It is important for teachers to interact regularly through phone, email, and text with students AND parents.
Students should speak to their teacher at least once a month via call or text.
Parents/guardians should speak to their student's teacher at least once a month via call or text.
Communication Policy
To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.
Students should maintain regular contact via phone, texting, or email with their teachers. Students are encouraged to contact their teachers when there is a need of any kind, including questions about assignments, DBAs, and/or for a monthly check in. As students begin the course, it is FLVS policy that FLVS teachers complete a Welcome Call with each student. A student’s enrollment will not be permitted to remain active if the student does not complete a course Welcome Call with the instructor.
If a student is in Good Academic Standing, monthly communication may be completed via a phone call, or by written two-way communication, including text and/or email. If the student is not in Good Academic Standing, then a verbal conversation is needed, over the phone.
What is Good Academic Standing?
Good academic standing means you have submitted work in the last week, you have a passing grade in the class, and are on pace to finish within 18 weeks.
Parents/guardians play a key role in their student’s success in any learning environment, but even more so at FLVS. It is the expectation of FLVS that parents/guardians will be involved in their child’s learning by participating in the welcome call with each course teacher. During this call, the parents/guardians are introduced to the requirements of the course and begin building strong teacher-student-parent relationships.
In order to be kept informed of student progress, parents/guardians will also need to be available for a monthly contact with each of their student’s teachers and will have the ability to choose a preferred method of contact (phone, email, text, Zoom).
Additionally, parents/guardians should contact the student’s teachers to keep them informed of vacations or extended absences. Parents/guardians need to ensure their student is making continuous learning gains weekly, which can be monitored through a parent/guardian account.
