Drops
Students will be dropped from a course when a student has not become active in a course within 3 weeks of registering. Evidence of activity includes dated examples of student work, assessment data, and teacher gradebook or other tracking system entries. These entries reflect student engagement in a significant portion of the program.
Withdrawals
If a student has fallen behind or not completed enough of their course to be successful a teacher will attempt to re-engage the student 3 times. If unsuccessful, students will be withdrawn from the course.
Carryovers
Students will not be permitted to carryover courses in the summer – they will need to either complete by the end of the school year or withdraw from the course. If they withdraw, they are not able to re-register in a DL course until 2 funding periods have passed.
Testing
If you are a student enrolled in a grade 8-12 course, it is likely that you will need to write a test for your course. It is expected that tests/exams in Grade 10-12 courses will be invigilated to maintain the integrity of our program. We have resumed face-to-face testing wherever possible for grade 10-12 courses. Cross-enrolled students should make arrangements to complete their tests/exams with the DL teacher at their home school.
Please note that it is mandatory for students to contact their subject teacher in order to arrange for approval test invigilation (both for site and supervision) and for test passwords to be sent to the supervisor.
Challenging Courses
Credits can be earned from prior learning by challenging a course that has been approved by the Ministry or Education or is a Board Approved Authorized Course.
A student can challenge to receive credit for Ministry-Authorized, Board/Authority Authorized or Locally Developed Grade 10, 11 or 12 courses if s/he: 1.1 Is currently enrolled or registered as a home school student in the District. 1.2 Has not completed the course or its equivalent learning outcomes through previous enrollment. 1.3 Can give compelling evidence that s/he will succeed in the challenge prior to starting the Challenge Process – home school Administrators must:
For full-time students in Grades K-9
It is required to have a student learning plan on record, signed and dated by the teacher and parent (and by the student, if old enough to understand the plan), referring to these elements:
For full-time students in Grades 10-12
It is required to have a student learning plan on record, signed and dated by the teacher and by the parent and/or the student, referring to these elements: