NCVPS "PE Course" [E-lert for July 22]

A proposed legislation that was passed and signed by the Governor on June 31, 2010 regarding the NCVPS online PE course. The legislation reads: SECTION 7.4.(d) NCVPS shall provide only high school courses and shall not provide any courses in physical education.

As a result of this legistlation, all fall semester PE course registrations have been dropped. No further Registration System action is necessary by DLAs.

NCVPS regrets this change has occured in legislation; we apologize for the inconvenience.

New Process and Guidelines for Health and Physical Education [E-lert for April 28]

Beginning in summer 2010, the Health Education and Physical Education courses are going to be offered as 2 separate courses. Both courses are .5 credit courses. For the summer each course will be 4-weeks long. Physical Education will be offered ONLY during the first 4-weeks of the summer session and will begin on June 14^th and end on July 12^th.

The Health Education course will ONLY be offered the last 4 weeks of the 8 week summer session and will begin on July 13^th and end on August 9th.

In fall 2010, the Health Education and Physical Education courses are going to be offered as 2 separate courses and will be a 9 week .5 credit course. Physical Education will be offered ONLY during the first 9-weeks of the fall semester. The Early Calendar P.E. course will begin Aug 5th and the traditional calendar P.E. course will begin on Aug 25^th.

The Health Education course will ONLY be offered the last 9-weeks in the fall semester. The Early Calendar Health course will begin Oct. 11^th and the traditional calendar Health course will begin on Nov 1st.

Please note that DLAs will no longer need to provide a copy of the Health Education permission form to the NCVPS office. Instead each school will be responsible for getting the permission form(s) from parents/legal guardians and keeping the form(s) on file at the school in accordance with the G.S. 115C-81(e1) (7). A permission form is not required for the P.E. course.

The registration system has a new feature for enrolling students in the Health Education course. You will select a radio button indicating that you have a copy of the permission form(s) already on file. If you check yes, you will be able to proceed with registration for the Health Education course. If you check no, the system will not allow you to register the student in the Health Education course. You are not in compliance with G.S. 115C-81(e1) (7) if you enroll students without the permission form on file at the school.

For questions, please contact your Virtual Learning Consultant (VLC)

New Health Education Registration Process and Permission Form [E-lert for April 1]

In accordance with the G.S. 115C-81(e1) (7), NCVPS has a new process for the Health Education course is in place. First, we will have two separate courses, Physical Education (P.E.) worth .5 credit and Health Education worth .5 credit. We will no longer offer the combination full credit Health and PE course. Students can be enrolled in both courses simultaneously if a student needs credit for both courses. Alternatively, students can be enrolled in either course separately if a student only needs 1 of the courses.

Effective immediately, DLAs will no longer need to provide a copy of the Health permission form(s) to the NCVPS office. Instead, each school will be responsible for getting the forms from parents and keeping the permission forms on file at school.

The registration system will have a new feature that will be required for enrolling students in the Health Education course. You will select a radio button indicating whether you have a copy of the permission form already on file. If you check yes, you will be able to proceed with registration for the student in the Health Education course. If you check no, the system will not allow you to register the student in the Health Education course.

A new permission form is attached below for your convenience. Please make sure you obtain the permission form from parents prior to registering students for the Health Education course. On the form parents will be able to indicate they give permission for their child to take the Health Education course. Prior to the enrollment rush, we suggest you obtain the permission forms in advance to ensure a smooth registration process.

Please share with parents the online course that they can preview before giving permission for their child to take the Health Education course. Information for accessing the course is included below as well as on the permission form.

To access the Sample Health Education course, go to http://ncvps.blackboard.com.

Login with the User ID:healthful_living and Password:physical.

Important Note: A permission form is not required for the P.E. course, only for the Health Education course.