NCVirtual E-lert for Sept. 14, 2021 (See Current Enrollment Options)

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2021-2022 Guide Digital Transition Printable Guides Visit our Website Sept. 14, 2021 Greetings, everyone! Our standard enrollment period for Fall 2021 has ended, but we still have several enrollment options for you. If you want your Standard Start courses to end in December, you have ten days remaining to complete our Early Course Completion form. See details in the Trending Updates section below. Plus, we have upcoming Digital Transition and Iwork webinars for you. See all the news and highlights below, and forward this e-lert to any stakeholders who may need it. They can subscribe to the e-lert here. Updates and News Trending Updates Current Enrollment Options Transfers – We can accept transfer students after regular enrollment has ended. Transfer students must be enrolled in the class at the face-to-face school, have instructional time with a teacher, and have a grade to transfer in with. We must also have an available seat in the course to accommodate the transfer. Contact the Virtual Support Center to transfer students. Be sure to include the following in your ticket: student’s name PowerSchool ID# school name transfer grade course needed any student details that can help the NCVPS teacher Transfer options will remain open through midterms each semester. Co-teaching – You can add students throughout the semester to our co-teaching OCS and intervention courses. However, you can only add to existing sections. We can’t open new sections at this point. PE/Health – Our second session health and PE courses are still open for registration. Partnership Courses – You can continue to add students to your partnership courses throughout the semester. We will create a new invoice for you. Spring Semester – Enrollment is still open for Spring 2022. We have a lot of capacity in our spring courses. Your students may temporarily land on a waitlist until we begin opening new sections. Early Course Completion Requests in Standard Start Courses Our Fall 2021 Standard Start courses end on January 7, 2022, and final grades will be reported on January 13. Schools may choose an early completion date for their students enrolled in Standard Start courses. Early completers in our Standard Start courses will finish their courses on December 10, the same date as Early Start students, and their final grades will be included in the Early Start final grade report on December 16. We have a two-step process for requesting early course completion: Step 1: Districts and schools must submit our Early Course Completion form. This form will close on September 24, 2021. Please make your decision for early course completion by that date. Step 2: Communicate your early completion expectations to your students and our NCVirtual teachers. Do this early in the semester so that our teachers have time to adjust the pacing guides for your students. Schools must also communicate the early completion date to their students, as well. They will have ten fewer days of class time to complete their courses. Communications between the school, student, and teacher are essential in this process. Students will have access to the course until its original end date, January 7, 2022. Districts and schools must drive the expectation that their students finish early. If they continue to submit work after December 10, our teachers will continue to grade it. After the Early Course Completion form closes on September 24, NCVirtual will contact each school and district identified in the form submission, plus our teachers. This process is for Standard Start classes only. Our Early Start classes will report on their original end date. Here are the important dates for final grades this fall: December 10: Early Start Classes End December 10: Standard Start Early Course Completion December 14: Final Grades Due from Teachers December 14: Progress Report Grades for Students Finishing in January Due from Teachers December 16: Final Grades Posted for Early Start Classes and Standard Start Early Completion December 16: Progress Reports Posted for Standard Start Students Not Finishing Early January 7: Standard Start Classes End January 11: Final Grades Due from Teachers January 13: Final Grades Posted in the Registration System 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. 2021-2022 Academic Year Guide Please visit our 2021-2022 Academic Year Guide for details on registration, enrolling, withdrawing, grades, student guides, parent guides, and more! Current Reporting What Grades Are Currently Posted? Sept. 9 – Progress Reports Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System What’s Next on the Schedule? Sept. 23 – Progress Reports Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System 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. 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. District and School Outreach Digital Transition Webinar Series We have a great set of experienced online educators lined up to bring you a webinar series with a variety of topics that will help you in your remote instruction and online learning environments. September Events Event: “Introduction to Differentiation: Using Technology to Meet the Needs of All Learners” Details: How are you differentiating tasks in your in-person, blended, or virtual classroom to engage students in high-quality learning? Join us for this introductory webinar to learn more about the importance of differentiating instruction. You will learn how to identify individual students’ needs and learning styles, how to implement strategies for grouping students, how to arrange your classroom to maximize student success, and how to design differentiated tasks. You will also learn some basic technology tools to create differentiated activities to meet the individual learning needs of students. Target Audience: All are welcome! Presenter: Kim Schroeder, Ed.D. Kim is Executive Director of the Southwest Learning Community, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System