Report on Santa Fe teacher absences sites 'big gap' among schools

Anne Constable:

About one-third of teachers in the Santa Fe Public Schools were absent more than 10 days during the 2011-12 school year due to illness, bereavement or other personal reasons, according to a new analysis released Friday.

The report by Richard Bowman, chief accountability and strategy officer for the district, also showed that 33 percent of teachers were absent more than five days in the year for professional development, coaching or other school business.

The data show major differences among the schools. The percentage of teachers with more than 10 absences in the personal/sick category ranged from 12 percent at Salazar Elementary School to 53 percent at Atalaya Elementary School, for example.

From the report: From the Santa Fe Transition Report (3.6MB PDF):

mplement an electronic timekeeping program that will track employee attendance, tardiness, and overtime worked. The system should require intervention (in form of conference with deficient employees) after a set number of tardiness or absence infractions. The system should have several reporting capabilities for management to measure and detect trends, balances, and peak periods for comparisons and strategy planning. The system should automate payroll processes to better use, expend, save, and manage taxpayers' funds.

More, here (PDF).

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 8, 2012 8:52 PM
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