Short-Term Independent Study can be used for a maximum of 15 cumulative days per school year. If the cumulative duration is greater than 15 days, then you have to enroll the student in Long-Term Independent Study.
In SchoolWise Short Term Independent Study is already in place. In the desktop app you would choose Absent then set the reason as seen below:
IS Cred - Credit Verified (Work Completed) Counts toward ADA
IS NoCr - No Credit (Work was not completed) Does not collect ADA
IS Pend - Pending (Waiting for work to be received) Does not collect ADA
For a student to receive ADA they need to be marked as: IS Cred. While this is marked as an absence in the system it is re-calculated back into the ADA reports as a separate line item for Short Term Independent Study.
Note: The minimum number of consecutive days that a non-charter school student must participate in traditional independent study in order to generate ADA is three consecutive school days (no min for charter schools).
COVID-19 Attendance Questions - Quarantine/Testing/COVID
SchoolWise has been contacted by LEAs who have started their 2021–22 school year and are dealing with many cases of COVID-19 infections and exposures, compelling them to send students and staff into quarantine. The most common question we have been receiving is: How do I protect my average daily attendance (ADA) for the period that students are in quarantine? While we can't say that this is the only approach to the problem (please check with your own auditors and CDE) we have been told by some auditors that the best way to handle this is with Short Term Independent Study.
Please check with your auditor to find out exactly what situation best fits your specific LEA. SchoolWise can help you to implement a solution for you if you require something besides short-term IS to handle this.
Question: How do I mark students in SchoolWise who are on quarantine or waiting for test results?
Answer: Most auditors suggest that you should use Short Term Independent Study to handle this.
What is the COVID Absent reason used for?
The COVID absent reason was set up in SchoolWise as a specific way to track who was out sick with a contracted case of COVID-19. Some schools wanted this specific reason to be in place it is up to you on how to use it. Setting a student's Absent reason to COVID loses ADA as do ALL absences except IS Credit
Here are some more related documents that might be of interest:
Click here to see an Analysis of Assembly Bill 167
Documents from: School Services of California Inc. (SSC)
Ask SSC . . . How Do I Protect ADA When Students Quarantine_ _ SSC.pdf
Help! I’ve Quarantined and I Can’t Get (My ADA) Up! _ SSC.pdf
COVID-19 Related Resources
https://www.sscal.com/covid-19-related-resources