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SIMS Attendance Monitoring Routines

Audience: School Attendance Officers
  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2

The school office is a busy environment with many demands, including a strong focus on various administrative tasks, one of the most important being attendance monitoring.

This course provides essential knowledge and understanding of how SIMS can assist in monitoring attendance. You will learn how to configure the Homepage to display attendance data for specific cohorts, making it easier to track and manage. The course will also show you how to customise the Teacher View page to visually highlight attendance concerns, ensuring that issues are quickly identified. Additionally, you will learn how to create user-defined groups and integrate them into the homepage and attendance reporting, enhancing your ability to manage and analyse attendance data effectively. Finally, the course will guide you through setting up and producing attendance letters, ensuring clear communication with parents and guardians regarding attendance matters.

This webinar is designed for SIMS users, either new to role or looking to enhance existing skills, and who are responsible for monitoring attendance in a primary or secondary school setting.

Expected Outcomes:

  • Homepage Analysis: Learn how to create and configure attendance panels on the SIMS Homepage to effectively analyze attendance data.

  • Teacher View Understanding: Gain insights into configuring the Teacher View to better monitor and identify attendance concerns.

  • User-Defined Groups: Understand how to create and implement User Defined Groups within SIMS to track and manage attendance more effectively.

  • Attendance Letters: Learn how to define and utilise Attendance Letters as a communication tool to keep parents informed about their child’s attendance

This course focuses on utilising the tools within SIMS to monitor attendance more efficiently.

What Will Delegates Gain from This Course?

  • Enhanced Dashboard Use: Gain a deeper understanding of how to configure the SIMS homepage as a dashboard for closely monitoring attendance among different student groups.
  • Effective Communication: Learn how to use SIMS attendance letters to communicate effectively with parents about their child's attendance.
  • Customised Teacher View: Discover how to define and customise Teacher View settings to enable visual monitoring of attendance, making it easier to identify and address concerns

This course covers the following topics:

  • Configuring the Homepage: Learn how to customise the SIMS homepage to meet your school's specific needs, with a focus on monitoring attendance across different student groups.
  • Teacher View: Get an overview of the settings that enable a visual approach to monitoring student attendance, making it easier to identify and address areas of concern.
  • Setting Up and Utilising User-Defined Groups: Discover how to create and manage specific student groups for closer monitoring and detailed analysis within the attendance data.
  • Creating and Producing Attendance Letters: Learn how to use SIMS to generate and send attendance letters based on data within the MIS, facilitating effective communication with parents.

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Product Type:
Recorded Webinar
Product Topic:
Sims