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K-12 Virtual Schools and Their Research Needs (Part 1 of 4)
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What type of student takes IOA classes?
Scheduling Options / Classes not offered by the student’s high school
Credit recovery / Student retention
Summer schoolHomebound students
Advanced Placement
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The History of The Indiana Online Academy
The Central Indiana Educational Service Center acquired IOA in the fall of 2005
2005-06 2013-14
Student enrollment 39 15,374
Number of teachers 9 231
Number of classes 11 78
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Research Needs
How can we determine student success at the next level, other than anecdotally, when they are not our full time students?
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Research Needs
How does the rigor of our courses compare to other programs? Is the rigor effecting student enrollment in our courses?
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Research Needs
Is there a correlation in student access to technology at school and student success rates with IOA courses? Ex. 1:1 vs BYOD vs home access only. Do student do better in our classes if they come from technology rich schools?
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Research Topics
Are our professional development offerings meeting the needs of our schools?
Instructors
• Certified
• Classroom experience
• Reside in 8 different states
• 16 week training process
• Evaluation
Tenets of Competency Ed.
• Standards are fixed, time is a variable
• No time-based unit, students move on when
competent
• Students repeat a task or assessment until a
competency is mastered
Tenets of Competency Ed.
• Failure is not acceptable
• More rigorous than a time-based system
• Courses are not required
• Approaching competency, not yet competent,
incomplete, or work in progress replace the
concept of failure.
LT Courses LT Projects
LT
ExperienceLT College
Limitless Pathways for Students
3 comps from LTC
3 comps from LTP
1 comp from LTCollege
3 comps from LTE
1 English Credit
Student Opportunities
Elementary School – Grades 4 & 5
• World languages
• Math
• Science
• ELA
Middle School
• Competency-based courses
• Competency-based MS diploma
• Full-time & part-time option
• Advisory/mentor program for full-time
students
Student Opportunities
High School
• Learning through Courses
• Learning through Experience
• Learning through Projects
• Full-time & part-time option
• Advisory/mentor program for full-time students
• Distributed Learning Teams/Service learning
• Competency-based diploma
• Badges (e.g., digital arts, computer programming,
STEM, etc.)
Student Opportunities
Early College (grades 9-12)
• Courses a la carte
• First year of an associate degree
• Associate degree
• Early college coach
• College certificate in computer science
Adult Education
• Adult diploma
• Remediation
• Enrichment
• Career skills
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Date & Time:
Thursday, 12/18, 2pm Eastern Time
Topic:
K-12 Virtual Schools and Their Research Needs
(Part 3 of 4)
Presenters:
Kathryn Kennedy, Michigan Virtual University
Amy Michalowski, The Virtual High School
Eliz Colbert, North Carolina Virtual Public School
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