Home & Hospital Group 1: Keith Janelli, Aime Sheinhorn, & Leslie Ammann

What is Home and Hospital?  Service is mandated by the state  Instruction that occurs when a student is unable to attend school physical illness or disability emotional crisis substance abuse pregnancy any chronic health impairment  Written verification by a doctor or other health professional  At least three weeks in length

What is Home and Hospital?  Under the current H/H program… students meet with an assigned tutor weekly tutors provide instruction, go over assignments, answer questions, and proctor assessments coursework and assessments provided by students’ teachers

The Need  Problems with the H/H program lack of tutors growing number of H/H students lack of time to create, gather, and grade appropriate materials lack of correspondence from H/H tutors rare submission of work high demand for course materials and assessments

The Need  A successful H/H program needs… easy access to instruction, materials, assignments, and assessments frequent feedback communication between tutors, home school teachers, and students A Home and Hospital Distance Education (HHDE) program meets the need

Proposal for Cohort County (CHC)  Has a traditional H/H program  Has funding for… Payment of tutors Means of communication Office staff at central office  Has technology available… Internet access Instructional server IT staff and technical support

Proposal of New Program  Blended HHDE program Subject matter experts design courses online for core courses students access Claroline (CMS) tutor available monthly tutors hold initial orientation and closing meeting Funds and staff reallocated at the board level

Planning  Aligned with current county values, goals and mission statements. Curricula modified material from document repository Supplement the currently existing document repository  Hosting compatibility Loaner laptop computers with wireless access remote Internet access ports for students lacking Internet  Initial elevated costs and time Subsequent years require maintenance and fewer costs

Planning  Lead curriculum designer (LCD) Design 20 learning modules/ subject area Asynchronous linear instructional design  DE manager – quality control Establish and regulate course design and delivery standards Create, collect, and disaggregate data gained from course evaluations

Regulatory Sub-systems  HHDE technology supervisor Oversees technology support staff  Ensures necessary programs and plug-ins run  Provides ongoing technical support  Ensures timely access to materials  Manages CMS software  HHDE Coordinator Intermediary between home school and DE manager Coordinates with Local School Contact (LSC)  Guidance counselor, PPWs, and Principals

Organization of Staff

Student Sub-systems  Tutors Intermediaries between coursework and home school Provide training  Orientation/Close-out sessions  Continued online support Easily accessible contact Link between student and HHDE personnel experts.  Tech support Online form after business hours

Justification for the Claroline Open Source Platform  Commercial CMS vs. Open Source Initial costs and support costs Flexibility Documentation Integration

Policies  Adjust existing CHC policies  Establish new program policies  Policy areas addressed: academic governance student support services organizational intellectual property rights

Academic Policies  Adopt current CHC guidelines for curriculum  Adhere to state and county curriculum objective standards  New policies for dates and deadlines  New policies to evaluate students and instructors

Governance Policies  Adhere to CHC governance rules  Replace existing Home and Hospital Teaching program  DE Manager HHDE Coordinator / HHDE Technology Supervisor Development Team staffing

Student Support Services Policies  Follow the original guidelines of the existing Home and Hospital program  New policies will address… communication between all participants computing systems accounts off-site library access delivery of content and materials proctoring and scoring of assessments

Organizational Intellectual Property Rights Policy  New policy to set guidelines and rules for the HHDE program Compensation Delivery and use of content Content design for continual use HHDE copyright ownership

Cost Analysis

What now?  3 year roll out  Use for standard classroom teachers  Future program creation for middle and elementary levels  Program modules available for night school and alternative education

References  Consortium Claroline (2010).  HCPSS (2009). Home and hospital teaching. Retrieved from  MSDE (2003). Home instruction fact sheet. Retrieved from vices_alt/home_schooling/docs/homeschool_factsheet.htm.  MSDE (2010). Maryland Virtual Online Learning Program: Local school system planning, implementation, and evaluation guide. Retrieved from  Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2009). Teaching and learning at a distance foundations of distance education. Boston: Pearson.