4. Dennis
Parman,
Chair,
Deputy Supt.
OPI Anthony
Lapke
Teacher
Kalispell PS
Joel Graves
Principal
Lincoln County
High School
Bryan
Duvall
Trustee,
Geraldine
Clay
Christian
Comm. Higher
Education
Roberta
Evans
Dean Coll. Of
Ed. UM
7. – Montana Legislature approves $2M funding
to start Montana Digital Academy
– MTDA opens for student enrollment
with 45 courses
– Enrollment surpasses 27,000
9. MTDA – The only
Statewide Virtual School
on a University Campus
Opens Partnerships
Encourages Research
Helps Address Transition from K12 to Higher Ed!
MTDA = Core MTDA Programs
Shape P20
Plus MDPLN and EdReady Montana
10. Focus on Helping Students Prepare for
Advanced Placement and Dual
Enrollment/Credit
New High School Advanced Courses
Helping Students New to Online Learning
Become Comfortable
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21. Missoula County Public Schools
(MCPS)
International Baccalaureate
Thematic Academies
Language Immersion
Professional Learning Communities
Principal Leadership
Graduation Matters
21
22. Research
• Examine current data concerning student
success
• Examine other models of credit recovery
• Examine vendor products and resources
from other schools
22
Custom Credit
Recovery Project
23. Develop
• Utilize resources from other successful
programs (NCVPS) to create a core curriculum
• Develop student-centered course model utilize
lately LMS technologies from MoodleRooms
• Utilize MTDA teacher experts (initially in Earth
Science, Algebra I and English I)
23
Custom Credit
Recovery Project
24. Test
• Release prototypes to schools and test with
select sites
• Get student and local site feedback
• Ready for wide deployment during Fall 2015
24
Custom Credit
Recovery Project
25. Blended Learning Project
Montana Online Blended Learning for
K-12 Educators (MOBL K-12)
Masters-Level Course
PD Opportunity for
Teacher/Administrator Teams
Develop Unique Blended Learning
Opportunities for Students
25
26. Setup
Combination of F2F and Online Learning.
Teams of Administrators and Teachers
Create a Blended Learning Project for their
classroom or school.
26
28. Middle School
2 (or 3) EdReady Groups
7th Grade Health
English/Language Arts
7th Grade Enrichment on MT
History
28
29. High School
Financial Literacy
Wilderness Music Composition
Alternative School-Wide
Program
150 Students
High School Cross Curricular
English/Math/Social Studies
29
30. Completion
Final F2F Meeting
Celebrate and Share Success
Reception
Final Presentations
What Makes Each Unique
Implement Next Fall
30
32. College and Career Ready
(Information and Discussion)
SVSLA - Indianapolis
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38. A Natural Bridge between K-12
and Higher Education
• History and experience with NROC
• Relationship with middle and high
schools in Montana
• Unique association with Higher
Education through the Phyllis J.
Washington College of Education
and Human Sciences
39. Washington Foundation Gift to
Implement EdReady Montana
Three year field test and rollout funding -
$800,000/year for a 3 year total of $2,400,000
All students in 7-12 and higher education eligible to
establish EdReady account and utilize the program
Substantial Gates Foundation Funding invested in the
development of the NROC EdReady Project
40. EdReady is a tool…
What do I want my students to
be ready for?
41. High Schools and Middle Schools, Alternative Education
Programs
Montana University System UM, MSU, Colleges (4 and 2
Year) and Private and Tribal Colleges
and possibly
Adult Learning Centers (Workforce Development)
Military, Incarcerated, Adult Basic Ed. and more
42.
43. EdReady Montana Is…
Aimed at math (and later English 2015) readiness.
Uses NROC’s Dev Math as a base: (19 Units/59 Topics)
44. Pilot Testing Results 2013
Developed by NROC
Phase 1 Pilot in these states – Montana (4
schools), Oregon, Minnesota, North Carolina
and Kentucky
Funded by a Gates Foundation Grant
45. Worked With Math Professors to Identify Units and Topics to Study (set goals)
46. Customized
With over 50 color
Assessment Icons
combinations,
assessments are
personalized with
student’s school colors.