and is an English Instructor for NC Virtual. Date and Time: Tuesday, September 21st, at 3:00 pm Registration: Visit our Digital Transition page to register. Event: “Delving Deeper Into Differentiation: Using Technology to Meet the Needs of All Learners” Details: How are you differentiating tasks in your in-person, blended, or virtual classroom to engage students in high-quality learning? Join us to learn more about differentiation where we will build on your knowledge of differentiation to share how to identify individual students’ needs and learning styles, to implement strategies for grouping students, to arrange your classroom to maximize student success, and to design differentiated tasks. This webinar will emphasize how to use technology to create activities to meet the individual learning needs of students. Target Audience: All are welcome! Presenter: Kim Schroeder, Ed.D. Kim is Executive Director of the Southwest Learning Community, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System and is an English Instructor for NC Virtual. Date and Time: Tuesday, September 21st, at 4:15pm Registration: Visit our Digital Transition page to register. Event: “High Expectations in the Virtual Classroom” Details: Join us as we learn from the 2021 NC Teacher of the Year as she shares insight, tips and best practices for student and educator success! Bring your questions! The last 30 minutes will be a Q&A session! Target Audience: All are welcome! Presenter: Ms. Eugenia Floyd, M.Ed. • 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Teacher of the Year • 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Central Region Teacher of the Year • 2019-2020 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Teacher of the Year Date and Time: Thursday, September 23rd, at 6:00pm Registration: Visit our Digital Transition page to register. Event: “In Case No One’s Told You Today: I Love You! Leading Transformational Change Through Trust” Details: Join us as we learn from the 2021 NC Principal of the Year as she shares insight, tips and best practices for administrator and educator success! Bring your questions! The last 30 minutes will be a Q&A session! Target Audience: School and District Administrators Presenter: Elena Ashburn, Ed.D. • 2021 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year • 2021 North Central Region Principal of the Year • 2019 – Presented study on the gender gap in NC Superintendency at the International Women Leading Education Conference in England • 2018 Michael Priddy Family Leadership Award & Scholarship for Aspiring Superintendents (UNC School of Education) Date and Time: Tuesday, September 28th, at 6:00pm Registration: Visit our Digital Transition page to register. See upcoming events and stream all previous webinars on-demand from our Digital Transition page. Teacher Online Training TOT (Teacher Online Training) is NCVirtual’s free professional development program designed to prepare and support educators as they work in online and remote learning environments. Our TOT course, “An Introduction to Online Teaching and Content Development,” is not a “how to” or “instructional” guide for Canvas, but focuses on the best practices for teaching and learning using any platform. Topics include the following: Assessment Tools Teacher Talk & Clear Expectations Intellectual Property & Copyright Accessibility Tools Maintaining an Online Presence Adapting and Placing Content Engaging Through Feedback Our next session begins September 1. Visit our Teacher Online Training page to register. We look forward to seeing you there! Daily Office Hours The Outreach and Support team has office hours Monday-Friday from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. We are prepared to stay longer with visitors who need assistance. Anyone can join, and we have breakout rooms ready if needed.   Students & Parents – Do you have general questions about our program or concerns about your course? Visit the Outreach team during the lunch hour. We’re here to help! E-learning Advisors – Are you new to NCVirtual? Do you have questions about student performance? Unique enrollment requests? We’re here to help! E-learning Coordinators – Are you leading your district’s e-learning program? Are you looking for new ways to partner with us? Drop into the office hours, and let’s chat! Teachers – Want to learn about the Outreach team? Let’s talk! Visit our Lunch with NCVirtual page for details and the link to join us in our online room. Connecting with Students & Parents Please share the following updates with students and parents. Thank you! Culture Café The Culture Café hosts hour-long lectures on various cultural topics in Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Latin, and Arabic to broaden our students’ cultural and world views. The presentations are delivered by the faculty of the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVirtual) as ancillary instruction for interested students on a variety of cultural, culinary, historical, geographic, and architectural themes related to the target languages of our World Language Department. Join all live sessions through our Culture Café page. Check back next week for upcoming sessions! IworkNCVirtual NCVirtual hosts its IworkNCVirtual speaker series that includes presentations about career paths and jobs by those working in the field. We feel that it is never too early to start thinking about your future, and we are now providing a platform for our students to gain insight and exposure to potential career paths while still in middle or high school. Visit our IworkNCVirtual page to see upcoming events. Event: A Career in Politics Date: September 23, 2021 Time: 4pm Details: Are you interested in a career in politics or just curious about how campaigns work and how organizations grab the attention of lawmakers? If so, join us for a session with William Walwik who has a wide range of experience working on campaigns and serving as a lobbyist. Speaker: William Walwik Access: NCVirtual’s Iwork