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The Los Angeles Virtual Academy (LAVA) is a learning portal designed to provide online instruction and access to a quality education for all LAUSD students. LAVA offers credit recovery, AP courses, A-G courses, intervention, tutoring, and professional development. With both face-to-face and online delivery, LAVA ensures equitable access to rigorous curriculum 24/7.
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The purpose of the Los Angeles Virtual Academy (LAVA) is to provide online instruction that allows equity and access to a quality education for all LAUSD students • LAVA will offer • Credit Recovery • AP Courses • A-G Courses • Intervention • Tutoring • Professional development
LAVA Overview • LAVA will offer District high school students equitable access to rigorous standards-based curriculum delivered over the Internet • Model includes both face-to-face and and online delivery • Accessed over LAUSDnet • 24/7 access to courses and resources • There is current legislation, AB 294, that will provide ADA for online courses.
AB 294 • Authorizes secondary school pupil participation in an online interactive course to count as instructional time for the purpose of generating Average Daily Attendance (ADA) • Limits total participation in the program to 40 school sites, and restricts any one school district under the program to no more than 5 school sites. • Requires school districts that provide online curriculum to meet RFA requirements for applying to the State Department of Education for participation in the program.
LAVA Campus • Courses taught by Certificated LAUSD Teachers • Delivers content online • Face-to-Face and online instruction included in the model • School site proctored exams • School site mentors • Establishes an online learning community for the LAUSD
Which feels more like school? This? Or this?
LAVA Guiding Principles • LAVA is an virtual learning system specifically designed to meet the needs of students while closing the achievement gap. • LAVA addresses the following Superintendent’s Strategic Plan goals: • 1 - Literacy • 2 - Mathematics • 3 - Educator Quality • 5 - Classroom Space • 6 - Efficiency • 7 - ELL and Standard English Learners • 13 - Parent Involvement
LAVA Guiding Principles cont. • LAUSD Instructional Guidelines • Principles of Learning Practices • The Content Standards for California Public Schools • The LAUSD Instructional Technology Plan • LAUSD staff/teacher expertise
Aligns with: • California Content Standards • Blueprints for Secondary Schools • Periodic Assessments • Designed to: • Build a community of learners • Address different learning modalities • Allow for 24/7 access to the curriculum
LAVA • Will provide all students with access to high quality, standards-based, content-driven learning experiences to meet their needs and expand the boundaries of the classroom. • Will also provide alternative learning opportunities to ensure that every student within the District has equitable access to a quality education.
Professional Development • On-going • Will Include • Pedagogy and Methodology for teaching students online • Creating Online Learning Communities • Course development • Course delivery • Student Assessment
LAVA • Will promote culturally relevant course work through professional development for teachers, counselors, and support staff. • In order to meet the needs of diverse learners, teachers will engage in professional development activities that will help them implement specific instructional strategies, such as: • Assuring academic rigor within the content • Scaffolding the learning • Building knowledge about culturally responsive pedagogy • Applying methodologies that bridge diverse learners’ cultures, learning styles and strengths
Program Assessment • Formative and Summative • Internal and External Evaluators • Feedback available for continuous course modification
Digital Divide • LAVA will redress the digital divide by: • Gathering information regarding students’ access to computers • Providing access to computer labs at schools • Loaning computers to students who have limited or no access to computers while they are enrolled in a course of study
Future Enrollment • Intervention Students • Students needing additional A to G Courses • Students enrolled in • Options Schools • Independent Study • Community Day Schools • Home Bound Students • Hospital • Home study • College and University Partnerships