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.

Curriculum and Instruction Presentation [E-lert for Oct. 22]

In the Oct. 19 LOCK session, Dr. Tracy Weeks, NCVPS's Chief Academic Office, lead the curriculum and instruction presentation. Distance learning advisors and coordinators from around the state attended this webinar. If you missed it, please watch the archived sessions below.

Part I.
http://got.im/ekN

Part II.
http://got.im/CEk

Part III. Q&A Session
http://got.im/RnI

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).

LOCK Session Webinars - Upcoming Schedule [E-lert for Oct. 22]

NCVPS LOCK session webinars are typically hosted the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. These sessions are mini-webinars hosted for DLA and DLC knowledge gain and mini-training. The sessions are intended to be an opportunity for statewide DLAs and DLCs to collaborate on various topics that pertain to the responsibilities of the role. The sessions are hosted in the DLA online Wimba Classroom in the Blackboard DLA Spa. The Archive file to this month's session(s) already presented follows the green highlight. The next LOCK scheduled is highlighted in yellow.

TIME: 11:00 AM (unless otherwise specified)

OCT 19 - "NCVPS Curriculum & Instruction (C&I) Panel Discussion" - Presenters: NCVPS C&I staff.

NOV 02 - "Curriculum Guides" - Presenter: Dr. Bryan Setser, NCVPS Executive Director.
NOV 16 - "Curriculum Guide Best Practices" - Presenters: Dr. Tracy Weeks, NCVPS Chief Academic Officer; and Melissa Davis, NCVPS Regional Virtual Learning Consultant.

OCT 12 - "Learn & Earn Online (LEO) Update" - Presenter: Deb Pedersen, NCVPS Director for LEO. ARCHIVED FILE: http://ncvpsclassroom.wimba.com/launcher.cgi?room=_ncvps_s__4100_1_883357_2010_1012_1105_53

Reminders [E-lert for Oct. 22]

COURSE REGISTRATION

> LEO Spring 2011 Registration - click here for details.

> SAS Computer Programming - new pilot course - click here for details.

> October Health Course (1/2 credit) - click here for details.

DLA & SCHOOL MAINTENANCE

> DLA Contact Information - Be sure to update your 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.

> Summer 2010 Final Grade - click here for eSIS directions.

> Follow this link to the DLA Checklist for Fall 2010.

> Fall 2010 VTINs list here.


DISTRICT INFORMATION

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

> For funding formula information, follow this link: http://www.thevlc.org/2010/07/ncvps-funding-formula-why-what-and-how.html

STUDENT SUPPORT

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

> Follow this link to the Student Checklist for Fall 2010.

NCVPS Community: E-lert for Oct. 15

Be Empowered

NonVisual Desktop Access: NVDA is an open source screen reader that allows those with visual impairment to enjoy the information and educational possibilities of the Web.

E-lert Subscription

Have you subscribed? If not, you can subscribe at the new e-lert site here. Look for the subscription service at the top of the sidebar. You will receive a confirmation email to activate your subscription. Each notice will have an unsubscribe option, too.

E-learning Success Stories

Submit your stories here: http://tiny.cc/d2oby Please tell us about student success stories and district success stories, such as increased virtual enrollment, fulltime DLA positions, teacher facilitators, and other virtual initiatives that have been started in your district. You may also forward to students and principals to complete!

Professional Networking

Join NCVPS on Facebook. Are you into networking and social media? Come join over 650 other educators here: http://www.facebook.com/ncvps

Follow the virtual learning consultants on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MyVLC

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.

OCS Courses for Spring 2010 [E-lert for Oct. 15]

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. 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).

LOCK Session Webinars - Upcoming Schedule [e-lert for Oct.15]

NCVPS LOCK session webinars are typically hosted the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. These sessions are mini-webinars hosted for DLA and DLC knowledge gain and mini-training. The sessions are intended to be an opportunity for statewide DLAs and DLCs to collaborate on various topics that pertain to the responsibilities of the role. The sessions are hosted in the DLA online Wimba Classroom in the Blackboard DLA Spa. The Archive file to this month's session(s) already presented follows the green highlight. The next LOCK scheduled is highlighted in yellow.

TIME: 11:00 AM (unless otherwise specified)

OCT 19 - "NCVPS Curriculum & Instruction (C&I) Panel Discussion" - Presenters: NCVPS C&I staff.

NOV 02 - "Curriculum Guides" - Presenter: Dr. Bryan Setser, NCVPS Executive Director.
NOV 16 - "Curriculum Guide Best Practices" - Presenters: Dr. Tracy Weeks, NCVPS Chief Academic Officer; and Melissa Davis, NCVPS Regional Virtual Learning Consultant.

OCT 12 - "Learn & Earn Online (LEO) Update" - Presenter: Deb Pedersen, NCVPS Director for LEO. ARCHIVED FILE: http://ncvpsclassroom.wimba.com/launcher.cgi?room=_ncvps_s__4100_1_883357_2010_1012_1105_53

NCVPS Teacher Information (VTIN) for eSIS input [e-lert for Oct. 15]

Most have already provided NCVPS Teacher information to school Data Managers (DMs) for their input into eSIS. If you have not provided this information to DMs already, please expedite. The updated "VTIN" file is available for your review and is posted in the DLA Spa, last tab, "NC WISE Teacher Info". There are two documents that contain teacher information:

1) "VTIN - Summer-Fall, 2010" - This document contains teacher information on all teachers contracted with NCVPS (which includes all courses except Macro/Micro Econ, & German).
2) "External Teachers - 2009-2010" - This document contains teacher information for the only two NCVPS external affiliations, Florida Virtual (Macro/Micro Econ), and Oklahoma State University (German).

REF item #1 above - The VTINs (bogus SSNs) are eventually converted to actual SSNs (per requirement for SAR). The conversion is done via a file coordinated between NCVPS and NC WISE at NCDPI.

REF item #2 - Once the VTIN (bogus SSN) and "experience code" listed is recorded in eSIS, it's coding automatically flags the system these are external providers, and therefore, no actual SSN is required.

Financial Business Services at NCDPI uses the data submitted during fall semester for the SAR (Student Activity Report). Teacher information keyed into eSIS for the spring semester is necessary for updated PMRs (Principal's Monthly Reports) throughout the duration of the school year.

Reminders [E-lert for Oct. 15]

COURSE REGISTRATION

> LEO Spring 2011 Registration - click here for details.

> SAS Computer Programming - new pilot course - click here for details.

> October Health Course (1/2 credit) - click here for details.

DLA & SCHOOL MAINTENANCE

> DLA Contact Information - Be sure to update your 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.

> Summer 2010 Final Grade - click here for eSIS directions.

> Follow this link to the DLA Checklist for Fall 2010.

> Fall 2010 VTINs list here.


DISTRICT INFORMATION

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

> For funding formula information, follow this link: http://www.thevlc.org/2010/07/ncvps-funding-formula-why-what-and-how.html

STUDENT SUPPORT

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

> Follow this link to the Student Checklist for Fall 2010.