page. Event: All Things AP Date: September 29, 2021 Time: 6pm Details: Are you new to Advanced Placement (AP) courses or wondering how you can utilize the tools on the College Board’s website more effectively? If so, join us for a session with Michelle Lourcey. Mrs. Lourcey is the Associate Director of the NC Advanced Placement Partnership and will answer all your questions about AP! Speaker: Michelle Lourcey Access: NCVirtual’s Iwork page. NCVirtual Coding Club The first Coding Club meeting of the school year is Monday, September 20, 2021 at 6pm. This meeting is for current Coding Club members and any NC high school students who would like to join. If you would like to attend the first meeting, to see if Coding Club is a fit for you, please complete this Google Form: https://bit.ly/codingclubinterestmeeting. Questions about Coding Club Email Ellen Hart at ellen.hart@ncpublicschools.gov or Toni Hall at toni.hall@ncpublicschools.gov Student Research Alliance The NCVirtual Student Research Alliance is a unique opportunity for high school students to conduct original research on topics of interest related to NCVPS courses. The goal of the program is to provide a platform for innovation and to create resources for students to deepen their understanding of specific course content. For more information about the program, reach out to Señor Hall at herman.hall@ncpublicschools.gov. NCVirtual App NCVirtual has an app! This is a great companion piece for parents and educators who want NCVirtual alerts for important dates, announcements, and news. See our NCVirtual App page for details. Parents should also download the Parent Canvas App to see course grades and communicate with their child’s teachers. Thank you, everyone! Your North Carolina students appreciate your dedication and hard work! {View as Webpage} | Subscribe

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NC Virtual Digital Transition Webinars for Educators – September 2021

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Welcome to the NC Virtual Digital Transition Webinar Series! These webinars are open to all educators and registration is FREE. Certificates of participation are emailed to participants (within a week) upon completion of an exit survey. September Webinars September 21, 2021 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Introduction to Differentiation: Using Technology to Meet the Needs of All Learners Description: How are you differentiating tasks in your in-person, blended, or virtual classroom to engage students in high-quality learning? Join us for this introductory webinar to learn more about the importance of differentiating instruction. You will learn how to identify individual students’ needs and learning styles, how to implement strategies for grouping students, how to arrange your classroom to maximize student success, and how to design differentiated tasks. You will also learn some basic technology tools to create differentiated activities to meet the individual learning needs of students. Target Audience: All are Welcome! Register for Tuesday, September 21st at 3:00 PM September 21, 2021 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Delving Deeper Into Differentiation: Using Technology to Meet the Needs of All Learners Description: How are you differentiating tasks in your in-person, blended, or virtual classroom to engage students in high-quality learning? Join us to learn more about differentiation where we will build on your knowledge of differentiation to share how to identify individual students’ needs and learning styles, to implement strategies for grouping students, to arrange your classroom to maximize student success, and to design differentiated tasks. This webinar will emphasize how to use technology to create activities to meet the individual learning needs of students. Target Audience: All are Welcome! Register for Tuesday, September 21st at 4:15 PM Presenter: Kim Schroeder, Ed.D. Introduction to Differentiation and Delving Deeper Into Differentiation Kim is the Executive Director of the Southwest Learning Community, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System, and English Instructor for NC Virtual. September 23, 2021 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Guest Speaker: NC Teacher of the Year Eugenia Floyd, M.Ed “High Expectations in the Virtual Classroom” Description: Join us as we learn from the 2021 NC Teacher of the Year as she shares insight, tips and best practices for student and educator success! Bring your questions! The last 30 minutes will be a Q&A session! Target Audience: All are Welcome! Presenter: Ms. Eugenia Floyd, M.Ed 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Central Region Teacher of the Year 2019-2020 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Teacher of the Year Register for Thursday, September 23rd at 6:00 PM September 28, 2021 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Guest Speaker: NC Principal of the Year Elena Ashburn, Ed.D. “In Case No One’s Told You Today: I Love You! Leading Transformational Change Through Trust” Description: Join us as we learn from the 2021 NC Principal of the Year as she shares insight, tips and best practices for administrator and educator success! Bring your questions! The last 30 minutes will be a Q&A session! Target Audience: School and District Administrators Presenter: Elena Ashburn, Ed.D. 2021 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year 2021 North Central Region Principal of the Year 2019 – Presented study on the gender gap in NC Superintendency at the International Women Leading Education Conference in England 2018 Michael Priddy Family Leadership Award & Scholarship for Aspiring Superintendents (UNC School of Education) Register for Tuesday, September 28th at 6:00 PM  ‌  ‌  ‌

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NCVirtual – Registration Extended to Wednesday, Sept. 8th

