Summer GOALS
Summer Preparation for Online Learning in the Upcoming Academic Year
Virtual Virginia’s new Summer Goal-Oriented Active Learning Series (Summer GOALS) program helps students prepare for online learning with VVA during the upcoming academic year.
Provided at no cost to families or schools, Summer GOALS features supplemental online instruction geared specifically to introduce students to VVA instruction, AP courses, and academic skills so they’ll be better equipped to succeed in their online courses as soon as courses begin.
Enrollment
Students enrolled in courses for the upcoming academic year will be automatically enrolled in their corresponding Summer GOALS course(s). Student participation in Summer GOALS is optional but highly encouraged.
There is no enrollment fee for Summer GOALS courses.
Instruction
Each preparatory offering will be brief in duration, with synchronous instruction by Virginia-certified teachers and asynchronous online course content.
In addition, participating students will create a student success plan that they can use throughout the upcoming academic year.
Summer GOALS 2022
Live instruction for Summer GOALS 2022 offerings ended August 3. However, students retain access to Summer GOALS content in the LMS.
For Summer GOALS 2022, the following brief preparatory courses were available:
Get Ready for Online Learning!
Get Ready for Online Learning!
This course is designed to prepare new (or returning) VVA students for online learning during the upcoming academic year. Students will learn and develop skills that will help them succeed in online learning and their VVA course(s).
This course is provided in four grade-level groups, based on the grade level in which the student will be enrolled in the upcoming academic year:
- Grades K–2
Synchronous instruction: Thursdays, 6 p.m. - Grades 3–5
Synchronous instruction: Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. - Grades 6–8
Synchronous instruction: Wednesdays, 2 p.m. - Grades 9–12
Synchronous instruction: Wednesdays, 2 p.m.
AP Success Strategies
AP Success Strategies
Available to all students enrolled in VVA Advanced Placement (AP) courses in the upcoming academic year, this course will help prepare students for success in online AP courses and provide strategies for excelling in these rigorous courses.
Synchronous instruction will be held Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
Middle School Reading & Math Workshop
Middle School Reading & Math Workshop
Rising sixth-graders enrolled in VVA courses will have access to this workshop course, in which they will review key reading and math skills and competencies from grade 5 and prepare for success in reading and math in grade 6 and throughout middle school. All content is aligned to the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs).
Synchronous instruction will be held Tuesdays at 11 a.m. for reading and Thursdays at 11 a.m. for math.
This workshop will also be offered as a pilot to a maximum of 50 students who are not enrolled in 2022–2023 VVA courses. These students will need to register through their local school/division or via home instruction.
High School English & Math Workshop
High School English & Math Workshop
Rising ninth-graders enrolled in VVA courses may participate in this workshop course, in which they will review foundational reading and math skills from grade 8 and prepare for success in Algebra I and English in high school. All content is aligned to the Virginia SOLs.
Synchronous instruction will be held Tuesdays at 11 a.m. for English and Thursdays at 11 a.m. for math.
This workshop will also be offered as a pilot to a maximum of 50 students who are not enrolled in 2022–2023 VVA courses. These students will need to register through their local school/division or via home instruction.
For questions about Summer GOALS, please contact [email protected].