About Classroom Issues and Conduct Referrals

Teacher Access Center enables you to record, track, and refer classroom and conduct-related issues:

Classroom Issues apply to more routine student issues tied to a course, homeroom, or activity, from missing homework and class participation to behavioral issues, such as talking or sleeping in class. Since these can usually be handled within the classroom environment, you can use the system to simply record and track issues, including any corrective actions you took. You also have the option of referring more serious issues to students' assigned disciplinarians, counselors, or success plan coordinators, who can then administer them in eSchoolPLUS.

Conduct Referrals relate to issues that require the attention of a disciplinarian, whether they occur inside or outside the classroom. Using TAC’s Conduct Referrals option, you can record the issues, identify the students, detail their involvement, and refer the issues to a disciplinarian.

The following sections outline the main concepts and procedures associated with Classroom Issues and Conduct Referrals.

Classroom Issues

The Interventions > Classroom Issues option enables you to record and refer classroom issues.

On the Classroom Issues Entry page, you can enter classroom issue information. When you record an issue, you can select a single student or multiple students. If you select multiple students, a separate issue is created for each student. You can specify the details of the issue, such as date, location, and notes. You can also keep an on-going record of any corrective actions taken and if needed, attach previous issues that are related to the current one. If you choose to refer an issue, all of this information can be accessed by the student's disciplinarian, counselor, or success plan coordinator in eSchoolPLUS.

On the Classroom Issue List page (Interventions > Classroom Issues > click ), you can view a listing of all the issues you have entered. Each record displayed provides the basic details on an issue, including date, student name and ID, notes, course information, and administrative actions taken in eSchoolPLUS. From the list, you can retrieve an issue for updating, access the student’s Student Details drawer, or delete issues that have not been referred to or returned from eSchoolPLUS. You can also use this page to search for issues, access your class listings, and initiate new issues.

Conduct Referrals

The Interventions > Conduct Referrals option enables you to enter and refer an issue to a student’s disciplinarian.

This option enables you to bring an issue to the immediate attention of a disciplinarian in eSchoolPLUS. In Conduct Referrals, you can enter basic information on the issue, such as the building, date, time, location, and descriptive text, select the students who are involved, and enter specific notes on each. If your building’s configuration allows it, you can also assign one of three roles to each student: Offender, Victim, or Witness. If your building is not configured for this, the students' roles will be assigned by the disciplinarian.

The Conduct Referral List page (Interventions > Conduct Referrals > click ) displays records of all of the issues you have referred. Each record includes the date, issue type, student name and ID, status, and notes. If the issue was initially entered as a classroom issue, the record also includes any corrective action you took before referring it.

How Referrals Are Processed in eSchoolPLUS

Once a classroom or conduct-related issue has been referred to eSchoolPLUS, the assigned staff member can:

Select a different disciplinarian or success plan coordinator, if necessary.
Generate a report that can be sent to the student's guardian, providing details on the issue and when appropriate, requesting a signature to verify the notification.
Escalate the issue to a discipline incident or success plan reason.
When escalating an issue to create a discipline incident, the disciplinarian can assign a role to each student as either an offender, victim, or witness. If appropriate, the disciplinarian can also choose to exclude a student entirely.
Return the issue to you for further action or with a request for more information. As needed, you can refer the issue back with additional input.
Mark the issue as resolved if there are no further actions to be taken.

You can track the status of a referral in TAC’s Conduct Referral List or Classroom Issues List page. When a referral’s status changes in eSchoolPLUS, the change is reflected in the list page’s Status field.

Adding Classroom Issues

Referring Classroom Issues