazoo Public Schools Attendance Procedures week. If no two-way communication occurred during the week, the teacher will mark the student VA (virtually absent) for the week. All two-way communications must be thoroughly documented in the PowerSchool TWI log page, including the date(s), method of two-way communication, and a summary of the communication.

Completing assignments and taking virtual attendance in synchronous instruction will not be acceptable forms of two-way interaction.