NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL VIRTUAL ACADEMY

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NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL VIRTUAL ACADEMY
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NEVAs PurposeThe Good Life

• Maintaining our rural lifestyle without
  sacrificing educational opportunity for our
  students
• We can Live Small and Play Big

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Short History 2005-2006

• We found and liked a system that had many of the
  components we saw in the NEVA hybrid.
• 80 online
• 20 Skype, DL, cell phone (they have our
  numbers), land line, Instant Messaging, email,
  site coordinator, personal teacher visits
• Carpenter Center Based

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Short History 2006 - 2007

• Pilot Summer
• Algebra and American History
• 18 students between Garden County and VALTS
• Partnership with WNCC/ESU 13
• 42,600 sq ft facility3.5 mil (ESU 11,000 sq ft
  875,000)
• ¾ owned by WNCC, ¼ owned by ESU

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Short History 2007-2008

• Construction starts at South End of HATC
• Decision on adding two staff members was made-
• ESU would fund 08-09
• Funding becomes consortium responsibility
• The six superintendents approved the concept of
  merging NEVA and VALTS

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Short History 2007-2008 (cond)

• NEVAs final delivery philosophy is born (Not
  buying products, but creating courses based on
  Nebraska Academic Standards, and infusing 21st
  Century Skills)
• 7 courses identified by ESU schools and created
  by NEVA staff
• 24,OOO ESU
• English 9 and English 10
• Algebra 1
• Physical Science and Biology
• US History and World History

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Phase I Fall 2008

• Construction completed Nov. 8
• 7 courses up and running, involving
• 9 school districts
• 41 students
• 220 credits underway (first semester)
• District Site Visits

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PDSA Plan Do Study Act ACTION RESEARCH WHAT
WEVE LEARNED

• Addition of 2 staff members resulted in all VALTS
  courses being taught by certificated, endorsed
  staff.

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WHAT WE LEARNED, cond

• Re-phasing to deal with
• OUR FORMAT consistent look, etc.
• District Curriculum Needs
• Technology Issues
• Internet Bandwidth
• Schools Network Idiosyncrasies
• Student Computers Idiosyncrasies
• Network Security/CIPA regulations/eRate/email
• Sustainability
• FTEs COURSE DEVELOPMENT, INSTRUCTION

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General Future PHASE 2 SPRING, 2009

• Implementation Stage(each phase teaching and
  planning)
• Open enrollment Language Arts and Social Studies
• Planning Stage
• District input
• Phase 3 4 course offering
• Identification capacity building (training)
  adjunct faculty

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Phase 3 Summer, 2009

• Implementation Stage
• Summer School Offerings according to district
  needs from the existing 7 courses
• Planning Stage
• Course module creation according to district
  needs

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Phase 4 Fall, 2009

• Implementation Stage
• Offerings according to district needs from the
  existing 7 courses, additional courses modules
• Planning Stage
• Course Creation according to district needs and
  funds available

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Funding

• Sustainability
• Summer, 2007-Summer, 2009 ESU funds pilot
  project
• Fall, 2009 and beyond Funding becomes consortium
  responsibility. Fee structure similar to current
  DL consortium

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Funding, cond

• Funding Structures (creation and instruction)
• What we get for additional 6,500 per district
  (130,000)
• Maintain 7 courses (118,000)
• Deepen 21st Century Skills/ Thinking (Intangible)
• Deliver Summer School 2010 (4 courses-3,000 per
  course)
• What we get for 8,500 per district (170,000)
• Maintain 7 courses (118,000)
• Deepen 21st C Skills/Thinking (Intangible)
• Deliver Summer School 2010 (4 courses-3,000 per
  course)
• Create and Deliver 3 full year courses (40,000)

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Personal Visits to Districts

• PURPOSE
• Identify how the needs of ESU 13 Districts will
  drive the future phases of NEVA

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Personal Visits to Districts

• District Personnel at site meetings
• Superintendent
• District Curriculum Coordinator
• High School Principal
• High School Counselor
• Site Coordinator
• IT representative
• Others identified by school (dept heads, board
  members, etc)

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Personal Visits to Districts

• ESU Staff
• Kirk Begley Alternative Ed Director
• Craig Hicks Technology trainer
• BJ Peters WNDLC Director
• Julie Schaff Staff Development

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About the visit

• Questions and PowerPoint sent ahead of time
• Well want to talk about.
• Identify Course Needs
• Identify student population
• Technology (hardware/support) currently available
• Identify Site Coordinator/Support structure
• Adjunct Faculty/Natural Bridges/Existing Programs
• What have we missed?

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Suggested Routes Dates Available

• North
• Sioux County, Crawford, Chadron
• Hay Springs, Gordon Rushville
• Alliance, Hemingford
• Central
• Scottsbluff, Minatare, Bayard
• Gering, Mitchell, Morrill
• South
• Banner County, Kimball, Potter-Dix
• Bridgeport, Leyton, Sidney
• Garden County, Creek Valley

Available Dates Oct. 28, 29, 30 Nov. 3, 4, 6,
24, 25
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Q A

• What questions do you have for us?