A.L.E.
Students don’t have to be 21 to
utilize online learning tools for
on-time graduation
WERA Spring Conference 2007 – Making the Grade
Presenters: Kathy Seltzer, Mark Ryder
Teachers, Everett Public Schools
On-Time Graduation
Sometimes it takes many people working together
in a variety of different ways to help a student
succeed and achieve goals.
2.3 million people took some
kind of online course.
USA Today Jan. 1, 2006
Internet
2.3 Million last year
High School Grad requirement
Fastest growing pop? K-2
As of July 2005, 21 states and 9%
of all public schools had online
learning programs.
Enrollment in K12 online
learning is expected to double
in the next year to over 1
million students.
On April 20, 2006, Michigan Governor
signed into law legislation that will
REQUIRE high school students to pass an
online class as a graduation requirement.
Genesis of OnlineHS
• Six years ago….
• Over 350 students were leaving the
Everett Public Schools and taking
courses from BYU
– $96 per semester credit = cheap
– Wide variety of subject offerings
– Counselors and schools were promoting
the program and had representatives
visiting/recruiting on campuses
Online Learning in Washington
• 1995: Evergreen Internet
Academy
• 1996: Federal Way’s
Internet Academy
• 2002: Everett’s OnlineHS
• 2004: Spokane Virtual
• 2005: Insight Schools
(*private/school co-op)
• 2006: Washington Virtual
Academy*
OnlineHS: Then to Now
Early years:
Middle years:
Fee-based Recovery
12 courses
3 teachers/part time
Everett students only
•Any student- inside & outside district
•30 courses
•9 teachers/part time
•Serving other districts
Now:
• Any student & district
• 30+ courses
• Consolidated teaching staff
• Full-time OnlineHS students
• WASL Prep with COE
OnlineHS Course Offerings
English
• 9A: Reading & Writing
• 9B: For Students BY Students
• 10A: What is Freedom?
• 10B: What is Leadership?
• 11A: Essentials of Argument
• 11B: History & Culture
• 12A: Diversity in American
Lit.
Math
• Algebra 1A
• Algebra 1B
• Geometry A
• Geometry B
• Algebra 2 w/Trig A
• Algebra 2 w/Trig B
• Pre-Calculus A
• Pre-Calculus B
Science
• Biology A
• Biology B
Social Studies
• World History A
• World History B
• US History A
• US History B
• Washington State History
• Government
Health & Fitness
• Health
• LifeTime Fitness A (PE 1)
• LifeTime Fitness B (PE 2)
NEW: WASL PREP w/COE
• Math
• Reading
• Writing
OnlineHS Enrollment
• OnlineHS is offered through the Everett Schools.
• Five (5) courses are considered full-time.
• Full-time students are expected to spend a
minimum of twenty-five hours per week on their
coursework.
• Students attending OnlineHS as their only school
may enroll in up to five courses with no tuition fee.
• Students may be enrolled at OnlineHS and a
resident building school with no tuition fee
charged, as long as the combined number of
courses between OnlineHS and a resident
building school does not exceed six classes.
• Students who are enrolled full-time in a resident
building school, or other educational program, are
required to pay tuition unless inter-district
shared FTE agreement.
FTE- INTERDISTRICT AGREEMENT
• Each district should have school board policy
that governs choice and inter-district
agreements.
• Districts can share a student through an interdistrict shared FTE agreement as long as the
student is not counted for more than 1.0 FTE.
• Students who are enrolled in a Private school
will be charged a tuition fee for course(s) taken,
unless the course(s) selected are not offered at
your school.
• If applicable, OnlineHS tuition fee is $200.00 for
each one semester (.5 credit) course.
• Tuition fees are nonrefundable.
• Students are required to inform OnlineHS of all
courses taken at other educational facilities.
Why this option for students?
• Students: On-Time Graduation
• District: Annual Yearly Progress (AYP)
• Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL)
OnlineHS WASL prep courses w/ COE
• Washington state students may enroll full-time for free.
• Courses are available 24/7 from any Internetconnected computer.
• Content is rich, rigorous and engaging.
• All courses are taught by WA State certified, Highly
Qualified and experienced online instructors.
• Contact info:
E-mail: OnlineHS@EverettSD.org
FAX: 425-385-5102
How are we doing?
ONLINE
LEARNING
IS NOT
FOR
EVERYBODY
Are you ready for
OnlineHS?
Requirements
Personal Requirements
• Self-Motivated
• Organized
• Task Oriented
• Good Communicator.
