The Next Generation of Credit Recovery THE LANDSCAPE 2 3 The Silent Epidemic A Costly Crisis Dropouts from the class of 2008 will cost the US almost $319 billion in lost wages over their lifetimes. SOURCE: Alliance for Excellent Education, July 2009 4 Online Credit Recovery Individualized instruction, modularization, multimedia infusion, and on-going assessment are some of the pedagogical techniques that typify many online credit recovery courses. Dr. Anthony G. Picciano, The Sloan Consortium 5 The Student Voice Challenge: Increase Graduation Rates By offering credit recovery courses delivered both in online and in offline formats Blackboard Solution: Anytime, Anywhere Student Engagement Rather than selecting one model for credit recovery, the district chose to offer multiple models in order to address as many students needs as possible. While the program is still new, I know that it has helped. This is the only thing we are offering in our district as an alternative education offering. I definitely feel that we will make a difference in graduation rates. - Rose Valderaz, Director, Virtual High School Ector County Independent School District Blackboard Case Study 26,000 students Virtual high school Texas Challenge: Diverse Learning Needs Offering enriched curriculum for all learners. Blackboard Solution: Anytime, Anywhere Student Engagement Students today are very tech-savvy and comfortable with technology and the flexibility of online instruction. Whether they are fine arts or magnet students, athletes, or those enrolled for credit recovery, they enjoy the individual choices they make in regards to when, where, and how long they participate in their virtual course. - Becky Nunnally, Supervisor, eHigh School Cobb County School District Blackboard Case Study Suburban county 100,000+ students 8,800+ staff 113 schools and educational centers Georgia 8 Benefits of Online Credit Recovery The capacity to deliver multimodal, individualized and self-paced learning experiences Technology to engage students with interactive content, using animation, simulations, video, and audio, and to provide immediate feedback Flexible pacing to support the learning momentum of each individual student Personalized instruction that can focus on the needs of individual students, so that students do not need to repeat what they already know and can accomplish Strong credit recovery programs help to knock out excuses for students not to succeed. Ms. Rose Valderaz Director, Virtual High School Ector County, Texas