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NCVirtual will extend its enrollment period through Wednesday, Sept. 8th. The registration system will remain open through the 8th; however, our drop deadline will remain Friday, Sept. 3rd. Schools can continue to withdraw after that date, but the enrollments will count in their allotment totals. We do have our own teacher capacity limitations. Some of our courses have reached capacity, but we will try to accommodate all registration requests. Please see our NCVirtual Course Capacity List for details. We can continue to help schools after Sept. 8th. We have a transfer process that schools can access through our Virtual Support Center. Thank you, North Carolina districts and schools! We know this continues to be a challenging time, and we want to support you in every way possible. It’s an honor and privilege to serve you. Thank you, everyone! Your North Carolina students appreciate your dedication and hard work! {View as Webpage} | Subscribe

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NCVirtual E-lert for August 31, 2021 (No-Show Report Posted Today)

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Summer Guide  2021-2022 Guide Printable Guides Visit our Website August 31, 2021 Greetings, everyone! We are in our second week of Standard Start classes! See our Trending Updates section for details on our no-show report, whitelisting NCVirtual domains, our parent orientation, new advanced math courses for middle school, and the process to have Standard Start calendar students complete their courses in December. See all the news and highlights below, and forward this e-lert to any stakeholders who may need it. They can subscribe to the e-lert here. Updates and News Trending Updates 2021-2022 Academic Year Guide Please visit our 2021-2022 Academic Year Guide for details on registration, enrolling, withdrawing, grades, student guides, parent guides, and more! No-Show Report – Posted August 31 We posted our Standard Start No-Show Report on August 31. See our Guide for Accessing Grade Reports.) The report will show your full roster of fall enrollments, but the reported data is only for Standard Start classes. Our Early Start teachers did not participate in this report. The no-show report is an early warning notification that identifies students who have not logged into their courses during the first week of classes. We realize some students are registered the same day we generate the report, and they’ve not had a chance to log in yet. That’s not an issue. Other reasons can be problematic, however. If students fail to log in for any of the following reasons, the school should take action: Do not know their username/password Unsure how to log in Unaware they are registered Do not intend to take the course Registered by mistake Please make contact with students (and their parents) who have not logged in. Determine the next steps for them. Sometimes, students need help getting started, and then they are good from there. If you confirm that the student is not going to take the course, please drop them from the course in the registration system before the tenth day of class. If students need help getting started, we have lots of help for them and for facilitators and parents, too! Visit our Printable Guides page for details. Whitelist Our Domains NCVirtual has two domains that need to be whitelisted for students to receive emails from our teachers and Virtual Support Center: ncpublicschools.gov and help.ncvps.org. Please share this with your school’s or district’s technology officer. Parent Orientation We are hosting an orientation for parents on August 31 at 6 p.m. September 2 at 11 a.m. See the details in the NCVirtual Parent Orientation section below, and please share with your NCVirtual parents. Middle School Advanced Math We have added two new middle school advanced math courses to our catalog. Look for Advanced Math 6 and Advanced Math 7 in our registration system. Advanced Math 6 is a compacted course comprised of all the Math 6 standards and a portion of the Math 7 standards. Students enrolled in Advanced Math 6 will complete the Math 6 EOC at their enrolling school upon completion. Advanced Math 7 is a compacted course comprised of a portion of standards from Math 7 and a portion of standards from Math 8. Students enrolled in Advanced Math 7 will complete the Math 7 EOC at their enrolling school upon completion. Early Course Completion Requests in Standard Start Courses Our Fall 2021 Standard Start courses end on January 7, 2022, and final grades will be reported on January 13. Schools may choose an early completion date for their students enrolled in Standard Start courses. Early completers in our Standard Start courses will finish their courses on December 10, the same date as Early Start students, and their final grades will be included in the Early Start final grade report on December 16. We have a two-step process for requesting early course completion: Step 1: Districts and schools must submit our Early Course Completion form. This form will close on September 24, 2021. Please make your decision for early course completion by that date. Step 2: Communicate your early completion expectations to your students and our NCVirtual teachers. Do this early in the semester so that our teachers have time to adjust the pacing guides for your students. Schools must also communicate the early completion date to their students, as well. They will have ten fewer days of class time to complete their courses. Communications between the school, student, and teacher are essential in this process. Students will have access to the course until its original end date, January 7, 2022. Districts and schools must drive the expectation that their students finish early. If they continue to submit work after December 10, our teachers will continue to grade it. After the Early Course Completion form closes on September 24, NCVirtual will contact each school and district identified in the form submission, plus our teachers. This process is for Standard Start classes only. Our Early Start classes will report on their original end date. Here are the important dates