Attendance Policy

To be marked present, online students at North America Technical Institute ESL (NATI ESL) will demonstrate weekly attendance by completing one of the following actions as directed by the instructor

North America Technical Institute ESL (NATI ESL) records the daily attendance of each student per accreditation agency, state, and federal guidelines.

  • Records of student attendance will be kept on file and available for student review and authorized agencies.
  • Graduation requirements stipulate that the student must be in attendance at least 80% of the instructional time.
  • Excused absences are permitted for illness or any unavoidable hardship and mitigating circumstances beyond the student’s control. NATI ESL determines and approves these circumstances on a case-by-case basis, providing required and legal documentation.
  • Unexcused absenteeism for more than 20 percent of the total course time constitutes cause for dismissal.
  • Unexcused absences are defined as follows
    • Absences where the student has neglected to notify the school and/or has extended beyond the 20 percent allowance without arranging for an official leave of absence.
    • Absences from scheduled exams without notifying the instructor before the scheduled exam time will also be considered as unexcused absences. Therefore, the student is responsible for making up the lost time, classwork, and assignments. Time and lessons missed must be made up to meet the minimum attendance and graduation requirements. Students will need to meet with the Attendance Officer before they can return to class.
    • Students exiting NATI ESL, campus building, during class and instructional time, must sign out upon leaving and back in upon their return. This includes breaks and lunches. Students not signing out/in on the general and individual attendance sheets will be considered cutting class and falsifying attendance records.

Online Attendance Policy

Students enrolled in the online program adhere to the same attendance policies as on campus, with one addition. To be marked present, students enrolled in an online program at North America Technical Institute ESL (NATI ESL) will demonstrate daily and weekly attendance by completing one or more of the following actions as directed by the instructor:

  • Actively participate in a scheduled synchronous class session.
  • Submit a course assignment during class
  • Take a quiz or an exam during class

Logging into the online class without active participation (as described above) will not constitute official attendance. These activities will be tracked automatically in Microsoft Teams, the Course Learning System used by NATI ESL