Descriptor | Description | Instructional/Non-Instructional Day |
Student Calendar | typical instructional day when all or the majority of students are attending physically (in person) in a school building | Instructional |
Virtual Planned - Asynchronous | planned instructional day when all or the majority of students are receiving instruction virtually where student(s) are not bound by time or must be ‘sitting’ with the teacher while engaged in their class work; learning is self-paced | Instructional |
Virtual Planned - Synchronous | planned instructional day when all or the majority of students are receiving instruction virtually where student(s) are bound by time and must be ‘sitting’ with the teacher while engaged in their class work; learning occurs live and in real time | Instructional |
Virtual Unplanned - Asynchronous | unplanned instructional day when all or the majority of students are receiving instruction virtually where student(s) are not bound by time or must be ‘sitting’ with the teacher while engaged in their class work; learning is self-paced | Instructional |
Virtual Unplanned - Synchronous | unplanned instructional day when all or the majority of students are receiving instruction virtually where student(s) are bound by time or must be ‘sitting’ with the teacher while engaged in their class work; learning occurs live and in real time | Instructional |
Delay/Early Dismissal - Other | instructional day shortened due to a delay or early dismissal for any reason not related to weather | Instructional (lessened minutes) |
Delay/Early Dismissal - Weather | instructional day shorted due to a delay or early dismissal for any reason related to weather | Instructional (lessened minutes) |
Sat/Sun School | instructional day to make up a cancellation day | Instructional |
Instructional Half Day | scheduled half day not counted as an instructional day; schools should utilize delay/early dismissal or utilize student calendar and adjust the instructional minutes when students are receiving instruction for a partial day | Non-Instructional |
Waiver Day | originally scheduled instructional day canceled and not being made up; approval from IDOE School Accountability and Accreditation (refer to Policy for 180 Instructional Day Waiver Requests under the Reference Section on main page of Calendar reporting guide) | Not Counted in Certification; Verified with School Accountability |
Canceled - Other | originally scheduled instructional day canceled for any reason not related to weather | Non-Instructional |
Canceled - Weather | originally scheduled instructional day canceled for any weather related reason | Non-Instructional |
Christmas | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Fall Break | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Good Friday | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Labor Day | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Martin Luther King Day | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Memorial Day | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Presidents Day | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Semester Break | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Spring Break | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Thanksgiving | Holiday | Non-Instructional |
Tornado Drill | Safety Event occurs during a school day and if reported as a calendar date event this will not count in the minimum instructional day requirement | Non-Instructional |
Vacation - Other | staff PD day and students are not receiving instruction ‘in person’ or ‘virtually’ | Non-Instructional |
Veterans Day | Holiday | Non-Instructional |