System and method for monitoring class attendance

A method for monitoring class attendance using a mobile device of a student, comprising steps of:

• storing in a database a profile for the student including a mobile device identifier for the mobile device and a class schedule that includes a class identifier, a scheduled date, a scheduled time, and a class location;
• monitoring the database using a processor that is in electronic communication with the database and the mobile device;
• at the scheduled date and the scheduled time, transmitting a request for a mobile device location from the processor to the mobile device using the mobile device identifier;
• determining the mobile device location using location determining hardware of the mobile device in response to the request;
• transmitting the mobile device location from the mobile device to the processor;
• comparing the mobile device location to the class location using the processor;
• and
• determining and storing an attendance status corresponding to the class identifier and the student in the database based on the comparing step.

A system for monitoring class attendance for a plurality of students, comprising:

• a database storing a profile for each of the plurality of students, each profile including a mobile device identifier for a mobile device and a class schedule including a class identifier, a scheduled date, a scheduled time, and a class location;
• an interested party user device including a GUI displaying an attendance summary dashboard providing attendance status data for at least one of the plurality of students;
• and
• a processor in electronic communication with the database, the interested party user device, and the mobile device of each of the plurality of students, the processor:
• monitoring the class schedules of the plurality of students;
• at the scheduled dates and scheduled times requesting mobile device locations from the respective mobile devices using the mobile device identifiers;
• comparing the mobile device locations to the class locations;
• determining and storing attendance status data corresponding to the class identifiers and the students in the database based on the comparisons, and communicating the attendance status data to the interested party user device.