iNACOL Programs and Services

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iNACOL Programs and Services

• Bruce Friend

• Marcel Kielkucki

• Allison Powell

iNACOL Programs & Services• iNACOL • iNACOL Membership Benefits• Webinars & VSS• Committees• SIGs and Affiliates• Regional Committees• Needs Assessment• Course Reviews• Publishing

International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL)

• iNACOL is the premier K-12 nonprofit in online learning• 3700+ members in K-12 virtual schools and online

learning representing over 50 countries• Provides leadership, advocacy, research, training, and

networking with experts in K-12 online learning.• “Ensure every student has access to the best education

available regardless of geography, income or background.”

• Conference – Virtual School Symposium (VSS): New Orleans, LA on October 21-24, 2012

Mission and Vision

•Mission –▫ iNACOL strives to ensure all students have

access to a world-class education and quality online learning opportunities that prepare them for a lifetime of success.

•Vision –▫Online learning is a powerful innovation that

expands education opportunities. iNACOL supports access to high-quality online learning for all students.

In the first half of 2012, completed a strategic planning process which identified three new strategic initiatives for iNACOL (in

addition to its current activities)

1. Develop, and advocate for the adoption of, multi-stage state and federal policy frameworks that incorporate the access and funding elements essential to achieving the destination we seek

2. Develop, and build field commitment for, a multi-stage quality assurance framework for online and blended learning courses that is essential to achieving the destination we seek

3. Create the conditions required to develop the broader set of online and blended learning models that are effective in developing college- and career-readiness for all students and that are essential to achieving the destination we seek

We view iNACOL’s role as doing what it takes to ensure that the field reaches its full potential

Where we are today

Where we seek to be

Where we couldwell arrive

• All students have access to online and blended models

• But many or most of these models are no more effective than traditional classroom instruction

• Some students have access to online and blended models

• The effectiveness of these models in developing college- and career-readiness is largely unknown and likely varies widely


• The models are effective in developing their college- and career-readiness

Achieving the destination we seek is likely to be a multi-stage process, with progress made one step at a time

Quality 1.0

Quality 2.0

Where we seek to be

Where we are today

• Some students have access to online and blended models

• Models may meet programmatic, input guidelines (e.g., teacher-student ratios)

• A growing number of students have access to online and blended models

• Models meet programmatic guidelines, output standards (e.g., completion), and/or outcome standards based on current generation state assessments

• The majority of students have access to online and blended models

• Models are effective in developing college-ready knowledge and skills

• Models are aligned to the Common Core or other college- and career-ready standards and develop student competency, as demonstrated by proficiency on benchmark assessments


• Models enable them to become college-ready, including students who require significant competency gain in order to progress

• Models are aligned to the Common Core or other college- and career-ready standards and support significant gains in competency, as demonstrated by growth on benchmark assessments

Climbing this ladder of success will require the synchronized development of policy and field capacity / capability

Multi-stage evolution of access and funding policies enabling the growth of effective models

Development of college- and career-ready standards, reliable assessments of those standards, and data systems enabling

competency-based progression

Quality 1.0Models meet input, output

standards

Quality 2.0Models develop proficiency

Where we seek to be

Models develop significant proficiency gains

Where we are today

Increased access, funding tied largely to input or output standards

Increased access, funding tied largely to outcomes / proficiency

Access for all, funding tied largely to outcomes improvement / proficiency gains

State standards, ability to collect input data, output data, and state assessment data

College- and career-ready standards, ability to collect proficiency data on assessments aligned to these standards

College- and career-ready standards, ability to collect formative and summative data on competency gains on assessments aligned to these standards

And over the next couple of years, we can imagine growing to an organization of about 20 people

Year 1 Year 2

Start date

CEOExecutive Assistant to

CEO

Quality Assurance New Learning Models Advocacy/Policy Member Services Development

Senior Director Policy & Advocacy: Fed. &

State Policy

Advocacy Director:

State Policy

Advocacy Director: Strategic Partnerships

Director of Quality Assurance

New Learning Models Director #1

New Learning Models Director #2

Finance Associate

Corporate Partnerships Manager

Member Services Assistant

Director of OperationsCommunications Manager Development Manager

Knowledge Manager / Researcher

Operations

Member Services Manager

Advocacy Director:

State Policy

Executive Assistant to Senior

Directors

Strategic Programming Manager

iNACOL Membership Benefits• Corporate – for profit companies

• Associate – non-profit organizations

• Institutional – school governing organizations

• Educator – teachers and students

• Individual – for-profit and non-profit persons

Webinars & VSS• iNACOL Leadership Webinars

– Experts share their knowledge on a variety of topics, answer questions, and facilitate discussion

– 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2:00pm EST.• Special Edition Webinars• Teacher Talk Webinars

– For online teachers to discuss a variety of topics specifically related to teaching online in order to support one another

– 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:00pm EST.• VSS

– Next year: Oct 21-24, 2012 in New Orleans – expanding to 3 ½ days (including pre-conference)

iNACOL Needs Assessment

Comprehensive survey process that targets educational leaders, school contacts, students and parents.

