Attendance
Resources and Job Aids
Schools may notice that the MiSiS job aids will now require using Single Sign-On (SSO) to view.
Attendance
Comprehensive Schools
Office Staff - Submitting/Updating Attendance
- Clear Unresolved Absences
- Enter Mass Attendance (Office Staff)
- Enter Teacher/Class Attendance (Office Staff)
- Manage Educator Absences and Generate Substitute Slips
- Saturday Makeup School - Enter Recovery Date
- Update Individual Attendance (Office Staff)
Teachers - Submitting/Updating Attendance
Attendance Screens
Options Schools
Office Staff - Submitting/Updating Attendance
- Carlson Home - Enter Teacher/Class Attendance (Office Staff)
- City of Angels - Enter Teacher or Class Attendance (Office Staff)
- Continuation - Manage Teacher/Class Attendance (Office Staff)
- Continuation - Update Attendance (Office Staff)
- Continuation - Update Unresolved Absences (Office Staff)
Teacher - Submitting/Updating Attendance
Reports
- Attendance Not Submitted Report
- Attendance Referral Report - Elementary
- Attendance Referral Report - Secondary
- Attendance Summary Report
- Classroom Attendance Totals by Date Range
- Five Column Roster Report
- Identify Students with Perfect Attendance
- Informational Absence Report
- Mailed Truancy Letter Report
- Master Absence Report
- Student Truancy Report
- Uncleared Absence Report
Attendance FAQs
Q. Why is the Attendance Referral Report not displaying the student's correct address?
A. Users with the Office Manager role need to edit the address by selecting the student, clicking on the Enrollment tab, editing, and saving.
Once the record is saved, the Attendance Referral Report will display the correct address.
Q. How do I set-up attendance in MiSiS?
A. Office school staff must set-up Period Groups and Meeting Patterns that reflect the schedule being implemented at their school. Setting up the correct meeting patterns will ensure that all teachers are able to take accurate attendance for periods they are are scheduled in.
Q. How do the school staff submit/update attendance for a teacher who is no longer at the school site?
A. Users with the Office Manager user role must use the Manage Teacher/Class Attendance screen located under the Admin menu to submit/update attendance when a teacher is unable to submit attendance or is no longer at the school. Refer to the Enter Teacher/Class Attendance as an Office Manager job aid for more information.
Q. How do I generate a list of students with their attendance percentage?
A. The Attendance Summary Report includes an attendance percentage based on a user selected date range. For more information, refer to the Attendance Summary Report job aid.
Q. Why is the Attendance Summary Report displaying more "Days Possible" than instructional days?
A. In order for The Attendance Summary Report to obtain the “Percent Present” for all students, the report adds all the students “Total Days” and divides the sum of all students “Days Enrolled".
If you run the report for one student, the instructional days and “Days Possible” will match.
Q. What is the correct procedure to document when a student is tardy (T) and leaves early (LE) during the same period?
A. When a student is Tardy (T), the student must be marked tardy with the reason code and time-in. If the student Leaves Early (LE) during the same period, the attendance code needs to be changed from Tardy (T) to Leave Early (LE) with the reason code and time-out. Please note that both transactions will be documented in the student’s Attendance Audit report located under the student profile Attendance tab.
Q. What are the new parameters for the Classroom Attendance Totals by Date - Elementary Report?
A. There are two new parameters that have been added to the Classroom Attendance Totals by Date - Elementary Report: Show Address and Show Phone. These new parameters will allow the user to see students’ address and phone number.
Q. Why is all of the student’s attendance updated when I am only updating one period or periods?
A. If you are updating a student’s attendance for a certain period(s), the user will need to utilize the toggle switch. The toggle switch makes a period(s) active and inactive. If the user clicks on a period(s), that period(s) will be made active, while the others period(s) is/are made inactive.
Q. Can I amend or delete an attendance alert?
A. Yes, office users can edit an attendance alert by clicking on the pencil icon. If the user wants to delete the attendance alert, the user will need to click on the X icon.
Q. Why does the number of Total Days Possible listed on the Attendance-At-A-Glance screen not match the number on the Attendance Referral Report or Attendance Summary Report?
A. The total days possible on the Attendance Referral Report and Attendance Summary Report match; however, the Attendance-At-A-Glance screen is behind a day. Having this information lag by one day helps the system to run more efficiently.
Q. Who can I contact if I have questions about Attendance?
A. If you have questions regarding Attendance policy and procedures, please contact Pupil Services at (213) 241-3844.
If you have questions regarding MiSiS, please contact the MiSiS Helpdesk at (213) 241-5200 (option 5, then option 2) or open a Helpdesk ticket at: https://lausd-myit.onbmc.com/ux/myitapp/.
Q. What is the procedure for entering attendance when the system is unavailable (e.g.,emergency situations, such as evacuations or power outages)?
A. In each classroom, every teacher should have on hand the current Five Column Roster to record attendance in emergency and other situations when MiSiS is not available. An office staff member typically prints and distributes the rosters to teachers, but teachers may also print their own.
If teachers cannot submit attendance in MiSiS, attendance should be recorded on a printed Five Column Roster report, adding the names of any students not listed, and crossing out the names of any dropped students; the report must be signed and dated. If attendance is not submitted in MiSiS by the teacher on the same instructional day, office staff must enter the attendance and the paper record must be retained in the office for five (5) years.
Q. When are teachers supposed to submit attendance?
A. Under most circumstances, classroom teachers are to submit attendance within the first 15 minutes of start of class. PE teachers without immediate access to an Internet connected computer are to submit attendance as soon as possible (e.g., in the PE office at end of period).