Registration Video [E-lert for April 14]

Follow this link to SchoolTube to watch a short video on the registration process.

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. 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.

Late Registration / Emergency Adds / Transfers [E-lert for Jan. 28, 2011]

LATE REGISTRATION
Late registration began on Jan. 24th, which was the first day of class for the traditional calendar. Friday, Jan. 28th will be the last day of late registration except for Credit Recovery courses. Schools can still enroll in Credit Recovery courses in the registration system through Friday, Feb. 4th. Late add registration for all other courses will close on Friday, Jan. 28th. Students will not move off the waitlist after that date.

EMERGENCY ADDS
You may contact your VLC to request an emergency add during the week of Jan. 31st to Feb. 4th. Only seniors who need a course to graduate and students with medical emergencies will be considered for late adds. Students added late will start in the first module and will be expected to complete all work in the course.

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.

Registration Is Still Open [E-lert for Jan. 6, 2011]

We have over 16,000 students registered for spring, and we are looking at another record enrollment!

If a course has a waitlist, go ahead and place your student on the waitlist. We are opening new sections every Monday!

Registration Is Still Open [E-lert for Dec. 9]

We have over 14,000 students registered for spring, and we are looking at another record enrollment!

Be sure to register your students early to ensure a seat in class! If a course has a waitlist, go ahead and place your student on the waitlist. We are opening new sections every Monday!

Registration Is in Full Swing [E-lert for Dec. 2]

We have over 12,000 students registered for spring, and we are looking at another record enrollment!

Be sure to register your students early to ensure a seat in class! If a course has a waitlist, go ahead and place your student on the waitlist. We are opening new sections every Monday!

OCS Registration for Spring 2011 Starts Nov. 15 [E-lert for Nov. 11]

Overview and Registration Information

Michelle Lourcey, our Director for Credit Recovery and Occupational Course of Study, discusses NCVPS OCS courses for Spring 11. Be sure to follow the link at the end for the survey that is available Monday, Nov. 15th. Schools must complete this survey before they can register for the OCS courses.

Please follow the two links below to view the archives for the Nov. 9 presentation. The third link takes you to our OCS page.

1) OCS Blended Learning Part 1: Michelle gives an overview of the program and gives numerous testimonials from the pilot districts.
http://www.schooltube.com/video/71262ea7f4aecc0552ad/OCS-Part-1

2) OCS Blended Learning Part 2: Michelle explains how to register for OCS courses and what training is involved for the classroom EC teacher.
http://www.schooltube.com/video/3e275d869bea24e5424f/OCS-Part-2

3) Here's the link to our OCS information page. Schools will need to complete the survey before they can register for OCS courses. The survey will be available on Nov. 15.
http://www.ncvps.org/courses/ocs/

No Early Calendar Video Editting - Attention All Schools [E-lert for Nov. 5]

Attention all schools. NCVPS is NOT offering Video Editting on an Early Calendar schedule. If you have enrolled students in this section, please move all students to a traditional calendar section. Thank you.

Spring 2011 Registration Now Open [E-lert for Oct. 22]

Registration is now open. NCVPS will open additional course sections each Monday. If there is a waitlist for a course, go ahead and place your students on the waitlist. This will let us know how many sections to open each week.

Please check out these resources:

Course Descriptions, Prerequisites, Textbooks, & Tech Requirements
Follow this link to course descriptions, prerequisites, and tech requirements: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASUfjGU4wbEIZHJrcXJrbl8zOXMzY3htYmNo&hl=en

Before schools commit to a registration, please assure the student meets any pre-requisite listed with the course description, and the school can also meet the tech and textbook requirements as they may apply.

Registration System User's Guide
Follow this link to the user's guide for the registration system: https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfwwcvfq_1663fhnxccc6

Student Contact Information
Be sure to update the student's email address and phone number when you register if there has been a change.

9 Week Health Course Offered in Early Calendar & Regular Schedule [E-lert for Oct. 22]

NCVPS will be offering a 9 week health course to supplement your Health/PE program. Here are some of the advantages to this new offering:

Advantages for 9 week long health:

-Scheduling PE with a community college allows schools to enroll students in Health for 9 weeks and PE off campus. This leaves the on-site PE and Health teachers with smaller ratios which should enhance instruction.

-This option may be especially attractive to upperclassmen many of which would rather not take classes with freshmen.

-2 sessions per semester

- With 2 sessions per semester, a school could enroll all of their PE students in a health class online; half in the first nine weeks of the semester and half in the second nine weeks. This gives the school the option of putting an assistant in the lab with the health students and allowing the PE teachers to all split the PE students that are left. This will effectively cut ratios in the gym in half, providing for better quality PE instruction. After the nine weeks ends, the health students can go to PE with the PE teachers and the PE students can go to the lab for health.

If you have additional questions, please contact Karen Creech and karen.creech@ncpublicschools.gov.

OCS Courses for Spring 2011 [E-lert for Oct. 22]

The NCVPS OCS Blending Learning courses for the Spring 2011 semester will be available for enrollment on November 15! This exciting and unique program is proving to be a tremendous success for students across North Carolina who are involved in the pilot of these courses. NCVPS is excited to off four courses in the Spring to all OCS students and OCS teachers of North Carolina.

The courses available will be OCS English I, OCS English II, OCS Algebra I, and OCS Biology. Directions will be posted by November 15 on the NCVPS website with more information for schools.

Follow this link for more information:
http://ncvps.org/courses/ocs/

Schools who plan on registering students for any of the available courses can begin to prepare for the Spring semester by considering the following:

1. The NCVPS OCS Blended Learning program is a collaborative effort between the NCVPS teacher and the face-to-face (f2f) OCS teacher. Schools who plan on enrolling students need to be able to identify the OCS f2f teacher who will be teaching the OCS students and working with the NCVPS teacher.