Technical Requirements
• Computer w/Color Monitor, 40 MB HD, 64 MB
RAM, & CD-ROM
– PC with Pentium processor & Windows 98 or newer
– Macintosh with PowerPC processor and System X
• Internet connection
– 56K modem (minimum)
– DSL, cable, etc = better “experience”
• Web Browser
– Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 or later version
– Netscape (Navigator) 6.1 or later version
– Others (Firefox, Opera, Lynx, etc)- not supported
Required Skills
• Comfortable & competent using a
computer.
• Able to use productivity tools (word
processing, spreadsheets, etc)
• Experienced Internet user. Can
navigate comfortably and search the
Internet successfully.
• Responsible communicator.
ACCESS
How? Where? When?
• ANY online computer
in the world
• NO special software
required needed to
access*
• Accessible through
most every web
browser.
• 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Students must have an Internet
connected computer at home.
Above: an Internet Café in Mexico
http://www.OnlineHS.net
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Inside your course
Let’s take a closer
look at the left margin
navigation buttons
Important Course Toolbar
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check for class,
scheduling information
•GO TO CLASS: THIS is your course.
This is the content and material.
•YOUR TEACHER
•ASSIGNMENTS: This is where you DO
your class work.
•Course Info.: course overview & outline,
policies & procedures
•COMMUNICATION: Links to
announcements, email, & discussion
boards
•DISCUSSION BOARD: Social Area for
online learning. Asynchronous Discussion
•TOOLS (6) : View Grade book
•EXTERNAL LINKS
GO To Class
Go To Class 
1. Click button: “Go To Class”
2. Displayed in Units
•Click the Hyperlink to open each Unit
•Do each Unit in order
Course Assignments
Course Assignments
Assignment Sheet
Grading
First Assignment
Icon=FOLDER
Folders contain items
See list below link
Click to open
Course Assignment
Inside the assignment area:
This is
you “turn-in” an assignment
These items are graded by hand,
bywhere
your instructor.
You can expect that they will be corrected, scored, graded
1. Work OFF-line first:
and recorded in your Grade Book within
3 school
days.
A. Compose
your
work in WORD or
a word processor.
B. Save it on YOUR home computer
C. Copy it.
2. Copy your work into the online
box/field.
3. Click “submit” to send to your teacher.
Our Teachers
• OnlineHS is NOT “Computer aided
instruction”.
• All teachers are:
– WA Certificated Everett Public Schools Staff
– Highly Qualified Subject area experts
– Trained specifically in online learning
• Interact with them.
Attributes of an Online Teacher
• Subject matter expert
• Interested in student success in an
alternative method
• Excellent communicator
• Able to build rapport & connect
with individuals
• Comfortable using technology
• Responds to email w/in 24 hours
• Posts announcements weekly
• Corrects/Scores & enters grades
for on-time assignments within 3
school days
• Maintains an active presence in the
Discussion areas
COMMUNICATION
Communication
Electronic
• An Online class
means online tools
• That tool is
“messaging” or
email
•
•
NOT phone*
NOT drop-in*
Internal Email: “Messaging”
Everett hosted courses only at this time
WHAT TO EXPECT with
Online Learning
What to Expect: What will students do?
• Log-in to site daily:
http://www.OnlineHS.net
• Check announcements & messages.
• Access current unit.
– Instructional sound lessons:
• Instruction, practice, evaluate
• Complete assignments.
• Communicate with your teacher using
messages or email
What to Expect: Work
• Some classes require a lot of reading
and writing.
– Before starting, see what needs to be done
and plan accordingly.
• Online Learning EXPECTS and
REQUIRES students to work
independently.
What to Expect: Grades & Credits
• Standards, resubmission, retakes
• When successfully completed, students
will earn 0.5 credit for each course
completed.
• Transcript will reflect regular Everett
School District course code
corresponding to course.
Local Curriculum for Success
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Built on important skills as measured by WASL
Reading strands & targets
Mathematics strands & targets
Expository & Persuasive writing
Classroom based assessments
– Formative
– Summative
• Highest quality alignment with state standards
BE REALISTIC
• Does the family have time
for the STUDENT to
dedicate to online
learning?
• Can the home computer
be tied-up by the
STUDENT?
• Is the STUDENT
committed to working
diligently every day.
• Can the STUDENT meet
the demands of a 90 hour
course in 45 days?
IS ONLINE
LEARNING
FOR YOU?
Off We Go!
Demo Disk
•Course
sampling
demonstration
Questions..?
Thank you!