Parent Role

Updated June 25, 2026
At Columbia Virtual Academy (CVA), student success requires active parental involvement. Depending on the student’s grade level, this may include providing direct instruction or monitoring progress, but in all cases, parents play an essential role in guiding and supporting daily learning by:
 
  • delivering daily lessons (text-based curriculum, K-8);
  • monitoring student progress (online curriculum, K-12);
  • planning and navigating daily academic schedules;
  • ensuring students are completing work;
  • assisting with grading of student work;
  • collaborating with CVA teachers;
  • facilitating regular submission of work samples;
  • preparing students for monthly reviews;
  • preparing students for assessments'
  • ensuring students have the necessary technology (high speed internet, updated browsers, plugins and settings, speakers and microphones, as applicable) and know how to use it;
  • ensuring safe keeping and good care of all CVA instructional resources loaned to students ;