Ed. P&L 823Spring, 2010

The Ohio State University

Laura D. Commodore

Instructor: Fawn WinterwoodCourse: Ed. P&L 823

Columbus City Schools – Virtual High SchoolProgram Proposal

Columbus City Schools currently operates two programs for distance learning: Columbus Virtual High School School Based Credit Recovery

Full-time Enrollment Concurrent Enrollment

We currently operate 5 Learning Centers through out the Columbus City Schools district.

Students have access to all Columbus City Schools academic and extra curricular activities available to traditional high school students.

The credit recovery program currently operates in 19 of our area high schools as after-school remediation programs.

Columbus City Schools – Virtual High SchoolProgram Proposal

Issues

Students not taking full advantage of school-based credit recovery

Amount of money spent to pay extended time salaries to teachers far exceeds the number of credit hours students are earning during after-school credit recovery.

Current cost per credit hour exceeds 250.00 As of May 4, 2010, $106,567.99 has been paid as

supplemental salaries to current contract teachers. Students lack motivation to complete online courses.

Proposal

Blending of both credit recovery and virtual high school programs. New program to be called the CAP (Credit Advancement Program) Eliminate school-based after school credit recovery. Eliminate after-school bus routes. Create regional CAP centers across the district. Purchase Plato Learning Network V 2.0 which would eliminate credit

recovery courses as a result of the prescriptive feature of the software. Charge students a one-time fee of $50 which would represent a student’s

pledge to complete academic courses within the given school year. Provide students with COTA bus passes to be used for transporting them to

and from the Regional Cap Center of their choice. Course credit will be awarded using the current district grading scale. Quarterly progress notifications will be sent to parents of participants.