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May 24, 2023
Greetings, everyone!
We have some great news to share! We will offer credit recovery courses this summer! See the details in our News and Updates section below.
Final grades will be posted Thursday, May 25. This report will have both Standard Start and Early Start final grades.
Action Item
If you’re registering students for summer, we need your school’s or district’s summer contact information. This is an urgent need for our summer school teachers. Please complete our Summer Contact Information form.
Please forward this e-lert to any stakeholders who may need it. They can subscribe to the e-lert here.
2023-2024 Guide
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News & Updates
Credit Recovery Returns to NCVPS Summer School
We are adding 16 credit recovery courses to our summer catalog. Your special ESSER III funds for summer will cover these enrollments. In the coming days, we will add these courses to our registration system:
CR NC Math 1
CR NC Math 2
CR NC Math 3
CR NC Math 4
CR Pre-Calculus Honors
CR American History
CR Founding Principles of the United States of America and North Carolina: Civic Literacy
CR World History
CR English 1
CR English 2
CR English 3
CR English 4
CR Biology
CR Earth/Environmental Science
CR Physical Science
CR Health and Physical Education
Free Professional Development
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District and School Stakeholder Survey
Please complete our District and School Stakeholder Survey Survey.
This survey is intended to provide feedback from district and school stakeholders related to the North Carolina Virtual Public School. We will use your input to improve NCVPS processes, communication efforts, and the planning of courses and programs as we strive to serve schools and districts.
This survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Be sure to submit your survey responses by June 16. Thank you for participating and helping us build the future!
Partnership Course Program
Let us provide the technology, content, training, and support. Schools or districts provide the teachers.
See our Partnership Course Program page for details.
Digital Transition Webinars
The Digital Transition Webinars move forward into the month of May. See our transition page for details and registration.
End of Semester Reminders
We have a few tips for schools to help close out the semester. Following these steps will help with the success of your students and help you have grades prepared for your final report cards. EOC and CTE Testing
Schools must administer all EOC and CTE state tests. (Note: Some CTE courses do not have a state test.) Schools will also need to average the EOC and CTE scores into the grades that we post for those courses. If you’ve not already made arrangements with your school’s testing coordinator, please do that right away. Our final grade report will have EOC and CTE anticipated scores for your testing coordinators.
Grades
Our final grade report will show the weighted coursework grade (80%) and the final exam grade (20%), and final grade. EOC and CTE courses will only show the one marking period grades. Schools will need to calculate in the EOC and CTE state test grades. Follow this link to see what the final grade report will look like.
Report Cards and Transcripts
Schools must enter grades into PowerSchool. Be sure the data manager has access to the grade report and understands our grade calculations. Be sure to examine the spreadsheet closely to find the final grade. This will be essential when your data manager enters NCVPS grades into PowerSchool to avoid data entry errors.
Middle School Reporting
Middle schools should ensure that they use the NCVPS course codes so that their students can receive high school credit for high school courses that they take with us. You can find course codes in our catalog or in the second column of any grade report.
NCAA Eligibility Center
Please see our “Reporting NCVPS Classes On Transcripts for the NCAA” quick reference guide here. There are some essential reporting steps to take to ensure a student’s NCAA eligibility.
Grade Questions
If you have questions about a student’s grade, you should send those directly to the student’s teacher or submit a help ticket to the Virtual Support Center.
Registration 2023-2024
Registration is open for the 2023-2024 school year! Here are the resources you need to get started. Summer Funding
Don’t miss the State Board’s special funding for NCVPS summer school. Be sure to use your funds! It’s no cost for your district or charter. See our full announcement with all the details.
Summer Contact Information
If you’re registering students for summer, we need your school’s or district’s summer contact information. This is an urgent need for our summer school teachers. Please complete our Summer Contact Information form.
IEP Modifications in our Registration System
We have a new and easy process for sharing IEP modifications. Be sure to watch our how-to video guide for this new process.
NCVPS in NCEdCloud
NCVPS is now in NCEdCloud for easy student access. See our announcement for full details.
Academic Guides
We have two guides for you:
And don’t miss our 2023-2024 Catalog and 2023-2024 Calendar.
Course Spotlight
Current Reporting
What Grades Are Currently Posted?
May 18- Final Grades Posted for Early Start Classes
What’s Next on the Schedule?
May 25 – Final Grades Posted for Standard Start Classes
Progress Report Action Steps
What should your action steps be with our progress reports? We’re glad you asked! Visit our Progress Report Action Steps page for all the details.
A Snapshot of NCVirtual Grading Guidelines
See our Snapshot of NCVirtual Grading Guidelines for a quick overview of NCVirtual’s grading and testing policies and procedures. Please note that NCVirtual teachers must adhere to the NCVirtual grading guidelines, practices, and procedures which can be found in our Grading and Testing Quick Reference Guide. NCVirtual teachers cannot adjust their NCVirtual grading guidelines, practices, and procedures based on a local school’s or district’s policy.
