Virtual High School Consortium

Welcome to Virtual High School!

Agenda
Online Learning
Virtual High School Global Consortium
Questions

VHS Online Learning Vision
Challenging, interesting, engaging
Expose students to diverse points of view
Support students passions in unique areas
Build 21 st century skills

Other eLearning Programs
State Led
Cyber Charter Schools
Digital Curriculum/Online Course

About VHS
Originally funded by the Federal DOE through a technology grant
1996 – 14 th year
Non-profit global consortium of over 640 schools

What makes us unique?
Supplement the course of study
NOT an alternative diploma program
NO full-time enrollments
NO supplanting teachers
Students and teachers come from member schools

What makes us unique?
All policy is set locally
Course credit and student eligibility
Semester schedule, cohort based
Scheduled/asynchronous
Maximum enrollment 25 per course
4 students per school per course
Delivered by certified teachers
Virtual global classrooms - 32 states and 34 countries

Benefits:
VHS member schools add over 140 courses that may not be part of the curriculum
Electives in all content areas
Photography, Stock Market, Portuguese, Mythology, Forensic Science, Oceanography, Animation

Benefits:
Interact with and learn from students from different countries and states
Work in collaborative teams using 21 st century communications technology
Avoid course/program cuts caused by budget constraints
Simplify student schedule conflicts

Successful Students?
Who are the most successful online students?
Motivation/engagement
What are the key characteristics?
What are the eligibility considerations?

Participation Components
Teacher
Site Coordinator
Guidance Department awareness and support
Principal
Superintendent
School Board

Teacher Details
All teachers have secondary certification in their content area
AP Institute trained
10 week online training from VHS (NIM)
May give teachers new ideas, approaches to use in their face-to-face courses

Site Coordinator
Critical in the success of the program
Site Coordinator(s) could be a variety of staff
Works closely with students on scheduling, course selection, questions/concerns, etc.
4 week online training (SCO)

School Membership Options
Standard Teaching
Site Coordinator
Teacher
25 seats per semester
Small School Teaching
Site Coordinator
Teacher
Student Only
Site Coordinator

Credentials
Nationally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
Course design aligns with the NEA guidelines for online courses
Online course delivery and teaching aligns with the NEA guidelines for online teaching

Credentials
Courses meet NCAA guidelines
All AP courses have been approved by the College Board
Recipient of the USDLA 21st Century Award for Distance Learning Best Practices, 2005, 2007, 2008

Statistics
VHS AP exam pass rate 62% pass rate and national average is at 60%
Course completion rates are over 80%
End of course survey indicates that 95% of students, teachers and administrators were satisfied with the experience

Thank you
Michael Brown
[email_address]
978-450-0419

Virtual High School Consortium

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