Is your current absence request system cumbersome and prone to inaccuracies? Are you still using paper forms for your staff to request vacation, personal, professional development, or travel time? Are you spending more time than you need to filling out absence request forms, submitting requests, or waiting for an approval? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you will benefit from the Data Service Center’s newest application – the Absence Request System.
Absence Request System is an online system to manage staff absences for vacation, personal time, professional development, and travel requests within your district or school. The main purpose of the system is to make the process of requesting and authorizing vacation and leave requests a snap!
The benefits of the system rest in the timesavings you and your staff experience. Your staff no longer has to spend time filling out requests by hand and then walking it down to the mailbox to submit it to their supervisor. With a few clicks of the mouse, they can complete their request and the system generates an e-mail to start the approval process. Once the supervisor receives the request, they are able to approve or deny it immediately online. Approved requests are automatically logged onto the calendar, which allows administrators and staff to view at a glance who is in and out of the office on any particular day. Tracking the status of requests or looking at the history of requests is also just one click away.
