Ready, Set, Go!

Well, not quite yet, but the first official day of school is just around the corner on Tuesday, August 31.

It certainly has been a challenging start to the school year. I know many of you are affected by the Caldor Fire, either evacuated, on warning, dealing with the smoke, worried about friends and family, helping others, etc. I know I have not been on my game this week. 

There are A LOT of new things this year. Due to COVID and AB130, Visions is having to adhere to new legal requirements that are constantly changing, sometimes daily. 

What you need to know as of today:

Meetings

Our LP1 meeting will be virtual please click here to schedule asap. More info about how meetings will be handled this year will coming soon. 

Semester Plans

I started sharing out Semester Plans yesterday. I'm hoping to have everyone's shared out by the end of the day today. Please feel free to start adding your curriculum and assignments, but please do not delete anything that is already in there, or add any rows until we can meet. Thank you!

Master Agreements

All MAs need to be resigned this year because there were new additions due to AB130.  MAs should be sent to you via email soon, if they haven't been already. Please sign and have your student(s) sign the new MA as soon as possible. 

Assessments

The assessment piece is in place. All students will be taking an initial assessment in LP1. More information on that will be coming soon.

AB130

This assembly bill set requirements for all public schools to have an independent study option for the 2021/22 school year in response to COVID. It also set requirements for how independent study would be conducted. This placed additional requirements on our school. Especially for our teachers. 

Synchronous Instruction and Live Interaction

You will be seeing information come out about Synchronous Instruction and Live Interaction.

YOU DO NOT have to do anything about this. It is entirely optional for you - as long as your students are progressing well. However, all teachers are being required to provide synchronous instruction to students. 

We will be offering 

• 30 minute daily Zoom sessions for grades TK-3
• 30 minute weekly Zoom sessions for grades 4-8
• 60 minute weekly Zoom sessions for 9-12

Again, this is NOT required for you, but it is for teachers. As you can imagine this will greatly impact teachers schedules.  

 

Religious Curriculum

All public charter schools are being increasingly monitored about how religious curriculum is being used. We have been really careful about it all along, so the changes aren't really that big for us. 

OF COURSE you can still use religious curriculum, we just can't

• log it on our semester plans.
• use it for work samples.
• use student funds for it.
• take attendance for using it.

I will work with you individually to find supplements to note on your semester plans if you are using primarily religious curriculum.

So what can you do right now to get ready for the school year?

• Plan! Make sure you have everything ordered for the first semester and look over it so you are ready to fill out your semester plans.
• Reach out with questions and concerns.
• Schedule our LP1 meeting.