About The Virtual Program

The RUSD Virtual program provides students the opportunity to attend school in a 100% virtual environment. The content is aligned to grade level standards that is provided at a level of quality and intellectual challenge substantially equivalent to in-person instruction. Virtual school staff will provide 40-60% of daily live interaction. Additional office hours will be provided. Examples of live interaction may include:

• Face to face online instruction by teachers

• Guided, interactive video lessons, with teacher remaining present

• Small group instruction

• Peer/collaborative tasks with teacher facilitating

• Progress monitoring tasks or assessments to provide feedback

• Student chats and blogs in appropriate, safe environments

• Whole group lessons: shared reading, choral reading, chants, affirmations, poems, songs, etc.

• Social-emotional learning development/lessons: coping strategies, such as: mindfulness and breathing techniques; relationship-building/community-building, such as: affective statements and community-building circles; expectation setting and support of behaviors, such as: role-plays, acknowledgements and correction

• Core and all other content areas: mathematics, English, history/social studies, science, world languages, visual and performing arts, physical education, etc.