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DCSS entertains idea of virtual classrooms

February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

“There’s research that shows that students that attend virtual schools can acquire the same information and do as well or better than other kids,” said DCSS Publicist R.D. Harter.

Harter says it’s an alternative that may keep students from dropping out or simply leaving public schools.

“On the state level more and more virtual school opportunities are available and when that happens the local district loses state funding for that student,” said Harter.

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Charter Resolution Clears Committee

February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

In 2007, local school boards denied every single start-up charter school application. In 2008, 25 of 27 were denied. Since 2008 only four have been approved. Less than two percent of Georgia students have access to a charter school even 10 years after the first state-approved charter and, separately, the first locally-approved charter opened. Of 16 state-authorized schools (either approved by the state board or former charter commission), six are physically located in rural areas outside the metro Atlanta area. Additionally, the two virtual schools and the Department of Juvenile Justice school have statewide draws. State charter schools have a more diverse student population and more qualify for free or reduced lunch than the state average.

Charter schools often do not fit within attendance lines attracting students across multiple school districts. A Georgia research university has expressed interest in partnering its school of education with a charter school and would serve students from a broad geographical region. This would not be possible without state authorization.

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Georgia Senate passes virtual learning mandate

February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Online learning would become a requirement for graduation in schools across Georgia under a bill passed Thursday by the Senate, despite objections from some lawmakers who said it chipped away at local control.

Starting next year, Senate Bill 289 would require school systems to allow all students access to online instruction from kindergarten to 12th grade.

Ninth-grade students starting in 2014 would have to take at least one online course before graduation, according to SB 289. The bill would also require schools to give all end-of-course assessments online starting in 2015.

Schools could use private online education providers, courses offered online by other public systems or by colleges as well as the Georgia Virtual School, which is run by the state Department of Education. Districts would have to pay the department as much as $250 per student for tuition, materials and fees if a course is taken through its virtual school.

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Fayette BoE eyes replacement for old ‘summer school’

February 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The new credit recovery method for the summer months is a result of several factors. One is that the NCAA will only accept credit recovery if there is face-to-face teacher instruction on-site.

Additionally, the current Georgia Virtual School has no teacher of record in the credit recovery model and, with the 23-credit requirement to graduate, students must have credit recovery options to remain on track to graduate in four years, Sweat said.

Sweat said the primary goal was to craft a new model that will meet students’ needs at a minimal cost or no cost to the school system.

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Whitfield school board to meet Monday

February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Georgia Virtual School provides classes online to any student in Georgia.

For the past fall semester, close to 6,000 students across the state were enrolled in classes through Georgia Virtual alone. Of those, 12 were at Coahulla Creek High School, 10 were at Northwest, 14 at Southeast Whitfield High School and three at the Northwest Georgia College and Career Academy. Nine students in Murray County Schools were enrolled in at least one course, and there were 22 at Dalton High School.

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U.S. Virtual Ed. Companies Court Global Clients

January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Within U.S. borders, online learning providers often approach districts, schools, and individual students and families by pitching the idea that virtual courses can help a student reach beyond a school system that falls short of addressing all student needs.

International e-learning consumers, by contrast, are approaching American virtual providers because they represent not an alternative to traditional American education, but an extension of it.

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3 finalists named for online K-12 teacher award

January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The finalists are: Leslie Fetzer from North Carolina Virtual Public School, Tracy Seiler from the South Carolina Virtual School Program and Asherrie Yisrael from Georgia Virtual School.

The winner will be announced March 1 and will receive a trip to the Virtual School Symposium in October.

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Program to help 5th-year seniors earn diplomas

January 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

A new program to help fifth-year Columbia County high school seniors get their diplomas more quickly starts Monday at the alternative school in Grovetown.

Called Saving Our Students (S.O.S.), the program specifically targets seniors who would benefit from an alternative to the traditional high school setting. They’ll work in the alternative school’s computer lab 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday, taking online courses on the Georgia Virtual School system under the tutelage of high school graduation coaches.

Many fifth-year seniors detest having to learn in a typical school setting, with some feeling too old, said alternative school Principal Dr. Ja’net Bishop.

“The motivation to complete their classes can be lackluster and adds to the dropout rate,” Bishop said. “With the S.O.S. program, what we hope is that giving them the benefit of starting their day a little bit later and ending earlier, they’ll still be motivated to get their diplomas.

“We’re recognizing that they’re getting older and want to move on with their lives, but we’re also recognizing that they should not completely move on until they’ve completed their high school requirements.”

Others opted for the S.O.S. program for the structure.

The first semester of the program features just 18 students chosen by graduation coaches. They will be allowed to socialize only with other S.O.S. students, are allowed no more than five absences, are expected to work on assignments outside of class, and must provide their own transportation.

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Board wants online classes for students

January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

“So it might be something like health online,” Lembeck said. “It could be an advanced placement course online. It could be credit recovery for students who are behind and need to make up a class.”

The class may be taken within the walls of the high school or at home through the Georgia Virtual School, she said.

Lembeck is also preparing to roll out a plan that allows students to bring their own technology to the high school.

“If students are able to bring some of their own technology, No. 1, they’ll have a resource and a tool that they’re comfortable using, but also it will enable us to maximize the technology that we already have because you can only stretch so many computers among so many students,” she said.

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Virtual learning gains popularity

January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Virtual learning is a small but growing area of academia that many educators are beginning to tap into at unprecedented levels — and not just at Northwest. For the past fall semester, close to 6,000 students were enrolled in classes through Georgia Virtual alone. Of those 12 were at Coahulla Creek High School, 10 were at Northwest, 14 at Southeast Whitfield High School and three at the Whitfield Career Academy. Nine students in Murray County Schools were enrolled in at least one course, and there were 22 at Dalton High School.

Georgia Virtual employs 12 full-time teachers and another 100 to 175 adjunct faculty members. Teachers must meet the same education and certification requirements as regular classroom teachers, said director Cristina Clayton.

Still, virtual learning isn’t the best fit for every student, said Rebecca Jenkins, the Georgia Virtual facilitator for Northwest. Students are given all their assignments up front at the beginning of the semester, but they’re responsible for meeting deadlines and seeking help on their own when needed. Students are given a block of time during the day to work on virtual classes, but they ultimately must pace themselves.

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