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How do school districts count attendance during virtual learning?

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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How do school districts count attendance during virtual learning?
How do school districts count attendance during virtual learning?

What is attendance in a virtual learning environment?

Is it turning in your assignments on time?

Logging into your virtual classroom a couple times a week?

Or just checking in with your teacher?

ON TO THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM ACOUPLE TIMES A WEEK OR JUSTCHECKING IN WITH A TEACHER&WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5QUESADA TRACKS DOWN WHATATTENDANCE LOOKS LIKE FOR OURLOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS& ANIT'S DIFFERENT FOR EACH ONE.<< SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS OURAREA ARE DEALING WITH A NEWWAY OF COUNTING“ATTENDANC”7:46 TEENAGERS ARE REPORTINGTHAT 41 PERCENT HAVENATTENDED AN ONLINE CLASS ORVIRTUAL CLASS MERVE LAPUS ISTHE VICE PRESIDENT OF OUTREACHAND NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FORCOMMON SENSE MEDIAPROFIT THAT IS AN EDUCATIONALSOURCE FOR FAMILIES SEEKINGTECHNOLOGY AND MEDIARECOMMENDATIONS.

LAPUS SAYS ARECENT POLL CONDUCTED BYSURVEY MONKEY QUESTIONED 800TEENAGERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.14:26 DO YOU AGREE THATATTENDANCE IS TAKEN A LITTLEBIT DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOUTALKING ABOUT VIRTUAL LEARNINGBECAUSE IENGAGEMENT COME UP OVER ANDOVER AGAIN.

14:42 ITARE YOU TRYING TO - WHAT AREYOU ASSESSING ESSENTIALLY FORENGAGEMENT ARE YOU ASSESSINGJUST COMPLETION OF WORK ORJUST THAT THEY SHOWED UP PALMBEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS SAY SINCETHE FIRST DAY OF VIRTUALLEARNING THE OVERALLATTENDANCE PERCENTAGE HASDROPPED SLIGHTLY BUTENGAGEMENT IS AT 98 % WHICHCAN MEAN EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS- VIDEO CONFERENCING - WORKSUBMISSIONS - AND PASSEDTESTS& OVER ACTUAL LIVECLASSROOM PARTICIPATION.MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOLS SAYATTENDANCE WAS AT 95 PERCENTFOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OFVIRTUAL LEARNING& ST LUCIECOUNTY SCHOOLS SAY FOR THEFIRST TWO WEEKS THE AVERAGEATTENDANCE WAS 89 PERCENTCOMPARED TO 93 PERCENT PRIORTO THE START OF VIRTUALLEARNING BUT ADD THATATTENDANCE AVERAGES AREINCREASING DAILY AS THEY WORKTO DETERMINE STUDENTSINDIVIDUAL NEEDS& INDIAN RIVERCOUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYSLAST WEEK THEY WERE AT 96PERCENT ENGAGEMENT& OKEECHOBEECOUNTY'S SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYSITS ATTENDANCE MIRRORS AREGULAR SCHOOL DAY - WHAT THEYARE STRUGGLING WITH ISENGAGEMENT MEANING 8:31 WEHAVE FOUND THOUGH IN THEYOUNGER AGES THAT KIDS AREREALLY ENGAGED AND ARE JOININGIN THEIR CLASSROOMS WHEN THEYCAN.

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