implementation of the texas virtual school network txvsn
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Implementation of the Texas Virtual School Network www.txvsn.org. Share Your Virtual School Experiences. Divide into four groups Please discuss at your table the following: Group 1: Your virtual school model Group 2: Online instructor training/accreditation - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Share Your Virtual School Experiences
• Divide into four groups• Please discuss at your table the following:
– Group 1: Your virtual school model– Group 2: Online instructor training/accreditation– Group 3: How courses are evaluated and
identified– Group 4: Your funding model
• Choose a person to serve as the group reporter
Completion Time: 3 minutes
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Texas Virtual School Network
• Senate Bill 1788
• Education Code Chapter 30A-State Virtual School Network
• Supplemental Program• Distance Learning options offered under
other law still available
• Funding and attendance rules to be established by Texas Education Agency
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TxVSN Fundamentals
• LEAs are course providers– Private providers eligible via districts
• Districts and Open Enrollment charters may receive courses
• Priority for the network:– 9-12 courses beginning January 2009– 4 X 4 courses– Preliminary planning for Summer 2009
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TxVSN Receiver LEADistricts, Open Enrollment Charter
Schools, Education Service Centers, Public and Private Higher Education
Institutions:
• Have online Instructors • Texas-certified in course subject/grade
• Professional Development completed
• Have TxVSN-Approved Courses
• Have online school processes in place
• Will scale for statewide capacity
Districts Open Enrollment Charter Schools
• Have students with academic need
• Provide a TxVSN site coordinator
• Provide Funding for courses
• Retain related services responsibility
• Keep responsibility for accountability
• Assign credit upon completion
TxVSN Provider LEA
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Establishing the TxVSN
• Request for Proposal from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to identify:
• TxVSN Course Review • TxVSN Central Operations
• Request for Qualifications from TEA to identify professional development providers
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Course Review
• Awarded to Region 4 ESC–Project Manager: Brent Bakken
• Rigorous Course Review– 100% TEKS Alignment (AP Audit Approved)– Meets or Exceeds the NACOL National
Standards• TEC §30A.102 requires electronic courses submitted by
a provider school district or school to be offered through the network to be reviewed
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TxVSN Central Operations
• Awarded to ESC 10 and Harris County Department of Education
• TEC § 30A.052. The commissioner shall: (1) employ a limited number of administrative employees in connection with the network; and (2)(c) contract with a regional education service center for the service center to operate the network.
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Professional Development Providers
Awards:• Education Development Center, Inc.• ESC Region 4• ESC Region 11• Harris County Department of Education • Texas A&M Center for Distance Learning
• Purpose:– Instructors must successfully complete the
appropriate professional development course before teaching an electronic course offered through network.
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Partnership: Course Review
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Electronic Course• Instruction and content are delivered primarily over the
Internet
• A student and teacher are in different locations for the majority of the student’s instructional period
• Most instructional activities take place in an online environment
• The online instructional activities are integral to the academic program
• Extensive communication between a student and a teacher and among students is emphasized
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TEKS Alignment
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NACOL National Standards
• Standard A – Content• Standard B – Instructional Design• Standard C – Student Assessment• Standard D – Technology• Standard E – Course Evaluation & Management• Standard F – 21st Century Skills
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Course Review Ratings• Review Teams• Data Collection and Aggregation• Clarification and Confirmation• Course Rating
– Approved– Approved With Minor Modifications– Not Approved, Needing Major Modifications– Not Approved
• Follow-up with Provider District
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Partnership: Central Operations
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Central Operations Responsibilities
• Coordinate the course registration and student enrollments
• Create and maintain the infrastructure for central registration
• Create and maintain an electronic catalog that matches the receiver districts and provider district courses.
• Facilitate agreements and payment from receiver districts and pay provider districts– Maximum cost per TEC Chapter 30.A
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Central Operations Responsibilities
• Populates approved courses into the statewide catalog
• Receiver district site coordinator reserves seats for students
• Central Operations collects registration and payment information
• Established advisory council
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Data Elements • Data collection
– Student wish list – Counselor survey (wish list)– Site Coordinator registration data– Catalog elements
• Examples– Student teacher ratio, NCAA approved, Dual credit,
Enrollment type
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Data Reporting Requests
• Student satisfaction surveys• Provider and Receiver districts surveys• Evaluate course takers and student
accountability results• Financial information
– Average course cost and range– Courses purchased by rural vs urban districts– Courses titles purchased regional
• Course content– Developer type– LMS types– Enrollment types
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TxVSN Processes
• TxVSN.org– Site Coordinator registration– Student course request and wish list– Financial accounts registration– Provider district information– Receiver district information
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Partnership:
Professional Development
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Professional Development Providers
• Have the skill to deliver professional development that will enable online educators to meet the National Standards of Quality for Online Teaching approved by NACOL
• Demonstrated significant past effectiveness in providing professional development preparing teachers to teach in the online environment
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Partnership:
TxVSN Advisory Council
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Advisory Council
• Professional Organizations and Higher Education
• District Roles
• Campus Roles
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TxVSN Contact Information
• Central Operations– Barbara Smith, ESC Region 10– Laura Hodges, ESC Region 10 – Angela Clark, HCDE
www.txvsn.org
• Course Review– Brent Bakken, ESC Region 4