1. Targeting At-Risk Learners in an Online Environment Presented by Nichole McCauley and Megan Henry

2. Speakers Nichole McCauley –K12, Inc. –Academic Services –Formerly the K-8 Principal for the Arizona Virtual Academy –5 years in online education –Teacher, administrator, trainer Megan Henry –K12, Inc. –Head of School, Arizona Virtual Academy –5 years in online education –Teacher, administrator

3. Background AZVA, in its 8 th year of operation, serves 4,515 students K-12, with 3,392 K-8 students and 1,123 High School Arizona Virtual Academy is a Title I school, with 56% of students who qualify for free/reduced lunch On average 55% of students are new to AZVA and virtual education. Need to quickly identify at-risk students and provide interventions Some hybrid locations but primarily online instruction Mandatory instructional sessions targeted towards areas of improvement In the online program, students work from home with a learning coach guiding them as their assigned teacher delivers direct instruction, monitors attendance and progress and provides intervention

4. Identifying Students AZVA serves a growing number of academically at-risk students who come to AZVA performing significantly below grade level –55% of students are at-risk in the area of math –27% of students are at-risk in the area of reading –30% of high school students in remedial classes –40% of new seniors are 18 or over Students are identified as at-risk through a ranking system that considers: –AIMS/Stanford 10/DIBELS scores –Previous coursework/report card/transcript –Scantron Performance Series data –Group status (special education, FRL, etc.)

5. Targeting Identified Students-Title I Started with a small pilot, later mandated for all Title I students (most at-risk) Mandatory online instructional sessions in math, reading and writing depending on subject for which they qualify for services Supplemental program along with instructional sessions Weekly Scantron assessments and/or DIBELS assessments to monitor progress Small group sessions (10 or less) or one-on-one

6. Assessments, Instruction, Conferences Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills (DIBELS) testing Weekly Scantron Assessments Test preparatory (Study Island) and remediation Teachers conference with parents/learning coaches several times per month

7. Gains READING: 25% increased at least one grade level WRITING: 53% increased at least one grade level MATH: 17% increased at least one grade level

8. Examples of Direct Instruction-MS Math

9. Direct Instruction-MS Math (Pre- Algebra)

10. Games-Who Wants to be a Millionaire

11. Games-Hollywood Squares

12. Direct Instruction-MS Reading

15. Let’s Watch High School Title I small group: S1 C2:PO 2. Real number operations https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/play.jnlp?psid=2009- 11-17.1347.M.68021B463F83FEF50C79127DF945E7.vcr Grade 4, Title I small group: S1 C1 PO1: Express whole numbers through 6 digits using and connecting multiple representations. https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psi d=2009-09-28.0914.M.4A6A54E4F33D57A59108B9913C5E50.vcr

16. Activity In groups of 4 discuss the ways you could reach struggling learners in an online environment Could you use any of the tools we presented? How do you currently meet the needs of your school’s struggling learners? Share best practices

17. Questions Nichole McCauley: nmccauley@k12.comnmccauley@k12.com Megan Henry: mbhenry@k12.commbhenry@k12.com