Follow this link for a list of suggestions for professional development for virtual education, please note that this is not an endorsement: Tech PD

 

Individual Learning Plans (ILP) or Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAP)

Students taking more than two MOCAP courses must have an individualized learning plan maintained in the LEA’s student records. An LEA may develop its own learning plan for students or use the ICAP that is available through the Office of College and Career Readiness under School Counseling. For elementary students an LEA may develop their own learning plan or use the template provided here.

 

MOCAP Policies

A LEA must post its MOCAP enrollment policy on its homepage and inform parents/guardians of the student rights to participate in MOCAP.

 

 

How to Setup Virtual Courses in your Student Information System

  • Delivery Method = V
  • Used for ADA and State Calculation of Attendance = True
  • Teachers track student attendance = False

 

  • Student receives a grade other than NC (No Credit), I or IC (Incomplete) the student will receive 94% of the available attendance for that period. This means the student completed the course.
  • Student receives a grade of I or IC the student will receive 47% of the available attendance for that period. This means the student completed half the course requirements as far as the district is concerned.
  • Student receives a NC or a blank grade the student will receive 0% of the available attendance for that period. This means the student didn't complete half the course requirements as far as the district is concerned.

 

  • The main trigger between 94% and 100% is Teachers track student attendance.
  • If this setting is True then we calculate the course attendance like general course taught within the actual school.
  • If the teacher is required to take daily attendance for that student in that course, the course should count for full attendance.
  • This means the student would receive 100% of available attendance on days they attended.

 

  • Any student enrolled by the district in one or more MOCAP courses must be inlcuded on both the October and June core data submissions. This is true even if the student withdraws from the course. The October files tell DESE which students are enrolled in which courses. The June files tell us the outcome of those courses. It is very important that both files include the same students/courses.
    • If you have been contacted by the MOCAP office about a student showing up on vendor reports but not on core data reports, the most common fix is to be sure that student is included in your October files and re-upload/certify those files.
  • Any student enrolled by the district in one or more MOCAP courses must be coded as a 50 or 52 in the Program Code field along with a V or S for the Delivery System. Please refer to the charts listed in MOCAP Guidance if you're unsure of which program code or delivery system to use.
    • Individual SIS programs vary but some require them to have the district listed as both the sending and receiving district in order for their Student Assignment files to pull appropriately and to include MOCAP students/courses. If your files are not pulling appropriately from your SIS, it may be for this reason.
  • If the district is contacted by a vendor and advised that your core data submissions are not matched to the vendor report, the first step is to determine if this student is enrolled in your district and if so, whether or not the district approved the MOCAP course and enrolled the student.
    • If the student is both enrolled in the district and approved for MOCAP enrollment, check the October core data submission to ensure that the student is coded correctly. If the student is not enrolled in the district or was denied MOCAP enrollment, please communicate the facts to the vendor.
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  • Please note that in the event of school closures, courses taken through the MOCAP program will need to be entered with Program Code 50 if the teacher is provided by the MOCAP vendor or Program Code 52 if the teacher is provided by the district or charter but is using MOCAP curriculum. These program codes will need to be used regardless of where the instruction is taking place because in either circumstance it will not be taking place in the school building. Please note that Program Codes 50 and 52 are ONLY for MOCAP courses. Courses developed by an LEA or through a cooperative agreement will not use a program code.

 

MOSIS – August Core Data Cycle, Screen 3

The contact person entered on Screen 3 will receive information about MOCAP appeals and updates to the program. Please ensure this contact is accurate. It is critical that this information is always current. Please note, the screen currently asks for the MOCAP facilitator.

 

WEBINAR: Core Data/MOSIS October Cycle 2021 Webinar

 

This webinar provides information on updates for the new school year and the October Cycle of Core Data/MOSIS. This also allowed participants the opportunity to ask questions and receive feedback and was recorded for future viewing.

 

Additional information for the webinar can be found at https://dese.mo.gov/core-datamosis-october-cycle-2021-webinar.

 

Reporting for Virtual Education in MOSIS

  • MOCAP requires that all teachers be appropriately certified. Attendance hours for any educator without a valid Missouri teaching certificate will not be allowed for state aid purposes.

  • Virtual courses will use Exhibit 34 – Instruction via Technology for delivery systems.

