Acellus Academy: Most efficient scheduling

[@UltratecJS]

If you want to modify the steps for a class do this using the parent account: Manage account, click on student name, next to each course is where you can adjust the weekly goal / steps.

[@tolostgirl86]

What is a normal weekly goal for each course

[@UltratecJS]

@@tolostgirl86 It varies but it's usually 8 to 14 steps depending on the class and how big it is. You can always modify it to your needs.

[@summersea78]

Thank you for doing this video! We just pulled our son out of public school and signed him up for Acellus and are using your tip for doing one subject a day. He's making out great doing it like this and I don't think I would have thought of doing it like this on my own. I appreciate your video!

[@UltratecJS]

No problem Mel! I'm glad I could help, my kids love it this way and can focus more with better grades.

[@francegamble1]

Thank you. We just enrolled my girls in this. My 10 year old wants to graduate early, and Acellus was the one we chose. My 11 year old is special needs. We were just discussing how to separate the days up.

[@UltratecJS]

I hope you found the video useful France. Just be careful when accelerating at that young age since the earlier they can graduate is 16 with Acellus. It's nice being able to speed up or slow down depending on the needs of each child :).

[@heavenlyclouds1337]

You make it clear an I appreciate it. My granddaughter does not seem to be able to complete most classes. She will skip days even though we tell her she has to do this. She is 13yr old now and she has no interest in learning IMO It is our burden but we will still continue to encourage her and let her know we are here to help. Still rarely gets on to do school work. thanks for your video

[@UltratecJS]

I'm glad I could help, I wish you and your family the best of luck with Acellus.

[@agla72]

I'm about to start homeschooling a 7th grader in New York City. I saw your first video and this one right here. I like the idea of one subject per day and the electives at the end.

[@UltratecJS]

Hey I'm glad you enjoyed the videos! I also have a 2 year review on Acellus that's more recent if you are interested. Good luck to you and your family!

[@beckyrichards8150]

Very helpful video for anyone new to Acellus. We switched to Acellus last year after 7 years of homeschool/virtual school with other programs. This is the ONLY program that has ever held my now 14 yo's attention. We love it. We do whatever my son shows interest in each day. Most days we work way ahead and do more than required. We have learned concepts this year that we struggled with for the years with other programs. We love that the videos are so short and often very entertaining!

[@UltratecJS]

Hey Becky. I'm glad you guys are enjoying the program, it is indeed very good! My kids are doing great with it too. I hope you guys excel with Acellus!

[@keithrush4168]

My son is a 10th grader. We just had to pull him from High School as he had only been 3 days this year. He was diagnosed with ADHD, Severe Social Anxiety, Depression and a Disruptive mood disorder. He is the one who actually researched several online options and Acellus is the one he liked the best. We enrolled him and yesterday was his first day. We made sure he was involved in scheduling his classes. We went with the Basic option with 6 classes, and used his same high school classes he was enrolled minus ROTC and Paint 2. He wanted to start with doing all the classes every day to see what it is like and adjust from there. His high school does an A and B day with 4 classes per day for 1 1/2 hours. He just could not sit in class for that long. Was driving him crazy. We have to get his 9th grade transcript sent to Acellus and see if they accept all of his classes. I can't imagine he would not get credit for them. I do think once he finishes his 2 electives which is Spanish 1 and Coding, we'll get him in a couple more electives that he wants to take. For the Basic option, and with the scholar ship, we are paying $79 dollars a month. We'll try it for a couple months and if all is well, we'll pay out the rest of the year, which is $790. If you pay the full year, you get 2 months free basically. I didn't see the need to pay for the upper two levels. I don't really need a school counselor. It's pretty easy to get the high school graduation requirements on line for your state, and his mom and I can do it ourselves and let him be more involved in that process.

[@UltratecJS]

Hey Keith, it sounds like you did tons of research, which is great. Let me know if they give you credit on classes already completed, from previously talking to other parents I always thought you had to redo the entire grade if you didn't complete a full grade but I could be wrong. The new expensive plans are new and I do not think you need to pay extra for them, the basic is fine which is what has always been what everyone uses. I pay the monthly subscription since we actually do take a 2-month break in the summer which you do not pay during a pause but with the yearly even if you pause you don't get money back.

