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    Major advantage of online classes is an environment that allows learning the material anytime and anywhere. Attendance is checked by instructors through responses to e-mails, discussion board postings and assignment submissions. As long as you respond to course requirements by the day and time established by the instructor, you will meet the online attendance requirements.

     

    Student Engagement and Non-Compliance Policy

     

    During this era of the Coronavirus-19, Hartman MS is a full-time, tuition-free public, online, middle school. The online learning is with the continued curriculum by the Texas Education Agency and teachers are certified by the Texas Education Agency in the subject areas in which they teach.

     

    Requirements for schooling are:

    1. Actively participating in courses by completing course assignments in all courses.
    2. Actively engaging in instruction.
    3. Attending required in-person state assessments, such as STAAR, TELPAS and STAAR

        EOCs, if required.

     

    Texas statute requires all public schools offer a minimum of one‐hundred‐eighty (180) days of instruction. Additionally, there is a requirement of instructional time per day as stated in the TEC §25.082 (SCHOOL DAY; PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE; MINUTE OF SILENCE. (a) A school day shall be at least seven hours each day, including intermissions and recesses.).

     

    For a student to receive credit, TEC §25.092 requires that a student be in attendance 90% of the scheduled school days. Following the schedule set forth in each week’s course plan will ensure that your student meets this requirement. Hartman students may log instructional time anytime during the day and on any day of the week during the school year, 2020-2021. Students are required to go to school through the very last day. Attendance cannot be logged after the last day of school. Live attendance and participation in remediation is required and counts towards Attendance.

     

    Attendance is accounted for in the following ways:

    1. Student working in coursework whether online or offline through the HUB;
    2. Student participation in assigned virtual online sessions with state-certified teachers.

     

    Attendance credit will be submitted for each approved student to the Texas Education Agency two ways: full day present or full day absent.

     

    Parent Responsibility

    When it is necessary for a student to be absent, it is the parent’s responsibility to call, send a note, or email the Attendance Clerk and Teachers.

     

    Required sessions

    Failure to attend required Class Connects/LIVE sessions, Intervention/Small groups, Target Teach, Remediation or Tutoring sessions is considered absence from school and may result in truancy being filed. Each student’s grades and standing in the course will determine their individual expectations for attending sessions. 

     

    Accumulated Unexcused Absences and Truancy Process

    Students who do not attend required online sessions or fail to log attendance within the Online School when required, will be considered absent for the required amount of time unless a valid written excuse is provided to the Attendance Clerk. Absences not identified as “reasonable” above will be considered “unexcused.” Families who fail to log a full day in the Online School are subject to unexcused absences (see Attendance Process and Procedures).

     

    Parent Actions to Help Ensure Student Success

     

    1. Log into the Learning Management System (HUB) with your child so that you can learn the systems together.
    2. Help your student organize and prepare for this virtual setting. Arrange a designated area where the student has space to work. Also make sure that the computer and printer/scanner are all in good working order. Help your student create a personal calendar each week to ensure that he or she has a plan to complete those weekly assignments. Monitor your student’s organization plan each week until your student has his or her routine in working order and is experiencing academic success.
    3. Log into the Parent account daily to read/check Emails.
    4. Log student attendance each day in the Learning Management System (HUB). Don’t forget to include time spent offline that entails academics, such as reading a novel, visiting a museum, or watching a history documentary. (These are just a few examples)
    5. Stay in continuous communication with your student’s Teachers. Do not wait until you see a Progress Report or Report Card Grade.
    6. Take advantage of parent trainings, meetings, and informative sessions that are communicated via Email or LIVE Sessions.