Muskogee E- Learning Academy

Our Mission:

To prepare and inspire all students to achieve their full potential

Our Values:

Integrity | Inclusiveness | Collaboration | Optimism

Why Muskogee E-Learning Academy

• Provides a personalized virtual learning opportunity to students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

• Meets the diverse learning needs of our students.

• Allows students to stay in our school district and receive a blended learning experience.

• Taught by certified teachers who are committed to our student’s success.

• A connection between the home and school to ensure we can help students learn, grow, and achieve.

Why Muskogee E-Learning Academy Continued..

• Full-time program taught by MPS teachers' linked to an Edmentum teacher mentor Trained on best practices of online teaching EdOptions teachers used as needed

• Teachers will have scheduled Office Hours • Register with enrollment center or on district website

Registration Monday, July 13th through Monday, August 3rd

Change Program Form Deadline: Friday, August 28th

• Ability to transfer into the Traditional School Program- Deadline is September 11, 2020.

• Online Access 24/7 • Ongoing parent access to student progress

Benefits for Families

• Students are a part of Muskogee Public Schools.

• Gives families the flexibility to choose from full- time enrollment or a blended learning option.

• Full Muskogee student experience available – extracurricular, sports, music, clubs, etc. at school sites.

• Will receive a Muskogee Public School Diploma .

• Flexible schedule that focuses on the individual needs of every student.

• Certified teacher assigned to every student.

• Teacher support with completion of online expectations.

• Supports parents as the first and best teachers.

Who is the E-Learning Student

• A student who needs a flexible schedule – competitive athlete such as gymnast, dancer, etc.

• A family who needs a flexible schedule due to job commitments.

• A student who needs a different learning environment.

• Families concerned about COVID-19.

Is the E-Learning Academy a Home School Program?

• E-Learning School: • Have state-certified public-school teachers.

• Take state assessment tests.

• Have attendance policy and academic progress requirements

• Have an established curriculum determined by the school that students must follow.

• Require school grades, transcripts, report cards and parent conferences .

• Utilize strong school administrators.

• Are subject to academic and fiscal accountability requirements.

• Strictly adhere to school policies and procedures.

Highly Qualified Teachers

• All courses provides highly qualified teachers certified specifically in the subject areas in which they teach.

• Teachers have the appropriate level of certification required by Oklahoma, and all teachers are carefully selected.

• All teachers mentored by an Edmentum Mentor who provides coaching and instructional support.

• Teachers are trained and encouraged to use many tools within our curriculum as well as external items on the Internet to help students achieve success.

• Courses are delivered using a variety of tools, such as Google Meets, Courseware Learning environment, live sessions, group discussions, and individual student work.

Elementary Curriculum

Elementary Platform

• Standards-aligned Instruction

• Project-based online curriculum taught by Muskogee teachers.

• A broad range of courses, including Core K–5 Math, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Art, and Art History and Health/PE Electives.

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Philosophy Guiding the Elementary Curriculum

• Help students build creative problem-solving skills and independent thinking to thrive in today's fast-changing world through:

Active Formative Summative Project-Based Integrated Instructor Learning Assessments Assessments Learning Collaboration Supports

• Puts students • Help students • Measure • Builds • Provides peer • Guide teaching at the center

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• Offers frequent,

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• Provide testing

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• Sets the stage for mastery

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• Provides opportunities to use what is learned

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• Promotes social cognition

• Provide point-of- use notes and rubrics

Project Based Learning

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• Elementary projects are grade appropriate, relevant, and aligned to state standards.

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Elementary Online Resources The elementary curriculum is integrated with a variety of online resources - lessons, along with e- textbooks and traditional resources.

Students are provided with a dynamic, fun and enriching experience that keeps them engaged and learning.

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• Discovery™ Education STREAMING

• BrainPOP® • Gizmos • My Math • Legends of

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Click this link for Elementary Curriculum

Elementary Curriculum

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English—Develop English—build on and English—increase the English—apply critical English—reading and English—complex reading and writing add to the foundational complexity of thinking skills in writing skill with a sentence structure and skills skills of reading and foundational phonics, reading and learn the growing focus on reading challenging Math—Basics of writing high-frequency words, skills to become nonfiction and opinion nonfiction counting to 100 and Math—extend sentence creation, and independent readers writing Math—additional simple math knowledge of addition other daily activities and writers Math—deeper dive into experience with basic Science—intro to and subtraction to two- Math—Students will Math—developing addition, subtraction, mathematical concepts of physical digit numbers also focus on three-digit understanding of multiplication, and operations science, life science, and Science—discover and numbers, addition and multiplication and division of whole Science—A deeper earth science, with explore patterns and subtraction to 1000 division and strategies numbers; fractions; understanding of the S.T.E.M. activities the relationships Science—use project- Science—S.T.E.M. skills data and graphing; transformation of Social Studies—Intro between objects, based learning to into lessons to spark a Science—use models to energy and its impact to America’s historical animals, and the observe and construct child’s curiosity about test interactions as they on the environment and figures, symbols, and environment. evidence-based these fields learn, understand, and living things holidays Social Studies— accounts of natural Social Studies—Study test scientific theories Social Studies—The

concepts in economics phenomena of resources available to Social Studies— growth of the United and good citizenship Social Studies—study the student geography and history States after the Civil the early history of the of early North America War—through World United States War I, World War II, the Cold War, and into the modern era