[@keithrush4168]

Hey Jesse. Sorry. He did complete the 9th grade. That's the transcript I was referring to. He did start from the beginning of his 10th grade classes. The good thing is he isn't to far behind as the grading period for the high school ends this Friday. I'll message you, once we get his grades submitted to Acellus, and what they accept or don't accept.

[@RedditStoriesultra]

Did you like and continued accellus?

[@keithrush4168]

Hey Jesse! We have liked it and our son is still working on the 10th grade. He has had a very hard year. He is about 75% complete. Good thing this program is very self paced, or he would be in real trouble. Your kids still enjoying it? Keith

[@carolynjohnson6214]

Thank you for clarifying for us! Great suggestions for my son.

[@UltratecJS]

No problem! I'm glad you liked the video.

[@jennifermarchand6996]

We just enrolled our boys in Acellus Academy. Your information is very helpful!

[@UltratecJS]

That's awesome, hopefully you guys like it and do great!

[@dopestyleproductions3750]

I put my grandson in Power homeschool in the middle of 10th grade 2022. We left Baltimore school system and started him over I. 10th grade. Now July 2023 he's completed 11th grade and will Complete 12th grade at 16 years old. .. he does the one class per day program.

[@UltratecJS]

That's awesome to hear, I'm sure he's finishing faster than with a traditional school. Both of my kids will also finish earlier at 16. My older one just finished 11th grade and is on pace to graduate in February or March.

[@goldenamazon1333]

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[@tracieperez2629]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience with Acellus Academy and as a parent. 1 class a day sounds like a great option I hadn't considered and even focusing more on a difficult class once other classes have been completed that semester/year already.

[@UltratecJS]

No problem Tracie, I'm glad I could help out!

[@heather7314]

My oldest children attend W.G.U and a few friends graduated from there as well. I love the idea of taking one class a day. I will be implementing it with my children this school year.

[@UltratecJS]

That's awesome, WGU boosted my career a ton! Having this flexibility of choosing our own schedule is great.

[@lillianacourtney718]

I'm 13 I do 20 steps of social studies a day which is a week's worth and about three in my other classes it's what works best for me

[@UltratecJS]

That's awesome lilliana, that's what is nice about Acellus that you can adjust it to what works best for you.

[@rebeccaling5954]

Hi! We just enrolled into Acellus! Typically how long does it take to complete one step of each course? I'd like her to complete all 6 classes by June so she can have her summer off, and I did the math for a class that has 300 steps, she'd need to do about 13 steps a day to complete by June. Just wondering roughly how long each step takes...Thank you!

[@UltratecJS]

It will vary depending on what class it is. The easier classes like Electives, History, and English my kids will usually do 15 steps in 1-2 hours. The harder Math classes, especially once they're in High School, it can take like 3-4 hours to do 10-15 steps. 13 steps a day definitely sounds very doable. For the easier classes we do 15 steps for the week per class.

[@MH-zg5yw]

one lecture video and one quiz is 2 steps. You are only allowed a max of 40 steps per week per course. The soonest you can finish courses and a grade level is 18 weeks due to NCAA and WASC accreditation regulations.

[@bethnjeri404]

Thank you for your videos they are highly supportive, how do we set one subject per day with a weekly step set on the updated Acellus Academy site.pls explain

[@UltratecJS]

Hi Beth, we still follow this same strategy. We simply take all the steps for each class per grade year and divide those steps per the amount of months we want to finish in.

[@UltratecJS]

So the goal is to complete the weekly steps with Acellus by the end of the week and the schedule shown in the video is exactly how we follow it.

[@bethnjeri404]

@@UltratecJS much clear thank you.

[@Tsbandmm22534]

For elementary students, how is the classes? Is there any printouts needed? How do they know they are learning at that course? Is it all just videos that they are watching and answering multiple questions or quizzes online? Are these classes good to transfer back to any public schools in the USA?

[@UltratecJS]

My kids only did from Middle school and onward so I never saw the elementary material but it should be similar to MS and HS. They have to do video lessons, take notes, and take tests to confirm they have learned the subject. Yes you should be able to transfer back to regular public U.S. schools. NCAA is one of the accreditors for Acellus.

[@houseofshamar4519]

Hello! Awesome video! Thank you for sharing your tips! How do you assign a class for the day on Acellus or do you simply tell them to do those subjects on those days?

