IPBS

IPBS Back-story

IPBS TeacherLine initiative - Multiple strategies

• Recruiting of Outreach Directors

• Building relationships at IN Dept of Education

• Creating awareness/credibility at state education conferences

• Presenting to and enlisting support of TV/radio General Managers

• Meeting with Indiana University/other colleges and universities

• Offering local courses

• Embedding TeacherLine into the IPBS strategic plan

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IPBS LIF 4 has two aims

1.  Building a statewide infrastructure

2. Developing a model with Marian College

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Marian College

• Small, liberal arts college with an entrepreneurial approach

• Licensing agent for the Indianapolis Teaching Fellows and Teach for America cadres for Indianapolis Public Schools

• Seeking ways to be of stronger service and a better resource to teachers in Central Indiana

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Marian as PBS TeacherLine model

• Select TeacherLine courses to support the Fellows

• Add15 hours of content in classrooms

• Co-facilitate to embed courses into technology

• Provide face-to-face orientation

• Observe in the course

• Strong customer service

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Win-Win-Win-Win

• Teachers gain self-selected content and quality courses unavailable from Marian

• Marian acquires new content, access to courses, with potential for facilitators and new markets – efficiently and cost-effectively

• TeacherLine earns a creditable partner, new model, and the potential for expansion into new markets

• TeacherLine is anchored more securely in Indiana

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Lessons learned

• Cannot outsmart the technology

• Critical elements for IPBS • flexibility, creativity, openness

• What mattered for Marian• hands-on support• good customer service• teaming with the faculty demonstrated seriousness

• Commitment to make it work