WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.166 --> 00:00:08.250 When the pandemic hit, we kind of 2 00:00:08.250 --> 00:00:12.625 were out of options, because the school was closing down that we were at. 3 00:00:12.625 --> 00:00:15.708 So we didn't know what was happening during that time. 4 00:00:15.708 --> 00:00:17.333 And Georgia Cyber came up, 5 00:00:17.333 --> 00:00:20.083 and I called somebody, and they were very helpful. 6 00:00:20.083 --> 00:00:25.250 We made the decision really right away, because it seemed like a great fit 7 00:00:25.333 --> 00:00:29.666 and we enrolled him, signed him up, and it was a very good decision. 8 00:00:29.666 --> 00:00:34.625 I like how the teachers teach, like, everything you need to know. 9 00:00:34.625 --> 00:00:40.375 And they have the modules completely on the subject that they are speaking. 10 00:00:40.375 --> 00:00:44.750 So the role for the parent or Learning Coach at GCA would definitely be: 11 00:00:44.833 --> 00:00:47.625 it keeps you accountable, I think, more 12 00:00:47.625 --> 00:00:50.708 of how your child is learning. 13 00:00:50.708 --> 00:00:53.791 There's definitely a direct line of contact, you know, 14 00:00:53.791 --> 00:00:55.583 with the parent and the teacher. 15 00:00:55.583 --> 00:00:57.791 Expectations are presented upfront. 16 00:00:57.791 --> 00:01:00.958 If I have a question as a parent, I get a response immediately. 17 00:01:01.041 --> 00:01:06.250 So if he has any questions on classwork or anything, he can go to them. 18 00:01:06.250 --> 00:01:09.666 It's challenging, but it's a good challenging for him. 19 00:01:09.666 --> 00:01:12.916 They're not like too hard or too easy. 20 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:14.541 They're like, just in the middle. 21 00:01:14.541 --> 00:01:17.000 Just watching him grow leaps and bounds. 22 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.791 Sometimes if he doesn't understand something, his teacher will the next day 23 00:01:20.791 --> 00:01:21.875 put him in a breakout room. 24 00:01:21.875 --> 00:01:26.291 And we all turn on the cameras, and so does the teacher. 25 00:01:26.291 --> 00:01:30.500 He had Spanish last year, creative writing this year, computer literacy. 26 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:32.541 Then he has the health, 27 00:01:32.541 --> 00:01:33.791 art, P.E.. 28 00:01:33.791 --> 00:01:35.708 I felt like when he was in brick-and-mortar, 29 00:01:35.708 --> 00:01:38.708 there was a lot of time wasted in the classroom, 30 00:01:38.833 --> 00:01:42.000 whereas now he has a really good schedule. 31 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.583 So a day in the life would be homeroom starts at eight. 32 00:01:45.583 --> 00:01:49.958 Then he'll have his core content classes - math and language arts. 33 00:01:50.041 --> 00:01:53.750 And then he'll have a break or an elective based on the day. 34 00:01:53.833 --> 00:01:57.375 Then he'll have another class, which is social studies, then lunch. 35 00:01:57.375 --> 00:02:02.791 And then he gets to go outside, and he'll play. Then after that, 36 00:02:02.875 --> 00:02:06.666 he'll get back into his class, because by that time it's about 1:50. 37 00:02:06.666 --> 00:02:09.166 He'll have another class, and then he'll have his science. 38 00:02:09.166 --> 00:02:13.833 And then that takes us to 3:30. In between some of those classes, 39 00:02:13.833 --> 00:02:14.666 depending on the days, 40 00:02:14.666 --> 00:02:16.416 he'll have a break. 41 00:02:16.416 --> 00:02:20.083 During the break, he'll do work, do a quiz, whatever 42 00:02:20.083 --> 00:02:23.500 he has to do for that day. Now that takes us to like 3:30, 43 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:26.708 so I'll make sure everything was check-listed off of his board, 44 00:02:26.791 --> 00:02:29.791 off of his module page for that day. 45 00:02:30.458 --> 00:02:34.041 And then he'll have like that afternoon just, you know, to kind of relax. 46 00:02:34.041 --> 00:02:37.083 And then at night we'll go over any studying things we need to do, 47 00:02:37.083 --> 00:02:39.166 any extra homework he had. 48 00:02:39.166 --> 00:02:41.041 He's doing the show and tell stuff. 49 00:02:41.041 --> 00:02:44.083 He's showing his bird in the class and has interaction that way. 50 00:02:44.083 --> 00:02:45.125 They still have the field trips, 51 00:02:45.125 --> 00:02:48.208 so you still have the interaction with the other classmates. 52 00:02:48.208 --> 00:02:52.250 They use a lot of the manipulatives that they mail us. 53 00:02:52.333 --> 00:02:54.875 It’s nothing where you're just staring at a computer all day. 54 00:02:54.875 --> 00:02:56.125 You're still seeing a teacher 55 00:02:56.125 --> 00:02:59.125 and your classmates. You're still having 56 00:02:59.125 --> 00:03:03.500 all of the aspects of brick-and-mortar, but you're in the comfort of your home. 57 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:05.833 Georgia Cyber Academy is right for me.