Attendance Forms FAQ's
Overview
Attendance forms in ReachWell are simply a faster way for contacts (i.e. families) to communicate a child’s tardiness or absence to their school. Families open the form from their ReachWell app, complete the attendance form details and submit the form. The designated front office staff will then receive an email with the form details submitted by the contact. Our team can also provide an optional Google Sheet to capture the details of form responses if desired.
Does a submission excuse a student?
No, attendance forms only notify staff who were designated by the admin to receive those responses. The tardiness or absence is not verified nor excused.
Who can submit attendance forms?
Currently, anyone who downloads the ReachWell app can submit an attendance form. Please note, this means the forms are not secure!
How is an attendance form an improvement?
Attendance forms digitize the information that would otherwise need to be transcribed from a voicemail saving your school's staff time and effort. Attendance forms are also multi-lingual allowing non-native English speakers to submit the form with the confidence that they’re communicating in the right way without the fear of having to speak to someone who doesn’t speak their language. The form is also faster and easier than making a phone call. This increases the likelihood of schools getting the attendance information they need from contacts (i.e. families).
Related Articles
Creating & Managing Forms
Overview Forms are a great way to interact with your contacts (i.e. families) while providing an efficient, digitized way for them to send you the information you need. Forms can include surveys, field trip permission slips, parent/teacher conference ...Collaborating on Forms
Overview If ReachWell created your existing forms for you, and you don't want to use us as the intermediary to get them updated, you can modify the forms yourself! Once this is set up, you will be able to edit the content of your organization's ...Creating a Parent-Teacher Conference Form
ReachWell Managed Parent-Teacher Conference Form If your subscription includes a ReachWell-managed form and you would like the ReachWell team to create a new form for you, please follow these instructions: Open THIS template. Make a copy of the ...Voicemail Announcement - Essentials Plan
Overview Reachwell recommends updating your organization's school and attendance voicemail systems to announce our app to your community! This will help to reduce front office phone traffic by providing your contacts (i.e. families) with a self-serve ...Voicemail Announcement - Contact Sync Launch
Overview ReachWell recommends updating your organization's voicemail systems to announce our app to your community! This will help to reduce front office phone traffic by providing your contacts (i.e. families) with a self-serve option to find the ...