RED OAK ACADEMY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS AND PROCEDURE
Please Note: In all of the following options, families who elect to pay an additional fee to have all of their student(s) work graded by Red Oak Academy Grading Staff, all references to parent grading and grade entry to the Red Oak Academy online gradebook by parents are understood to be executed by Red Oak Academy Grading Staff.
Option A (Live Class Participation)
Students
receive a written daily schedule and begin to attend live classes
and receive online activities immediately (before textbooks
arrive).
Students
are given contact information to reach their instructors during the
school day.
Parents receive access to online answer keys, weekly and unit tests
and their answers, as well - to assist students in executing
"homework" assignments and to prepare for tests.
Teachers grade all assignments made in class, weekly and unit exams
and post grades to the online gradebook.
Quarterly exams are timed and administered by Red Oak Academy
grading staff, online. Once completed, exam scores are entered
into the electronic gradebook to complete the quarterly grade
average for each course. They are also made available for
parents’ inspection and they are transferred to the students’
permanent record folders.
Parents and Students are given full access to the program features
and may challenge any course by "testing out" for full course
credit.
Option B
(Independent Study):
Students receive a written daily schedule showing exactly when to
begin and end each subject.
Students
are
given contact information to reach instructors at anytime during the
school day for assistance in executing independent study
assignments.
Students receive access to assignment pages (syllabuses) for all of
their courses which describe exactly what to read and exactly what
to write from each textbook - each day.
Parents receive access to online answer keys, weekly and unit tests
and their answers, as well.
Parents grade all work and record grades to an electronic grade
book.
At the end of each 10-week grading period, hardcopies of students'
written assignments and parent's grade sheets are sent by mail
to ROA for recording to student's transcript. (Note: parents have
the option of recording their daily and weekly grades electronically
on the Red Oak Academy e-learning server).
Quarterly exams are timed and administered by Red Oak Academy
grading staff, online. Once completed, exam scores are
entered into the electronic gradebook to complete the quarterly
grade average for each course. They are also made available
for parents’ inspection and they are transferred to the students’
permanent record folders.
Parents may still consult with online teachers and staff for
assistance on grading students' work or any other issues, if needed.
Students may still challenge and "test out" of any course for full
course credit.
Option C (Combined
Live Class Participation and Independent Study)
Students receive a written daily schedule which clearly shows live
classes and independent study periods. Live
class access is established immediately (before textbooks
arrive).
Parents receive access to online answer keys, weekly and unit tests
and test answers, as well. Parents are assigned to grade
independent study assignments and shown how to record their grades
in the Red Oak Academy online gradebook.
Students are given contact information to reach their
instructors during the school day.
Live class teachers record their grades into the Red Oak Academy
online gradebook.
Parents receive access to online answer keys, weekly and unit tests
and test answers, as well. Parents receive instructions on how
to grade independent study assignments and how to record their
grades in the Red Oak Academy online gradebook.
In live teacher-led courses, parents grade daily work assignments
and Red Oak Academy teachers award grades for weekly quizzes and
in-class participation, grades are recorded collaboratively, whereby
parents' grades and teacher's grades are distinguished by color
coded entries into the online gradebook but averaged together
(automatically) to create a composite score for the quarter.
Quarterly exams are administered and timed by Red Oak Academy
grading staff, online. Once completed, exam scores are entered
into the electronic gradebook to complete the quarterly grade
average for each course. They are thereby made available
(electronically) for parents’ online inspection and they are
transferred by hand to the students’ permanent record folders.
Parents and Students are given full access to the program
features and students may challenge any course by "testing out" for
full course credit.
Red Oak Academy maintains permanent academic record folders for all students. Quarterly grade averages are recorded to the permanent record folders and transcripts of student grades and performance are available to parents, at any time.
St
Frank McCollum, Director of Education
frank@roaschool.com
Phone:
((800) 655-6905 Toll-Free Voice
(800) 658-0704 Toll-Free FAX