Havre High School
Browning High School
Fergus High School
Sentinel High School
Missoula
West Yellowstone High School
Scobey High School
Dawson High School
Glendive
Plenty Coups High School
Pryor
53. Pilot Outcomes
43 students voluntarily opened an EdReady account
completed the program:
• 70% increased by 1 ALEKS point
• 27% increased by 2 ALEKS points
• 3% increased by 3 ALEKS points
86% of students who completed EdReady increased
their ALEKS score by at least 1 point … AND qualified
to enroll in a higher math course at UM
54. Saving Time and Money!
43 students skipped 49 courses
Total of 151 credits were “skipped”
…adding up to estimated $31,000 tuition/fees!
55. Results After Enrollment?
37 of the pilot participants enrolled in a
mathematics course in the Fall 2014 term
91% successfully completed their course
Average mathematics grade for these
students: B-
UM Freshman overall average mathematics
grade: C+
56. Rollout Plan for Montana Higher Ed.,
Schools and Students
Spring and Summer 2014
Outreach to the 2 year Colleges and
Universities
Field tests in several high schools
Fall 2014
Large scale rollout to both higher
education and secondary schools
57.
58. Utah State University STEM Action Center
Pilot Results
Grade 10 students using EdReady made five times the progress expected in
an entire academic year with just 3 months of use (EdReady N=206).
59. How to find out more
Contact Ryan Schrenk, EdReady Montana Project Manager
406-203-1812
ryan.schrenk@montanadigitalacademy.org
Visit our website to get started: http://edreadymontana.org
Click on Secondary schools and “how to get started for local schools”
Step 1 will set up your account with us
Step 2 sets up customized goals/assessments
From there, you create student accounts and enroll them
That link is here:
http://edreadymontana.org/how-to-get-started-for-local-schools/
Slides available: http://www.slideshare.net/rschrenk
The next several slides will describe this overall picture of the project that outlines the “shapes” from Pre-K to College and with the points on the shapes being the projects coordinated at each level.
MCPS is overseeing funding and coordination on about 1/3 of the project budget and implementing the IB program start up, thematic academies, language immersion, PLC, Principal Leadership projects and their Graduation Matters efforts.
At MTDA, we’ve learned over the past 4 years that we need to always remain on top of the game for credit recovery and saw a need to examine our current data, look at other models of CR and examine possible vendor products and resources being used by other schools and state virtual schools who we work with nationally.
My colleague, Jason Neiffer, is leading our CR program re-development using our SVS partners and working with North Carolina Virtual curriculum using MoodleRooms (our current LMS) and utilizing our MTDA teachers and subject matter experts to package it and try it out with our students in Earth Science, Algebra 1 and English 1 initially.
In the coming months, Jason will lead our efforts to release and try out prototypes of the new classes with select sites, start collecting feedback and ready a new system for deployment next Fall!
After 2 informational/recruiting sessions and several discussions with MCPS administration, the Montana Online Blended Learning for K12 Educators (or MOBL K12) class was launched this Spring with 36 students making up 13 teams in a grad-level class teaming teachers and administrators to develop unique BL opportunities for students at MCPS from elementary to high school.
The class was also blended so we met or will meet 3 times f2f and the rest is online. Before our first meeting, students were overheard outside class asking “what is this blended learning about?” And many didn’t even realize I would actually be teaching the class while I mingled. So, we started by tiptoeing in. Defining and laying the groundwork for hopes and fears.
The projects in Elementary are in Math, a cross-curricular project combining math, science and measurement and a Spanish Immersion (also a Shape project) to team 8th and 1st graders together.
The Middle School teams will use EdReady for math assessment and content delivery in a station rotation model and we’ll have a Health team, English team and another enrichment project that will incorporate Montana current events and history to engage after-school program students.
In our High School teams, there will be financial literacy teaming with local bankers and loan officers, a wilderness music composition project, a whole alternative school launching a program that will engage students between Thanksgiving and Christmas Break for all 150 students and a high school team working across English/Math/and Social Studies.
In early May, we will have our final face to face meeting to celebrate and share our success at a reception and final presentation session. Stakeholders from the Washington foundation, MCPS and UM will be invited to see the unique projects that will be shared in the Spring and implemented in the coming Fall term.