CUSTOM COURSEWORK PROGRAM

AVLI’s Custom Coursework Program supports students who must be away from school—whether for illness, injury, travel, or elite-level athletics—by offering academic instruction that aligns with their school’s curriculum. Through close collaboration with schools and families, the program helps minimize lost learning and ensures students stay on track at the level of their academic needs.

WHAT IS THE CUSTOM COURSEWORK PROGRAM & WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

AVLI partners with member schools to provide flexible academic programming that supports students during extended absences and eases their transition back to the classroom. The program minimizes disruption while offering personalized instruction from caring, dedicated teachers to support students both academically and emotionally.

Recognizing the importance of a smooth return, AVLI collaborates closely with families and schools to ensure consistent communication and alignment. Each student’s program is tailored with customized curriculum, pacing, and assessments based on the school’s reintegration goals.

With NCAA-approved, standards-based courses, students can transition between their school and AVLI with confidence in academic continuity. For those needing more structure or support due to learning differences, executive functioning challenges, or other factors, customizable teacher engagement ensures the guidance they need to succeed.

WHO IS CUSTOM COURSEWORK FOR?

HEALTH-RELATED SITUATIONS

In cases where a student is participating in Inpatient or Outpatient care, AVLI can work directly with healthcare providers and family members to ensure the student receives targeted instruction tailored to their unique needs.

AVLI remains closely connected with the school, family, student, and medical team, when involved, throughout the hospital stay and after discharge. Our goal is to collaborate and coordinate a team-based approach that minimizes academic loss and supports a thoughtful, successful transition back to school.

UNIQUE EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS

While originally created to support students facing illness or injury, the Custom Coursework Program has expanded to serve those pursuing opportunities beyond the classroom. AVLI now partners with schools to support elite athletes, traveling students, and those seeking academic enrichment for college preparation.

In these cases, our goal is to facilitate student opportunities beyond the classroom while ensuring that students meet the academic requirements and standards of their schools.

THE CUSTOM COURSEWORK PROCESS

step 1

CHANGE

Something changes in the student’s experience that disrupts their ability to be present at school. At some point, it becomes clear that the student can no longer continue with regular programming provided by their school and concerns about academic loss arise.

step 2

CONTACT

AVLI partners directly with member schools, so all inquiries about the Custom Coursework Program should begin with the school. If a parent contacts AVLI directly, we redirect them back to the school to ensure the proper protocols are followed and to support a coordinated approach.

step 3

PLANNING

AVLI and the school design a tailored academic program that supports the student’s academic*, social, and emotional needs. This student-centered approach reflects our accompaniment model, meeting learners where they are.

step 6

COMPLETION

The courses are complete! AVLI sends the school a record of all assessment grades and/or a transcript credit.

step 5

REPORTING

Every Friday, AVLI sends a progress update to the student, their family, and the school. Updates include the student’s current grade and the percentage of the course completed to that point. This information helps identify when follow-up communication may be needed to support the student’s progress.

step 4

COURSEWORK

Once the program is in place, AVLI begins working directly with the student.* They follow a self-paced or teacher-guided schedule, complete assessments, and receive timely feedback. Meetings with the teacher occur as needed, based on the student’s customized plan.

step 7

RE-ENGAGE

The student returns to their school and re-engages their learning. Transitional re-entry plans may also be coordinated between the school, family and AVLI in the days/weeks prior to full-time re-entry, as needed.

*Planning note: AVLI academic programming includes a range of NCAA, core standards based courses, and AP course offerings. Teachers at the student's school review the syllabi and select the exact topics/units they want the student to cover during the time in which the student will be away from school, including the sequence of engagement. This allows for a clear transition back to the academic programming in each of the student's regular classes upon re-entry

*Coursework note: As the student begins their work directly with AVLI, classes and assessments continue as normal at their school.

YOUR QUESTIONS, ANSWERED

Our Custom Coursework Program uses Core Standards, NCAA approved course content designed to be multimodal in delivery and which includes extensive formative and summative assessments. Content and assessments are customizable at the school level as part of our collaborative program design for each student. Each course is moderated by a certified Catholic teacher who works within one of our member schools. Each student's program is supervised by our Custom Coursework Administrator who maintains regular contact with the school and who can adapt programming to be responsive to real time changes in the student's lived experience, in collaboration with school. Focus group feedback from school administrators who have participated in this program has been exceptionally positive and can be shared with prospective schools.

The goal of this program is to minimize academic loss. The degree to which a student re-enters their school academically behind their peers really depends on the program set out by the school. Different programs have different objectives for the student’s re-entry based on their specific context and needs. Because of this coordination in planning and the regular communication between AVLI and the school, students re-enter their schools according to an intentional plan that allows for as seamless a transition back to the classroom as possible.

The family plays an essential role in helping to design our communication approach with the student during the collaborative program design phase. Based on their specific context, students will enter the program with different social emotional needs. We make every effort to recognize and validate those needs in order to build trusting relationships through which we can support students to success. Families are part of that relationship building process. While the student is out of school, families become the main point of contact with respect to ongoing course engagement. We will work with families (and health care providers) directly to support students struggling with course engagement, with work avoidance challenges, and with building back academic stamina in the context of differing levels of both academic and personal need.

There is no single answer to what re-entry looks like. While the school is in charge of determining the re-entry plan, we are available to be a support in the process of determining what this looks like for any student progressing through the program. Some students finish with our program and simply return to school at the agreed upon re-entry date and resume their course schedules. Others will return to school more gradually with more intentional scaffolding of live-school expectations as we lessen our program expectations. Often we simply submit all grades and/or transcript credit to the school, but sometimes schools will include a diagnostic transition assessment designed by the school into the final days of the program as a way to plan academically for student re-entry. We work closely with the school to ensure that whatever it looks like, re-entry meets the needs of the school and student alike.

If the Custom Coursework Program seems like something your child or a student at your school would benefit from, you're probably wondering your next step is.

FOR PARENTS

Reach out directly to your child's school first – their counselor, AP teacher, whoever. If you need additional information to bring back to your school contacts or still have questions, connect with David Martino.

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FOR SCHOOLS

If you are a teacher or admin and believe a student/students at your school need a program like this, or if a parent has reached out to you, let's talk. Contact us for more details and cost information.

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