Midterm Grades for Seniors in Yearlong Classes
Per N.C. State Board of Education action on March 27, 2020, the fall term grade of yearlong courses will be used in GPA calculations for seniors. NCVirtual provides cumulative averages roughly every two weeks through our progress reports. Many LEAs/charters have opted to not use our progress report grades to record a fall term grade due to them not being weighted for the final exam. With the suspension of SBE TEST-003, LEAs/charters may record NCVirtual progress report grades for fall term grades. NCVirtual recommends the following progress reports for recording a fall term grade based on the course start date:
Early Start calendar courses – record the grade from the report labeled, “Fall 2019 and Year Long Progress Report Due Dec 17, 2019.”
Traditional calendar courses – record the grade from the report labeled “Fall 2019-20 Year Long Progress Report Due Jan. 14th, 2020.”
Both reports can be accessed in the NCVirtual registration system. Should the dates of these two progress reports not align with your district/school’s calendar, please select the progress report that most closely falls with the midpoint of your calendar.
NCVirtual Grading Practices for Students Grades 6-11
- In co-teaching courses, the NCVirtual teacher will follow the lead of the f2f co-teacher for grading assignments. The enrolling school is responsible for grade reporting.
- In non co-teaching courses, NCVirtual teachers will continue to provide feedback and grade submitted assignments in Canvas. No zeros will be recorded for missing assignments after 3/13/20.
Progress Report Feedback through May 15
For the three progress reports between now and May 15th, NCVirtual teachers will not report numerical grades for students in grades 6-11. The following will be reported in the comments section to help LEAs/Charters understand the engagement level and academic progress of their students:
- Mastery: The student is demonstrating mastery of the academic standard(s). For the purpose of progress reporting during the COVID-19 school closure period, mastery is defined as 60% or higher.
- Working Towards Mastery: The student has not yet demonstrated mastery of the academic standard(s) but is showing growth. For the purpose of progress reporting during the COVID-19 school closure period, working towards mastery is defined as 59% or lower and the student is continuing to work toward mastery.
- Inactive: The student is not actively participating in the course.
Teachers are expected to provide additional narrative feedback related to each student’s situation to help our partners gauge student engagement and academic progress during this period of school closure. As always, ELA’s are encouraged to communicate directly with NCVirtual teachers if there are questions about the progress of individual students.
At this time, the N.C. State Board of Education has made no decision regarding how to award final grades for grades 6-11. NCVirtual will provide additional information to our stakeholders once a decision has been made.
New Enrollments
Schools can continue to transfer students into NCVirtual classes. In response to statewide school closures, there will be no cost for these late transfers nor will they impact a district’s projected allotment for the 2020-2021 school year.
NCVirtual will prioritize transfer enrollments for seniors with an F grade as of March 13 in courses required for graduation. The priority enrollment timeframe for senior graduation requirements will continue through Friday, April 3rd. On April 6, NCVirtual will process all transfer enrollment requests in the order in which they are received. Students must be transfer students, i.e., they are currently enrolled in the course and have had instructional time with a teacher. Enrollments will not count toward the district’s instructional projection for 2020-2021, thus not reducing classroom teacher allotment for the next budget year. All transfer enrollment requests should be submitted through the
Virtual Support Center.
Here are the details for transfer enrollments.
- Students must be transfer students, i.e., they are currently enrolled in the course and have had instructional time with a teacher.
- Enrollments will not count toward the district’s instructional projection for 2020-2021, thus not reducing classroom teacher allotment for the next budget year.
- If schools are closed for a short time, the NCVirtual teacher will continue to work with the district teacher in a co-teaching capacity. Schools will continue to have access to the teacher and the course for the duration of the semester.
- Please remember that this is not an unlimited enrollment. Priority consideration for enrollment should be given to your graduating seniors, tested courses, hard-to-staff courses.
At this time, we are processing all school-closure enrollments into traditional sections with the face-to-face classroom teacher added as a partner teacher to the course. Partner teachers will be able to add their contact information and other content to the course if they choose to. We will provide resources to help partner teachers with this. NCVirtual teachers are eager to collaborate and stay connected to the designated f2f teachers as your school deems appropriate.
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