2. All OCS f2f teachers will need to go through an approximate two hour online training prior to the Spring semester start on January 24, 2011. Teachers will be able to decide when they want to complete the training but all f2f teachers will need to complete this training prior to the start of Spring semester. More details on this will be available on November 15.

3. NCVPS Technical Requirements are posted on the main page. Additional sites for each course will be provided as well through the Course Descriptions also located on the NCVPS main page.

If you have any questions about the NCVPS OCS Blended Learning program, please contact Michelle Lourcey (michelle.lourcey@ncpublicschools.gov) or Jennifer Nobles (jennifer.nobles@ncpublicschools.gov).

Spring 2011 NCVPS Registration [e-lert for Oct. 15]

Registration for the NCVPS Spring 2011 opened Friday, October 15.

Course Descriptions, Prerequisites, Textbooks, & Tech Requirements
Follow this link to course descriptions, prerequisites, and tech requirements: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASUfjGU4wbEIZHJrcXJrbl8zOXMzY3htYmNo&hl=en

Before schools commit to a registration, please assure the student meets any pre-requisite listed with the course description, and the school can also meet the tech and textbook requirements as they may apply.

Registration System User's Guide
Follow this link to the user's guide for the registration system: https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfwwcvfq_1663fhnxccc6

Student Contact Information
Be sure to update the student's email address and phone number when you register if there has been a change.

Spring 2011 NCVPS Registration [e-lert for Oct. 7]

Registration for the NCVPS Spring semester is anticipated to be open mid to late October. Once a specific date is determined, notification will be posted to DLCs and DLAs. Updates will also be posted in the next e-Lert.

The spring, 2011 course catalog was posted this week. http://www.ncvps.org/courses/catalogue/ Please make students aware so they can review and make their choice of course to enroll early in advance. NOTE: Upon clicking on a course description, you will note that course descriptions have been combined wtih textbook and tech requirements.

SAS Programming Course to be Offered (Limited Seats) [e-lert for Oct. 7]

NCVPS and SAS Institute are partnering to offer high school students a course in SAS Computer Programming. The prerequisites for the course are Algebra I and at least 1 programming course such as Visual Basic, C++, Java or Python.

Here is a brochure with more information on the course(s).

SAS Programming

For more information, please contact Karen Creech at karen.creech@ncpublicschools.gov.

9 Week Health Course Being Offered by NCVPS [e-lert for Sept. 28]

NCVPS will be offering a 9 week health course to supplement your Health/PE program. Here are some of the advantages to this new offering:

Advantages for 9 week long health:

-Scheduling PE with a community college allows schools to enroll students in Health for 9 weeks and PE off campus. This leaves the on-site PE and Health teachers with smaller ratios which should enhance instruction.

-This option may be especially attractive to upperclassmen many of which would rather not take classes with freshmen.

-2 sessions per semester

- With 2 sessions per semester, a school could enroll all of their PE students in a health class online; half in the first nine weeks of the semester and half in the second nine weeks. This gives the school the option of putting an assistant in the lab with the health students and allowing the PE teachers to all split the PE students that are left. This will effectively cut ratios in the gym in half, providing for better quality PE instruction. After the nine weeks ends, the health students can go to PE with the PE teachers and the PE students can go to the lab for health.

If you have additional questions, please contact Karen Creech and karen.creech@ncpublicschools.gov.

LEO SPRING courses [e-lert for Sept. 28]

Visit the DLA Spa for the list of LEO spring courses. A math placement test will be required for iSchool math courses. Students, particularly those whose classes were cancelled this fall, will be contacted about dates for spring registration.

If you have not enrolled students in iSchool courses before, visit the web site for information about the process, http://ischool.uncg.edu

NC Community College System course will also be available for spring, contact your collaborating Community College for more information about spring courses.

Please contact me with any LEO questions
Deborah Pedersen
deborah.pedersen@ncpublicschools.gov

NC WISE Roster Import Update [E-lert for Aug. 6]

A second NC WISE roster import took place on August 2, and any updates were to be posted to the individual school accounts. Another update will occur on August 24. If you are missing students, send the following information to your assigned Virtual Learning Consultant (VLC):

School

Student name

NC WISE ID#

Once the missing student transaction of information is added, the inquiring DLA will be notified so the enrollment can be made at the school.

DLA Relationship with School Data Coordinator [E-lert for August 6]

DLAs need to become acquainted with the school Data Manager (DM). Tasks that relate to NCVPS are starting to involve DMs more often. The NC WISE Training Team will be hosting a virtual training session in which NCVPS will be a part of, on Thursday, August 12. Check with your Data Manager to confirm the date and time, and try to attend the training. It will cover a thorough review of the NC WISE and NCVPS processes. NCVPS and NC WISE will be posting a Quick Reference Guide soon, in which will detail the collaborative processes between NCVPS and NC WISE.

Waitlisted Students [E-lert for August 6]

If students remain on the waitlist for Early Calendar, chances could be slim for getting enrolled at this point on the Early Calendar schedule. The Traditional Calendar Schedule may also experience limited enrollments. Schools need to have an alternate course enrollment plan if students do not get enrolled with NCVPS. The NCVPS Curriculum & Instruction Division Directors and Department Chairs are monitoring the waitlists and getting students enrolled as best possible based on course capacity and teacher availability. Students will have the chance of getting enrolled until last day to add. http://www.ncvps.org/courses/calendars/