Parent Responsibilities:
- Attendance: please review page 8 of this handbook.
- Monitor Their Student’s Time in School: Students in grades K-3 must attend at least 720 hours in the required six courses (four hours per day of instruction) a year. By the end of the week, the student must have accumulated at least 20 hours. Parents must login to enter the student’s time and monitor the daily assignments. Students in grades 4-12 must attend at least 900 hours in the required six courses (six hours per day of instruction) a year. By the end of the week, the student must have accumulated at least a total of 30 hours. Parents must login every day to monitor the completion of the daily assignments, assessments, and the weekly grades.
- Make arrangements to participate ina the state of Florida required state testing. Students who do not participate in required testing will be withdrawn from the school immediately without official grades and not allowed to enroll in Miami-Dade Online Academy for the following school year.
- Monitor the participation in classes. Parent must schedule the Student Connects and assure the student attends and is participating. Students must have a schedule of class connects and student connects and participate appropriately.
Student Responsibilities:
A Miami-Dade Online student is expected to be present at school every day, follow scheduled courses, and demonstrate appropriate behavior and a readiness to learn.
• Student’s responsibilities as defined by Board Policy 5200 – Attend classes one hundred and eighty (180) days each school year or the number of instructional days prescribed for the school the student attends. Students in grades K-3 must clock in a minimum of 20 hours a week of virtual education including each of the six courses. Students in grades 4-12 must clock in a minimum of 30 hours a week of virtual instruction.
• Students in our magnet school are inspired to love to learn and
• Students are required to work on their daily assignments in each of their courses every day.
• Complete make-up assignments for any classes missed. Failure to make-up all assignments will result in lower academic grade.
• Weekly grades in each course should be higher than a “C.”
• Participate in all State of Florida tests.
• Attend the required the weekly class connect for each course.
• Attend the required the monthly Student Connect for each course.
• Respond to all teacher(s) email.