Special Education Accommodations

• Supports are included for struggling readers in ELA - English focusses on:

Phonics

Fluency

Vocabulary

Composition

Background Knowledge

Grammar

Key Features for Parents/Guardians as a Learning Coach

Curricula for virtual students

A framework for teaching and learning

Detailed teaching notes

Convenience and time-saving features

Work from anywhere, on any desktop, tablet, or laptop.

Print-on-demand options

An intuitive, easy-to-use interface.

Recommended daily lessons and an online calendar.

Support and interaction

Instructional support available from certified teachers.

Opportunities for collaboration and live interaction.

Support that is just a click or call away for users to find answers 24/7 with Calvert’s new knowledge base.

6-12 Program

Our Courses

• Edmentum offers more than 400 courses:

• core, college and career preparation, Advanced Placement®, world languages, electives, and career technology education courses.

• A CTE library of 150+ courses is also available.

Course Catalog Link

The Learning Platform

• The 6-12 learning platform offers a standards-based online curriculum

• Accommodates individual needs and provides a learning environment that enables students to thrive

• Instructional approach used that incorporates differentiated instruction into the virtual classroom suitable for all learners, including students who are homebound.

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Quality Content: Engaging Content

Students are engaged through an intuitive, easy- to-use learner interface.

Students are presented with relevant, real-world situations; interactive lessons; technology- enhanced items; and animations and

Content provides students the opportunity to think critically, problem-solve and be creative, practice what they are learning, and acquire new knowledge.

Simple Technology: Unit and Course Activities

Students can submit their work for review, giving educators a chance to provide feedback.

Engaging activities provide rigor in the course and allow students to work at their own pace.

A record of all comments and feedback is readily available.

Educators are promptly notified once an assignment is submitted.

Lesson Activities

• Activities are available for use within a tutorial, in addition to text and graphic presentation:

Spread appropriately to break up the lesson and placed strategically to support content chunks.

Every tutorial makes full use of at least one rich media interaction.

Additional media includes:

• Lesson-embedded video (1–5 minutes)

• Non-incidental animations (e.g., Hamlet in 30 Seconds).

• Specialized learning tools, such as graphing and visualization tools.

• Tutorials and lesson activities are linked to online resources

Student Tools

• Collaboration tools include:

Video upload

Document sharing

Chat with whiteboard

Topic-Specific Notebook where learners can take notes on important points

Dictionary

Glossary tool

Interactive games or simulations

Reader Support tool

Translation tool provides 18 languages

Warm Up Activities

• Lessons utilize warmups to build on prior knowledge and provide context for the lesson.

Video Instruction

• Students can engage in various instruction al videos to assist their learning.

On Screen Demos

• Students can access instructional demonstration videos that enhance their learning and understanding of the content.

Live Teacher Instruction

• Students will have lessons taught in “real” time with their assigned teacher.

Guided Notes

Guided Notes support student engagement in courses by providing a format to organize, understand, and apply lesson objectives. This can help students retain content better and improve outcomes on mastery tests.

Teacher Interactions

Students can message teachers at any time or access their teachers through video for on screen live help.

Real World Applications

The online system incorporates real-world applications in both learning investigations and content presentation. The figure shows how the concept of kinetic energy is introduced in Middle School Physical Science. Note that the illustrations present kinetic energy in ways that students can relate to their everyday experiences.

Timelines and Videos

In many lessons, a powerful and natural implementation of real- time interactivity occurs in the use of timelines. Figures 7 and 8 come from a learning module on the history of US foreign policy. The student can click anywhere in the timeline to scroll forward or backward. Clicking the specific dates indicated displays additional material in a multimedia format.

Summary

• This partnership allows us to provide your child with a personalized learning experience and the same level of rigorous curriculum with exemplary instruction.

• Engaging, self-paced courses for grades K-12 • Collaborative relationship between teacher and

parent coach. • Constructivist learning approach through

dynamic interactions between learner and curriculum.

• Strives to create a connection between home and school so students can learn, grow, and achieve.

• Instructors communicate with you and your child regularly from enrollment through completion and are available when you or your student need support.