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Presentation about on-line classes through the virtual high school cooperative.
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© 2009 Virtual High School. All rights reserved.
Welcome to Virtual High School!
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Agenda
•Online Learning
•Virtual High School Global Consortium
•Questions
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VHS Online Learning Vision
• Challenging, interesting, engaging• Expose students to diverse points of
view• Support students passions in unique
areas• Build 21st century skills
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Other eLearning Programs
• State Led• Cyber Charter Schools• Digital Curriculum/Online Course
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About VHS
•Originally funded by the Federal DOE through a technology grant
•1996 – 14th year
•Non-profit global consortium of over 640 schools
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What makes us unique?
• Supplement the course of study• NOT an alternative diploma program• NO full-time enrollments• NO supplanting teachers• Students and teachers come from
member schools
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What makes us unique?
• All policy is set locally• Course credit and student eligibility
• Semester schedule, cohort based• Scheduled/asynchronous
• Maximum enrollment 25 per course• 4 students per school per course
• Delivered by certified teachers• Virtual global classrooms - 32 states
and 34 countries
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Benefits:
• VHS member schools add over 140 courses that may not be part of the curriculum• Electives in all content areas
• Photography, Stock Market, Portuguese, Mythology, Forensic Science, Oceanography, Animation
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Benefits:
• Interact with and learn from students from different countries and states
• Work in collaborative teams using 21st century communications technology
• Avoid course/program cuts caused by budget constraints
• Simplify student schedule conflicts
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Successful Students?
• Who are the most successful online students?
• Motivation/engagement• What are the key characteristics?• What are the eligibility
considerations?
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Participation Components
• Teacher• Site Coordinator• Guidance Department awareness
and support• Principal• Superintendent• School Board
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Teacher Details
• All teachers have secondary certification in their content area
• AP Institute trained• 10 week online training from VHS
(NIM)• May give teachers new ideas,
approaches to use in their face-to-face courses
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Site Coordinator
• Critical in the success of the program• Site Coordinator(s) could be a variety
of staff• Works closely with students on
scheduling, course selection, questions/concerns, etc.
• 4 week online training (SCO)
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School Membership Options
• Standard Teaching• Site Coordinator• Teacher• 25 seats per semester
• Small School Teaching• Site Coordinator• Teacher• 15 seats per semester
• Student Only• Site Coordinator• 10 seats per semester
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Credentials
• Nationally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
• Course design aligns with the NEA guidelines for online courses
• Online course delivery and teaching aligns with the NEA guidelines for online teaching
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Credentials
• Courses meet NCAA guidelines• All AP courses have been approved
by the College Board• Recipient of the USDLA 21st Century
Award for Distance Learning Best Practices, 2005, 2007, 2008
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Statistics
• VHS AP exam pass rate 62% pass rate and national average is at 60%
• Course completion rates are over 80%
• End of course survey indicates that 95% of students, teachers and administrators were satisfied with the experience
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Thank you
Michael Brownmbrown@govhs.org
978-450-0419
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