MONTANA DIGITAL ACADEMY –

MONTANA’S STATEWIDE VIRTUAL SCHOOL – 2013 UPDATE

Ryan SchrenkInstructional Manager @ MTDA

April 10, 2013Bozeman, MT

MSCA Yearly Conference

Montana Higher Education and MTDA Working Together

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

UM/MTDA Partnership is Unique in U.S.

MTDA’s Educational Partners

Montana University System

Montana School Boards

Association

Montana Education Associatio

n

Montana Rural

Education Associatio

n

School Admin. ofMontana

Montana Office of

Public

Instruction

MTDA Governing BoardDennis

Parman, Chair,

Deputy Supt. OPI Barbara

FettigTeacher,Billings Public Schools

Joel Graves

Principal LincolnCounty High

SchoolBryan Duvall

Trustee, Geraldine

Roberta Evans Dean

Coll. Of Ed. UM

Clay Christian Comm. Higher

Education

How Does MTDA Original Credit Work?

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

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

Helping Schools, Students and Families

MTDA programs

Original Credit

Connect Credit

Recovery

Middle School MLSPilot

+ Testing Custom CR with Local Coach

MTDA Original Credit

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

MTDA Connect Credit Recovery

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

Local Site Facilitators

• Are the local eyes and

ears of the online teacher

• Do not teach the class

• Are critical to student

success

MTDA Participating High SchoolsFall 2010 to Present

97%

3%

163 Participating Montana High

Schools

5 Montana High Schools Have Not

Participated

MTDA ENROLLMENTS BY TYPE (All Schools)FALL 2010 THROUGHFALL 2012

Original Credit8017

52%

Original Credit -Advanced Placement

338

2%

Credit Recovery6292

41%

Middle School Language691

5%

15,338 TOTAL ENROLLMENTS

Number of MTDA High Schools by Size

148%

2113%

3923%

9456%

AAA

BC

Total Montana High Schools 168

MUS and MTDA Dual and College Credit Partnership

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

Dual Credit and Partners

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

Dual and College Credit Online Courses

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

College and Career Readiness

Developmental Education Reform Taskforce

Purpose – BOR Two Year/Community College Work Plan

Timeline

SHAPE P20 = Shaping Education for the 21st Century

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.

SHAPE P-20

November 2012 page 21 of 11

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

EdReady

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

EdReady

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.

EdReady

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

State Virtual Schools – National Perspective

SVSLA Members 2012-13

New Resources For 2013

Resource List – Let’s Discuss

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