GETTING STARTED FOR SITE COORDINATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS
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Quick Start Guide
Get your site up and running right away by following the simple steps in the quick start guide.
At Edmentum, we strive to deliver effective, rigorous, and research-based online learning. The resources on this page will help school and district site coordinators and administrators get started and support student success with EdOptions Academy.
Best Practices from Calvert Learning to Support Elementary Students
Learning in the elementary grades is all about interactive, hands-on instruction and collaborative experiences—which means school closures have been especially difficult for K–5 educators to navigate. However, with the right teaching strategies virtual learning can be effective for elementary students.
Get to Know the Student Information System (SIS): Genius
Use the videos and guides below to learn how to navigate your SIS.
Managing Student Records
Resources for Guiding Learning at Home
Plus Framework K-5
The PLUS framework actively engages students in PROJECTS. Projects allow students to apply what they LEARN, USE it in practical and meaningful ways, and then SHOW it to demonstrate mastery and build confidence.
Utilizing Calvert Learning with iPads? Check out these helpful tutorials:
Calvert on iPads - Genius Calvert on iPads - Maestro
Share Parent and Student Resources
Additional Support for Parents & Families
Having resources to help onboard students and parents is essential to an effective implementation.
Use these tools to connect with families.
PARENT LETTERS
Provide a parent letter to introduce the program and key features.
Parent Letter - Maestro - English
Parent Letter - Maestro - Spanish
Parent Letter - Genius - English
Parent Letter - Genius - Spanish
FAMILY OVERVIEW
Share the recorded program overview with students and families to give them an overview of the student experience.
BEST PRACTICES
Share teaching and learning best practices and printable resources.
Learn More About Your SIS
Your student information system (SIS) is a critical component of how you will engage with Calvert Learning. Click on the links below to learn more about Maestro and Genius.
Access Exact Path
As a Calvert Learning customer, you also will receive access to our K–12 individualized learning program, Exact Path, to support ongoing academic growth aligned to specific needs.
Adding Students
Edmentum’s six learning design principles provide the bedrock of Courseware’s learning methodology. Each principle has a sound basis in theory, best practice, and research.
Courseware Learning Design 6-12
Edmentum Learning Design
Daily Schedule Template
Principles of Teaching at Home: When Parents Become Learning Guides
Working from Home with Children Learning from Home: Build a Schedule that Works
A Parent Guide: Support Your Child During Virtual Learning
Using Manipulatives at Home
Keys to Successful Online Learning
Mom Enough Podcast
5 Things Parents Can Do to Support Students Learning Online
Virtual Learning for Elementary Students: Does It Really Work?
Creating a Learning Environment to Set your Child up for Success
Adding a Course Request
Share the Getting Started for Students, Parents, and Caregivers page to help families get up and running. This page is also a valuable resource for you as you provide support to your school or district community.
Access the resources below to learn more about what and how your students are learning in Edmentum programs.
Quick Start Guide
Follow the steps in the Quick Start Guide to get your program up and running right away.
Exploring your SIS
Viewing a Course Request
Approving a Course Request
Monitoring Student Progress
Identifying and Adding IEP Documentation
Removing a Student from a Course
Tracking Attendance
The Learn Anywhere Oklahoma (LAOK) help desk is excited to assist the Edmentum team in providing additional resources to help address your questions and needs regarding the LAOK initiative and Edmentum programs. Their help desk staff has been trained to provide support for entry- and medium-level questions. We are making a few shifts to improve response time for support requests, to streamline escalations, and to provide a single point of contact for all LAOK issues.
Support and Help Desk Requests
- For new help desk cases: Please submit all LAOK support requests to info@learnanywhereok.org.
- For existing cases and escalations: Please continue to work with Edmentum Support to resolve your case.