• Started in Cleveland Municipal Schools• Began in 1965 with studios in
Cleveland Municipal School District.
• Community Licensee
• Receive funding (approx. $750,000) for technology from Ohio eTech Commission • Provide services to 470,000 students and 34,000
educators in over 190 public and private school districts in eleven counties.
• Leverage funding and grant monies to provide for fee services.• Create multi-media products and services. • Lead the State of Ohio in video conferencing.• Provide Instructional Television.
• Receive Professional Development funding for Early Childhood.
• Grant and Foundation Funding• Budget PreK-12 Staff Development of $2.7 million.• Total department budget of approximately $4 million.
WVIZ/PBS and TeacherLine • One of 16 original affiliate TeacherLine stations.
• State and Regional Coordinator• 7 Partners in Ohio• West Virginia• Northern Kentucky• Michigan
• Approx. 10,000 registrations in TeacherLine courses.
• Staff includes: • full time program manager• a marketing/outreach coordinator• part-time facilitator coordinator • administrative support staff for registrations
• Relationships with school districts and educational organizations
• Greater understanding of professional development needs
• Leads to district/organizational “buys”
Intentional Outreach
HQT Courses• Fifteen contact hours added to
selected thirty contact hour courses
• Mathematics, Science and Reading
• Relationship with Cuyahoga Special Education Service Center (CSESC)
Money on Account
• WVIZ holds money for districts/organizations
• Counts as income upon registration
• Becomes an incentive to register
• Helps districts/organizations solve end-of-Fiscal-Year and end-of-grant-year problems
• Almost $65,000 on account now
Partner Engagement
• Enthusiasm has declined over time
• Personnel changes impact relationships
• Distance is a factor
Affiliation with the Ohio Department of Education
• TeacherLine not promoted by ODE
• Other, less expensive online professional development options are promoted