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Western Regional Committee Webinar

Western Regional Committee Webinar. December 9 , 2013 12pm MST. Who Are We? iNACOL Western Regional Committee. Chad Turley, Western Regional Chair chad.turley@byu.edu (801) 422-3127 Scott Bullock, Western Regional Co-Chair scott.bullock@wyo.gov (307) 777-7418

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Western Regional Committee Webinar

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  1. Western Regional CommitteeWebinar December 9, 2013 12pm MST

  2. Who Are We?iNACOL Western Regional Committee • Chad Turley, Western Regional Chair • chad.turley@byu.edu • (801) 422-3127 • Scott Bullock, Western Regional Co-Chair • scott.bullock@wyo.gov • (307) 777-7418 • Lachelle Brant, Western Regional Recorder • lachelle.brant@wyo.gov • (307) 777-3679 • Rob Darrow, Ed.D., Director of Member Services • rdarrow@inacol.org • (703) 752-6216

  3. Are you interested in presenting at one of the Western Regional Committee webinars?

  4. Updates! December 2013 • Purpose: To inform, equip and empower • Rob DarrowDirector of Member Services • rdarrow@inacol.org

  5. Archives: The Blended and Online Learning Symposium – Oct 27-30, 2013 • Recordings soon available here: http://kzosites.com/inacol/2013/ • Online Community: https://inacol2013.pathable.com/ • Hashtag: #inacol13 http://www.inacol.org/events/symposium/

  6. Archives: Other Links • iNACOL Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/inacolvideo • iNACOL Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/iNACOL

  7. Updates! Upcoming [FREE] Webinars in December • Leadership – Wed. Dec. 11: Online Program Evaluation with Florida and Michigan Virtual Schools • Research – Tues. Dec. 17: Using Data to Improve Management of Online Schools Register on the website (for anyone): http://www.inacol.org/events/webinars/

  8. Updates! New iNACOL Documents • Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education • http://www.inacol.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iNACOL-Mean-What-You-Say-October-2013.pdf • Partnering for Success: A 21st Century Model for Teacher Preparation • http://www.inacol.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iNACOL-Partnering-for-Success-October-2013.pdf • Transforming K-12 Rural Education through Blended Learning: Barriers and Promising Practices • http://www.inacol.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iNACOL-Transforming-K-12-Rural-Education-through-Blended-Learning.pdf

  9. Updates! New iNACOL Documents – Part 2 • iNACOL's New Learning Models Vision • http://www.inacol.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/iNACOL-New-Learning-Models-Vision-October-2013.pdf • iNACOL Research Agenda • http://www.inacol.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/iNACOL-Research-Agenda-October-2013.pdf • Fast Facts About Online Learning (October 2013) • http://www.inacol.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/iNACOL-Fast-Facts-About-Online-Learning-October-2013.pdf

  10. Other Online Professional Development Opportunities From Classroom 2.0 Network: • Archives of Global Education Conference (Nov. 18-22) • http://www.globaleducationconference.com/ • Archives of Connected Educator Month (October): http://connectededucators.org/

  11. Grant Opportunity • NGLC – Wave IV Cycle 2 Funding • Plan Grant $100,000 due Jan. 13, 2014 • http://nextgenlearning.org/breakthrough-grants

  12. White House Student Film Festival • WHITE HOUSE SEEKS STUDENT STEM VIDEOS: First ever Whitehouse student film festival, open to all K-12 students. STEM Themes, personalized learning, online learning, etc. • Video from Bill Nye, the Science Guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ck7Q0brP7o • Entry Information: http://www.whitehouse.gov/filmfestival • Due: January 25

  13. Updates! Join iNACOL’s Plugged In • Daily online and blended learning news updates • http://www.inacol.org/news/plugged-in/

  14. Updates! • Other Questions, Input, Thoughts? • rdarrow@inacol.org Happy Holidays from iNACOL! Thank you for all of the great work you are doing to impact student learning!

