CHILDREN WHO NEED SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
Lotus & Ivy’s administrative team is happy to meet with your family if you have questions about whether we can support accommodations for your child. While we are committed to supporting each child’s needs as best we can, there may be times when our scope of support services is not adequate to meet the needs of a child. As a private, online program, we may not have the resources to provide for all children. Lotus & Ivy reserves the right to deny acceptance or continued enrollment in the program if the administration or staff does not believe we can adequately support the child.
Would your child learn best with special support, modifications, or accommodations? (Please make every effort to be as thorough as possible with your answer as it directly impacts our ability to provide the best possible support for them.)
In addition to the above policies, please read and agree to Lotus & Ivy Zoom Agreements for Students.
Lotus & Ivy Zoom Agreements for Students
This is for your information and is provided to all families enrolled in Lotus & Ivy. Please review and let us know if you need help enforcing these agreements.
We take class time very seriously and cannot allow distractions and disruptions that prevent the other students from hearing the teacher or focusing on the lesson. Please make every effort to join us in making class time as enjoyable and meaningful as possible for all students.
· The student’s video must be on the entire class time. This practice helps us facilitate community and social interaction for our students. It also helps the teacher be able to monitor the students’ progress and engagement. We understand there may be rare exceptions to this if a student has special circumstances. If this is the case, please reach out to Sarah & Heather at lotusandivyvirtualclasses@gmail.com so we may discuss this with you.
· Make sure your child knows how to mute and unmute and has a quiet space for attending class. There will be time for students to engage and interact with the class and the teacher, and the teacher will let everyone know when these times are. When students are unmuted throughout the lesson, background noise can be distracting for the teacher and other students, so, parents, please make sure your student has a quiet environment in which to attend class.
· Virtual backgrounds and/or effects are prohibited.
· Chat rules on Zoom may vary by class. Please check with your child's teacher about this. As a general rule, chat may only be used to ask the teacher questions. Chatting with other students during class is not allowed and this feature may be disabled.
· After appropriate effort to mitigate, distracting and disruptive students will be dismissed at the discretion of Lotus & Ivy. Lotus & Ivy makes every effort to be an inclusive, intentional, and positive program for all students. Lotus & Ivy has a zero-tolerance policy for bullying and hate speech. If a student engages in such behavior, the student will be removed from class immediately and may be withdrawn from the program at the discretion of the teacher and administration.
· Only enrolled Lotus & Ivy students may participate in class. Grownups may be present to assist but are asked to be off camera or inaudible during class time. Grownups should reach out to the teacher outside of class time with questions. We ask that siblings also be off camera during class time.
· Story time is a sacred time during the main lesson. Please refrain from conversation with the student during class time and, especially, during story time.
· Students should be dressed appropriately and ready for class. Pajamas are discouraged.
· Students should eat before or after class unless medically necessary. It is important that the students are ready to do things like movement activities, art and craft, singing, and listening, and should be free from distractions.
· Please save toys for outside of class time. Toys are distracting for the student playing with the toy and for the other students in class.
· Students should arrive to class on time and be prepared with all needed supplies. Teachers send emails or newsletters ahead of time with materials listed for the days/weeks ahead so be sure to look for communication from your child's teacher.
· The Zoom link for class is for ENROLLED Lotus & Ivy students only. We record our classes ONLY for enrolled students who are absent or need to view the recording. These class recordings belong to Lotus & Ivy and any distribution outside of enrolled students is illegal.
Thank you for abiding by these agreements to help us facilitate the best virtual learning environment possible for your students.
If another family referred you to Lotus & Ivy, please let us know so we may thank them.