for final grades this fall: December 10: Early Start Classes End December 10: Standard Start Early Course Completion December 14: Final Grades Due from Teachers December 14: Progress Report Grades for Students Finishing in January Due from Teachers December 16: Final Grades Posted for Early Start Classes and Standard Start Early Completion December 16: Progress Reports Posted for Standard Start Students Not Finishing Early January 7: Standard Start Classes End January 11: Final Grades Due from Teachers January 13: Final Grades Posted in the Registration System Current Reporting What Grades Are Currently Posted? August 26 – Progress Reports for Early Start Classes Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System What’s Next on the Schedule? August 31 – Day-5 No-Show Report for Standard Start Classes Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System 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. 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. District and School Outreach Digital Transition Webinar Series We have a great set of experienced online educators lined up to bring you a webinar series with a variety of topics that will help you in your remote instruction and online learning environments. See upcoming events and stream all previous webinars on-demand from our Digital Transition page. Teacher Online Training TOT (Teacher Online Training) is NCVirtual’s free professional development program designed to prepare and support educators as they work in online and remote learning environments. Our TOT course, “An Introduction to Online Teaching and Content Development,” is not a “how to” or “instructional” guide for Canvas, but focuses on the best practices for teaching and learning using any platform. Topics include the following: Assessment Tools Teacher Talk & Clear Expectations Intellectual Property & Copyright Accessibility Tools Maintaining an Online Presence Adapting and Placing Content Engaging Through Feedback Our next session begins September 1. Visit our Teacher Online Training page to register. We look forward to seeing you there! Daily Office Hours The Outreach and Support team has office hours Monday-Friday from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. We are prepared to stay longer with visitors who need assistance. Anyone can join, and we have breakout rooms ready if needed.   Students & Parents – Do you have general questions about our program or concerns about your course? Visit the Outreach team during the lunch hour. We’re here to help! E-learning Advisors – Are you new to NCVirtual? Do you have questions about student performance? Unique enrollment requests? We’re here to help! E-learning Coordinators – Are you leading your district’s e-learning program? Are you looking for new ways to partner with us? Drop into the office hours, and let’s chat! Teachers – Want to learn about the Outreach team? Let’s talk! Visit our Lunch with NCVirtual page for details and the link to join us in our online room. Connecting with Students & Parents Please share the following updates with students and parents. Thank you! NCVirtual Parent Orientation Learn what to expect during the fall semester and how to best support your student through this rigorous term. Learn how to use the Canvas Parent App, Observer Access, Peer Tutoring Center, and many other student supports! When: Tuesday, August 31, 6 PM – 7 PM or Thursday, September 2, 11 AM – 12 PM Where: The event will be hosted in an NC Virtual online classroom. Details will be sent following registration. Presenters: NC Virtual staff, teachers, and students. Topics: The presentation will include how to use the Canvas Parent App, what to expect during the semester, student supports, and an opportunity to chat with NC Virtual teachers and students. Audience: Our Parent Orientation is geared to parents and guardians of current NC Virtual students. Register for the session that best fits your schedule. August 31, 2021 at 6 PM September 2, 2021 at 11 AM Culture Café The Culture Café hosts hour-long lectures on various cultural topics in Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Latin, and Arabic to broaden our students’ cultural and world views. The presentations are delivered by the faculty of the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVirtual) as ancillary instruction for interested students on a variety of cultural, culinary, historical, geographic, and architectural themes related to the target languages of our World Language Department. Join all live sessions through our Culture Café page. Check back next week for upcoming sessions! Student Research Alliance The NCVirtual Student Research Alliance is a unique opportunity for high school students to conduct original research on topics of interest related to NCVPS courses. The goal of the program is to provide a platform for innovation and to create resources for students to deepen their understanding of specific course content. For more information about the program, reach out to Señor Hall at herman.hall@ncpublicschools.gov. IworkNCVirtual NCVirtual hosts its IworkNCVirtual speaker series that includes presentations about career paths and jobs by those working in the field. We feel that it is never too early to start thinking about your future, and we are now providing a platform for our students to gain insight and exposure to potential career paths while still in middle or high school. Visit our IworkNCVirtual page to see upcoming events. NCVirtual App NCVirtual has an app! This is a great companion piece for parents and educators who want NCVirtual alerts for important dates, announcements, and news. See our NCVirtual App page for details. Parents should also download the Parent Canvas App to see course grades and communicate with their child’s teachers. Thank you, everyone! Your North Carolina students appreciate your dedication and hard work! {View as Webpage} | Subscribe

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NCVirtual E-lert for August 23, 2021 (Standard Start Classes Begin Today!)

