Selecting a Child's First Day

Entering a child's First Day can be an important part of welcoming that child into your community. Setting a First Day will allow you to view incoming children and assign forms to their families before they appear on record keeping pages, attendance and your invoice. You can set a child's First Day when you accept their application, add them on the [Children] page, or when you edit a child's profile. Here is what you need to know to use First Day at your school: 

• How to Set a Child's First Day
• How to Edit a Child's First Day
• How to View Incoming Children
• Assigning Forms to Incoming Children

How to Set a Child's First Day

When you set a child's Application State to "Accepted" on the [Applications] page, add a new child on the [Children] page you will be able to set their First Day in the pop-up:

You can add any date as a First Day as long as it is within the selected session's dates. If you choose not to add a First Day the child will be considered active on the first day of the selected session or you can add a First Day later by editing the child's profile. 

How to Edit a Child's First Day

You can edit a child's first day by typing the child's name into the search bar at the top of the page and clicking on their name > [Edit] or by going to [Children] > using the drop down menu in the upper right to select the session the child will start in > select [All] from the drop down to the left of the session drop down > click [Edit] under the child's name.

Once you are on the child's [Edit] page you can scroll down to the "First Day" section and add in or edit the First Day and save at the bottom of the page.

How to View Incoming Children

Children are considered "Incoming" if they have a start date after the current day in the session you are viewing. You can view incoming children on the [Children] pages by selecting "Incoming" from the drop down menu in the upper right. You can also view their First Days by selecting "First Day" from the drop down menu for the right side column:

Assigning Forms to Incoming Children

You can assign forms to incoming children by going to [Children] > [Forms] > selecting [Incoming] and the session from the drop down menus in the upper right > [Assign Forms]. This can be a great way to get the information your school needs about children before they are present at school. It is important to note that you will need to create and invite parents to join Transparent Classroom before they are able to receive and submit digital forms. 

Questions?

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