Case Study: Haines High School Independent Learning Center; Meeting Individual Student Need via Online Learning

1. Case Study: Haines High School Independent Learning Center; Meeting Individual Student Need via Online Learning Nevada Benton Special Programs Teacher

2. What’s My Story • Interned at CSU, Chico • Taught 14 years of experiential education • English at Pueblo Community College • Fourth Grade in Metlakatla • Haines High School

4. Independent Learning Center • History • Independent courses • Staff created & online • Consolidate • Creation • Striving to offer more courses, the I.L.C. was created offering a full-inclusion environment to meet student’s graduation needs extending from dual college/HS credit to retrieval/RTI courses. • In this presentation: • Learn how the program is set up, its strengths, weaknesses, cost, course offerings and tips on setting one up of your own.

5. Set Up Why create an ILC? Equipment Staffing Criteria for enrollment Grading Communications District emails Surveys Google forms Edmodo

6. Creation of the ILC • Offer more courses • Differentiate instruction to meet student need • Consolidate independent study activities

7. Equipment Needed • Computers • Room • Online programing

8. Staffing: ILC Teachers & Monitors • Para-educators provide tech support, tutoring, classroom management • Teacher of record is Highly Qualified and is either a person on our staff or a person from an online provider

9. Criteria for Enrollment • Dual Credit • All pre-requisite courses completed • Not offered through AKLN or by the attending school • First come basis, completion of application and decision by a committee comprised of teacher/counselor/administration • Student will be required to pay ½ the total amount of the course. At course completion, student will be reimbursed that amount

10. Criteria for Enrollment • Advanced Placement • All pre-requisites met • Completion of application • Decision by content specialist/counselor/administration

11. Criteria for Enrollment • Credit Retrieval • Not offered in course schedule or scheduling conflict • Not offered by AKLN • Decision by teacher/counselor/administration *if the class will be offered in future semester or in following year students that are in the junior class and below may not be allowed to enroll. Students in grade 12 will be given priority to complete graduation requirements

12. Criteria for Enrollment • Intervention Courses • Not offered in current course schedule • Recommendation of teacher

13. Grading • Two PowerTeacher accounts • Regular classes • Streamline independent studies into one account • Participation & Course Grades • Weighted

14. Attendance / Work Ethic Rubrics

15. Classroom Expectations Haines Borough School District’s code of conduct reflects common expectations of any work place or college classroom. The Independent Learning Center is designed to be a quiet study space similar to a tutoring room that may be found at a university.

17. Expectations Accountability • Edmodo • PowerPoint & Quiz • Participation points

18. HATS As long as they are not a distraction to the learning environment they are fine. Not in the lunch room or during the flag salute please.

19. Edmodo

20. Tips on Set Up • Look at what you already have and start there • Equipment • Tech savvy staff • Match staff talent with student need • Choose appropriate course placements • Start small • Do what you can with what you have, and grow the program from there.

21. Set Up:Action Brainstorm ideas for how to initially set up an ILC for your district or how to improve upon what you already have in place.

22. Cost Staffing Computers Curriculum Tuition

23. Staffing Costs • ILC Para • General Education Para approved by the board • Entry level yearly wage: $23,101 • With benefits: $40,000 • Highly Qualified Teacher • SPED • Regular Ed • Online provider

24. Computers • Technology, SPED, General Budget • 6 computers $6,000 • Individual lap top program • Students personal computers

25. SPED Funding • The percentage of students served in SPED determines some of the funding of the ILC • VIB Grant

26. Good Value Courses • Staff created independent courses • No additional cost to district • Career Ready / Key Train coursework • No additional cost to district • AKLN • Teachers on our staff create & teach courses and earn seats for our district • $150 – 250 per course • Aventa • Credit recovery courses: block of 10 for $2,000 • Regular and AP courses $319

27. Identify what your school already has • Identify what would be needed next to expand or better the program • Rank these items from most to least important and then again from most to least expensive. • This will assist in prioritizing on either what to ask for first or if you are an admin, what is the best way to spend the funds available to you. Costs:Action Brainstorm what you already have. List needs. Think about funding sources.

28. Strengths Demographics: Number and diversity of students served Appeals to students Student survey results Skills for the worldwide job market Multiple Course Offerings & Minimal Costs

29. FALL 2012 Demographics

30. FALL 2012 Demographics

31. Current DemographicsSPRING 2013

32. Student Survey ResultsFall 2012 • 33% of the students chose to take their class in the ILC • 50% of the students were required to take their class in the ILC but would have chosen it anyway • 17% of the students were required to take an ILC class and would not have chosen to otherwise

33. Student Survey Results • 69% of the students replied that they were happy with their overall ILC experience • 26% were neither happy nor unhappy with their overall ILC experience • 5% unhappy

34. Student Survey Results • 71% of the students would recommend the class that they enrolled in • 7% would not • 41% of the students enjoyed working in the ILC because the work could be completed at their own pace • 29% because they found the course interesting • 7% stated their course was too hard • 10% stated that their course was too easy

35. Tech Problems, Stuck on Content : What then? Ask the ILC Monitor or Highly Qualified Teacher • 80% of the ILC students replied that the tech issues they had were resolved quickly. • 17% didn’t have any tech problems • 3% indicated that they had a tech problem which was not quickly resolved • 84% of the ILC students replied that the content questions they had were answered promptly. • 12% stated they didn’t have content questions • 4% indicated that they had content questions which were not answered promptly

36. Learning Modality Survey • Identify how students learn best • Provide specific study strategies which use their strengths

38. Gardner’s Eight Intelligences Survey Results

39. Tips on Creating a Strong Program • Keep it a full inclusion environment • Get frequent student and staff input • Ensure that the online programing is appropriate & reaches different types of learners

40. Strengths:Action Brainstorm some of the problems your district has in terms of meeting student need. List ways in which an ILC could help meet the student need.

41. Course Offerings Online Providers Career Ready Alaska Learning Network Aventa K12 Learning More course offerings Governor’s Scholarship Differentiated instruction Full inclusion environment Consolidating staff effort / minimize over extension

42. Current Online Providers • University of Nebraska • BYU • Career Ready Key Train • Teacher Designed Individualized Courses • AKLN / e2020 • Money Skill • Stanford Gifted & Talented courses • Aventa/ K12

43. Alaska Learning Networkhttp://www.aklearn.net/ • Teachers on our staff create & teach courses and earn seats for our district • Alaska’s Learning Network (AKLN) improves student achievement through online learning and professional development opportunities by providing: • Distance courses for students that are taught and supported by highly qualified Alaska teachers • Professional development coaching including on-site and off site support and training. • Resources for Alaskan educators • Coalition of all 54 Alaska School Districts managed by the AKLN Advisory Board

44. Career Readyhttp://education.alaska.gov/ELearning/ • You can find a training on this free curriculum at the link above. • Reading, Writing and Math Remediation • Life Skills Courses

45. Aventahttp://aventalearning.com/ • Credit Recovery Courses • Alg I, II, Geometry • Engl. I, II, III, IV • Spanish, Health, PE • Physical Science, Earth Science, Biology • Regular and AP Course List • Extensive

46. Tips on Course Offerings • Appropriately place students • Assist them with learning how to operate in online learning • Schedule • Demo it before you buy it • Training

47. Course Offerings:Action Think of what courses you would like to see offered at your school. Make a list of online course providers to investigate.

48. Weaknesses Online learning isn’t for everyone Detail HBSD ILC shortcomings and plans for improvement

49. Action List: Goal to meet individual student needs

50. Action List: Goal to meet individual student needs