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  Saturday, May 18, 2013
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SUMMER 2013 TxVSN VIRTUAL LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!

School districts or open-enrollment charter schools must complete an application to request Virtual Learning Scholarships (VLS) for the summer 2013 semester. Applications will be accepted from May 6 until June 14, 2013 at 11:59 PM CDT or until all scholarships are exhausted, whichever occurs first.  Click here for more information

 

 
2012-2013 TxVSN Receiving District Agreement
Agreement for Receivers.  

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Learning With the Authors is an online book study Webinar series. Each book study concludes with an author-lead session. Attendance is FREE! Your speaks VOLumes conference account is automatically set to participate.

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Overview

 

First Steps for Students and Parents--Statewide Catalog

  • Determine student eligibility.  Students must reside in Texas, be younger than 26, and must not have graduated high school or previously attended high school in state but not be currently residing in the state due to dependent of a member of the US military. 
  • Know the course cost. A course provider's cost is noted in the catalog. The student's school may charge a fee for enrollment. TxVSN may only accept course payment from a school district or from open-enrollment charter schools.
  • Know your rights. The student's district or open-enrollment charter school may not deny unreasonably  the request of a parent to enroll their student in a TxVSN course. The student's district or open-enrollment charter school should make all reasonable efforts to accommodate a student. See TEC 26.001
  • Review the Data Center. Find information to help make informed choices on course providers and courses. Take a look at the enrollment data ,research course providers’ completion results, or examine a provider's typical course structure and design.
  • Browse the Online Course catalogs for availability of each course.
  • Contact your school’s counselor. Your local counselor can verify a course is part of the student's graduation plan and can provide assistance with the registration procedures and policies for that school. If the local school is not participating in TxVSN, encourage them to participate and contact TxVSN if questions arise.
  • Experience the CLUE IN to become familiar with online learning and expectations for students taking online courses. 
  • Confirm campus support. To support the learner, a campus mentor might be designated by the school. The campus mentors are very important to the success of the online student as well as to the communications between the TxVSN teacher, the student, and the school.

For a more comprehensive overview watch the “What is TxVSN” (54MB) video. Download MediaPlayer.


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Student MYTxVSN Account

Registered students in Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) can now create their own account. The “Course Forecaster” tool is made available as a part of your account. This tool provides a summary of your course records and an opportunity to request future courses.

  • Go to www.mytxvsn.org and click on the Student tab at the top.
  • Click "Go Create Account".