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HOW DO I PAY MY TUITION?

At the beginning of the year, calculate your monthly tuition by dividing the total due by nine months. This is the amount you will pay throughout the year. (Note: To avoid late fees, pay no later than 3pm of the Monday following the first Tuesday of each month.)

• Pay in person before class on the 1st Tuesday of the month via credit card, cash, or check.
• Pay your tuition quickly and easily online:

1. Visit vssm.vcchouston.org

2. Select “Login” at the top right corner of the page

• Enter your username and password

• Select “Log In”

3. Select “Portal” at the top right-hand corner of the page

4. Select the VSSM Tuition link at the left of the screen

• Verify that your information on the screen is correct

• Type in the amount of your payment at the bottom right of the page

• Select “Next”

5. Enter Credit Card information and select “Finish”

HOW DO I CHECK IN TO CLASS AND OBTAIN CURRICULUM?

IN PERSON STUDENTS

• Enter the building through the Life Center Doors under the carport. (After the first few weeks, you will be issued a key card which will allow you to swipe your card at the door for access to the building.)

• Proceed to station one

o Pay your tuition here if you have not already paid online (First and Second Week of the month only)

o Receive a curriculum ticket (Retake students are at a discounted rate and will use their curriculum from the previous year.)

• Proceed to the computer kiosk to be counted as “present”

o If you have your key card

- Swipe your card at the computer (do not press start)

- Select which family member is checking in

- Select “Check In”

o If you do not have your key card:

- Select “Start”

- Search for your last name

- Select which family member is checking in

- Select “Check In”

• Proceed to the Curriculum Cart

o Present your Curriculum Ticket

o Initial next to your name on the list. If your name is not on the list but you received a ticket, this is fine. Please write your name on the list

o You will then receive a binder with the first month’s curriculum in it. After the first month, you will receive a packet of curriculum to add to this binder, monthly.

ONLINE STUDENTS

• To check in and be counted as “present”, watch the LIVE video in the VSSM Facebook Connect Group at 6PM (or whenever you are able to watch) and comment “hello everyone!” or “like” the video post.

• Upon paying your tuition for the month, you will receive a digital file of your curriculum for the month via email. If you are paying after the first class of the month, you may need to send an email to vssmonline@vcchouston.org to obtain your curriculum once tuition has been paid.

HOW DO I LOG IN AND WATCH THE CLASS VIDEOS ONLINE?

TO WATCH THE CLASS LIVE:

• Make sure you have a Facebook account (even if you just set up a fake or anonymous one just for this class).

• Join the VSSM Connect Facebook Group for the current year (link TBA)

o Make sure to answer the questions asked after you click “join”

o The videos will go LIVE in this group each Tuesday at 6PM. (During classes that can be audited, these videos will be LIVE at https://www.facebook.com/VSSMHouston)

TO WATCH THE EXTRA VIDEOS, REWATCH A VIDEO FROM CLASS, AND ACCESS THE NOTES AND HOMEWORK QUESTIONS:

• Log in to BSSM Equip website or the Go.Learn app and search for the lesson in the search bar.

HOW DO I LOG INTO BSSM EQUIP?

• Navigate to https://sp.bssmequip.com/learn/signin

• Enter your username and password then select “Sign In”

o Use the search bar at the top of the screen to look for videos by lesson number or by name. Each month you will gain access to new videos.

o You can also print out notes and take the Review Questions and Activation quizzes in this spot.

HOW DO I LOG INTO THE GO.LEARN APP FOR THE FIRST TIME?

• First, make sure you’ve gone through the initial setup process on the BSSM Equip website. The Go.Learn App will work only after you have gone through this process.

• Next, navigate to your phone’s app store and perform a search for “Go.Learn”

• Install the Go.Learn application

• Open the app once it has been downloaded

• On the welcome screen, under “Platform URL” type https://bssmequip.docebosaas.com

• Select “Proceed to Login Page”

• Enter your username and password, then select “done”.

• Use the magnifying glass icon at the top right of the screen to access the search bar and look for videos by Lesson number or by name on the go, just like in the BSSM Equip website. Each month you will gain access to new videos.

Note: Steps 1-5 will only be used to install the app. You will not have to repeat them unless you delete the app or upgrade to a new phone.

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOMEWORK AND BOOK REPORTS?

HOW DO I KNOW WHICH BOOKS TO READ AND REPORT ON EACH MONTH?

• For First Year students visit vssm.vcchouston.org/first_year and select the “Book List for First Year” tab at the bottom of the page.

• For Second Year students visit vssm.houston.org/second_year and select the “Book List for Second Year” tab at the bottom of the page.

HOW DO I DO A BOOK REPORT?
Each month, you can submit your book report to your Revival Group Leader in several ways:

• A one-paragraph report that describes what really stood out and spoke to you from the book (no more than one page please).

• An art project that illustrates a major concept from the book

• • Post either a paragraph or a video that is less than 3-minutes in the VSSM Facebook Connect group that describes what impacted you from the book (tag your group leaders in the post).

WHAT IS CONSIDERED HOMEWORK AND WHAT DO I DO WITH IT?
Each weekly lesson has a set of Review Questions and Activation Questions.

o In Person Students:

• Fill out the answers in your binder notes for that week and bring them with you to class for your Revival Group time the following week.

• First Year Students: You may also post them in the comments of the VSSM All-School Connect Facebook Group if your leaders approve, but remember to tag your leaders in it so you will get credit.

o Online Students:

• You may fill out the answers in the comments of the Review Questions and Activation Questions that are posted each week in the “Guides” Tab of the VSSM Online or VSSM All-School Connect Groups, but remember to tag your Revival Group Leaders so you will get credit.

• You can also print your curriculum and write your answers there, then take a picture of your homework and send it via Facebook Messenger or email to your leader.

o Additional homework assignments (taking risks with your faith) may be given in Revival Group or from the stage during class time.

WHAT DO I NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED TO GRADUATE?

(Please note, even if you have not completed the graduation requirements you may still attend graduation, and we would very much love for you to keep coming to the school, provided that tuition is current. We would still like to celebrate you and all the growth and risk-taking that took place in your life this year.)

• Must not have more than eight unexcused absences throughout the nine-month school year.

• Must regularly attend and participate in your assigned Revival Group.

• The Revivalist Checklist (Fill out the form located in your orientation packet and return no later than two weeks before graduation.)

o Sozo Appointment: 1 or more

o Soaked for 1 hour in God’s Presence: 5 times or more

o Attended at Least 1 Service of a VCC Conference

o Attended an Outreach within the Community (Minimum 1 Outreach)

o Participated in Ministry at Your Local Church: 5 times or more

o Ministered Healing to Someone within the Church Community or VCC: 5 times or more

o Ministered Healing to Someone Outside the Church Community or VCC: 5 times or more

o Prophesied over a Stranger within the Church Community: 5 times or more

o Prophesied Over a Stranger Outside the Church Community: 5 times or more

o Complete at least 1 VCC Monthly Treasure Hunt

• Must have completed most of the Weekly Homework

• Must have completed at least eight of the nine book reports

• Must reflect VSSM’s Core Values