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Summer Guide  2021-2022 Guide Printable Guides Visit our Website August 23, 2021 Greetings, everyone! Our Standard Start classes begin today! See our Trending Updates section for details on whitelisting NCVirtual domains, our parent orientation, new advanced math courses for middle school, and the process to have Standard Start calendar students complete their courses in December. See all the news and highlights below, and forward this e-lert to any stakeholders who may need it. They can subscribe to the e-lert here. Updates and News Trending Updates Whitelist Our Domains NCVirtual has two domains that need to be whitelisted for students to receive emails from our teachers and Virtual Support Center: ncpublicschools.gov and help.ncvps.org. Please share this with your school’s or district’s technology officer. Parent Orientation We are hosting an orientation for parents on August 31 at 6 p.m. September 2 at 11 a.m. See the details in the NCVirtual Parents Orientation section below, and please share with your NCVirtual parents. Public School Parents We’ve had a number of public school parents who have tried to enroll with us directly this past week. They said their schools directed them to do so. Please note that public school parents must enroll students through their local public schools. Middle School Advanced Math We have added two new middle school advanced math courses to our catalog. Look for Advanced Math 6 and Advanced Math 7 in our registration system. Advanced Math 6 is a compacted course comprised of all the Math 6 standards and a portion of the Math 7 standards. Students enrolled in Advanced Math 6 will complete the Math 6 EOC at their enrolling school upon completion. Advanced Math 7 is a compacted course comprised of a portion of standards from Math 7 and a portion of standards from Math 8. Students enrolled in Advanced Math 7 will complete the Math 7 EOC at their enrolling school upon completion. Early Course Completion Requests in Standard Start Courses Our Fall 2021 Standard Start courses end on January 7, 2022, and final grades will be reported on January 13. Schools may choose an early completion date for their students enrolled in Standard Start courses. Early completers in our Standard Start courses will finish their courses on December 10, the same date as Early Start students, and their final grades will be included in the Early Start final grade report on December 16. We have a two-step process for requesting early course completion: Step 1: Districts and schools must submit our Early Course Completion form. This form will close on September 24, 2021. Please make your decision for early course completion by that date. Step 2: Communicate your early completion expectations to your students and our NCVirtual teachers. Do this early in the semester so that our teachers have time to adjust the pacing guides for your students. Schools must also communicate the early completion date to their students, as well. They will have ten fewer days of class time to complete their courses. Communications between the school, student, and teacher are essential in this process. Students will have access to the course until its original end date, January 7, 2022. Districts and schools must drive the expectation that their students finish early. If they continue to submit work after December 10, our teachers will continue to grade it. After the Early Course Completion form closes on September 24, NCVirtual will contact each school and district identified in the form submission, plus our teachers. This process is for Standard Start classes only. Our Early Start classes will report on their original end date. Here are the important dates for final grades this fall: December 10: Early Start Classes End December 10: Standard Start Early Course Completion December 14: Final Grades Due from Teachers December 14: Progress Report Grades for Students Finishing in January Due from Teachers December 16: Final Grades Posted for Early Start Classes and Standard Start Early Completion December 16: Progress Reports Posted for Standard Start Students Not Finishing Early January 7: Standard Start Classes End January 11: Final Grades Due from Teachers January 13: Final Grades Posted in the Registration System New Middle School Courses We are pleased to announce that we have added 8th Grade Science to our course catalog. Our middle school core-course offering now includes 8th Grade Math, ELA, and Science, along with 7th Grade Math and 6th Grade Math, plus seven electives. 8th Grade Science will be offered as a yearlong course in the fall and block in the spring. We also have some great middle school electives. “Exploring Personal Character & Careers & Employment” is an exciting middle school course with great reviews last year! Check this one out for your middle schoolers: Course Description: Do you want your middle schoolers to learn more about a variety of career fields, along with what skills are needed to be successful in those fields? In this course, students will discover careers including business and finance, manufacturing, engineering, and many more! Students can begin gathering information for their journey down a career path today! 