Student Expectations and Resources
Student Roles & Responsibilities
Students/Parents will commit to the virtual academy for the semester. If the student would like to return to face to face learning at the end of the semester, please contact your student's home campus for information.
Students will need reliable internet / Wifi at home.
Students can choose to use their own technology to access classwork or use a district-provided Chromebook. Parents/students are responsible for any damages not caused by normal wear and tear.
Students must complete assignments each day for attendance credit.
Student attendance is monitored on the online platform. Students not completing assignments each day, not participating in the Google Meet check-in, or making a phone call to the virtual teacher in situations where there are technical difficulties logging into the program. Truancy laws apply to this program.
To be successful in a virtual learning environment, it will require approximately the same time commitment as a student who is on campus. For grades 3-12 students are required to be online for 240 minutes each day. Schedules will be provided to help guide your students’ day.
Expectations for grading will follow the district policy for on-campus instruction. Courses taken at home will be included in calculating the GPA and class rank in accordance with local policy.
Courses will earn the same weights in high school as regular classes. Advanced coursework must be taken at the campus in a face-to-face learning setting. LISD Virtual Academy does not provide advanced coursework at this time.
Students of the virtual academy will be required to go to their home campus to take six weeks formative assessments. These assessments are use as checkpoints for mastery of the TEKS and preparation for the STAAR test.
Students and parents are responsible for maintaining communication with the child's teacher through Virtual Academy Learning Management System to create a learning partnership.
Students who fail to maintain 98% attendance, passing grades in course work, and passing grades in formative assessments will be removed from the Virtual Academy to return to home campus for face to face instruction.
Technology Expectations
Students may use their own technology or check out a Chromebook from their home campus.
If using a district-issued Chromebook, treat it with respect by:
Always holding your Chromebook with 2 hands.
Never having food or drinks near Chromebooks.
Always closing your Chromebook before moving it.
Never using anything besides your hands to touch your Chromebook.
You MUST make good choices when using your Chromebook by:
Only going to websites and links your teacher tells you to.
Not clicking on ANY advertisements.
Always using websites and programs as your teacher asks you to.
If you need help with your Chromebook you should:
First try to troubleshoot your problem.
Verify that WiFi is connected.
Restart the device.
Make contact with your teacher.
Contact the technology help-desk at 903-446-2400.
You MAY NOT use anyone else’s district-issued Chromebook.
Use school-issued Chromebook on a FLAT SURFACE when it is turned on. Placing the device on a soft surface (i.e. bed, soft furniture, etc.) will cause the device to overheat and damage the device.
Setting up structure for virtual learning
Setting Up a Learning Work Space
Find a place where there is good lighting.
Find comfortable seating and a desk or table space.
Remove clutter from the learning space.
Provide a whiteboard for notes or working out problems.
Provide a bind or crate with paper, writing supplies, folders, and pens/pencils.
Setting Up a Learning Schedule
It is very important to create a daily schedule for completing your courses and the tasks associated with those courses. Here is a link to sample schedule that you can use to build your weekly schedule. To copy this file to your drive, open the link, click File --> Make a Copy, and then rename the document to save to your Google drive.
Notetaking & Note-using
Part of your learning space is your notes. Set up a journal for note-taking in all of your classes so that you are prepared for your assignments and assessments.
Cornell Notes
Visual Note-taking
Speech to Text and Text to Speech