Spring 2015 and yearlong courses are coming to a close!
Important Dates
Mark these dates on your calendar for the close of Spring 2015 classes:
- May 8: Last day of class for early calendar courses.
- May 14: Early calendar grades posted in the registration system.
- May 22: Last day of class from traditional calendar block courses.
- May 28: Traditional calendar block grades posted in the registration system.
Students will lose access to their courses at midnight on the last day of class. Students will not be able to submit assignments after the last day of class!
Testing & Grades
Schools must administer all EOC and CTE tests. Schools will also need to average the EOC and CTE scores (25%) into the grades that we post for those courses. If you've not already made arrangements with your school's testing coordinator, please do that right away. Our final grade report will have EOC and CTE anticipated scores for your testing coordinators.
Our final grade report will show two weighted marking period grades (37.5% each) and the final exam grade (25%) and final grade. EOC and CTE courses will only show the marking period grades. Schools will need to calculate in the exam grade.
You will want to be aware of our grading policy and how we weight grades, especially for EOC courses where you will need to calculate the final grade once you receive your test scores. Follow this link to see our Grades Quick Reference Guide and how we calculate grades.
Transcripts and Report Cards
Schools must enter grades into PowerSchool. Be sure the data manager has access to the grade report and understands our grade calculations. Be sure to examine the spreadsheet closely to find the final grade. This will be essential when your data manage enters NCVPS grades into PowerSchool to avoid data entry errors.
Middle Schools: Be sure to use the NCVPS course codes so that your students can receive high school credit for the courses that they take with us. You can find the courses that middle schools can take for high school credit in our catalog here.
Transcripts and the NCAA
NCVPS is listed as an approved school on the NCAA website. Look for our school identifier: North Carolina Virtual Pub Sch.
Be sure to indicate on student transcripts that the student took the online course with NCVPS. The NCAA will accept this information without asking for further information from the student.
The transcript should look like this: NCVPS - Math 1
Not this: ONLINE - Math 1
Grade Questions
If you have questions about a student's grade, you should send those directly to the student's teacher or submit a help ticket to the Virtual Support Center.
Course Extensions
If a student needs a course extension, please make a request through the virtual support center. Our instructional directors will approve those on a case-by-case basis. The directors will begin looking at extension requests on the following dates:
May 4 - early calendar courses
May 18 - traditional calendar courses
If a student only needs a one or two-day course extension due to technology issues, illness, or similar reasons at the close of a semester, those requests can be arranged directly with the NCVPS teacher by the ELA.
See this link for full details on course extension requests.
We hope these procedures help you successfully close out your semester. Thank you for enrolling your students with NCVPS! We look forward to serving you in the future.