Credit Recovery Update [E-lert for Feb. 10]

1. Mastery Charts and Status Reports
The first mastery charts were messaged to the students within Blackboard and emailed to parents and DLAs by 5pm on Monday, February 8th. The Status Report was made available in the registration system on Tuesday, February 9th. Mastery Charts and Status Reports will be provided bi-weekly during the spring semester. If you are new to this program and this is your first time receiving Mastery charts, you may wish to view this presentation detailing how students are assessed in Credit Recovery and how to "read" Mastery charts and status reports. http://content.flypaper.net/0a56d50a-f6dd-45c1-9032-633cecea4985/preview.aspx For the Mastery Chart schedule, click the following link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18170808/Mastery-Chart-Schedule

2. Incorrect Contact Information for Students
Credit Recovery teachers are required to make weekly contact with students. Incorrect contact information for the student will make that difficult. Some teachers may email and ask for your help with a new contact number for a student. It will be very helpful if you could update student contact information in the registration system and ask students to update their contact information in Blackboard as well.

3. Registration
Please know that you can still register students for NCVPS Credit Recovery courses through Feb. 19! Here are your directions:

First, make sure that the student's information is in the registration system. You will need to input all information, just like a regular registration, except you can't enroll the student into a class. Once you have all the student's information into the registration system, please send the following to Michelle Lourcey (mlourcey@dpi.state.nc.us):

An Excel spreadsheet for the students with the following columns:
Student's last name
Student's first name
Student's school
Student's LEA
The Credit Recovery course to be enrolled in.

If Michelle receives this spreadsheet by early afternoon, the student will be enrolled by the next morning. Please contact Michelle Lourcey with any questions!

4. Credit Recovery Survey
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. Many of you have already completed the survey linked below. If you have not, please do so as soon as possible. It is also important to make sure the DLA contact information is updated in the registration system as this information is also provided to our teachers.

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

5. 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.