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Creative Math Options through
VLACS
Scott Prescott, Dir. of Instruction
April 10, 2014
Who are our students?Public 65%Homeschooled 23%VLACS FT 5%Private 3%Drop-out 3%Charter 1%
How does it work?Open enrollment - Student may enroll on any day of the year and begin coursework in 10 days, or less
Students work at a pace that meets their academic and personal needs
Instructors work with each student on an individual basis with mastering competencies. Most courses also include collaborative assignments.
Students must pass all competency assessments (85%) in addition to having a passing grade in order to be awarded credit.
Academic and technical helpdesks available to provide support when an instructor is not available.
We are committed to…
Helping students to become college, career and citizenship ready
Providing competency based education
Allowing students anytime access to a rigorous, personalized education
46% of HS graduates achieved ACT benchmark for college math
readiness
http://www.act.org/newsroom/releases/view.php?lang=english&p=2402
Developmental Math
College Math Readiness
Soon College ELA Readiness
Pre-AlgebraWhole numbers
Fractions and Mixed NumbersDecimals
Rations, Rates, and Proportions
PercentsMeasurements
GeometryFigures in 1 and 2 Dims
Properties of AnglesTriangles
The Pythagorean ThrmQuadrilaterals
Perimeter and AreaCirclesSolids
StatisticsGraphing Data
Other Types of GraphsMeasures of CenterUse and Misuse of
Graphical RepresentationsProbability
AlgebraReal Numbers
Solving Equs and InequalitiesExponents and Polynomials
FactoringGraphing
Systems of Equs and Inequalities
AlgebraRational Expressions
Radical Expressions and Quadratic Equs Functions
Exp and Log Functions
TrigonometryIntro to Trig Functions
Graphing Trig Functions
Developmental Math Topics
How does it work?
Select Units for Study
Pre-Assessment & Study Plan Development
Instructional Elements•Warm-up (text)•Presentation (video, audio, animation, and graphics)•Worked examples (audio and graphics)•Problems (interactive text)•Review (text)
Additional Resources•Virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics, text)•Project (text and graphics)•Puzzles (game-based, interactive animation, graphics)•Text tab (online textbook)
How might you use VLACS?
Contact InfoScott – [email protected]
