The Texas Education Agency has approved two different virtual (at-home) school models in response to the COVID19 pandemic for districts to utilize in addition to on-campus instruction for the school year.
TWO OPTIONS
SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION
CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY PLAN
Cedars International Academy will provide synchronous and asynchronous instruction for students in PK-12.
CIA students participating in virtual instruction (asynchronous and synchronous) will be required to engage in learning activities on their own time during the school day, interacting daily with the teacher(s) via computer or other electronic devices, or over the phone. Teachers will post an assignment/activity each day and give guided support under this model of instruction. The student will be considered enrolled in Cedars International Academy for attendance and funding purposes.
ATTENDANCE
For students participating in asynchronous instruction to be counted for attendance purposes, they must be engaged in one of the following ways for each enrolled class during each school day:
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Daily progress in the Learning Management System (LMS) as defined by Cedars plan; or
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Our LMS is SeeSaw for grades Pk-1, Google Classroom for grades 2-6, and Echo for grades 7-12.
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Daily progress via teacher-student interactions as defined in the Cedars plan; or
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Completion/submission of daily assignments from student to teacher (potentially via email, online, or mail).
For students participating in synchronous instruction to be counted for attendance purposes, they must be engaged in one of the following ways for each enrolled class during each school day:
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Log on ON-TIME to Zoom for live classes with the teacher.
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Daily progress in the Learning Management System (LMS) as defined by Cedars plan; or
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Our LMS is SeeSaw for grades Pk-1, Google Classroom for grades 2-6, and Echo for grades 7-12.
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Daily progress via teacher-student interactions as defined in the Cedars plan; or
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Completion/submission of daily assignments from student to teacher (potentially via email, online, or mail).
Per Texas Education Code (TEC) 25.092, students must attend 90 percent of a course in order to be awarded credit for the course and/or to be promoted to the next grade. This requirement remains in effect during the 2020-2021 school year. Students who are not logged into the class are marked absent. Truancy will be monitored.
Cedars students will have the option to either attend school in-person, remote on-campus, or at-home during the 2020-2021 school year. Once an option is selected, students will not have the ability to change from Virtual Instruction to In-Person Instruction or vice-versa until the end of the current nine-week grading period. Choosing to be a virtual student is a nine-week commitment to this learning model. Parents and students must be fully aware of the requirements and expectations of this instructional model before selecting this mode of instruction.
GRADING POLICY
Grading policy will be consistent with the guidelines in our campus handbook for all assessments and assignments.
More information can be found on the Restart and Reimagine School website.