It is important to include School District and School Name on your Teacher Dashboard. This will allow you to easily see if a student is full or part time with MDVS. Full-time students school should always be listed as the District Virtual Instruction Program. Part-time students have the brick and mortar school listed.
Welcome Call Template
Copy and Paste into VSA and complete while on the phone with the student and caregiver. Once the call is over, don't forget to click on the BLUE lock to confirm student data that you verified using the template below. Next, click the YELLOW lock to confirm enrollment information.
DATE
Contact: Spoke to (name of student and adult):
Contact Details (Blue Lock)
Student’s Phone Number:
Parent Number:
Parent-preferred method of contact for REQUIRED MCs- Text, Email, Call:
Text (yes or no):
Student Details
Interests:
Student Job:
Post-high school plans:
Reason for taking class: (Yellow Lock)
Program Details
IEP/504/ELL Plan (yes or no):
Verified status with whom?:
Course Details:
Review pace chart & consistent work expectations
Discussed pace chart and weekly coursework expectations
Grace Period
Required 14-day seat time
Do you offer live lessons? Share with the student where they can find additional support (announcement page, help site)
No resubmissions after exams.
During DBA let students know that after you give them a password they can't retake an exam.
FLVS Expectations
Did you discuss AI? (yes or no):
Teacher Availablity:
Should you ever need help in your course, please know that I am available or will promptly return contact ___ – ___ Monday – Friday.
Remind family that during the evenings it is very busy.
You may experience a delay in communication and grading on weekends.
Accidental Activations
If you accidentally activate a student you can easily correct that yourself.
This can only be done within 24 hours of activation.
Find the student on your dashboard and use the Action column dropdown to choose Change Status.
In the Request dropdown, choose De-Activate. If you want to include notes, that will help us understand what happened if we need to look up this information in the future.