Log Student Contact in TeacherVUE

Please note that this is for current and future contacts. You are not expected to retroactively input contacts into "Student Contact Log". If you have a separate log that you have maintained outside of Synergy, please fill out a tech ticket and the Tech Team will work on getting those into Synergy.

When to log a contact in “Student Contact Log”

Contacts should be logged in “Student Contact Log” when there has been an attempt to contact any parent or student regarding lack of participation or failure to do assignments in your class. At least one attempt to contact parents per week for students who are not participating or who are barely participating should be logged in the “Student Contact Log”.

(Please note that the Student Contact Log is different than the Services Log that Special Education Teachers and Instructional Aides utilize for students who have IEPs)

Examples of what to enter into the “Student Contact Log”

Type of communication	Log Required
Whole class notification	No
Positive contact to student (ie ‘Good Work’)	No
Email to parent about student not participating	Yes
Email to student with 504 plan or IEP about additional help opportunities	Yes
Email to parents of a class about a class expectation	No
Text to parent about their child’s missing assignments	Yes
Response email to parent about a class concern	No
Online 1:1 meeting with a student regarding class questions	No
Online group meeting about a week’s assignments	No
Phone call/message to parent about student not checking in	Yes

As a general rule of thumb, if you are communicating directly with a student or parent and are not sure whether or not you should log it, log it. If you feel that there should be a record of a conversation with a student or parent/guardian for any reason, log it.