A Substitute Management System Built for Schools

There are several ways jobs get filled:

• Substitutes can find and accept jobs online or through the mobile app
• Automated calls reach eligible substitutes (especially valuable for last-minute needs)
• Administrators can assign a specific substitute to a job if they wish

Plenty! Here is just a snapshot of how Frontline’s mobile app can help you stay on top of employee absences — wherever you happen to be.

• Easily view and approve (or deny) absences from your phone
• View the Daily Report of filled and unfilled absences
• Get the details on who is absent and why
• See a quick view of three-day trends
• Access daily filled and unfilled absence counts using Siri^® (iOS only)
• Compare your district’s performance on select absence and substitute metrics to
  national, state, and district size benchmarks

The Frontline mobile app makes it simple for substitutes to stay connected and in control. With just a few taps, subs can:

• Get notifications of available jobs sent right to their device
• Accept jobs instantly and view all the details in one place
• Search and browse every open opportunity in the district

Frontline’s mobile app is designed to make life easier on everyone. Employees can:

• Check their own leave balances and see upcoming scheduled absences
• Create an absence request
• Receive alerts
• Look up colleagues in an employee directory (if the district also has Frontline Central)

We’re glad you asked! Frontline’s Absence and Substitute Management isn’t just for teachers. Many districts have discovered the benefits of also tracking and managing leave for other district employees: custodians, bus drivers, para-professionals, and even administrators.

None! Absence and Substitute Management is web-based, so an internet connection is all that’s required.

At first, you might wonder if an automated system makes it easier for teachers to take time off. In reality, the opposite is usually true. A study from STEDI.org found that when principals use absence monitoring tools, teacher absenteeism drops by nearly 14%.

With Frontline Absence Management, you get clear reports that help you spot trends, open up conversations with staff, and encourage stronger attendance. It’s all about putting your data to work for healthier schools.

Absence and Substitute Management offers a sophisticated set of tools to ensure the best substitute is placed each time.

• Set up specific skills and requirements to match a qualified substitute to the absence (for example, requiring a “math” skill for a math teacher absence).
• Create district-, school-, and teacher-level preference lists and exclusion lists to further refine to whom and when the absence is pushed out. For example, you can open the job to a wider pool of substitutes as the start time gets closer.
• Let teachers specify a list of favorites, too, and allow both teachers and substitutes to leave feedback.

Would you be surprised to learn that over 800 smaller schools use Frontline to automate their absence management? Since the subscription is based on the number of employees on the system, it’s more affordable than smaller districts often think. No matter the size of your district, everyone has room to reduce paperwork and increase efficiency, and that’s exactly what Frontline’s Absence Management software helps you do.

Our systems are integrated, which means an employee in Frontline’s time-tracking system is automatically updated in our absence solution. This ensures data is accurate and consistent, and eliminates the time spent re-entering information from one system to the other. And because Frontline Absence & Time integrates with most major payroll vendors, you can reduce payroll errors and save time inputting data. Finally, combined reporting ensures that the appropriate funding codes are used for absences.