[@UltratecJS]

Thank you! Acellus schedules the goals per week. We simply do our own schedule and tell them Monday do the 12 steps of Science, Tuesday 12 of Math, etc. Until they meet the goals of the week. Of course you also control how many steps per week they do.

[@saucystew8111]

What have you noticed in terms of knowledge retention? The courses are pretty quick. Do you feel like the quick steps help or hinders students? Do you supplement Acellus with any other curriculum?

[@UltratecJS]

Hi Stew, So far they are retaining the knowledge and not having any issues advancing grades. So far I'm happy with the steps and they are as well. I feel like public schools take all day because a lot of time is wasted but with Acellus, students dive right in and are able to finish quicker. We only use Acellus and use no additional material.

[@Curlydomini]

@@UltratecJSkinda answered my question

[@sheenagravell7475]

Thank you for this! I just signed up my daughter in January and was wondering how to break it up.

[@UltratecJS]

No problem!

[@sheenagravell7475]

@@UltratecJS granted I'm only doing the accellus power homeschool and not the academy but the format is the same. Same material just a cheaper price and not accredited apparently.

[@UltratecJS]

@@sheenagravell7475 That's right, they have the exact same material. I often recommend to parents to just switch their kids back to Acellus Academy on their final year but it's only if you care about accreditation.

[@sheenagravell7475]

@@UltratecJS I have a while before I have to think about that. My daughter is only in 3rd grade (9 in august). 😂 My other daughter will be 4 in May. Yet that's good to know. Can always put her in the academy her senior year.

[@monikcooper4952]

Thank you so much

[@UltratecJS]

No problem!

[@Curlydomini]

The steps for grade 2,3 and 5 go by super fast I set my boys to do 20 steps a week for each class so they dont finish the course super super fast I find it goes. By super fast. They do 20 steps a weeks and it takes them about 6-10 minutes per class. Do the steps take longer to complete as the grades go higher? I’m worried cause we used to use workbooks before and it would take 30 minutes min per class now it’s like 6 minutes there’re done! My 3rd grader finished all 6 courses in 36 minutes today! Scared it’s not enough. I’m scared they’re not learning enough as it’s too short. Hope it’s good enough learning each day. I’m scared the states testing won’t be passed I’m just worried. Have any of your children passed state testing and how did it go?

[@UltratecJS]

I know you mentioned I answered your question from another answer I gave but yes Acellus is a ton more efficient so kids finish faster. If you think about it when kids go to regular school they waste 1 hour getting ready, driving to school, waiting for teachers, interruptions, they finally get started on a few minutes of lectures, and move on to the next class. With Acellus, they go straight to the learning and they are a lot more efficient. I have read some parents send their kids do testing outside of Acellus to make sure they are on pace. Personally, we only sent our oldest to take his SAT's and he did very good. He's now been accepted into college and will start in the next few months. Use the extra time to take family trips, Museums, etc etc. During the two month summer break we gave our kids, we would make them read books as well.

[@signin5915]

I am a student at Acellus academy, and I have a question about my GPA,Why does my GPA lower every time i complete a course even though i completed a course with a B or A?

[@UltratecJS]

GPAs are all about average scores, so the closer you are to 100%, the higher the GPA will be. Even a good grade like a B can lower the GPA. You should still reach out to Acellus and ask them the same question and make sure there are no errors.

[@fruity_mango6539]

Thoughts on power homeschool?

[@UltratecJS]

They have the exact same classes that Acellus offers so it's definitely a good option too. The only difference is that Power doesn't have accreditation but it's not supposed to make much difference when you home school. I personally like a school that is accredited so that's why I ended up going with Acellus.

[@fruity_mango6539]

@@UltratecJS Thank you so much! 😊

[@heather7314]

The accreditation doesn’t add any value to a homeschooler education. Some parents just like that it’s accredited but it doesn’t make any difference to universities. Only difference between power and acellus is the accreditation and cost.

[@fruity_mango6539]

@@heather7314 thank you!

[@UltratecJS]

@@heather7314 Hi Heather, yes I mention that on my latest Acellus video. I still like them to have it since rules are always changing.

[@belenmurray4682]

How do you unlock the activities? My son does 1 subject a day but the activities haven't unlocked.

[@UltratecJS]

You might unlock it if you do classes the traditional way where you do all classes per day.

