💡 ALE Tips for Teachers (Connect)

The Monitor Key Tasks page is designed to be one place where you can quickly find any issues you need to address as a teacher. 

1. Start by selecting Monitor in the left navigation menu, then choose Monitor Key Traits.

2. You will see several data table containers. 

   WSLPS: This table lists your Student Learning Plans that need approval. WSLPs that are not surfaced in the Monitor Weekly Contact or Monitor Monthly Progress interfaces.  Use the Is Approved column (No) to locate any Student Learning Plan(s) on your caseload that are not approved. Helpful Resource: ✏️ ALE Creating & Monitoring Intervention Plans (Connect)

3. Pending Courses: This table lists Student Learning Plans with courses in a pending/unapproved state. 

   Any student learning plans with the Count of Pending Courses column > 0 include courses in a pending/unapproved state.  Helpful Resource: 📌 ALE Approving Subject/Courses (Connect)

4. Weekly Contact: This table lists SLPs who do not have weekly contact recorded for the current week. 

   Any students on your caseload for whom weekly contact has not been recorded for the current week will be recorded in the Monitor Weeks columns as No Contact. Helpful Resource: 📝 ALE Recording and Monitoring Weekly Contact (Connect)

5. Monthly Progress: This table lists WSLPs that need overall progress determinations for the current month. 

   Any students on your caseload for whom monthly progress has not yet been recorded for the current month. Helpful Resource: 🖥️ ALE Sharing & Monitoring Monthly Progress (Connect)

6. Class Attendance: This table lists class meetings for which attendance has not been completed.

   Any class with a No in the Attendance Completed column has not had its attendance completed. Helpful Resource: 🗓️ ALE Taking Attendance for Teachers (Connect)

Monitor Weekly Contact

Here, you will learn to record and monitor weekly contact, missed contact with valid justification, or contact attempts for the approved wSLPs you manage. Refer to  WAC 392-550-025(2) for contact requirements. You can only record weekly contact or contact attempts if you are a certified teacher.

Helpful Resource: 📝 ALE Recording and Monitoring Weekly Contact (Connect)

Monitor Monthly Progress

Here, you will learn to record and monitor monthly progress for the approved wSLPs you manage. Per WAC 392-550-025(3), monthly progress must be completed each month a student is claimed for state funds. You can only record monthly progress if you are a certified teacher.

Helpful Resource: 

• 📝 ALE Recording Monthly Progress (Connect)
• 🖥️ ALE Sharing & Monitoring Monthly Progress (Connect)

Monitor Intervention Plans

Here, you will learn to monitor the status of Intervention Plans per WAC 392-550-025 (4) and WAC 39201210192 (5) (b) (iv). Intervention Plans must be completed within 5 school days of the monthly progress evaluation date, and students may be claimed for funds only if the intervention plan requirements are met as outlined in the WAC.

Helpful Resource: ✏️ ALE Creating & Monitoring Intervention Plans (Connect)

Monitor Class Attendance

Here, you will learn to view and record class attendance.

 Helpful Resource: 🗓️ ALE Taking Attendance for Teachers (Connect)

Monitor Class Progress

Here, you will learn to view and record class progress. 

Helpful Resource: 📌 ALE Monitoring Class Progress (Connect)

Monitor Completed Courses

Here, you will learn to mark courses as completed. This page surfaces any SLP courses with an end date before today and is especially helpful during term changes when you need to mark many courses as completed.  

1. Start under Monitor in the left navigation menu and choose Monitor Completed Courses.
2. View whether the course status is hidden, pending, withdrawn, or completed in the Participation Status column.

3. Click the magnifying glass next to the student's name to view the Manage Student Learning Plan page.
4. Click the Row Actions Gear and select Configure Course Details. This will open the Manage Core Subject Area and Course in the Details tab.
5. Modify subject/course properties for one or more students by clicking the checkbox(s) to the left of one or more students, or select the checkbox at the top of the table to select all.
6. Click the Selected Gear at the top of the table and choose Edit Subject/Course Properties.

Monitor Weekly Attendance

Here, you will learn to view weekly attendance in the ALE application. This table does not surface your district's Student Information System (SIS) attendance.

1. Start by selecting Monitor in the left navigation menu, then choose Monitor Weekly Attendance.
2. This table will show an overview of weekly attendance. It will include students, with one column for each week of the school year, displaying a percentage that indicates how many classes each student was enrolled in and how many of those classes they attended. 

3. Click the magnifying glass next to the student's name to view the Manage Student Learning Plan page in the Weekly Contacts Tab>>Class Attendance.

Helpful Resource: 🗓️ ALE Taking Attendance for Teachers (Connect)

Truancy Conditions

Here, you will learn how to view a list of students who are truant under WAC 392-550-040. Please remember to set up your Excluded Dates & School Year Weeks via Data Administrator >> Configure School Year so the data reflected here is accurate.

1. Start by selecting Monitor in the left navigation menu, then choose Truancy Conditions.
2. You will see a list of students, certificated teachers, grade levels, total missed, maximum consecutive missed, and truancy conditions.

3. Click the magnifying glass next to the student to view the Manage Student Learning Plan page in the Weekly Contacts Tab >> Direct Contact.

Helpful Resource: 🗓️ ALE Taking Attendance for Teachers (Connect)

Quick Navigation Tool between Student Learning Plans 

1. If you have a Student Learning Plan open for one student and need to navigate to that student's view for another, try the Quick Navigation Tool. Click on Back to My Student Learning Plans at the top of the screen.

2. A selector will open, where you will see a list of all the students on your caseload by default. You can quickly find/choose another student by clicking the magnifying glass next to their name.
3. You will land on the same page within the selected student’s SLP that you were just viewing.

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