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Welcome!

FROM MATH TO ELECTIVES - DIGITAL LEARNING IMPROVES STUDENT OUTCOMES

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Speakers

Bruce LovettVP, MarketingFuel Education

Anne-Marie MalcolmPrincipalSchool of Business, Finance & EntrepreneurshipMiddle School 385 (Brooklyn, NY)

Keith WilsonPrincipalLawrence Virtual School (KS)

OUR MISSION“ …is to partner with school districts to fuel personalized learning and transform the education experience.”

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AP COURSES WITH AP REVIEW INCLUDED IN MOST COURSES

Address pre-K to HS student options

UP TO

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ACADEMIC LEVELS FOR HIGH SCHOOL, INCLUDING FOUNDATIONS, STANDARD, HONORS, AND AP®

…full-time and blended programs, you can access more than 500 unique courses and titles, including more than 100,000 hours of instructional content and one million visual, audio, and interactive instructional elements.

DESIGNED FOR…“

120+ K-8 CORE, WORLD LANGUAGE, AND ELECTIVE COURSES

350+ HIGH SCHOOL COURSES

37CREDIT RECOVERY COURSES, MOST WITH ELL SUPPORT

6 WORLD LANGUAGES

80+CAREER BUILDING ELECTIVES

Technology Platform

PEAK—Fuel Education’s award-winning, open technology platform—gives districts an easy way to personalize, integrate, and manage online learning programs.

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Background on Survey

• FuelEd, in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), conducted a survey of NASSP members in the fall of 2014 to gain insight into how schools are using digital learning. The results of this survey will be used to help FuelEd improve online and blended learning for students across the nation.

• NASSP is the leading organization of and voice for middle level and high school principals, assistant principals, and school leaders from across the United States and 35 countries around the world.

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Background on Survey

480 respondents from across the US

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Results on Program Type

• Online and blended learning offer students original credit or credit recovery courses in which curriculum is delivered primarily over the Internet in either a fully online or blend of online and in-school learning environments.

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Results

Full time vs. supplemental courses

• 2% Full time online only

• 4% None

• 29% Full time and courses

• 65% Courses

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Challenges Solved by Online Learning?

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Poll

1. Electives

2. Test preparation

3. World languages

4. Middle school/high school math remediation

What instructional topics would you target with online or blended learning?

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What Instructional Topics?

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Meet our Speakers – Middle School 385 (NY)

• Location: Brooklyn, NY

• Grades: 6th, 7th and 8th

• Biggest Challenges:– Lack of laptops for every student

– Many students did not have access to computers at home

– High ESL population

– Students come into the 6th grade 1 to 2 years behind in mathematical skills

– Programming

• Model(s): LearnBop weekly in the Math Lab after units are introduced to students. Students also have access to log on at home.

• Launched: November 2013

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Middle School 385 Case Study

• In 2013, common core content was implemented in the state math exams

• Lack of technology in the classroom

• 75% of students not meeting the state requirements for the math exam

Challenges

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Middle School 385 Case Study

96% of students who used LearnBop on a weekly basis made progress on the state math exam—up from just 25% who passed the prior year.

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Meet our Speakers – Lawrence Virtual School (KS)

• Location: Lawrence, KS

• Grades: 6-12

• Model: Various over the 11 year partnership. Currently a Charter School working in Partnership with FuelEd, the Lawrence School District and the state of Kansas serving 1,250 students all over the world. Our staff of 53 work in concert with families to provide an online, blended comprehensive school experience.

• Staff: 35 Education Specialists, 10 Special Education Staff, 6 Classified Support Staff, 2 Administrators

• Launched: 2004

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Lawrence Virtual School Challenges

• 12% special education population

• 15% students eligible for supplemental services

• Experts (in something other than education)

• Bullying issues

• Students with medical issues

• Runners to LVS

• Runners from . . .

• Struggling students with pacing issues

• Low enrollment classes

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Lawrence Virtual School Solutions

• Elective

• Hospital and homebound program

• World languages

• Deepen and Broaden Course Offerings

• Credit Recovery

• Children of Divorce or other Family Shift

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Tips for Online Learning

1. We must understand that high quality learning can take place in an online environment. (AMM)

2. Knowing that our students are able to learn and study at their own pace creates a successful environment. (AMM)

3. Setting student expectations for online learning (AMM)

4. The human element always prevails (especially in online learning) (KW)

5. Never let education get in the way of learning (KW)

6. The greatest consistency in education is to be inconsistent (KW)

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Helpful Resources

• If you have a question please enter it in now in the Q&A box.

• You will receive a copy of the survey results with the recording of the webinar in a post webinar email.

• Download survey results paper here: http://online.getfueled.com/rs/k12inc/images/FuelEducation_NASSP_Survey_WhitePaper.pdf

• Download a copy of the Middle School 385 case study here: http://www.getfueled.com/resources-results/middle-school-test-automated-math-tutoring-program-shows-dramatic-results

• If you want to learn more about Fuel Education visit us at www.getfueled.com or follow and tweet us at @FuelEducation

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