Teachers take attendance on their computers, subs take attendance on slips of paper which then must be sent (via a student) to the office in each section of the school (this week we are in the E wing, and attendance goes to the E office). I do not always remember to take attendance. It's not that it is difficult to do, just that there is so much going on. For example, although I took attendance today in my last class, it was never sent because the students were testing and I got them started before remembering to send the slip. Taking attendance can also be interesting when many student have names which I have never seen or am unsure of how to pronounce.
One of the benefits of taking attendance is learning the students names. Now, this doesn't happen in one day, but when I am in the same classroom multiple times, I am able to begin getting to know the students by name. This helps when calling on students as well as with classroom management when I can call out their name from across the room to let them know that I see/hear them. Despite being in the same classroom for three days now, I haven't had this benefit. This is because each class has a designated student to take roll every day. I have been very slow to learn names because of this. So, although taking roll can be a hassle it can also be quite beneficial.
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It may help if you had a seating chart. Maybe the designated student could fill it out for you on the first day of class. I would suggest passing it around but you may get some unusual names that way. Of course it would be easy to track down the culprit since you would know where they sat.
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