The North Carolina Virtual School's E-lert: February 2011

Friday, February 18, 2011

E-lert for Feb. 17, 2011

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This Week's E-lert

Read the items below for this week's e-lert. Be sure to check out the reminders at the end for important information from previous e-lerts. Contact your virtual learning consultant if you have any questions!

Summer and Fall Registration Opens March 15 [E-lert for Feb. 17, 2011]

Registration opens for Summer 2011 and Fall 2011 courses on March 15.

Find our course catalogs here: http://www.ncvps.org/index.php/courses/catalogue/

Enrollment Updates [E-lert for Feb. 17, 2011]

Credit Recovery
Credit Recovery enrollment has been extended through March 1. You may still enroll students directly through the registratoin system until that time.

1. Make sure the student information is updated and correct in the registration system. That includes an email address!

2. Create an Excel file that contains the following information:
School Name
Student Name
Credit Recovery course needed

3. Send spreadsheet via email to Michelle Lourcey (michelle.lourcey@ncpublicschools.gov). Requests will be processed within 24 hours.

EMERGENCY ADDS
Emergency adds ended on Friday, Feburary 4th, at 5 p.m. No students may be added to traditional courses at this time.

TRANSFERS
Students may still transfer into NCVPS courses. To transfer in, a student MUST be enrolled in the course with a face-to-face instructor, and the student MUST have a passing grade to transfer into the course. Contact your VLC to request a transfer. Students can transfer in until the beginning of the last quarter of the course.

Grade Corrections - Fall 2010 [E-lert for Feb. 17, 2011]

We are making final grade changes and corrections this weekend. Due to inclement weather, many districts arranged for students to have extended time to complete their courses. Look for the correct final grade report on Monday, February 14.

Online College Courses for High School Students [E-lert for Feb. 17, 2011]

Tuesday night iSchool facilitators were informed iSchool will not offer courses for fall 2011 semester. Please be aware when planning for fall schedules that iSchool will not offer courses.

Monday night, 2/14, Governor Perdue announced Career and College Promise (CCP), which will allow eligible high school students to earn 2 years of college credit at no cost. For more information,

http://newschoolsproject.org/news/article/career-and-college-promise

Keep an eye on the DLA eLert in coming weeks for more information regarding online college courses for high school students.

Deborah Pedersen

deborah.pedersen@ncpublicschools.gov

OCS Course Codes [E-lert for Feb. 17, 2011]

OCS course codes can be found on the NCVPS website in the Course Catalogue. Below is some additional information that may be helpful to share with your NC Wise Data Managers.
The new codes for OCS have been entered into eSIS production with the academic level of '0" and a start date of 7/1/2010.

9210Z - OCS English I
9211Z - OCS English II
9221Z - OCS Algebra I
9232Z - OCS Biology

Please communicate with your data managers that the courses with the 'Z' as the 5th character are only to be used for NCVPS courses taught at the 0 academic level.

Reminders [E-lert for Feb. 17, 2011]

DLA & SCHOOL MAINTENANCE

> DLA Contact Information - Be sure to update yur contact information in the registration system. Follow this link to see how to update your contact information.

> Central Office Distance Learning Coordinator: Follow this link to watch a short video that shows how to check your district's enrollment, check grades, and enroll and drop students at the school level.

DISTRICT INFORMATION

> Find our course catalogues here: http://www.ncvps.org/index.php/courses/catalogue/

> If plan to enroll home school or private schools students into NCVPS courses through your districts, be sure to read this link first: http://www.ncvps.org/index.php/parents/homeprivate-school/

> NCVPS is seeking GO LIVE districts. With customized training and support, the GO LIVE initiative helps leaders develop solutions for e-learning and e-leadership. Click here for more details!

> If your district is enrolling home-schooled students, follow this link to see the new process: http://www.ncvps.org/parentstudent/homeschool/index.html

STUDENT SUPPORT

> Checklists: Follow these two links to our spring checklists:

DLA Checklist for Spring 2011: https://docs.google.com/View?id=df9w57c6_26hjzx23f9 Student Checklist: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Hiyou-5PJKKeAQMtE6p6Oo-efAGaTK7a_LfPhbXbR10

> Help Desk Information: The Presidium Help Desk has two procedures to help students who have forgotten their passwords or are having difficulties with Blackboard.
Follow this link to see these procedures. When students are having problems with content in the course, they should always contact their instructors.

> Follow this link to see a full list of assistive technologies that are beneficial for a variety of student disabilities: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Am5iphYrw8o_gwzsWHvO3RhhhPop81tLyhfiB-WK4g8/edit?hl=en&authkey=COv327YI&pli=1#

> If your students need tutoring help, be sure to check out our Peer Tutoring Center by following this link.

