The role of the facilitator is to ensure that adequate communication exists between the participating school and the LVS in order to best serve the participating school’s students. The participating school’s principal selects a site facilitator who will best serve the goals of the LVS. As per the State Standards for Distance Education, this individual must be a certified teacher.
The facilitator must be physically present on the participating school’s campus, be present during the time of course delivery, hold a Louisiana teaching license, and be a member of the school faculty. This facilitator must have daily access to email, Internet, a phone, and fax machine.
Each school facilitator is required to attend a training before the beginning of the school year.
Please contact Stephanie Cox Marcum at 225-219-0434 if you have any facilitator registration questions. Note: If you need to register and enroll students before the next facilitator training sessions, please refer to the Site Facilitator’s Guide, where a step-by-step procedure is available. Once you log in as a facilitator for the first time, the link for this guide will be available on the facilitator home page in the upper right-hand corner.
Primarily, the site facilitator is responsible for student selection, registration, assessment monitoring, mentoring, and grade reporting--basically, similar to the role of a guidance counselor in any school setting. In addition, the site facilitator is responsible for gathering the required data involved in the registration process, ensuring that students have active e-mail accounts, and collecting the Academic Honesty Agreement and the Louisiana Virtual School Acceptable Use Contract from each student for each course in which they are enrolled. The facilitator accounts for and conveys that information to the LVS Administrative Staff. At times other tasks such as, ensuring web access, providing technical support, or proctoring an exam, as well as distributing materials and supplies and collecting them at the end of the semester, are required.
Registration begins: April 18, 2012 and continues through the Add/Drop Period.
Session Dates: Full-year courses: August 13, 2012 to May 17, 2013
Fall Block courses: August 13, 2012 to December 20, 2012
Add/Drop Period: Last day for Fall Block courses: August 20, 2012, 3:00 PM
Last Day for Full-year courses: August 27, 3:00 PM
Prior to any school enrolling students for an LVS course for the 2012-2013 school year, the District/LEA must return
a new LVS agreement with all of the appropriate signatures, to the contact person stated in the agreement.
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Any student who attends an approved public or nonpublic school in one of the 8 BESE regions is eligible to participate if the school is in compliance with Brumfield vs. Dodd. Nonpublic schools must have a sectarian questionnaire on file in the BESE office.
Prior to any school enrolling students for an LVS course, the District/LEA must return the signed agreement, with the appropriate signatures, to the contact person stated in the agreement.
Facilitators must provide the LVS with a current active email address, phone number and mailing address. Typically, email is used as the primary means of contact for administrative purposes. Facilitators are requested to provide email addresses that are used for professional purposes and are secure enough to be used to communicate grades and other student related information. Additionally, facilitators are responsible for checking and responding to their email in a timely manner.
The site facilitator recruits and enrolls students in the LVS in cooperation with the school principal and guidance counselors. Students must have the qualifying prerequisites to take a course and should have an expressed interest in taking an online course. The students selected should be able to work independently and handle responsibility. Participation in the LVS will require students to be involved in independent and collaborative projects and research using word processing and Internet skills. Students must plan their work, be responsive to deadlines, and be conscientious in completing assigned tasks. An interview with the school site facilitator is a part of the student selection process.