[@Mia-uv8oc]

Thank you for your video, it’s really helpful. I am considering enrolling my kid in the Basic Plan with annual payments. I would like to know if this means that he will be limited to taking a maximum of 6 courses in a year? If he completes 6 courses within three months, would he be able to start another 6 courses immediately? Is it possible to complete 12 courses in a year?

[@UltratecJS]

No there is no limit, you can take as many as you can handle. The 6 class limit is per school grade. Once you finish a class, it auto populates the next one for the next grade.

[@jorleenjoyfeliciano2923]

This is very helpful! Thank you!

[@UltratecJS]

My pleasure and I'm glad I could help!

[@kaseyduggar6849]

Hi! Is there a particular computer brand that’s best to run Acellus? Thanks!!

[@UltratecJS]

Acellus is very light weight so just about any decent modern system will do just fine.

[@kaseyduggar6849]

@@UltratecJS Thank you! Do I have to purchase Microsoft? Or will a Mac work?

[@UltratecJS]

@@kaseyduggar6849 You do not need to buy MS Office and yes a Mac will work. Everything is built into Acellus.

[@kaseyduggar6849]

@@UltratecJS thanks so much!

[@UltratecJS]

@@kaseyduggar6849 no problem!

[@carterkaiser]

how do i change the scheduled if i need to have a day off or make it a day with no school

[@UltratecJS]

@@carterkaiser You just take it off. The schedule resets every week.

[@Tsbandmm22534]

Would you recommend Acellus Academy for a second grader or the Power Homeschool since it’s cheaper? I know Power Homeschool is not accredited but it is cheaper.. but they both use the Acellus program. Also I heard it doesn’t really matter until they get into highschool, that’s when credits and transcripts really count, is that correct?

[@UltratecJS]

They both use the same exact material and you can always change to Acellus in High School to get the accredited degree the last year.

[@Tsbandmm22534]

Did you keep records of attendance and grades while your kids were doing Acellus? If so how and what did you use? I do understand Acellus has its own grading system though, but I want to keep records also of what my child is doing. Can we supplement other curriculums with Acellus ?

[@UltratecJS]

@@Tsbandmm22534 Acellus provides transcripts of grades so we just print those for our records. We only use Acellus but you can do extra work if you feel they can benefit from it. It's up to you as a parent and that's a benefit of home schooling where you can make your own decisions instead of the schools.

[@monicagonzalez1194]

How do you tell how many steps are in each high school course, to make sure they are doing enough steps to finish on our time line?

[@UltratecJS]

@@monicagonzalez1194 You will have to login to the parents portal and then each course shows how many steps they are.

[@Laila-account]

How many steps to do daily please

[@Laila-account]

@@UltratecJS how many steps weekly students I really confused pls

[@UltratecJS]

@Laila-account You can leave the default or increase the steps if you want to finish faster. It's up to you.

[@kmom9070]

Soo how about accommodations? Like can we set it up to be accessible for a child that needs support...like only multi-choice questions and all the content audio? [Have profound dyslexia and dysgraphia lots of therapy]

[@UltratecJS]

Hi K mom, I am not sure about this, but I do know they have programs for special needs. I would reach out to them directly or do a one month trial to test it.

[@Sleepy_Douche]

Hey Jesse i just switched to home school how many steps per day for each subject should i be doing?

[@UltratecJS]

From the parents login if you go to manage account, you can see your classes and the weekly goals. You can also modify these and increase or decrease the steps. A quick way to see how long each class will take to finish with the default steps is dividing the total steps by 4 to see how many months it will take you.

[@1991ncr]

When your child works on 1 subject per day, do they just work on the lessons for that week. So like 1 hour a day? I have a 12 year old who I homeschool, but sometimes has no interest and it just makes me sad. Thank you for your videos, I’m glad I came across them.

[@UltratecJS]

Hello 👋, yes they will do one subject per day and complete the whole week in that one day for the one subject. Usually it will range from 12-15 steps to complete one subject's goal for the week. What works for my kids motivation is they cannot use any video games, tv, phones, etc unless everything is completed. I also have asked them if they want to go back to public school, but they do not and have no problem completing everything.

[@christineno2887]

Great, how do I lock the laptop to avoid kids from moving to other sites during class. Any videos? Thanks

[@livefree1111]

Do we pay the full price before qualifying for the scholarship? When can you qualify for the scholarship?

[@UltratecJS]

You qualify for the scholarship immediately. Just select that option when you are about to pay.

[@livefree1111]

@@UltratecJS Thanks!

