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Pennsylvania’s Position; How to Prepare and Move Forward

Pennsylvania’s Position; How to Prepare and Move Forward. Su Verma Intermediate Unit 1. Agenda Data Basic online State and District Inquiry Cultural change Vision. Pennsylvania State 13 Cyber schools Approximately 28,500 students About 15% per year growth

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Pennsylvania’s Position; How to Prepare and Move Forward

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  1. Pennsylvania’s Position; How to Prepare and Move Forward Su Verma Intermediate Unit 1

  2. Agenda Data Basic online State and District Inquiry Cultural change Vision

  3. Pennsylvania State • 13 Cyber schools • Approximately 28,500 students • About 15% per year growth • 158 districts are using some kind of for-profit or non-profit online program • Keystone state • One of the leading states for educational initiatives • Great time to start this dialogue about where we want our students to be….

  4. Online Basics

  5. Classification of Courses • Face to face – traditional classroom • Web presence – website • Web enhance – use of web to distribute material • Web centric – some student and teacher communication • Web course – totally independent learning • Web course Traditional – website, notes, lecture, discussion • Web course Cognitive approach – asynchronous discussion, activities, interactive • Web course Constructivist approach – deep discussion, problem solving, and activities among student to student and teacher to students mostly asynchronous • (Socio-constructive approach)

  6. Synchronous vs Asynchronous 1. Scheduled time of the class 2. Instructor and student are present at the same time 3. Location could be different 4. Less flexibility 1. Anytime 24/7 2. Instructor and student can be present anywhere at the time convenient to them 3. Any location with an internet access 4. Flexibility

  7. State and District Planning

  8. Goals for State, District, or School • Need assessment • Courseware Management System • Short term goals - 6 -12 months • Long term goals - 1-5-10 year

  9. Need Assessment… example for a District… • How many students are going to cyber school, grade level, courses, geographical area etc.? • Why they are going to cyber school? • Do we want to create online school IU area? • Which grades – k-12? • Who is teaching online ? • What are they teaching? • What platform/CMS they are using? • How happy they are with the system? • How old is the program? • ….

  10. Which Courseware Management System to use? • 1. Blackboard • Costly and established system • 2. Moodle • Free and newer system • 3. Desire 2 Learn • Less costly than blackboard • 4. Other - Sakai

  11. Next Step For State… • Learn from other states, Florida • Set up inquiry and goals • Continue the dialogue • Make policy • Connect the initiative with Teacher Effectiveness to have a cultural change and creation of learning communities with a focused goal

  12. Learn from other States • Florida - 260,000 students • North Carolina – 89,000 summer students • Michigan – 18,000 students • Texas – 17,000 students

  13. Online Awareness Classes, Statewide Goal • Administrators training • Teachers • Pre-service teacher’s requirement • Induction - Online courses • Level II certificate course requirement • Veteran teachers • 3. Paraprofessional training • 4. Parents online classes

  14. Next Step for District • Use IU cyber school • Create your own district cyber school • Multidistrict cyber school • Summer cyber school • Write policy

  15. Short Term 1st year Goal… • Train a few committed and interested instructors with promising practices of teaching • Create a few good courses – simple and focused on learning • Be successful in reaching to each student and learn from experience

  16. Grades and Courses High school Elementary school Middle school Gifted learners Courses connecting with a university Scheduling problems AP courses Language courses Summer program Cyber school Tutoring program After school program Before school program Community program

  17. Use Standards Based Promising Practices of Teaching online • iNACOL standards for • Courses • Programs • Institution • National staff Development Council’s standards for professional development • Common core standards

  18. Facilitator’s Success • Create a learning community in the class • Create simple and focused design • Commitment and dedication • Check your teaching with iNACOL standards about the quality • Be available for the student’s individualized needs • Be a role model • Be encouraging and exciting • Attitude towards online learning and teaching • High expectations for yourself

  19. …Continue • Believe in the student • Give freedom, trust, and independence, they will do magic • Give the torch in their own hands, they CAN, Yes they CAN! • Teach humanly, friendly, enthusiastically and encourage open dialogue

  20. A Good Online Course is… • Interactive • Interesting • Individualized based on their needs • Relevant • Rigorous • Realistic • Student centered • Simple and focused on teaching and learning • Self-paced

  21. Growth from Within in Online Learning • Self characteristics grow in online learning. For example, self-discipline, self-determination, self-control, self-motivation, and self-confidence • Let it come from “within” the learner at their own pace. You only facilitate their learning.

  22. I’m Ready. Are You?

  23. Inquiry

  24. Set up an Online Inquiry • For PA, IU, or SD • Goal setting – short and long term • Plan for teachers, students, others • Implementation – most important • Data collection – extensive • Evaluate goals • Reset goals for next round

  25. Financial Support • Apply for major grants e.g. Gates • Work collaboratively with intermediate units and other districts • Federal grants • Other local grants

  26. Vision

  27. To Teach = Remove Ignorance • Are we helping students about online teaching and learning? • Why/why not?

  28. Students are Ready..are we? • Why are we keeping them back and not utilizing the way they learn the best? • Is this because of our own lack of knowledge? • Is this because we can’t trust online learning? • Is this because we can’t change? • Did we take an online class? • Who is responsible? • WE, Educational Leaders

  29. Cultural Change

  30. Cultural Change • Cultural paradigm shift of teacher as a facilitator of students’ learning • Believing in student’s ability and desire to learn independently and be independent • Attitude towards online teaching and learning • Phases of a cultural change • Excitement – all positive • Shock – all negative • Recovery – oh well, some +/_ • Acceptance – I got it! • Important part is how do we facilitate their learning during these phases

  31. Asa Hilliard said… “…teaching is a powerful tool that, when used appropriately can awaken the genius in children. All the teachers possess tremendous power which can also be released given the proper exposure. We can’t get to that point by tinkering with a broken system. We must change our intellectual structure, definitions, and assumptions; then we can release teachers’ power”.

  32. My Dream My dream will come true when every K-12 student will take an online class.

  33. Contact Information: Su Verma 724-938-3241 x268 vermas@iu1.k12.pa.us or Susan Moskal 724-938-3241 x239 moskals@iu1.k12.pa.us Some of the graphs are taken from Keeping Pace with K-12, Ambient Insite and iNACOL

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