10/18/20151 Learner Centric eLearning Debi Crabtree Hamilton County Virtual School Chattanooga, Tennessee

10/18/20152 Brief history District-led virtual school Have served up to 30 districts statewide concurrently Retain flexibility Address many needs: credit recovery, teacher shortages, issues of equity, flexible scheduling, AP, student transfers... Two examples... Marion/Wilson

10/18/20153 National Educational Technology Plan 2010 “The model of the 21st century learning described in this plan calls for engaging and empowering learning experiences for all learners.” Individualization of this type only possible with the use of technology Many virtual programs too closely mirror F2F Flexibility, individualization, engaging courseware = new model of learner- centered e-learning.

10/18/20154 Regular Summer Program Engaging courseware from CompassLearning Odyssey CompassLearning Odyssey Robust diagnostic testing Regular credit recovery learning paths aligned to standards with ability to test out of content already mastered

10/18/20155 New summer program Title I Elementary and Middle Schools Minimum of 20 of lowest performing students in the school Could address both Math & LA Computer lab with machines running Windows XP or later or Mac Lab facilitator - training required Purchase lunch and snacks Bus transportation and small refundable registration fee

10/18/20156 Nine schools 3 Elementary Schools 6 Middle Schools 83% successfully completed their courses 64% received refunds (met attendance requirement and successfully completed)

10/18/20157 The numbers 227 Course completions 12 Withdrawals 190 Successful completions of this program 137 Unique students 62% Male, 33% Female 74% African American, 24% White,.01% Hispanic How did we do it?

10/18/20158 Creating the learning paths Schools provided TCAP data and reading levels of students Based on this data, learning paths were created

10/18/20159 Teacher training  Monitoring student progress  Making adjustments to learning paths as needed  Creating assignments to remediate learning gaps  Meeting the student at his/her instructional level  Allowing the student to experience success

Communication  Weekly Communication with Student  Lab Visits  Parent Communication  Weekly Progress Reports  Final Grade Report 10/18/201510

10/18/ Communication and student support Complete Report Complete report

Hide student Here Yes Indeed Okay Here we Go yes

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10/18/ Next Steps Skype Wiki assets Wiki Hardware needs and tech support Training and support for LFs Blended Learning

10/18/ Questions? Debi Crabtree