Credit Recovery Update - Day One [E-lert for Jan. 28, 2010]

The NCVPS Credit Recovery staff works closely with the schools providing bi-weekly updates on Credit Recovery students to help keep you informed of their progress. To better serve you, we need some information on the Credit Recovery implementation at your school. We've created a survey to help gather the information. On this survey, you will be able to provide information about the lab facilitators that are working directly with the Credit Recovery students and which school personnel should receive the mastery charts and Credit Recovery updates. If you could take a few moments of your time to complete this survey, we would greatly appreciate it.

Link to survey: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dERSZVRnVk5QWEwwREVDRTkwQU5ETnc6MA

Updates for January 25, 2010

1. Teacher contact

You will be receiving emails from our Credit Recovery teachers introducing themselves and thanking you for your support of these students this semester. If you are not the person the teacher should contact or if there is another person the teacher should include in the weekly emails, please let the teacher know. If you have completed the survey mentioned above, we have provided the information to our teachers so they will know the best person to contact.

The majority of our teachers work in the f2f classroom during the school day so they will not be available to students one-on-one until the evening times. Every Credit Recovery teacher will be available to work with students at least once a week via Pronto, our secured instant messaging system, for those students who have computer access at home. For those students with no computer access at home, teachers will call students at least once a week to work one-on-one.

2. Incorrect Contact Information for Students

Some teachers will ask for your help with a new contact number for a student. Our teachers are required to call the student and have come across some disconnected or incorrect numbers. It will be helpful to update this information in the registration system as well. Please let the teacher know if you update the registration system with a quick email so the teachers can check back and get the correct number.

3. Please provide the id and password to your students.

The Blackboard username and password for each student can be found in the registration system. You will need to provide that information to the student. Our teachers can not provide ids and passwords to students. Also, please make sure you have the students logon at http://ncvps.blackboard.com and complete the Getting Started Unit (mentioned below) right away.

4. Getting Started Unit

Please note, all students must complete the "Getting Started" unit including the quiz at the end of the section. This unit is setup on Adaptive Release meaning they must master each component before the next will open. Unit 1 will not open until the Getting Started Unit has been mastered. This unit will explain how to move through the course and will help the student have a smooth start to the course.

5. Registration

The last day to add a student to a Credit Recovery course in the registration system is Friday, January 29th. If you have students enrolled in a Credit Recovery course that needs to be dropped, please go ahead and do so in the registration system so that others may take that spot. (If you need to enroll a student past the January 29th date, you will need to email Michelle Lourcey directly at mlourcey@dpi.state.nc.us) The last day to drop a student is Friday, February 5th.

6. Student Activity in Courses

Please note this Spring we will have a Day 3 and Day 7 Report compiled by our teachers so that schools are aware of student activity in the courses. We will also have a 10 day Administrative Drop for those students who have not logged into the course and/or have not submitted at least one assignment. Those students that have not logged in by the 10th day of class or those students who have logged in but have not submitted an assignment could be administratively dropped if the teacher is not aware of a student's individual situation. It is imperative all students login and make contact with the teacher as soon as possible!

7. Training

We have created several training pieces for those of you that are new to our program. The training folder is located in Blackboard in the DLA Spa under the "Credit Recovery" Tab. Reviewing the information in the training folder will help you understand the foundation and procedures for our program.

We're looking forward to a productive semester! Let us know how we can help!