State Board Approves Funding for NCVirtual Summer Session

The big news is that the NC State Board of Education approved a measure to fund NCVirtual’s summer school. We sent this information to our stakeholders on June 3, and we wanted to include it again in today's e-lert.

Based on their ADM, each district and charter school will receive enrollments for our summer session that will not count in their allotment totals. The State Board is covering this cost with its ESSER II funds. 

See the allotments for your district or charter on the Summer 2021 Enrollments Covered by ESSER II Funds spreadsheet. Any enrollments beyond the ESSER II funds would count in your NCVPS allotment totals.

Summer ESSER II enrollments can be used for any course in our summer catalog. On our catalog page, select “Summer” for the “CHOOSE SEMESTER OPTION” filter.

Preparing for the NCVirtual Summer Session

The state has a mandatory 31-day break for our teachers. Our teachers will not begin contacting students and schools until June 29. However, you can take a few steps to prepare for the start of our summer session.

Direct students to our Getting Started as a Student webpage.

Be sure students and parents have the following printable guides:

• Getting Started Checklist for NCVPS Students
• NCVPS Student Start-Up Guide
• NCVPS Student Success Guide 
• Student Help Guide
• Supporting Students – A Guide for Parents and Mentors

We have guides for schools, too:

• NCVPS Quick Registration Guide
• NCVPS Quick Registration Guide for OCS and Co-Taught Courses
• Guide for Accessing NCVPS Enrollment Reports 
• Guide for Accessing Grade Reports and No-Show Reports
• Drops and Withdrawals Guide

Summer Contact Information Needed

Districts and schools registering students for summer classes need to complete our NCVirtual Summer 2021 ELA Contact Information form.

NCVirtual needs the contact information for each school that registers students for Summer 2021 classes. Students registered for summer classes will need to know who the contact is, as well. Students can drop through our 10th day of class, but they need to know who to contact at the school or district level so they can be dropped. Districts may elect to have just one contact for the entire district over the summer.

Presently, you may not have any students enrolled in NCVirtual summer courses, but if your school does enroll students in the coming weeks for Summer 2021, we will need this information.

If districts have their school-level ELA contact information in an Excel document, they can copy and paste that into the contact box on the link above.

New for Summer 2021

In addition to our traditional summer offerings, we have expanded our summer catalog in response to Session Law 2021-7, House Bill 8. Here's what's new:

OCS - For the first time, we will offer OCS courses during our summer session. In our registration system, search for "Blended" to find the OCS courses.

Intervention Co-Teaching - Also, for the first time, we are offering our intervention co-teaching courses during the summer.

For both OCS and co-teaching, you will need to have a f2f (face-to-face) teacher.

Credit Recovery - We are also offering credit recovery beginning again this summer! We were the first online school in the nation to offer credit recovery, and we are pleased to bring it back. Our program is teacher lead, unlike most credit recovery software programs. In our registration system, look for CR in the course title or search for "CR" in the search box.

Our summer session begins July 1. Here are the key summer dates:

July 1 - First day of Class

July 8 - Last Day to Register

July 15 - Last Day to drop

August 11 - Summer Session Ends

August 19 - Final Grades Posted

2021-2022 Registration

Registration for 2021-2022 is open. Here are our dates for next year:

Summer 2021: July 1 - Aug. 11

Early Start Fall 2021: Aug. 9 - Dec. 10

Standard Start Fall 2021: Aug. 23 - Jan. 7

Early Start Spring 2022: Jan. 5 - May 2

Standard Start Spring 2022: Jan. 18 - May 16

See our Course Catalog page for a full list of our courses.

2021-2022 Guides

Summer 2021 Guide

2021-2022 Academic Year Guide

Change in OCS Course Titles

We are updating our OCS course titles to align with DPI guidelines. OCS courses will now be identified as “Blended” in our course catalog and registration system. Be sure to search for “Blended” in our registration system.

What Grades Are Currently Posted?

May 28 - Standard Start Final Grades Spring 2021 Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System

What's Next on the Schedule?

July 8 - Summer Day 3 No-Show Report Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System

Progress Report Action Steps

What should your action steps be with our progress reports? We’re glad you asked! Visit our Progress Report Action Steps page for all the details.

Reporting Overview

See our Grades and Testing Quick Reference Guide for an overview of our reporting. We have details on our Student Status (No-Show) Reports, Progress Reports, Final Grade Reports, and how we calculate grades.

We have a great set of experienced online educators lined up to bring you a webinar series with a variety of topics that will help you in your remote instruction and online learning environments.

Upcoming Events: From Remote to Traditional: 

Continuing the Best Practices Learned from the Pandemic

Dates and Times: June 22, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Description: Despite the overwhelming consequences of the pandemic, COVID-19 forced us to rethink how technology can be used to teach and connect with students and families. Although districts across our state have shifted back to traditional teaching, we do not have to abandon some of the best practices learned from the pandemic. District and school leaders and classroom teachers are invited to join us to learn how you can continue to use technology to support student learning, personalize and differentiate learning, and engage with students and families.

Target Audience: Teachers, Curriculum Coaches & Administrators. All are Welcome!

Attend:

Registration: Please visit our Digital Transition page.

You can also stream all previous webinars on-demand from our Digital Transition page.

TOT (Teacher Online Training) is NCVirtual’s free professional development program designed to prepare and support educators as they work in online and remote learning environments.

Our TOT course, "An Introduction to Online Teaching and Content Development," is not a "how to" or "instructional" guide for Canvas, but focuses on the best practices for teaching and learning using any platform. Topics include the following:

• Assessment Tools
• Teacher Talk & Clear Expectations
• Intellectual Property & Copyright
• Accessibility Tools
• Maintaining an Online Presence
• Adapting and Placing Content
• Engaging Through Feedback

Our next two sessions being on July 6 and September 1.

Visit our Teacher Online Training page to register. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Outreach and Support team has office hours Monday-Friday from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. We are prepared to stay longer with visitors who need assistance. Anyone can join, and we have breakout rooms ready if needed.



Students & Parents - Do you have general questions about our program or concerns about your course? Visit the Outreach team during the lunch hour. We're here to help!

E-learning Advisors - Are you new to NCVirtual? Do you have questions about student performance? Unique enrollment requests? We're here to help!

E-learning Coordinators - Are you leading your district's e-learning program? Are you looking for new ways to partner with us? Drop into the office hours, and let's chat!

Teachers - Want to learn about the Outreach team? Let's talk!

Visit our Lunch with NCVirtual page for details and the link to join us in our online room.

NCVirtual has an app! This is a great companion piece for parents and educators who want NCVirtual alerts for important dates, announcements, and news. See our NCVirtual App page for details.

Parents should also download the Parent Canvas App to see course grades and communicate with their child's teachers.

Thank you, everyone!

Your North Carolina students appreciate your dedication and hard work!

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