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Friday, February 11, 2011

E-lert for February 11, 2011

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Be Empowered
Are you an iPod Touch or iPad school? (Or do you have your own students/kids at home?) If so, don't miss the StoryPatch app in the iTunes store. It's fantastic for creating stories!.

Professional Networking
Are you into networking and social media? Come join over 750 other educators who have fanned us on Facebook. Find our fan page at Facebook/ncvps

Follow the virtual learning consultants on Twitter at Twitter/MyVLC

This Week's E-lert

Grade Corrections - Fall 2010 [E-lert for Feb. 11, 2011]

Want to be a GOLIVE District?

Blog post by Don Lourcey, NCVPS Innovation Director and GO LIVE Coordinator.

North Carolina Virtual Public School, through its Leadership and Innovation division, offers the GO LIVE Innovation Initiative. GO LIVE stands for Getting Organized to Lead Innovatively for Virtual Education. This initiative engages Leading Edge Districts in 21st century conversations in order to lead innovatively, build leadership capacity, and further SBOE 21st Century Learning Goals. To that end, NCVPS offers four levels of servicing options, the Four C’s of Innovation. They included Comprehensive, Component, Collaborative, and Customizable. Please watch this short video that outlines each option and an integrated portfolio approach for school districts participating as a GO LIVE Leading Edge District.

If you are having difficulty viewing the video, follow this link: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cXniDbInC

For a deep dive into the the Go LIVE initiative, check out the following links:

The Four C’s of Innovation Presentation (the slides featured in above video)

Apply of be a GO LIVE Leading Edge District

Visit the GO LIVE website for Mission, Vision, and Values if Initiative

The following image captures the flow of the Portfolio Support Approach that will be implemented for each participating Leading Edge District.

As a district leader, please complete the following survey to help our Leadership for Innovation and School Support Divisions understanding how to best integrate our portfolio support approach.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHlMdi1tb2lobVVOa3c2N1hiNUNvRWc6MQ

Enrollment Report [E-lert for Feb. 11, 2011]

Run your enrollment report to see which students you have enrolled and which students were waitlisted and did not get into a course.

You will also find student usernames and passwords and teacher contact information plus teacher information needed for your data manager.

This link shows how to run your enrollment report: https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfwwcvfq_1703gfd7fdc2

Enrollment Updates [E-lert for Feb. 11, 2011]

Credit Recovery
Credit Recovery enrollment has been extended through February 11th. You may still enroll students directly through the registratoin system until that time.

EMERGENCY ADDS
Emergency adds ended on Friday, Feburary 4th, at 5 p.m. No students may be added to traditional courses at this time.

TRANSFERS
Students may still transfer into NCVPS courses. To transfer in, a student MUST be enrolled in the course with a face-to-face instructor, and the student MUST have a passing grade to transfer into the course. Contact your VLC to request a transfer. Students can transfer in until the beginning of the last quarter of the course.

Keep an Eye on LEO Students [E-lert for Feb. 11, 2011]

Keep a close eye on students taking LEO courses. Ensure they are logging in daily. As with all courses, these first weeks are critical to their success.

LEO courses are created and taught by NC Community Colleges & iSchool. Both of these organizations must adhere to SACS accreditation standards which require that students be allowed to drop courses through the middle of the semester. Each high school must decide how to handle LEO drops. Better for the student to drop a course than generate a college transcript with a failing grade.

Is your school system interested in getting more students involved in Learn and Earn Online but you have more questions/concerns than answers? I'll be happy to visit, answer questions, discuss policy implications, anything I can do to assist.

Look forward to hearing from you,

Deborah Pedersen

deborah.pedersen@ncpublicschools.gov

OCS Course Codes [E-lert for Feb. 11, 2011]

OCS course codes can be found on the NCVPS website in the Course Catalogue. Below is some additional information that may be helpful to share with your NC Wise Data Managers.

The new codes for OCS have been entered into eSIS production with the academic level of '0" and a start date of 7/1/2010.

9210Z - OCS English I
9211Z - OCS English II
9221Z - OCS Algebra I
9232Z - OCS Biology

Please communicate with your data managers that the courses with the 'Z' as the 5th character are only to be used for NCVPS courses taught at the 0 academic level.

Enrollment of Non-Public Students [E-lert for Feb. 11, 2011]

NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS AND BILLING
ATTENTION SCHOOL FINANCE OFFICERS, DLA'S AND DLC'S:

The North Carolina State Board of Education (SBE) passed a new policy in the summer 2010 allowing local education agencies (LEAs) to enroll non-public school students into online courses offered by the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) and to collect fees for such enrollments.

The recommendation from the SBE for fees is outlined in the documents below. In addition, we have supplied school districts with sample invoices.

Each of these documents will need to be listed below this text for districts to download. Please put them in this order . .

NOTE: The above resources can also be found on the www.ncvps.org website under parents and then private/home school.

Reminders [E-lert for Feb. 11, 2011]