Home & HospitalGroup 1:

Keith Janelli, Aime Sheinhorn, & Leslie Ammann

What is Home and Hospital? Service is mandated by the state Instruction that occurs when a student is

unable to attend school physical illness or disability emotional crisis substance abuse pregnancy any chronic health impairment

Written verification by a doctor or other health professional

At least three weeks in length

What is Home and Hospital? Under the current H/H program…

students meet with an assigned tutor weekly

tutors provide instruction, go over assignments, answer questions, and proctor assessments

coursework and assessments provided by students’ teachers

The Need

Problems with the H/H program lack of tutors growing number of H/H students lack of time to create, gather, and

grade appropriate materials lack of correspondence from H/H tutors rare submission of work high demand for course materials and

assessments

The Need A successful H/H program needs…

easy access to instruction, materials, assignments, and assessments

frequent feedback communication between tutors, home school

teachers, and students A Home and Hospital Distance Education

(HHDE) program meets the need

Proposal for Cohort County (CHC) Has a traditional H/H program Has funding for…

Payment of tutors Means of communication Office staff at central office

Has technology available… Internet access Instructional server IT staff and technical support

Proposal of New Program Blended HHDE program

Subject matter experts design courses online for core courses

students access Claroline (CMS) tutor available monthly tutors hold initial orientation and

closing meeting Funds and staff reallocated at the

board level

Planning Aligned with current county values, goals

and mission statements.  Curricula modified material from document

repository Supplement the currently existing document

repository

Hosting compatibility Loaner laptop computers with wireless access

remote Internet access ports for students lacking Internet

Initial elevated costs and time Subsequent years require maintenance and fewer

costs

Planning Lead curriculum designer (LCD)

Design 20 learning modules/ subject area Asynchronous linear instructional design

DE manager – quality control Establish and regulate course design and

delivery standards Create, collect, and disaggregate data gained

from course evaluations

Regulatory Sub-systems HHDE technology supervisor

Oversees technology support staff Ensures necessary programs and plug-ins run Provides ongoing technical support Ensures timely access to materials Manages CMS software

HHDE Coordinator Intermediary between home school and DE

manager Coordinates with Local School Contact (LSC)

Guidance counselor, PPWs, and Principals

Organization of Staff

Student Sub-systems Tutors

Intermediaries between coursework and home school

Provide training Orientation/Close-out sessions Continued online support

Easily accessible contact Link between student and HHDE personnel

experts. 

Tech support Online form after business hours

Justification for the Claroline Open Source Platform

Commercial CMS vs. Open Source

Initial costs and support costs

Flexibility

Documentation

Integration

Policies Adjust existing CHC policies Establish new program policies Policy areas addressed:

academic governance student support services organizational intellectual property rights

Academic Policies

Adopt current CHC guidelines for curriculum

Adhere to state and county curriculum objective standards

New policies for dates and deadlines

New policies to evaluate students and instructors

Governance Policies Adhere to CHC governance rules

Replace existing Home and Hospital Teaching program

DE Manager

HHDE Coordinator / HHDE Technology Supervisor

Development Team staffing

Student Support Services Policies

Follow the original guidelines of the existing Home and Hospital program

New policies will address… communication between all

participants computing systems accounts off-site library access delivery of content and materials proctoring and scoring of assessments

    

Organizational Intellectual Property Rights Policy

New policy to set guidelines and rules for the HHDE program

Compensation

Delivery and use of content

Content design for continual use

HHDE copyright ownership

Cost Analysis

What now? 3 year roll out Use for standard classroom teachers Future program creation for middle

and elementary levels Program modules available for night

school and alternative education

References Consortium Claroline (2010). www.claroline.net. HCPSS (2009). Home and hospital teaching. Retrieved

from http://www.hcpss.org/homehospital/.

MSDE (2003). Home instruction fact sheet. Retrieved from http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/studentschoolsvcs/student_services_alt/home_schooling/docs/homeschool_factsheet.htm.

MSDE (2010). Maryland Virtual Online Learning Program:

Local school system planning, implementation, and evaluation guide. Retrieved from http://mdk12online.org.

Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2009). Teaching and learning at a distance

foundations of distance education. Boston: Pearson.