The North Carolina Virtual Public School

DLA Webinar: Preparing for the Summer Session

School Support Services

May 2009
 Webinar Agenda
• Introduction • Issues and
• Purpose of Resolutions
Training • Orientations
• Roles and • Best Practices
Responsibilities • Support for
• Summer Options Struggling
• Credit Recovery Students
• Registration • Tips for Lab
• Important Dates Management
• First 10 Days • Textbooks
• Initial Support • The DLA Spa
• Resources
 Roles and Responsibilities
For the Summer Session:

Registered correctly (check prerequisites, make

sure students are enrolled in summer, not fall.)
Distribute student checklist with NCVPS and school
expectations
Ensure students have connectivity
Ensure students have materials
Act as liaison between student and instructor
Drop by 10th Day if not participating
Administer EOC and CTE exams
Record final grades
 Summer Options
Type of Course Environment

• Accelerated • Lab Setting

• Credit Recovery • From Home

Note: Each requires 3 – 5 District Support

hours of seat time per day,
• District
five days a week.
• School
 Which course should I choose?
Accelerated or Credit Recovery
Accelerated courses Credit Recovery courses

•traditionally for first time credit •only for students who have previously taken the
course and failed it

•self-paced; students pre-assess at the beginning of

•NCVPS teachers open each week’s learning at the
each module or unit to determine their prior
beginning of each week; is not a self-paced course
knowledge. This determines the students’ direction
for that unit.

•If a student has failed one of the ten Credit

•the semester long course taught in 8 weeks (thus, Recovery courses, students should be enrolled in the
the word “accelerated”) CR course rather than the ACC course

•Requires 3 to 4 hours daily •Requires 3 to 4 hours daily

•Requires students to interact daily with the teacher •Requires students to interact daily with the teacher
through email through email and requires some kind of weekly
synchronous contact
 Credit Recovery in the DLA Spa

What Can I Find There?

Summer School Information

For each course offered you will find:
Course Description
Syllabus
Pacing Guide
Frequently Asked Questions
Mastery Chart Directions
Five Questions To Consider
Characteristics of Credit Recovery
Credit Recovery Walkthrough
 Five Questions To Consider

•Available in the DLA Spa in the Credit Recovery tab

•Or at http://content.flypaper.net/6ef0ef95-51e0-493d-bb9e-661fac9fabd4/Main.swf
 Credit Recovery Best Practices

•A lab is open and available for students to work during the

week. Some schools open the lab anywhere from 1 to 5 days a
week. Some schools require attendance while others leave it
flexible.
•If the student is not working in a lab, school contact still
makes weekly contact with student.
•School contact knows students' status in terms of working;
follows up with students when mastery charts/status forms are
sent out weekly.
 Credit Recovery Walkthrough

Available in the DLA Spa in the Credit Recovery tab

Or at http://content.flypaper.net/5181aa55-fa0b-496f-aa88-d8c924f1ecd9/Main.swf
 Registration
Two-Step Process
– Enter biographical data for each student.
– Register students for classes

• See our DLA Quick Registration Guide

• Watch Registration Video
• See the Summer Catalogue
Important Dates
 The 1st Ten Days
• Create group emails for students and instructors.
• Encourage students to complete the orientation.
• Ensure students can login and access the
course.
• Day 2 Activity Report.
• Day 5 June 19: Last day to enroll.
• Day 6 Activity Report.
• Day 10 June 26: Last day to drop without
penalty.
 Initial Support

Strategies
– DLA checklist
– Student checklist
– Monitor grades
– Print rosters at start of summer school
– Quick list of support numbers
– Group email for students
– Group email for teachers.
– Orientation and white papers
– MOA for students
– Communicate w/ parents
 Issues and Solutions
Issue: Student cannot contact the instructor.
Solution: Have the student copy in the DLA when
there’s a communication Issue with an instructor.

Issue: The DLA cannot contact the instructor.

Solution: Copy in the Regional Consultant in your
communication with the instructor.

Issue: Student has problems with Blackboard.

Solution: Presidium 1-866-223-1028 - 24/7.
 Issues and Solutions
Issue: Student has problems with content in the
course.
Solution: The student must contact the instructor
with all content- related questions.

Issue: The student wants to drop.

Solution: Drop deadline with no penalty: June 26.

Issue: Student does not know who to ask for help.

Solution: The student should start with the DLA.
See our orientation information.
 Orientations for Students and Parents

Utilize Current NCVPS Online Orientations

• Student Support Services Orientation (For students)
• Blackboard Student Orientation (available first day of
class)

• Student Orientation Videos

o Orientation 1 for the start of the semester.
o Orientation 2 for the middle of the semester.
o Orientation 3 for the end of the semester.

• White Papers (see resources)

 Summer School School-Based Best Practices

• Labs open for help during the day either at

the school level or district level.
• Tutors or mentors available for courses.
• Letter to parents explaining your school’s
e-learning process, including the
expectations for the students, such as lab
requirements, etc.
• Weekly contact (phone or email) with
students who are not in a lab setting.
 Support for Struggling Students
• IEP/504
• Teacher Mentors
• Peer Tutoring
• Communicate with Teachers and Parents
• Counsel/Coach
• Provide Helpful Guidelines to Follow
 Tips for Lab Management

Strategies that have been implemented to

facilitate the lab more effectively.
• Exit Ticket
• Monitoring Spreadsheet
• Students Submit Progress Checks
• Circulate
• Follow IEP/504 Guidelines
 Textbook and Course Materials
• Textbook and materials list is posted in the DLA Spa
under the Textbook tab.

• Complete textbook and course materials list by

courses (includes ordering information and
estimated costs).

• State Adopted texts versus non-state adopted

(power point located in the Spa that shows both
processes)

• Partner with school and central office textbook

coordinators and school bookkeeper.
 Textbook and Course Materials
• District/School responsibility for ordering and
purchasing textbooks and materials.

• Texts provided from Outside Providers (OSU and

FLVS).
 DLA Spa

What can you find in the Spa?

The DLA E-lert
Forms
Policies
Course Descriptions
NCWISE data for SAR
Teacher Contact Information
Best Practices
 Resources
• DLA Checklist
• DLA Quick Registration Guide
• Student Checklist
• Student FAQs
• Orientation Paper (What makes a good
online learner/student checklist, etc.)