Follow up on attendance
Spot students missing too often and prepare the follow-up.
School office and teachers · Education · On a schedule · Updated
Works with
- Slack
SlackHow do you follow up on student attendance?
To follow up on student attendance, give Maito access to your student system with a login in the Vault. Each week it lists students below your threshold, notes patterns such as Monday absences, and points out sudden drops. It drafts check-in notes for teachers. It contacts no families.
How it's done today
Patterns are noticed late.
What Maito does
- Read attendance data
- Flag students over the threshold
- Draft a note for staff
Example
Loop run: Friday 3:00 PM · Weekly attendance check
7 students under 90% this term • Student 1: 82%, absent most Mondays • Student 2: 85%, 4 absences in the last 8 days • Student 3: 87%, arrives after 9:30 on 6 days • Student 4: 88%, steady decline from 96% in Sept • Students 5 to 7: 88 to 89%, scattered Catch: Student 4 was at 96% in September and dropped to 78% in the last three weeks. It looks like a new problem, not a long pattern. Source: Canvas attendance through Oct 16. This is staff only. Names are in the attached file attendance-oct16.xlsx. I haven't contacted any family. Want me to draft a check-in note for each home room teacher?
@Maito Yes, for Students 2 and 4 first. Teachers will decide the follow-up.
Drafts for both are attached for the teachers. Nothing is sent.
Maito (3:00 PM):
7 students under 90% this term
• Student 1: 82%, absent most Mondays
• Student 2: 85%, 4 absences in the last 8 days
• Student 3: 87%, arrives after 9:30 on 6 days
• Student 4: 88%, steady decline from 96% in Sept
• Students 5 to 7: 88 to 89%, scattered
Catch: Student 4 was at 96% in September and dropped to 78% in the last three weeks. It looks like a new problem, not a long pattern.
Source: Canvas attendance through Oct 16. This is staff only. Names are in the attached file attendance-oct16.xlsx. I haven't contacted any family. Want me to draft a check-in note for each home room teacher?
Rafael (3:12 PM):
Yes, for Students 2 and 4 first. Teachers will decide the follow-up.
Maito (3:14 PM):
Drafts for both are attached for the teachers. Nothing is sent.
How to set it up
- Ask your agent
“Every Friday at 3, check attendance in Canvas and post to #student-support the students under 90% this term, with their pattern. Staff only.”
- Use student system
- Canvas
No MCP server needed. Ask your agent to save a skill with the steps, then add the login or API key in Settings → Vault.
What it won't do
It reports attendance and patterns, not causes. Why a student is absent is for teachers and families to work out.
Questions
Canvas through a community MCP server. For other systems, Maito can use a skill with a login or API key stored in the Vault (Settings, Vault).
No. It drafts notes for teachers, and the teachers decide what to do.
Maito posts a summary to your staff channel and attaches names in a file. Keep the channel limited to staff.
