Missing Students

It happens to most teachers; a student who was not on your original class list shows up in your room. When you get started with Skills Iowa, this student may not have an account. The temptation is to create a new account for this student yourself so you can continue, and so can the student. This could create problems for several reasons. Your account may not be the only new account that has been created for this student, and if a student has multiple accounts, which one are we going to use? If both are in use, the student can easily get confused and not do the work you assign.

We ask that one person in the school be the person identified as the person who will create all new student accounts. This usually happens in the principal's office, but it could be another person who has been designated by the building principal. The best choice is to ask in the office if the new student's account could be created. It's an extra step, but it will save confusion later in the year.