Reporting Overview
See our Grades and Testing Quick Reference Guide for an overview of our reporting. We have details on our Student Status (No-Show) Reports, Progress Reports, Final Grade Reports, and how we calculate grades.
Progress Check
Be sure to do a progress check on your NCVirtual students. We post progress grades every two weeks in our registration system. Here’s what you can do.
- Download the most recent progress report (see our download guide). Look at both the grades and the teachers’ comments. Determine which students need assistance. If they aren’t showing mastery (80%+), they can use some support.
- Reach out to our teachers for your students who need help. Our teachers have a number of support plans and will work with students to help them catch up.
- ELAs, facilitators, and parents can use the Canvas App or Canvas Portal to track student progress and communicate with instructors. If parents are interested in helping, this is the best way to do it. We also have a guide for parents and facilitators.
- If students are working off campus, consider bringing them back into a lab until they are passing. Logging in consistently and working are key to student success.
- Have students sign up for NCVPS Peer Tutoring. The link to the Peer Tutoring Center is on the home page of every course. Our Peer Tutoring Center offers many services, but these are the various support services:
- Peer Tutoring – Peer Tutors provide tutoring in specific content areas.
- Virtual Buddy – Virtual Buddies are select student volunteers who have agreed to work with NCVPS students who need more than content help in their online classes.
- Quick Questions – Services are available to all students at the start of the semester.
- Writing Center – Are students working on an essay? The Writing Center can help.
- Tech Support – For students who need some tech help with their courses.
- English Language Learners – Have your ELL students sign up for this.
6. Be sure students are aware of our basic support structure:
- Teachers help with course questions and course content.
- The Virtual Support Center helps with technology issues in the course and login issues.
- Peer Tutoring Center can provide additional support.
- The school’s ELAs can help students with enrolling and withdrawing from a course and with transcript and report card questions about their NCVPS classes.
7. See our full list of progress report action steps.
8. Chat with our virtual support team. Visit our Outreach Office Hours any day at noon. We are there to help!
Previous News & Updates
Did you miss an e-lert? Check out our previous news items and updates below.
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Engage More with NCVirtual
Digital Transition Series Our professional development sessions feature interactive conversation webinars for educators. We have three sessions in February. Check out our Digital Transitions webpage for details and registration.
Virtual Schools Network The VSN is a great opportunity for all the virtual academies and schools in the state. The VSN creates capacity-building opportunities, designs quality courses, and more. Visit the VSN website to join the network today.
Partnership Course Program Let us provide the technology, content, training, and support. Schools or districts provide the teachers.
See our Partnership Course Program page for details.
Our Teacher Online Training course is a free professional development program for NC public and charter school teachers designed to prepare and support educators as they work in online and remote learning environments.
Our E-learning Advisor Orientation course will help support you in the role of E-Learning Advisor to NC Virtual students. Learn about the funding formula, the registration process, our grading policy, and more.
The NCVirtual Office Hours meets each weekday, M-F from 12:00-12:30 p.m. Teachers, administrators, parents, and students are welcome to drop in and have their questions answered.
Student Life
Get Involved! NCVirtual offers many ways students can participate in extra-curricular activities. Check out our Culture Cafe series, the iWorkNC speaker series, our various clubs, and free tutoring! See our Student Life page for details.
Connecting with Parents
As virtual learning has become a part of everyday learning for most families across North Carolina, many parents, guardians, and mentors continue to struggle with how to support their online learners in blended and online classes. To provide resources and strategies for how to support not only our NCVirtual students, but all online learners in North Carolina, NCVirtual has created two Supporting Online Students (SOS) video courses in Canvas. Both courses are free, open to the public, and do not require login credentials. Please share both links with your educational communities and parent networks.
Supporting Students – All NC
The first course, Supporting Online Students – All NC, is general in nature and is designed for parents, guardians, and mentors of any student who is participating in a blended or online course or is enrolled in a fully online program regardless of school or grade level.
Supporting Students – NCVPS
The second course, Supporting Online Students – NCVirtual, is specific to NC Virtual and includes specific examples, demonstrations, and resources for NC Virtual parents, guardians, and mentors.
Get Our Apps!
NCVirtual has a mobile app, and Canvas has two mobile apps and a web portal. What does each one do? We’re glad you asked! Here you go: NCVirtual App: Stay connected with what’s happening at NCVirtual. Think of these as “front office” notifications.
Canvas Apps and Web Portal: Connect with a student’s course, see grades, due dates, pacing guides, and message the teacher.
Check out the guide on our Mobile Apps page to see when and where it’s best to use each app or portal.
Mobile Apps
Thank you, everyone!
Your North Carolina students appreciate your dedication and hard work!
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