 

Program Code 50 in MOSIS

  • LEAs will identify MOCAP courses with Program Code 50 in their MOSIS October Cycle – Course Assignment.

  • For student courses identified with the Program Code of 50, the educator course and educator do not need to be reported in the Course Assignment, Educator Core, or the Educator School files because the appropriate certification has already been verified by MOCAP.

 

Program Code 52 – Curriculum Only in MOSIS

  • LEAs will identify MOCAP curriculum only with Program Code 52 - in their MOSIS October Cycle - Course Assignment.
  • For MOCAP curriculum-only courses, an LEA must use an appropriately certificated teacher.

  • For courses that do not have a MOCAP teacher, the LEA will report educator information in the MOSIS October Cycle – Educator Core and Educator School.

  • If an LEA does not have an appropriately certificated teacher, the course cannot be reported as a MOCAP course. Therefore, do not enter a program code; enter only the delivery system from Exhibit 34.

 

LEAs as Courseware Providers That Are NOT in the MOCAP Course Catalog

  • Section 162.1049, RSMo requires nonresident district and resident district shall accept each other’s credits.

  • LEAs may develop and provide online courses for other LEAs if standards in Section 162.1250, RSMo have been met.

  • When purchasing virtual education from a Missouri LEA, the educating LEA (receiving) must coordinate with the sending LEA (where the student is enrolled) under the Cooperative Agreement - Resident 1.

  • These are not MOCAP courses, so do not enter a program code; enter only the delivery system from Exhibit 34.

Virtual Providers That Are NOT in the MOCAP Course Catalog

  • LEAs may use commercial virtual providers that have not been vetted through MOCAP; however, the LEA is responsible for ensuring that statutory requirements have been met.

  • LEAs will input the teacher of record for virtual courses that are not MOCAP approved.

  • Virtual courses that are dual enrollment do not require the instructor to be reported.

  • A MOCAP provider may also offer additional courses that are not MOCAP approved and cannot be reported with the program code for MOCAP. Do not enter a program code for these courses. Simply enter the delivery system according to Exhibit 34 of S for Electronic Media or V for Virtual in the October Course Assignment.

Reporting for Virtual Education in MOSIS - Core Data and MOSIS Manual

 

Provider of Virtual Course

Program Code for October Course Assignment

Delivery System

Teacher of Record Reported by
Assurance Curriculum is Aligned

MOCAP

50 - MOCAP

V

MOCAP
MOCAP
MOCAP - Curriculum Only
52 - MOCAP Curriculum Only
S or V
LEA where student is enrolled and attending using its own educator
Developed by LEA No program code S or V LEA where the student is enrolled and attending LEA where student is enrolled and attending
Purchased from another LEA S or V Receiving/Educating LEA Receiving/Educating LEA
Purchased from commercial provider that is not MOCAP approved S or V LEA where student is enrolled and attending reports educator information from provider or uses its own educator LEA where student is enrolled

 

Exhibit 34-Reporting Instruction via Technology

Course Delivery
Method

Electronic Media

Virtual

ITV

Delivery System Code

S

V

"Blank"

Definition

Student is taking a course via CD, DVD, online, etc. at the LEA which has purchased the program.
Some utilization of this delivery method could be credit recovery or serving at-risk students. Examples include Rosetta Stone, OdysseyWare, Plato, etc.

Student is taking an asynchronous (teacher and students do not usually interact simultaneously) online course with a Missouri- certificated teacher. The course may be provided by the Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program (MOCAP), other LEAs, a higher education institution (Mizzou K12 Online) or a commercial company.

Student is taking a synchronous (teacher and students interacting simultaneously) course at the LEA via interactive
television (ITV) or distance education programs.

Instruction Characteristics

Content of instruction is not developed or delivered by the local teacher. No direct teacher instruction or involvement. Does not include asynchronous instruction that is part of a virtual/online course.

Content of instruction is developed by the course provider or developed locally, and is delivered by a Missouri- certificated teacher.

Content of instruction is developed and delivered by the ITV teacher.

Teacher of Record/Educator Reported

Physically present supervisor of the classroom/computer lab, but is not providing the instruction.

Teacher leading/supporting the instruction.

Teacher leading the instruction.

Teacher Certification

Missouri-certificated at appropriate grade level, but not necessarily in the
content area.

Missouri-certificated in the content area and grade level.

Missouri-certificated in the content area and grade level.