Instructional Time Model Template for School Districts and Charter Schools

Calendars & Attendance Tracking

Check the below boxes to indicate all instructional methods that are being utilized as part of this ITM.

Please include an explanation of how time spent in each method will be used to replace instruction that would otherwise be provided in a teacher-led, in-person classroom on specific calendar days. Explain how instructional time will be measured and used to replace otherwise in-person instructional days on the school calendar.

Please explain in detail how students will be reported as present and participating in remote instruction or absent on the corresponding calendar days.

For example, an ITM might explain that students will not attend school in-person on Fridays and instead students will be assigned a project designed to take six hours that will be completed over the weekend and students will then be reported as present or absent for the preceding Friday based on progress/completion of the project.

Participation in any instruction provided outside of a teacher-led, in-person classroom must be connected to attendance on scheduled instructional day on the submitted and certified school calendar in order for the district or charter to generate Average Daily Membership and appropriate funding.

The description must include the specific measures that will be used to determine whether a student participating in remote instruction will be reported as present or absent on days when instruction does not take place in person. Attendance tracking may include (but is not limited to) methods such as:

• Communication with their teachers via telephone, ZOOM, MS Teams, or other digital meeting software.
• Student participation in a virtual meeting or classroom session (ZOOM, MS TEAMS, Google Meets, etc.)
• Daily assignments completed and submitted by the student.

The school district is advised that ADE will continue to issue guidance on the topic of attendance, and should closely monitor updated information related to these expectations.

Below, list the schools this plan applies to. Add schools as needed to account for all schools in this ITM.