1.1.2 Teacher Meetings
Scheduled Teacher Meetings
1.1.2
Section 1 — General School Information
Scheduled Teacher Meetings
Your scheduled one-on-one meeting with your teacher is one of the most important parts of your education at CPA. This is not just a check-in — it is where your learning is verified and your grade is earned.
Meeting attendance is required
Grades are not awarded without a meeting. Attending meetings helps your grade. Missing meetings harms it. Even if your digital textbook scores are strong, your grade cannot be finalized without the live meeting. This is school policy.
What the meeting actually is
Think of your scheduled meeting as a thesis defense at a high school level. You have spent the week studying, completing assignments, and preparing. Now you sit down with your teacher and show what you actually learned. Your teacher will ask you to explain concepts, solve problems, discuss themes, defend arguments, and answer questions you did not prepare for.
No AI tool can do this for you. No script can replace genuine understanding. The meeting is where real learning proves itself — and where your grade is earned.
"You cannot fake a real conversation with your teacher. And you should never have to."
Meeting logistics
[Cal]
Set by your teacher
Your teacher sets the meeting time in agreement with your schedule. CPA operates on Pacific Time (PST/PDT).
[~1hr]
About one hour
Each one-on-one meeting is approximately one hour. Your teacher may choose to break this into two separate half-hour meetings.
[Zoom]
Via Zoom
Your teacher provides the Zoom link. You need a stable internet connection, microphone, headphones, and webcam.
[Par]
Parents welcome
Parents may join any meeting — sitting beside you or from a separate device. You are encouraged to have them participate.
How to prepare for every meeting
Come in with all of the following ready:
- All assigned work for the current section completed
- Before your meeting, complete the Meeting Prep Survey in your Meeting Prep class.
- Your Calvary course pages open in separate browser tabs — one tab per course, each open to the correct section (i.e. first tab: English section 5, second tab: Algebra section 5, etc). This way both you and your teacher can see all your course sections at a glance.
- Assignments organized and ready to walk through
- A clear idea of what you want to present and what questions you have
Preparation is scored
Preparation is graded. A student who arrives disorganized, without tabs open, without completed work, starts the meeting already losing points. Preparation is worth 4 of the 10 meeting attendance points each section.
What happens during the meeting
Your teacher begins by reviewing your Meeting Prep Survey with you. Then they work through your courses — prioritizing based on what you submitted. For each subject, you present your work, explain what you learned, and respond to questions. Your teacher scores your learning verification across four components: depth of understanding, responsiveness to questioning, growth awareness and ownership, and teacher conviction.
Reschedule policy
You get one free reschedule per Semester (Fall and/or Spring). Use it if you genuinely need it. After that, rescheduling is treated as a missed meeting — zero attendance points for that section. Even if you miss or reschedule, your work is still due at the original appointment time.
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6