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These guidelines explain in general terms the principles which are the basis of “procedural fairness” and provide guidance as to how Flex Academy can effectively address the requirements of “procedural fairness” when developing policies governing their day-to-...

We recognize that our students occasionally will participate in learning activities outside of the home or campus setting. In order to protect our students at these various locations, including third-party locations we have the following safeguards in place. ...

The safety and wellbeing of children at Heritage Christian Online School (HCOS) is of paramount consideration. Children deserve to be protected from abuse, neglect, bullying, harm or threat of harm. Therefore, HCOS Staff and Teachers will ensure that children ...

Parents and guardians have a supporting role under the direction of the teacher. The role of the parent or guardian is to support the teacher in implementing the education plan for the learner. The role of parents should be to: Have primary responsibility ...

Who are Out-of-Province Students? Out-of-Province students are students who live outside of BC and do not meet the eligibility requirements for BC residency. They are invoiced for the educational programming that HCOS provides them. They are not eligible for ...

Independent Directed Studies (IDS) Overview Under teacher supervision, students can earn additional Independent Directed Study (IDS) credits by pursuing curriculum in more detail. At HCOS students are enrolled in Ministry-Developed or BAA developed courses pr...

Heads of School, Flex Directors and Flex School Leaders will be evaluated as they near the end of their first year of employment with Flex Academy. This evaluation will be comprised of two parts: Administrator’s Self-Evaluation and Supervisor's Evaluation. The...

Rationale Outline the procedures that determine how learning resources are chosen and how Flex Academy will address concerns or challenges.   Definition of Learning Resources Learning Resources are texts, videos, software, and instructional materials that t...

As a Provincial Online Learning School: Independent, our students are located in their homes; as such, the HCOS drinking water policy is not applicable to these learning environments.  The main office facility is compliant with water testing requirements (les...

Course Challenge Policy To challenge a course is to prove a student has undocumented prior learning. Students are entitled to challenge courses in order to receive credit for Ministry Authorized or Board Authority Authorized Grade 10, 11 or 12 courses. Prior...

Flex Response to Intervention (RTI) Model Flex Academy uses a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework, utilizing formative assessment to regularly collect data to make instructional decisions in a multi-tier model. While valuing prevention and early interven...

At Flex Academy we have five different people groups involved in the process of providing education: Children Parents Educators: Teachers, Education Assistants and Learning Coaches Administration Staff and Leaders Kelowna Christian Center Society (KCCS) S...

Heritage Christian Online School (HCOS) endeavors to see all members of its community as healthy as possible, physically, psychologically and spiritually.  HCOS recognizes that the use of certain substances is a detrimental lifestyle choice for students, emplo...

At Heritage Christian Online School (HCOS) we have five different people groups involved in the process of providing education: Children Parents Teachers Administration Staff and Leaders School Committee & Kelowna Christian Center Society (KCCS) Leadershi...

HCOS considers the privacy and protection of student information of utmost importance.  We also hold the value of community and relationship between students and teachers to be paramount.  In an online learning environment this is achieved primarily through th...

HCOS Response to Intervention (RTI) Model HCOS uses a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework, utilizing formative assessment to regularly collect data to make instructional decisions in a multi-tier model. While valuing prevention and early intervention, te...

Acceleration Policy "Acceleration is the practice of placing students at a higher than normal level of instruction to meet their learning needs. It occurs when a teacher provides the student with advanced curriculum, when a student skips a grade, or when a st...

At Flex Academy, we value the safety of staff and students. We practice fire, earthquake and lockdown procedures each year to help keep us prepared in the case of an emergency. Staff are trained on Safety Procedures at the beginning of each year and drill-spec...

Supervision Before and After School and During Breaks At the beginning of the school day, parents and guardians are asked to drop off students between 8:15-8:30am so that students can go directly to their classrooms. Parents and guardians are asked to pick...

For the protection of Flex Academy, our staff, our teachers, our parents and our students, we have the following safeguards in place: Leadership may at any time request to see any and all email correspondence teacher to teacher, teacher to parent, and teach...