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Thesys Case Study Summer 2010 Fairmont prep abbreviated
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Fairmont Pr reparatory Academy is a private e Duriing Fairmoont’s summ mer progra am, the
high school located in Anaheim, CA There are
h A A. e Geoometry class was offere both as a hybrid
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currently 62 students enrolled. Fo the 2010
26 or 0 cour and as a classroom-
rse -only course Overall,
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Summer Sch hool Program, Fairmont wanted to
t o stud
dents perfoormed bett ter in the hybrid
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provide stud dents increaased schedu flexibility
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while mainta aining rigoro
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addition, the wanted to build a br
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hybrid/blend ded learning model use today by
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universities. Fairmont partnered with Thesys
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International to provide sixteen hyb
brid courses s
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that were co ompleted by 156 studeents utilizing
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both classro oom instruction and a Learning g
Management System (LMS). Outc
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equal to or better than traditional classroom-
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based cour rses, at a 33% lower cost per r
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student.
Hybrid or “blended” learning empowers
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students to become independent le
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kind of stude they will need to be
ent ecome when n
entering college.
e 88%% of stu
udents tak
king cours
ses for
advaancement earned pa assing grad
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Fairmont offfered the fo
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brid coursess hyb rid grade distributions for advancement
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during the Summer 2010 session: Algebra I CP,
d S 0 A stud
dents were equal to or bett
e o ter than
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Algebra II/TTrigonometr CP, Biology CP &
ry commparable outcomes in the classroo om, with
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Honors, Che emistry CP & Honors, Economics s 69% earning an A or B.
%
C English I/II/II CP, Geometry CP, Health, Pre-
CP, -
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Calculus CP US Gover
P, rnment CP, US History y 83% of students taking cou
% s urses for rem
mediation
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CP, and World History CP. Courses were
W e earn
ned a highe passing g
er grade in the hybrid
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taught by Faairmont teacchers who were trained
w d cour
rse (a sch hool improv vement ov ver prior
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by year
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DEMOGRAP
PHICS SUM
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State: California
S chool must continually improve
Tod ay, every sc
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System: Fair rmont Educa
ation Group acad
demic quality at a low cost per student
wer r
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Type: Urban fringe of a mid-sized ci
ity whil e offering a full rang of courses. The
ge
hyb rid model in
ncreasingly meets this range of
R
RESULTS scho needs. C
ool Cost/student ranges fro 30 to
om
60% lower in hy
% ybrid progra
ams.
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Teachers deeveloped a variety of methods too
e
enhance and manage the hybrid courses. For
d t c r A hy
ybrid structu
ure…
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example: the spent tim in the co
ey me omputer lab
b IIncreases coourse access in flexible
s
o
once per we to presen an overview of major
eek nt r s
schedules
t
topics, and they recoommended a mix of f IImproves teeacher satisfaction
classroom and online instructional time by
c a y IImproves leaarning effec
ctiveness
s
subject matt
ter. IImproves student engag gement
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udy, visit www.t hesysint
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elle Low for a presenta
we ation: (7
714) 234
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