> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trackademi.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Attendance & Behavior Notes

> Mark who was there, and log behavior worth remembering.

## Taking attendance

1. Open the class from **[Classes](https://www.trackademi.com/en/teacher/classes)** and go to its **Attendance** section.
2. Pick the session date.
3. Mark each enrolled student as **Present**, **Absent**, **Late**, or **Excused**.
4. Save.

If you mark a student **Absent**, a notification goes out automatically — to the student, and to their parent if the parent is subscribed. You don't need to do anything else to notify anyone.

Attendance you record here rolls up into that student's **Attendance** tab on their profile (see [Grading & Tracking Progress](/en/teacher/grading-and-tracking-progress)), so patterns like "3 absences this month" are easy to spot without recalculating anything yourself.

## Logging a behavior note

1. From the class, from a student's profile, or from **[Behavior](https://www.trackademi.com/en/teacher/behavior)** in the sidebar, add a new behavior note.
2. Choose the type — **Positive**, **Negative**, or **Neutral** — and a severity from **Minor** up to **Severe**.
3. Write what happened, and optionally what action you took.
4. Mark whether the parent should be notified, and whether it needs follow-up.

Behavior notes build up in the student's **Behavior** tab over time, so a pattern (repeated lateness to class, consistently helpful with classmates, etc.) is visible at a glance rather than buried in individual incidents.

## What's next

* [Grading & Tracking Progress](/en/teacher/grading-and-tracking-progress) — see how attendance and behavior fit into the full student picture