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Y o u c a n l e a r n a n y w h e r e i n B i g S k y C o u n t r y !
Created by the Montana Legislature
in 2009
• Serve K12 Students in Montana through Public Schools• Governing Board• Director (CEO) Curriculum Director (Vice CEO)• Montana licensed teachers• Core subjects, dual credit enrichment
Created by the Montana Legislature
in 2009
K-12/Higher Ed. Partnership
Unique Educational Partnership
MEA-MFT
Montana School Boards
Association
School Administrat
ors of Montana
Montana Rural
Education Association
Montana University
System
MTDA Governing Board
Bruce Messinger
Chair, Supt.
Helena PSDennis
Parman, Deputy
Supt., OPI
Barbara Fettig,
Teacher, Billings Public
SchoolsBryan Duvall, Trustee,
Geraldine
Roberta Evans,
Dean Coll. Of Ed. UM
Sheila Stearns,
Commissioner
Higher Education
• 45 core high school courses, including electives and AP offerings • 9 dual credit college courses• New MTDA Connect - Launched February 2011• Courses available at 9-12 levels; • 2010-2011 courses available at no cost to Montana students/parents and schools
MTDA Program Overview
Fall Spring Total
Students
Number of unique
students
2751
Enrollment
1951 2109 4060
Teachers
67 76 76
Schools 137 165 165
MTDA Enrollment Data 2010-11
MTDA Courses
• Licensed in Montana• Employed by Montana school
districts• Trained by MTDA on course
development and online pedagogy• Monitored and mentored by MTDA
staff
MTDA Teachers
MTDA Teachers
Red = Teachers Purple = Students
MTDA Teachers and Students
What Students See
Mathematics – AP Calculus
simulation
Resources – Video Science Labs
• Communication
Moodle Discussions, Audio, Video and
Text Chat
MTDA Online Delivery Tools
GENIUS SIS
• Usually defined as an in-school opportunity for students to earn academic credits that they have lost, or are about to lose, by failing a regular course.
–edweek.org 10/20/2008
Credit Recovery or Credit Retrieval
MTDA CAN HELP YOUR STUDENTS MAKE-UP CREDITS!
MTDA Connect Credit Retrieval Program
Connecting MTDA Coach-Student-Local Site Facilitator
Credit Retrieval
Algebra
English
US Government
Geography
Economics
World HistoryBiology
Health
Consumer Mathematics
American History
Examples of MTDA Connect Courses
• Charged by Montana to do so • Requests before and after
original credit rolled out• High cost of solutions,
especially for small schools
Why credit retrieval to keep pace?
Focused Learning Efforts• K-12
– After school programs– Saturday or summer School– Block scheduling– Academies– Early ID of at-risk population
• College– Fast-track/focused programs– Adult Basic Ed– Veteran’s Upward Bound
Types of Credit Retrieval
Commercial Products– Aventa– PLATO– NovaNET– Apex– Florida Virtual– K-12.com– Khan Academy (
http://www.khanacademy.org/)
Commercial Computer-Based
Solutions
• Time-based model– Based on Caroll (1963) – “Quality instruction is defined by a structure
based on knowing what objectives are, access to content and carefully planned and specified wide range of instructional events”
• Mastery Learning Model– Based on Bloom (1987)– Bloom preferred self-paced learning or
adjusting the time to the student’s aptitude
---Loupa (2010)
PLATO Learning Environment (PLE)
• Notify of objectives• Organize into small units• Materials and strategies should
be identified and used consistently
• Each unit has pre-test• Allow for/provide supplementary
instruction
Bloom’s 5 Steps For Mastery Learning
• Combine intrusive, focused, supported mastery learning
• With individualized/computer based solution
MTDA Connect- home-grown attempt to:
• Assess individual learner gaps
• Individualized instructional path
• Self paced• Flexible• Internet Resources• Offline activities• Regain lost academic
ground
MTDA Connect
• Accessible/secure/comprehensive solution
• Purchased centrally, shared widely
• Technical support• Enrollment management• Curricular oversight• Integrated solution? Coming
Soon
MTDA Connect Charge
• District Rep contacts us• Fills out enrollment form(s)• Go through short orientation• Figure out how to support
students locally
How Schools Get Involved
• MTDA + local facilitator + academic coach
• Online access 24/7 to curriculum
• Modular, individualized, self-paced
• Module tests open for 2 tries• Post-tests unlocked manually
and monitored locally
How MTDA Connect Works
• PLATO Vocabulary• Tracking and communication • Pre-test, module exemption or
module mastery, post-test• Grade reports
How MTDA Connect Works
• Wide variety of programs at local level
• Balance with local needs to provide support
• Grading or teaching needs• Changes equation for students• Subject matter certified – Math,
Science, Social Studies, English, Computers, Health
• Can make modifications to curriculum
Why use coaches?
• Monthly meeting with MTDA and Coaches
• PLE messaging• Email to facilitators and students• Google docs and dropbox.com for
shared files• Toll free fax to email service for
written work• Phone calls
Communication
• Analysis of curriculum/prioritize offline activities– Support Site– Teacher Materials– Curriculum maps
• Suggestions for improvements• Modifications and Planning• Monthly Update Meetings
Taking Content Retrieval to the
Next Level
• Class management– Local eyes and ears for MTDA Connect– Passwords– Enrollments
• Tracking and Management– Help logging in then making students do it– Working on curriculum– Formative assistance– Conduit for communication– Tracking work– Grades and final assessment
Facilitators
• Great conversations happening now!
• Wide variety out there• Sometimes none• Poor past experiences/mixed
results• Resource hurdles - technology,
staffing, time• Potential for us to share/create
a model
Creating A Solution for Montana
• Do get “intrusive” in Credit Retrieval
• Don’t expect different results without changing the variables
Do’s and Don’ts
• Rolling for first time from Spring to Summer
• Modifying curriculum• Research adding alternate systems or
courses• Full integration with SIS for enrollment
and enhanced data tracking/reporting• Training and presentations to
propagate best practices with facilitators/coaches, etc
Future
Roles State
The Status of Online Learning
(Fall 2009)
• SIZE- Range from a few thousand to about 16,000 course enrollments 2009-10.
• Funding - Funded primarily by legislative appropriation, sometimes supplemented by charging course fees.
• Grade level - Primarily high school, although half offer middle school courses.
• Full -time students Most provide supplemental courses to students who are enrolled in another school full time.
Attributes of State Virtual Schools
• Organization type - Run by or within the state education agency.
• Accountability for student achievement - Most state virtual schools work in partnership with local school districts, which grant the credit for the online course. The state virtual school provides the grade for the course.
Attributes of State Virtual Schools
Questions and Comments
• Contact Ryan Schrenk• ryan.schrenk@montanadigitalacad
emy.org • 406-243-6122• Skype: ryan.schrenk• Twitter: ryanschrenk• This presentation is available at
slideshare:• http://www.slideshare.net/rschrenk
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