  15. Wyoming's Online and Blended Learning Programs • Current Participation Rates • State-Level Policies • Distance Learning Programs More information at www.wyomingswitchboard.net

  16. Wyoming Overview State Population: 576,000 K-12 Population: 90,993 48 School Districts

  17. States with Multi-District Fully Online Schools http://kpk12.com/reports/

  18. Wyoming Online/Blended Programs

  19. Wyoming Online/Blended Student Enrollments

  20. State-Level Policies - Milestones • Milestones are the key topics or required objectives presented in a distance education course: • Monitor student progress through the course • Report distance education course completion rates • Calculate the students’ attendance and membership equivalency

  21. State-Level Policies – Distance Learning Plans • The DLP is a student-centered academic contract that details: • Student accountability and appropriateness • Course information • Instructional support • Progress monitoring

  22. Wyoming e-Academy of Virtual Education Halfway through our first year of implementing a “hybrid” system Students are scheduled in regular high school periods with face to face teachers Run on a semester schedule and will assign grades at the semester’s end Students meet with face to face teachers every period but the vast majority of their course content and assessments take place online Teachers do A LOT of face to face supplementation and assignment replacement as needed/necessary

  23. Wyoming e-Academy of Virtual Education Successes: The quality of the content is substantially improved over our previous content providers… The courses are very flexible and easy to modify The learning management system is more robust and feature-rich Content is a gated system meaning students can’t move forward until mastery  has been reached on the current assessment… Pre-testing is enabled so that students who earn an 80% on a pre-test can skip that component of instruction and move onto the next content item

  24. Wyoming e-Academy of Virtual Education Challenges: Courses “out-of-the-box” are ENORMOUS.  Even after we did some initial paring down of the courses are still too large. Mixed reviews/results for the new content format: grade levels, learning styles, and across different content areas Documenting classroom and supplemental activities that teachers are doing face to face with students has been a challenge The bandwidth requirements are substantial, both internal on our LAN and external to the internet. 

  25. Natrona Virtual Academy (NVA) Increase our enrollment and expand the services and opportunities that we can offer through two options… Expanding and customizing internal supplemental courses while adding more teacher student interaction to the instruction Training local staff to be ready to teach the fully online curriculum in the upcoming 2014-15 school year

  26. Natrona Virtual Academy (NVA) Successes: Students and parents have a rigorous curriculum with both programs. The teachers in both programs have a wonderful relationship with students and parents. Both program monitoring systems make it easy for NCSD to monitor the progress of our students. Reaching many students who have a hard time fitting need classes into their daily schedule have been able to earn credits towards graduation.

  27. Natrona Virtual Academy (NVA) Challenges: Not as much district control with our provider as we would like. District computers and the filters are not complementary to the program that we are using Because of staff time limitations there are many wonderful features that have went without use Technical problems with the provider and poor notification of outages/difficulties

  28. Wyoming Connections Academy (WyCA) Successes: We have had 100% participation in PAWS/SAWS testing every year (4 years) Students who stay with WYCA for more than one year tend to make gains on proficiency standards We serve students who come a variety of locations, be it in town or a ranch sixty miles from the nearest town We provide full special education services to all students with IEP or 504 Plans

  29. Wyoming Connections Academy (WyCA) Challenges: The logistics of remote state testing for grades 3-8 It is challenging to coordinate the high school students who take the state assessment in their resident districts The lack of fast and abundant internet service throughout the State of Wyoming

  30. Are you interested in presenting at one of the Western Regional Committee webinars?

  31. 2013-14 Western Regional Committee Next Scheduled Meeting January 13, 2014 12pm MST

  32. Chad Turley, Western Regional Chair • chad.turley@byu.edu • (801) 422-3127 • Scott Bullock, Western Regional Co-Chair • scott.bullock@wyo.gov • (307) 777-7418 • Lachelle Brant, Western Regional Recorder • lachelle.brant@wyo.gov • (307) 777-3679 • Rob Darrow, Ed.D., Director of Member Services • rdarrow@inacol.org • (703) 752-6216 www.inacol.wikispaces.com

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