2021-2022 Academic Year Guide New to NCVirtual If you’re new to NCVirtual, please visit our Getting Started for Schools page. It will explain our program and give you the necessary details to run a successful online program at your school. Registration Details Registration for fall and spring courses is open. Enroll students through the NCVirtual registration system. If you need access, contact our Virtual Support Center. If you are a new e-learning advisor and NCVPS point-of-contact for your school, please update your contact information in our registration system. Click on the “My Info” tab when you log in to update your information. Please remember that there is only one login per school. If your school already has access, you will need to share the login username and password. If you are new to the NCVPS registration system or need a refresher, watch our NCVirtual Registration Video to help guide you through our enrollment process. You can also print our Quick Registration Guide. Note: Do you need a yearlong or Early Start section that we don’t currently offer? Submit a request through our Virtual Support Center. We’ll see if we can make that happen. Home and Private School Parents If you are a home school or private school, visit our Home & Private Schools page. Waitlist and Course Capacity List NCVirtual is not a software program. Our online courses are teacher-led, and we are mindful of their class sizes. If your student is waitlisted for a course, that waitlist is usually temporary. Our instructional directors use the waitlist to determine if they should open a new section or increase the size of a current section. However, each semester, we have a few courses that reach their maximum enrollment capacity. To see courses that have capacity issues, visit our Course Capacity List. Enrolling in OCS Courses See our new OCS Program page before enrolling in NCVirtual courses. We have streamlined the process. Watch our OCS Registration Video for help with the OCS registration process. Change in OCS Course Titles We are updating our OCS course titles to align with DPI guidelines. OCS courses will now be identified as “Blended” in our course catalog and registration system. Be sure to search for “Blended” in our registration system. Enrolling in Intervention Co-Teaching Courses We have a new Intervention Co-Teaching Program page that gives details on the program and enrollment process. Watch our Intervention Co-Teaching Video to see the enrollment process. Enrolling in Health and PE Courses If you’re registering for our Health and PE courses, you’ll see the pop-up reminding you about permission forms for those two courses. These forms are for your records that you will keep at your school. You can create your own forms or use ours. See our Health and PE page for details. Early Course Completion Requests in Standard Start Courses Our Fall 2021 Standard Start courses end on January 7, 2022, and final grades will be reported on January 13. Schools may choose an early completion date for their students enrolled in Standard Start courses. Early completers in our Standard Start courses will finish their courses on December 10, the same date as Early Start students, and their final grades will be included in the Early Start final grade report on December 16. We have a two-step process for requesting early course completion: Step 1: Districts and schools must submit our Early Course Completion form. This form will close on September 24, 2021. Please make your decision for early course completion by that date. Step 2: Communicate your early completion expectations to your students and our NCVirtual teachers. Do this early in the semester so that our teachers have time to adjust the pacing guides for your students. Schools must also communicate the early completion date to their students, as well. They will have ten fewer days of class time to complete their courses. Communications between the school, student, and teacher are essential in this process. Students will have access to the course until its original end date, January 7, 2022. Districts and schools must drive the expectation that their students finish early. If they continue to submit work after December 10, our teachers will continue to grade it. After the Early Course Completion form closes on September 24, NCVirtual will contact each school and district identified in the form submission, plus our teachers. This process is for Standard Start classes only. Our Early Start classes will report on their original end date. Here are the important dates for final grades this fall: December 10: Early Start Classes End December 10: Standard Start Early Course Completion December 14: Final Grades Due from Teachers December 14: Progress Report Grades for Students Finishing in January Due from Teachers December 16: Final Grades Posted for Early Start Classes and Standard Start Early Completion December 16: Progress Reports Posted for Standard Start Students Not Finishing Early January 7: Standard Start Classes End January 11: Final Grades Due from Teachers January 13: Final Grades Posted in the Registration System Calendars View our full 2021-2022 Calendar. Course Catalog Our 2021-2022 Course Catalog is posted online. We have a few courses that are undergoing revisions, and they will not be offered next year. Course Updates and Alerts See our Course Updates and Alerts page for details on new courses added to the catalog and important alerts about other courses. SAR Data Schools will access NCVPS SAR data from either an enrollment report or grade report. See our PowerSchool and NCVPS Registration guide for details. Please do not request data directly from teachers. Thank you! Class Details Student Course Access Students will have access to their courses at 7 a.m. on the first day of classes. Before classes begin, students can go through our NCVirtual Demo Course for an orientation. We also have Pre-Instruction Resources for each class. These resources help students get a better understanding of courses before classes begin. Getting Started Direct students to our Getting Started as an NCVPS Student page before classes begin. This page will help students get oriented and answer all their questions on how our courses work. Student Life NCVirtual has numerous ways for students to get involved online and stay engaged. Visit our Student Life page to see all the clubs, online meetings, and support features available to them. Support Features Weeks 1 and 2 – Access Check and Enrollment Options Visit our Access Check and Enrollment Options page for essential details to ensure your students have a successful start. Semester Success with NCVPS See our Semester Success with NCVPS page for some sure steps to help you and your students in their NCVPS classes. Printable Guides and Checklists We have a number of printable guides for ELAs, students, and parents. Be sure students and parents have the following printable guides: Getting Started Checklist for NCVPS Students NCVPS Student Start-Up Guide NCVPS Student Success Guide  Student Help Guide Supporting Students – A Guide for