1. Ryan Schrenk
Instructional Manager @ MTDA
April 10, 2013
Bozeman, MT
MSCA Yearly Conference

2. Today’s Topics
 MTDA Overview Background and History.
 New Stats on MTDA
 Dual and College Credit , College and Career Ready–
Developmental Education Taskforce.
 MTDA/University Partnership Example - Shape P20
 EdReady
 MTDA Web Resources
 Q & A and Wrap - Up

4. Montana
University
System
Montana Montana
Office of School
Public Boards
Instruction Association
School Montana
Admin. of Education
Montana Association
Montana
Rural
Education
Association

5. Dennis
Parman, C
hair, Deput
y Supt.
OPI Barbara
Clay Fettig
Christian
Comm. Teacher,
Higher Billings
Education Public
Schools
Joel Graves
Roberta
Principal
Evans
Lincoln
Dean Coll.
Of Ed. UM County High
Bryan School
Duvall
Trustee, Ger
aldine

6.  Partnership with Local School
 Credit Granted by Local School
 MTDA Online Instructors are Montana
licensed - employed in our public schools
 Enrollment Oversight – local schools
 Site Facilitator – designated locally
 Grading - Achievement Score provided by
MTDA teacher – placed on transcript by school
 Content Delivered Via Moodle

7.  Upper Level and Advanced Courses in
Math or Science
 Credit Recovery – To Get On Track to
Graduate
 Accelerated Courses for MS Students –
Prepping them for Advanced HS
Courses – Dual Credit
 World Language Options
 Unique Electives

8. Original
Credit
Connect
Credit
Recovery
Middle
School
MLS
Pilot

9. 
Cohort Based Model

Traditional academic calendar

Available 24/7 – Asynchronous delivery by
Moodle

Montana teacher in instructor role

Local monitoring strongly recommended

Appropriate for students attempting classes
for the first time

10. 
Self-Paced, Mastery Learning Based

Open entry/open exit

Available 24/7

Montana licensed teacher in academic-area
coach role

Local support required

Appropriate for students that have previously
been unsuccessful

11. • Are the local eyes and
ears of the online teacher
• Do not teach the class
• Are critical to student
success

12. 163 Participating
Montana High
Schools
97%
5 Montana High
Schools Have Not
Participated
3%

13. Middle School
Language
691
5%
Credit Recovery Original Credit
6292 8017
41% 52%
Original Credit -
Advanced Placement
338
2%

14. 14
8% 21
13%
AA
A
94
56% C B 39
23% Total Montana High
Schools 168

15.  6 Higher Education Institutions Provide
Online Courses
 MTDA Provides a “One Stop” Portal for
Students and Schools to Connect
 80 Dual Credit Courses
 50 College Credit Courses

17.  City College MSU Billings
 Flathead Valley Community College
 Great Falls College – MSU
 Helena College – UM
 Miles Community College
 MSU Northern

18.  Communications – 8
 Mathematics – 12
 Natural Science – 13
 Social Science and History – 17
 Humanities and fine Arts – 14
 Cultural Diversity – 3
 Other – 13 (Business, Health Etc.)
 College Credit - 50

19.  Developmental Education Reform Taskforce
 Purpose – BOR Two Year/Community
College Work Plan
 Timeline

20.  A ground-breaking partnership between the
University of Montana and Missoula County
Public Schools
 Transforming the relationship between
classrooms, schools and students and teacher
experiences from preschool to the doctorate
level
with an
 Overarching Goal of having all students
graduate from high school with the knowledge
and skills to thrive in the 21st century.

21. The Pilot-Program’s 3-Year Goals:
 Increase high school retention and graduation rates
 Develop family and community investment
 Deliver skills essential to 21st century teaching and
learning
 Promote the development of education professionals;
teachers, principals, professors and future teachers
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22.  EdReady is a newly developed online
assessment and curriculum delivery system
 Tests students' math proficiency for college
mathematics
 Pre-assessment helps determine readiness
and identify proficiencies and needs
 Personal study plan customized to their needs
 Continued assessments after work on study
plan

23.  EdReady is aimed at math (and later English)
readiness.
 Can be used with Compass, AccuPlacer, and
ACT and other placement exams.
 Provides student performance reports in real
time for instructors, school, district and state.

24.  Developed by the NROC Project
 Phase 1 Pilot States – Montana (4
schools), Oregon, Minnesota, North Carolina
and Kentucky
 Project is funded by the Gates Foundation

31.  Course Catalog
 Program Guides (OC, CR, MLS)
 Links to Dual Credit (College Classes)
 Calendars
 Entrance Counseling Forms
 Announcement List Sign-up
 Recorded Orientations
 Course Learning Path Guides