thesys case study summer 2010 fairmont prep abbreviated
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- 1. CAS ST SE TUDY Y Fairm mont Prep paratory Academymy Septe ember 20 | the 010esysintl.c comSSCHOOL INFORMATIOONHYBBRID VS. CLLASSROOM COURSES MFFairmont Prreparatory Academy is a privatee Duriing Fairmoonts summ mer prograam, thehigh school located in Anaheim, CA There arehA A. e Geoometry class was offere both as a hybridsedccurrently 62 students enrolled. Fo the 201026or0 cour and as a classroom-rse-only course Overall,e.SSummer Sch hool Program, Fairmont wanted tot o stud dents perfoormed bettter in the hybridepprovide stud dents increaased schedu flexibility uley courrse.wwhile mainta aining rigoro ous course offerings. Innaddition, the wanted to build a braey ridge to theehhybrid/blend ded learning model use today by g ed yuuniversities. Fairmont partnered with Thesys p wsInternational to provide sixteen hyb brid courses stthat were coompleted by 156 studeents utilizinggbboth classrooom instruction and a LearninggManagement System (LMS). OutcMcomes were eequal to or better than traditional classroom-en-bbased cour rses, at a 33% lower cost perrsstudent.Hybrid or blended learning empowersHsstudents to become independent lesearners-- the ekkind of stude they will need to beentecome whennentering college.e 88%%ofstuudentstakking cours ses foradvaancement earned paassing graddes. TheFFairmont offfered the fo ollowing hybbrid coursess hyb rid grade distributions for advancement sduring the Summer 2010 session: Algebra I CP,dS0Astud dents were equal to or betteo ter thanAAlgebra II/TTrigonometr CP, Biology CP &rycommparable outcomes in the classroo om, withHHonors, Che emistry CP & Honors, Economicss 69% earning an A or B. %C English I/II/II CP, Geometry CP, Health, Pre-CP, -CCalculus CP US Gover P,rnment CP, US Historyy 83% of students taking cou% surses for rem mediationCCP, and World History CP. Courses wereW e earn ned a highe passing ger grade in the hybridttaught by Faairmont teacchers who were trainedw d cour rse (a sch hool improv vement ovver priorb Thesys.byyear rs).DDEMOGRAP PHICSSUMMMARYState: CaliforniaSchool must continually improveTod ay, every scSSystem: Fair rmont Educa ation Groupacad demic quality at a low cost per student wer rTType: Urban fringe of a mid-sized ci itywhil e offering a full rang of courses. Thegehyb rid model in ncreasingly meets this range ofRRESULTS scho needs. C ool Cost/student ranges fro 30 to om60% lower in hy % ybrid prograams.TTeachers deeveloped a variety of methods tooeenhance and manage the hybrid courses. For d t c rA hy ybrid structu ureeexample: the spent tim in the co eymeomputer lab b IIncreases coourse access in flexiblesoonce per we to presen an overview of majoreek nt r s schedulesttopics, and they recoommended a mix of f IImproves teeacher satisfactionclassroom and online instructional time byca y IImproves leaarning effecctivenessssubject matt ter. IImproves student engaggementFor the full case stuudy, visit www.t hesysint t tl.com Or, call Micheelle Low for a presenta weation: (7 714) 2344-2728
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