To demonstrate your student’s active participation in the program, they’ll be asked to submit a weekly learning log – a short summary of what they learned throughout the week.
Learning logs are a great way to track your student’s success over the school year. They’re also an easy-to-manage accountability tool, demonstrating the hard work that your student is putting into the subjects listed on their education plan.
Each week, your student’s teacher will review their learning log and send back some supportive feedback. You can view their teacher’s feedback through the Learning logs menu option in the OpenEd platform. (This menu option will only appear once the school year starts.)
More of a visual learner? Watch this quick learning log overview video!
How It Works
Learning logs can be submitted anytime during the week. You’ll be able to access each learning log up to 21 days before it’s due. Each log will be due on the following Monday by 11:59 PM.
Example: If a learning log starts on Monday, September 8th, then it’ll be due on Monday, September 15th – one week later.
We strongly encourage students to submit their own learning logs by logging into the platform themselves, but you can also submit the log for your student if necessary.
How To Submit A Learning Log
After logging in, click on the Learning logs menu option from the lefthand sidebar.
On this page, you can see all of your student’s upcoming learning logs, their due dates, and their status.
Through the Teacher Feedback box on the right side of the screen, you can view any recent feedback that your student’s teacher has left on their learning logs.
Click on a learning log to open it. On the log, your student will be asked to give a brief summary of what they learned this week.
They’ll also be asked to check off which required subjects from their education plan that they participated in.
All of these subjects will be checked off by default, so if your student participated in all of their subjects, they don’t have to do anything!
If your student unchecks a subject, they’ll be asked to explain why they missed that subject for the week. (This info is just for your teacher’s reference – as long as your student’s learning log is submitted with their 3-4 sentence reflection, they’ll be marked as attended for the week.)
Through a slider, your student will be asked to enter the number of participation hours that they spent learning that week.
In Kansas, students should log a total of 1,116 participation hours throughout the school year.
If your student wants to, they can share some photos or work samples from the week with their teacher – but this is totally optional.
After your student is happy with their log, they can click the Submit my learning log button at the bottom of the page. That will send the log over to their teacher for review!
Learning Log Statuses
You’ll see a few different statuses on your student’s learning logs.
Here’s a quick guide on what they mean:
Status | Meaning |
Action Required | Your student’s learning log is overdue. Please submit it as soon as possible. |
Completed | Your student’s teacher has graded this log as complete. You’re all set! |
Draft | The learning log hasn’t been submitted yet. Any changes your student makes will be automatically saved. |
Excuse Requested | You’ve requested this log as excused, but your student’s teacher hasn’t approved the excuse yet. (Once they do, the status will change to “Completed.”) |
Excused | Your student’s teacher has approved your request to excuse this learning log. |
Submitted | The learning log has been submitted to your student’s teacher, but it hasn’t been graded yet. |
Requesting A Learning Log As Excused
To request that a learning log be excused, click on the Request an Excuse button under the Activity & Feedback section of the screen.
After you request your excuse, a comment box will appear.
Use this comment box to let your teacher know why you’re requesting the excuse.
How Learning Logs Affect Enrollment
For your student to stay enrolled in good standing in the program, they’ll need to submit all of their learning logs.
Our team is invested in your student’s progress – we want them to succeed! If your student has a missing or incomplete log, our interventions team might reach out to see how we can help.
If your student’s logs are consistently late or incomplete, they might be at risk of being withdrawn from the program.
Stay informed: Review our Withdrawal/Repayment Policy for students who withdraw before the end of the school year.