[@cuortship]

Hi i was wondering how i finish? i am quiet behinde and it ends may and its may and im like 100 steps behind each class? How do i finish and what happens when i do.

[@UltratecJS]

You would just need to adjust your weekly steps to how fast you want to finish. Just divide the total steps remaining by however fast you want to or need to finish. There is no time limit or penalty for going at your own pace.

[@gerigomez5890]

what is the weekly meeting the students have to attend?

[@UltratecJS]

This is only needed if you participate in the scholarship program. Here is the link sciencelive.com/ students have to comment and leave their I'd # in the comment section to get credit.

[@karaholston6777]

We are new to Acellus. How do you make increase/decrease the steps?

[@UltratecJS]

You have to go to Manage account, click on student name, next to each course is where you can adjust the weekly goal / steps.

[@karaholston6777]

@@UltratecJS Got it!! Thank you!!!

[@Liz-pn6ng]

@@UltratecJS on student version or parent

[@UltratecJS]

@@Liz-pn6ng Parent has to change it

[@deborahbonfante9207]

How can I transfer my sons credits from freshman-junior year to acellus ? He is starting acellus only for senior year

[@UltratecJS]

This should have the answer www.acellusacademy.com/frequently-asked-questions/#:~:text=Credits%20earned%20while%20attending%20another,transfer%20of%20credit(s). I haven't had to transfer any in but shouldn't be too bad. I imagine you just have to request them from the current school and then provide them with Acellus information so they can send them there.

[@lindamelski8269]

Hi...do you use the program in teaching or tutoring mode?

[@UltratecJS]

Teaching mode but I might try tutoring mode. I might make a video on that mode to explain the benefits. I also might discuss the new pricing models they introduced.

[@trayrodriguez3749]

What do you think is the best schedule for a first grader my son has a hard time sitting still and focusing

[@UltratecJS]

I would try the default steps and see how he does and then adjust based on that to either add or reduce steps.

[@trayrodriguez3749]

@@UltratecJS thank you sir

[@bettybrooks6585]

Can you help me figure out how to remove or block the windows app store? I have Net Nanny to block everything else, but roblox is still accessable through the app store, and Net Nanny doesnt report it. Im trying to dedicate the computer to school only.

[@UltratecJS]

Yes, watch my video on how to setup Kiosk mode in Windows 10 for Acellus or aka Assigned access in Windows 11. Read the pinned comment for updated instructions.

[@goreds4205]

Realistically can my 16 year old who’s in 9th grade graduate at 17? Is it possible to compete that much work in a year? Or do the limit how much you can do

[@UltratecJS]

You can definitely accelerate with Acellus. There is a 40 step limit per week on some classes set by NCAA regulations but that's still plenty to go faster. Most classes are about 220-280 steps so as you can see 40 steps limit per week is not much. I recommend you do a one month trial with a test account so you can see for yourself. You can request your money back and they issue it no problems.

[@Gliztard]

this helps. thanks man

[@UltratecJS]

No problem!

[@MARZWERA06]

Is it true that when my child is finished with Acellus it does not equal a high school diploma?

[@UltratecJS]

That's not true, you get an Accredited High School diploma accepted at all colleges and universities.

[@MARZWERA06]

So it is not a high school diploma? Or its equal to a high school diploma? Im sorry, im having trouble understanding.

[@UltratecJS]

@@MARZWERA06 It's a high school diploma.

[@MARZWERA06]

*Acellus powered homeschool

[@java4mama]

This is a wonderful and such a helpful video. Thank you 😊

[@UltratecJS]

You are welcome!

[@Tucoxcrzy]

They still have not emailed me back

[@UltratecJS]

If you check my 2 year review of Acellus, this is one of the complaints I mention where they take extremely long to respond. I wish that once they start working on our request, they would try to call you so everything can be answered in one shot. Most of the time by the time they respond again, I have moved on from the issue on my own.

[@java4mama]

Hi Jesse, we just signed up for power homeschool. My son is in 11th grade. How easy is it to switch to their accredited Acellus program after being enrolled in power? I feel I might want to switch so that he gets an actual diploma. Thanks

[@UltratecJS]

You can get started right away and all you have to do is send them his transcripts to get credit for previous classes.

[@spark4945]

Did you switch from power homeschool to Acellus? Was it easy? Did you have to get ahold of a human or just online information transfer??