ALTERNATE AND ONLINE

LEARNING PROGRAMS

Why Alternative Education Programs?

• Alternative education programs are developed because traditional or regular schools do not and cannot meet the needs of all students.

• Educators have offered opposing views reflecting the reasons and purposes for alternative education. At times, the students are identified as the problems leading to the unsuccessful process. At other times, the school institutions are blamed. The Alternate programs emphasis is not on fixing the student or correcting the home schools, but on providing alternatives to failure, frustration, lack of connection, and blame.

• By transforming the Alternate programs’ organization, instruction, and environment, student response, performance, feelings of self worth and achievement can be transformed.

• Source: http://int11.mhrcc.org/sullivan_boces/altedu.htm

Our Services• 3 Storefront Alternate and Continuing Education Centers, 1 Junior

Alternate School• vLearn online and homebased learning programs for local and B.C.

K-12 students• Continuing Education services for age 17+ non-graduates and adult graduate up-graders• Individual course services for high school students• Hospital/ Home-bound and suspension program services• Online and Face to Face Summer School programs • Wrap around supports for At-Risk Youth• Re-engagement programs for elementary students who have left our schools through vLearn

NOYFS/WCRC

Substance Abuse Prog.

MCFD RCMP

ProbationServices

Ministry of Health

Wrap-around Service Model

Career Programs

Crossroads and Six Mile Education Centers

• Serving school age alternate students, non-graduate adults and graduate ‘upgrading’ adult students

• Individualized, self-paced programs• Close connections with community services and

cultural programs• Some Online/DL services• Suspension/behaviour program support• Activities program

The Open Door• Serving grade 10-12 school aged alternate and dual

enrolled, adult non-graduates and graduate up-grading students

• District Suspension Program support• Online and paper course options• Senior subjects Hospital/Homebound Support• Open early evenings three nights per week• Monday night Biology 12 class(7-9pm)• Activities program• Community resource connections through CMHA,

Connections, Literacy Junction, street nurse, RCMP

ALPS• Serving junior students under 17 years old who

have been identified with significant behaviour challenges in traditional schools

• Entrance into ALPS is managed through a district screening committee which meets each month

• Significant resource team support assists some students in successfully transitioning back into local high schools. Others may transition into The Open Door to complete their high school graduation.

vLearn.ca • K-12 Online DL and home based learning support• Online, Onsite and Virtual Class DL learning formats• K-9 activities program on Wednesday mornings• Hospital homebound support K to 9• K-9 Field Trip Program• Online Curriculum/course development with BCLN• E-innovations and ‘live’ online support• Face to face student support services• Co-integration of special needs students with local schools

where possible• Hub of e-learning expertise and online training for BCLN

Program ‘High Lights’• Vernon Alternate programs are highly successful in helping students

reclaim their high school education graduating an average of 50 students annually over the past five years!

• Our top graduates continue to received entrance scholarships into post-secondary programs across Canada.

• vLearn continues to lead the province in high quality DL services. Our staff are highly skilled online teaching and learning specialists.

• The Vernon Virtual class program continues to help regular, alternate and rural school students and elite performers pursue their dreams. The model is now being replicated across B.C.

• Our programs are truly global serving local Vernon, B.C. students in Haiti, Korea, Japan, Saudi, Mexico, Pennsylvania and across B.C.

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