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My DD is entering 11th grade. She did freshman year at a brand new private Catholic school in Front Royal. It was a great experience, BUT it was 60 miles away. We couldn't do it again. Last year, her sophmore year, she was enrolled in Classical Conversations (also 60 miles away - but only for 30 days- 1X/week for 30 weeks). I knew I needed help, especially with the science labs so this tutor program worked out great for me. However, DD still hasn't finished the Alg II and feels like she learned alot but there was room for her to slack off with the accountability being weekly instead of daily.
There are things that don't "fit" our large family life and there are things that I don't follow through on (I'm sanguine) there are things that my DD doesn't follow through on (she's sanguine, too).
The bottom line is that it doesn't matter what doesn't fit or what we have issues with. I need her to be fully prepared to go to college (Stubenville is her goal) and be successful academically there. I have to be aware of our stuggles, but I need a plan to overcome them not a plan that gets us off the hook (and leaves DD unprepared).
As I begin to plan this year I wonder what changes I can make to streamline her accountability and make this year easier for her to be accountable.
I am definitely sending her to a CC campus for a half a day once/week for a total of 30 weeks of tutoring in Advanced Math, Latin II and Chemistry. The other subjects I am thinking of turning to a "curricula in a can" place like Seton or Kolbe.
If anyone has experience with these programs, could you let me know how the accountability is?
I expect that I will get the text, the syllabus, the grading and the counseling from either of these schools, but I really need a program where there are some fixed deadlines. Even loose deadlines would be better than quarterly deadlines. I was hoping homework/papers/tests/quizzes, etc. would be turned in on a pretty regular basis. Is this unrealistic? Do these firm deadlines need to come from me (the teacher)? How do you use a curriculum with your students. Do you review the syllabus and then create a calendar with due dates, quiz dates, etc. Any tips would be appreciated.
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I know that Seton doesn't have deadlines, except for participating in the graduation ceremony, and I don't think Kolbe does either. I believe that they both have open enrollment, so students start their classes at all times during the year.
As far as Seton, they give you a lesson plan which gives the work to be accomplished each day. Making sure it's done, is either up to the student or the parent. But you can see what tests or papers have been done, or not done online. You can look at each course and know what tests have been taken, the grades, and the same for written assignments.
I know that my dd became much more careful in her work once it was someone other than me doing the grading. She is the first one to say that she needs that accountability. But at the same time, she's become almost completely independent in doing her school work. We do correct math together each day, and check some other books, like vocabulary, weekly, but the rest she does on her own.
I hope you both find something that works well for your family. 
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Kathy:
I know that while Kolbe does not have a strict deadline and we have honestly never handed in paperwork to them, we did have an interesting experience this year with them with the EES. I needed accountability because handing in papers to mom just isn't as real to some of mine. I am very specific about the needs, strengths and weaknesses - + personalities of the child when I fill out the EES forms. (I usually have to attach seperate pages for my descriptions). One of my children with them in EES had an evaluator who basically assigned one day per week for them to turn in papers. If they turned them in on any other day, they went to the bottom of the queue - but if they handed them in on the day assigned, she guaranteed a certain turnaround time. ) How much of how well this worked had to do with the fact that this is my very rule based, disciplined child and how much was the incentive to do it on a certain date - don't know. It did work well for us. I'm sure that if you spoke to Kolbe, they would be willing to work something out with you and help you enforce deadlines at least within the EES - you just have to be very specific with your requests on EES.
The other thing we found helpful in terms of deadlines is making older children accountable to dad. Having someone other than just mom, helps eliminate the reaction to deadlines as if it is mom nagging.
Hope this helps.
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Kathy, do you have any other questions on either of these programs? Have you decided what you're going to do?
In re-reading your post about deadlines, with the Seton lesson plans, it is all listed by day of the week - meaning week one day one lesson plan. So it's similar to having a deadline, but it's by the week and day, not by a particular date - if that makes sense.
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Thank you Janet and Teachin'Mine2!
I've decided to enroll DD in Seton for American Lit, American Hist., and Religion 11. A friend owned all these books and was generous enough to loan them to me!  How's that for making an easy decision!
I'll just have to look at the course outline and set firm dates. Do you think Seton's staff would mind getting emails of coursework? I wonder if there will be regular quizes she needs to email in to keep her accountable for keeping up with her reading assignments.
This would help tremendously.
She's a bright and determined girl. I'm sure we're going to have a great year. 
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Kathy that's great that you've got the materials for the courses! They'll send you the lesson plans. When you get them, you can put dates on them if you like, or just consider the week she starts as week one. Then you can check on her assignments daily or weekly to make sure she's staying current. You'll also be able to click on each of the courses and see what work she's submitted and what grade she received.
Almost all work can be uploaded instead of sending it by mail. You'll know how many quizzes or tests there are by going onto the My Seton site and looking at her courses. Everything which needs to be graded is listed there. I think you're going to have a great year too!
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