Parents and Mentors We have guides for schools, too: NCVPS Quick Registration Guide NCVPS Quick Registration Guide for OCS and Co-Taught Courses Guide for Accessing NCVPS Enrollment Reports Guide for Accessing Grade Reports and No-Show Reports Drops and Withdrawals Guide Canvas Parent App Parents, facilitators, and mentors and track their student’s progress with the Canvas Parent App. See the full details on our Canvas Parent App and Web Portal page. NCVirtual App Download the NCVirtual app to receive notifications on your smartphone. The NCVirtual app is a great companion app for parents. The app is used for NCVirtual “front office” communications to parents. Search for “NCVPS” in the Apple and Android stores. See our NCVirtual App page for details. Current Reporting What Grades Are Currently Posted? August 19 – Summer Final Grades Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System What’s Next on the Schedule? August 26 – Progress Reports for Early Start Classes Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System August 31 – Day-5 No-Show Report for Standard Start Classes Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System 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. 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. District and School Outreach Digital Transition Webinar Series We have a great set of experienced online educators lined up to bring you a webinar series with a variety of topics that will help you in your remote instruction and online learning environments. See upcoming events and stream all previous webinars on-demand from our Digital Transition page. Teacher Online Training TOT (Teacher Online Training) is NCVirtual’s free professional development program designed to prepare and support educators as they work in online and remote learning environments. Our TOT course, “An Introduction to Online Teaching and Content Development,” is not a “how to” or “instructional” guide for Canvas, but focuses on the best practices for teaching and learning using any platform. Topics include the following: Assessment Tools Teacher Talk & Clear Expectations Intellectual Property & Copyright Accessibility Tools Maintaining an Online Presence Adapting and Placing Content Engaging Through Feedback Our next session begins September 1. Visit our Teacher Online Training page to register. We look forward to seeing you there! Daily Office Hours The Outreach and Support team has office hours Monday-Friday from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. We are prepared to stay longer with visitors who need assistance. Anyone can join, and we have breakout rooms ready if needed.   Students & Parents – Do you have general questions about our program or concerns about your course? Visit the Outreach team during the lunch hour. We’re here to help! E-learning Advisors – Are you new to NCVirtual? Do you have questions about student performance? Unique enrollment requests? We’re here to help! E-learning Coordinators – Are you leading your district’s e-learning program? Are you looking for new ways to partner with us? Drop into the office hours, and let’s chat! Teachers – Want to learn about the Outreach team? Let’s talk! Visit our Lunch with NCVirtual page for details and the link to join us in our online room. Connecting with Students & Parents Please share the following updates with students and parents. Thank you! NCVirtual Parent Orientation Learn what to expect during the fall semester and how to best support your student through this rigorous term. Learn how to use the Canvas Parent App, Observer Access, Peer Tutoring Center, and many other student supports! When: Tuesday, August 31, 6 PM – 7 PM or Thursday, September 2, 11 AM – 12 PM Where: The event will be hosted in an NC Virtual online classroom. Details will be sent following registration. Presenters: NC Virtual staff, teachers, and students. Topics: The presentation will include how to use the Canvas Parent App, what to expect during the semester, student supports, and an opportunity to chat with NC Virtual teachers and students. Audience: Our Parent Orientation is geared to parents and guardians of current NC Virtual students. Register for the session that best fits your schedule. August 31, 2021 at 6 PM September 2, 2021 at 11 AM Culture Café The Culture Café hosts hour-long lectures on various cultural topics in Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Latin, and Arabic to broaden our students’ cultural and world views. The presentations are delivered by the faculty of the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVirtual) as ancillary instruction for interested students on a variety of cultural, culinary, historical, geographic, and architectural themes related to the target languages of our World Language Department. Join all live sessions through our Culture Café page. Check back next week for upcoming sessions! Student Research Alliance The NCVirtual Student Research Alliance is a unique opportunity for high school students to conduct original research on topics of interest related to NCVPS courses. The goal of the program is to provide a platform for innovation and to create resources for students to deepen their understanding of specific course content. For more information about the program, reach out to Señor Hall at herman.hall@ncpublicschools.gov. IworkNCVirtual NCVirtual hosts its IworkNCVirtual speaker series that includes presentations about career paths and jobs by those working in the field. We feel that it is never too early to start thinking about your future, and we are now providing a platform for our students to gain insight and exposure to potential career paths while still in middle or high school. NCVirtual App NCVirtual has an app! This is a great companion piece for parents and educators who want NCVirtual alerts for important dates, announcements, and news. See our NCVirtual App page for details. Parents should also download the Parent Canvas App to see course grades and communicate with their child’s teachers. Thank you, everyone! Your North Carolina students appreciate your dedication and hard work!

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