Assists with identifying the specific courses, services, and needs that can be met through online learning.

iNACOL Needs AssessmentBenefits your program will receive:

• Provides a “voice” for local school leaders and students to share their thoughts as to the courses and services that they would like available through an online environment.

• Provides the leaders of online programs with data and feedback that can be shared with key stakeholders when articulating the reasons for why it is important to support online learning

• Helps provide awareness of your program with local school leaders, educators, students, and parents.

iNACOL Needs Assessment

iNACOL brings experience in every aspect of starting and maintaining a high quality online program

Committees• Advocacy

– Advocacy & Education efforts around the country– 1st Thursday of month at 4pm EST– Contact Lisa Gillis, Chairperson, if interested (

[email protected])

• Awards– iNACOL Annual Innovator Awards– Meet as Needed– Contact Bruce Friend ([email protected]),

Chairperson, if interested

mailto:[email protected]


Committees• Program

– Webinars and VSS Program

– 4th Friday at 1:30pm EST

– Chairperson: Dr. Fred Sagester ([email protected])

• Research

– New Research Agenda, Briefs

– Meeting as Needed

– Chairs: Katherine Kennedy ([email protected]) & Regina Brown ([email protected])




SIGs and Affiliates

• Special Interest Groups (SIGs)– Diversity

David Glick ([email protected]) – Online Christian Education

Brian Crouse ([email protected])– Research

Cathy Cavanaugh ([email protected])



SIGs and Affiliates

• Affiliates– CUE – eLSIG

• Application on Membership Website

• Work with iNACOL on Benefits

iNACOL Regional/State Committees

• iNACOL members from across the United States have organized into state-level or regional groups.

• These groups meet on a monthly basis, discussing online education topics and how to increase collaboration among members.

• Currently, the following regional committees have been established:

State Online Learning Program Leaders Committee

• State-led virtual school leaders meet monthly to discuss that face them as a group.

• This committee meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 2:00 EST.

• For more information, contact Jamey Fitzpatrick ([email protected])Cindy Hamblin ([email protected])

eLSIG Computer Using Educator’s Affiliate Group in California

• iNACOL members from across California meet monthly on a conference call, focusing on online educational issues in the state.

• Conference calls occur on the second Tuesday of the month at 3:30 PM PST.

• For additional information, contact co-chairs Chris Bell ([email protected]) orRob Darrow ([email protected])

iNACOL State Committee in Georgia

• The Georgia committee meets on the second Friday of the month at 9:30 AM EST.

• Topics that are up for discussion this year are

• For additional information, please contact Ryan Fuller ([email protected]) and Amy Waters ([email protected])

iNACOL Midwestern Committee• The Midwestern committee is comprised of iNACOL

members in IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI.

• Members meet on the first Friday of the month from October-May at 9:00 AM Central via Elluminate.

• Monthly discussion topics are decided based on member input, and have included items such as continuity of learning, credit-recovery, and Second Life.

• For more information, contact co-chairsJennifer Kolar-Burden ([email protected])Allynn Swensen ([email protected])

iNACOL Northeastern Committee

• The Northeastern committee is comprised of iNACOL members in CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, and DC.

• Members meet on the third Thursday of the month at 3:00 PM EST via Elluminate.

• For more information, contact co-chairsLiz Pape ([email protected]) andChris Harrington ([email protected])

iNACOL Southeastern Committee• The Southeastern committee is comprised of

iNACOL members in AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV.

• Members meet on the second Thursday of the month at 11:00 AM EST via Elluminate.

• For more information, contact co-chairsDebbi Crabtree ([email protected])Earlene Patton ([email protected])

iNACOL Western Committee

• The Western Committee is comprised of iNACOL members from AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, and WY.

• Meetings First Monday of the Month at Noon MST.

• For additional information, contact chairpersons Kathryn Knox ([email protected]) and Katie Swistowicz ([email protected])

What if my region or state doesn’t have a committee? How can I start

one?• To start a regional or state committee, it’s as easy as

contacting iNACOL.• iNACOL will then help you send out information via email

or the iNACOL website to see if others in your state or region are interested in starting a committee.

• iNACOL will help provide tools to conduct your meetings, such as the use of Elluminate or Phone conferencing.

• Another great source of information is to contact existing committees to see how they got started.

Course Reviews• A full review of your online courses• Ensure alignment with iNACOL’s National

Standards of Quality for Online Courses and state academic standards specific to the state(s) in which the courses are offered.

• Schools and providers use this review to ensure they have created high quality online courses and to make informed decisions about how to improve courses that are not aligned with state and national standards.

Publishing

• 2 Books Published to date

• 2 Books in the works

• Send us ideas

• Call for Authors/Editors

• We have in house publisher and print on demand

http://www.inacol.org

• Allison Powell – [email protected]

• Marcel Kielkucki – [email protected]

• Bruce Friend – [email protected]

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