1. Welcome!
RVA Orientation: online portion

2. Roles in successful student learning
The RVA Student:
The RVA student is responsible for having a positive attitude and always working
their hardest to be successful in their learning.
The Home Mentor:
The Home Mentor is responsible for helping ensure successful learning in the home
environment by assisting in keeping the student progressing at a pace that is
meeting the individualized student’s needs.
The RVA Teacher:
The RVA Teacher serves as the local education guide for the student.

3. Curriculum
 Manuals
- Suggested schedules and lesson plans
- Manuals are front loaded with a lot of information in the beginning
- Manuals are for the parents…a.k.a “teacher guide” or “home mentor”
- Manuals are also online at MyCalvert
 ATS Tests
 Curriculums are Flexible
 Please ask questions when you get confused!

4. Expectations
 Submit work weekly
-- Scan and send work via e-mail or snail mail it to the RVA
office (envelopes are provided)
-- Label all work with first and last name and lesson number
-- Strive for 80% accuracy
 Complete self-checks everyday you do a lesson (2nd-8th; K-1st
optional)
 Communicate weekly with RVA staff

5. Expectations
 Community Service
-- 8 hours of volunteer work, reflection paper (All
RVA Students)
 V-Room / Elluminate / Blackboard Collaborate
-- Online software that allows you to see, hear, and
work with your teacher from home

6. Expectations
 Complete 140 lessons by Friday, July 12th
--Refer to RVA Calendar for a pacing
guide
--140 lessons in approximately 180 days
-- Take into account testing, field
trips, etc.
-- Incentives for finishing by June 1st
 Completing 160 lessons is optional
-- Incentives for finishing all lessons

7. Expectations
 Scantron Testing (mandatory)
-- Twice a year (fall and
spring), done at home
 WKCE Testing
-- State mandated
-- In the fall (October/November)
-- Must report to RVA office to
complete

8. A “typical day in the RVA…
• 1. Home mentor plans out daily lessons.
• 2. Students complete work daily.
• 3. Students complete self checks on MyCalvert
site. (contact RVA office or me if you need a
password)
• 4. Home mentor grades work, and re-teaches if
necessary(contact me if you need assistance, or
resources for any topics).
• 5. Weekly, homework is mailed/emailed to RVA
teacher.

9. Passwords…
• You will have a lot of “passwords” for various
programs on your computer or online.
• Use page two of your student’s planner to
record these

10. Internet Reimbursement
•Send in your internet bills to the RVA
office
•You will be reimbursed up to a rate of
$65.00 per month for internet usage.

11. Attendance
• Follow teachers directions
• Complete lesson 140 by July 12th
• Follow RVA pacing guide found on RVA calendar
• Teachers monitor lesson progress on Self-Checks
• Communicate weekly with RVA staff

12. History- 4th Grade
4th grade has an additional Wisconsin History textbook
and workbook…don’t forget about them.

13. Moodle
• Students in pre-K, Kindergarten, 7th and 8th grade
will utilize Moodle.
• Moodle has interactive activities to enrich students’
understanding of different topics
• Your first lesson involves talking with your teacher
at which point you will learn more about Moodle
• Please get comfortable with the Calvert curriculum
before starting Moodle
Get a look at the RVA Moodle site

14. Alternative Assessments
•Teachers offer alternatives to the unit tests
•Let your teacher know ahead of time if you would like
to do an alternative assessment
•Many alternative
assessments are listed in
Moodle

15. Student Options
• We realize all students are different!
• We have different options for all of our students!
– Verticy
– Aventa
– Math-u-see

16. • You can access your child’s grades online
• Use your family access log-in
Get a glimpse of Skyward

17. Health and Phy Ed
All 7th & 8th grade students
will need to connect with
Mrs. Haenel, their 7-8 grade
health and phy ed teacher.

18. What else?
• Sports? “Yes” for consortium, “No”
for open-enrollment
• Shared Enrollment? “Yes”; check
with local school
• Field Trips?
• State Testing? MUST
• Reimbursement of internet rates?
$65; paid out monthly
• Passwords and Usernames?
• Help? Tech, school, general….
• Can I teach somebody else’s child?
(Home Mentor)
• Do I have to do ALL of this?
– Individualized Curriculum (Calvert
mostly, others not so much)
– Contact me.
• And last…

19. THE #1 KEY TO SUCCESS?
Keep in Touch.

20. Remember our contact information…
www.ruralvirtual.org
1.888.801.2666