Update on Triple C with Ramifications from HB 3646

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Update on Triple C withRamifications from HB 3646

• Norma Smith
• Joyce Cartwright
• Karin Horn
• Connie Swiderski

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Agenda

• Summary of the goals of the grant
• HB 3646 and TxVSN
• Summary of this years goals and activities
• Summary of the next years goals and activities

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Summary of the goals of the grant
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Summary of the goals of the grant

• Empower provider districts to develop and offer
  successful online courses to be approved and
  offered by the TxVSN 10 courses
• Empower receiver districts by funding 336 courses
  for students

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Summary of the goals of the grant

• 3. Provide a laptop for each participating
  student and online teacher
• Provide professional development for
  administrators and support personnel to help
  districts develop local policies and procedures
  for successful online learning with stipend for
  online collaboration
• Provide pd for online course instructors with
  stipends
• Provide pd for online course developers with
  stipends.

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Summary of the goals of the grant

• Provide pd for receiver district campus
  facilitators with stipend
• Provide pd for receiver district campus site
  coordinators with stipend
• Provide pd for core curriculum teachers to
  promote online learning in blended models and to
  increase knowledge and capacity on each campus
  with stipend 5/2

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HB 3646 and TxVSN
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HB 3646 and TxVSN

• The state will fund courses for students through
  TxVSN.
• Starts 9-1-2009
• TxVSN is shutting down until Spring to make the
  changes

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HB 3646 and TxVSN

• Providers will receive 400 for each student who
  successfully completes an electronic course if
  that course
• Satisfies a curriculum requirement for
  graduation,
• Is provided through the TxVSN
• Is a part of a normal student course load.

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HB 3646 and TxVSN

• Receiving districts will receive 80 to reimburse
  them for administrative costs for each student
  who successfully completes an electronic course.
• The Commissioner of Education has the authority
  to establish rules and interpret terminology.

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HB 3646 and TxVSN

• Note Many things are still not known including
• A definition of normal course load
• A definition of successfully completes an
  electronic course
• Many other policies and procedures.

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HB 3646 and TxVSN

• The Vision 2020 grants cannot spend money on
  courses through TxVSN.
• The Vision 2020 grants still have to spend their
  allocated amounts for online courses from other
  providers.
• Opportunity!!

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Summary of the First Year of the Grant
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All districts summary

• Attend Kick-off Meeting (September 9, 830-1130)
• Attend administrative professional development
  (September 16th, 23rd, 30th, 10am Webinars)
• Develop local policies
• Will have a Triple C site
• Will be spot-lighted at the Kick-off meeting

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Providers Summary

• Provider Districts
• Receive and issue laptops for instructors
• Attend professional development for instructing
  online (September 10 October 22)
• Attended professional development for course
  development (November 5 December 17)
• Meet benchmarks for course development (provided
  on Course Developers home page)

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Receivers Summary

• Complete Site Coordinator and Student Facilitator
  Professional Development
• Two-week online session for each position
• Fall dates to be announced at Triple C Welcome
  Meeting, 09-09-09 ?

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Receivers Summary

• Complete the Core Curriculum Professional
  Development (Karin) 5/2
• Interactive Online Tools for Integrating
  Technology
• October 7 November 17, 2009
• https//mis.esc11.net/catSess.asp?sess_Num717382
  typeDATEWksp_Num714126
• PO Vision 2020

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Receivers Summary

• Receive and implement student laptops
• Enroll students in courses in Spring 2010 and
  Summer 2010
• The grant will reimburse the fees up to 350.
• Possible providers so far
• Supernet Consortium at http//vhs.sprnet.org/
• TVS at http//www.texasvirtualschool.org/TVScourse
  s2.htm
• Pasadena ISD http//www.pasadenavirtualschool.org/
  

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Districts Commitments (5 semesters to complete)
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• You may enroll students in TxVSN courses but they
  will not count as the number you committed to
  enroll in the grant if the state funds them.

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Possible providers

• Possible providers
• Dual enrollment provider your district uses
• Online credit recovery vendor
• Yourself if you have courses that you charge a
  student fee to take
• Others?
• Look at Campus Improvement Plans for ideas

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TEXAS ONLINE LEARNING PROVIDERS, SCHOOL YEAR
200708

• Amarillo ISD1 200304 226 2.8 275 50100
• Birdville ISD2 200708 178 2.7 216 25100150
• Carrollton-Farmers Branch IS03 200607 327 4.4
  398 75150
• Deer Park ISD 200708 108 2.9 214 175
• Houston ISD4 200102 153 0.3 311 200225300
• Lewisville ISD 200607 167 1.2 391 No Tuition
• Lubbock ISD5 200203 111 1.4 1,489 50100200
• Northside ISD 200102 76 0.3 76 No Tuition
• Pasadena ISD6 200405 178 1.4 318 100250
• Plano ISD7 200001 2,176 18.0 3,538
  230260300
• SUPERNet Consortium8 200203 175 1.8 322 7,145
  annual
• Texas Virtual School -Region 4 Consortium9
  200102 258 2.2 767 325350
• Texas Tech University College of Outreach and
  Distance Education 19992000 6,103 NA 8,428 125

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Collaborate

• There will be an online site for grant activities
  and collaboration.
• It will be introduced at the Kickoff meeting
• Share ideas there
• ESC will share what they discover also

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Summary of the second years goals and activities
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Providers Summary

• Providers (Connie)
• Develop courses
• Submit courses for approval (dates TBA)
• If approved, offer and teach course Spring 11
• If not approved, revise and resubmit

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Receiver Summary

• Receivers
• Continue to enroll students in online courses
  from other providers besides TxVSN for Fall and
  Spring 2010-2011.

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• Questions?