The Dual Credit Pilot
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The Dual Credit Pilot
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The Dual Credit Pilot. Presenters. Angela Clark TxVSN Central Operations Director [email protected] Sara Baltunis TxVSN Course Review Consultant [email protected]. www.txvsn.org. Catalog, Registration, Finance, Help Desk . Texas Virtual School Network. Course Receivers - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of The Dual Credit Pilot
The Dual Credit Pilot
Angela Clark TxVSN Central Operations [email protected]
Sara BaltunisTxVSN Course Review [email protected]
Presenters
www.txvsn.org
Texas Education AgencyAdministering Authority
TEC § 30A.052. The commissioner shall: (1) employ a limited number of administrative employees in connection with the network
TxVSN Advisory Council TEC § 30A.051 To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall solicit advice from school districts concerning:
the administration of the state virtual school network and adoption of rules…
ICF International / Wexford InstituteIndependent Evaluator of the TxVSN
Texas Virtual School Network Region 10 ESC
Harris County Department of Education
TEC § 30A.052. (2)(c) contract with a regional education service center for the service center to
operate the network.
TEC §30A.102 requires electronic courses submitted by a provider school district or school to be offered
through the network to be reviewed.
Central Operations and Course Review functions consolidated effective September 1, 2010
TxVSN Approved Professional DevelopmentProviders
• Education Development Center, Inc. • ESC Region 1• ESC Region 4 • ESC Region 11 • ESC Region 16• Harris County Dept. of Education • Texas A&M University CDLR• University of Houston Clear Lake• PBS TeacherLine of Texas• LincoTower , LLC• And more coming…
TEC §30A.111 Instructors must successfully complete the appropriate professional development course before teaching an electronic course offered through network.
Course ReceiversDistricts or Open Enrollment Charter Schools
Catalog, Registration, Finance, Help Desk
Texas Virtual School Network
Course Providers• Districts, Open Enrollment Charter Schools,
Education Service Centers, Higher Education InstitutionsHave online instructors and courses
Have students with academic needsGrant credit for the course delivered by provider
High School • Alief ISD • Amarillo ISD • ESC Region 6• ESC Region 12• Mansfield ISD• Mineral Wells ISD• Pasadena ISD• Plano ISD• Spring Branch ISD• SUPERNet
(District Collaborative)• Texas Virtual School
(ESC Collaborative)
Dual Credit• Lamar University• University of Texas
Arlington• Howard College• St Philips of Alamo
Colleges• TSTC - Harlingen
TxVSN CoursesDefinitions and Processes
Instruction and content are delivered primarily over the Internet
A student and teacher are in different locations for a majority of the student’s instructional period
Most instructional activities take place in an online environmentThe online instructional activities are integral to the academic programExtensive communication between a student and a teacher and among students is emphasized A student is not required to be located on the physical premises of a school district or open-enrollment charter school
Course Definition
Courses
High School Courses Higher Ed Pilot
Alignment with iNACOL National
Standards of Quality for Online Courses
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Instructor–LedEquivalent in instructional rigor and scope to a course that is provided in a traditional classroom setting
Also alignment with: iNACOL National Standards
of Quality for Online Courses Texas Essential Knowledge
and SkillsInstructor–LedEquivalent in instructional rigor and scope to a course that is provided in a traditional classroom settingSome content may be indirectly covered Dual credit means dual enrollment process TxVSN and Higher Education
Course Submission (RFQ Process for Dual Credit Courses)Trained Reviewers Conduct ReviewReview Reports Created from Review DataTexas Education Agency (TEA) Approves ReportsCourse Provider Makes Required Modifications to CourseModifications Checked and Course is Approved for TxVSN Catalog
TxVSN Course Review Process
Based on the Texas Education Code Chapter 30A TxVSN Courses Must:
Be 100% Aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)Meet or exceed the iNACOL National Standards of Quality for Online Courses
This includes high levels of interaction, variety of assignments, variety of assessments, a match to Bloom’s Taxonomy, design, resources, and 21st Century Skills, etc.
TEKS and iNACOL Standards
The Dual Credit Pilot
The Virtual College of TexasUniversitiesDual Credit Course Review
ProcessesReporting
Pilot Partners
Challenges
Dual Credit Review ProcessProcessesReporting
Alignment issuesSemester AlignmentsDirectly vs. Indirectly taught
ModificationsDifferences: High School VS College RFQ
Online = F2F misnomer
Course Review Challenges
Words of Wisdom….“The good news is that we brought dual credit
to district that have never had it before.
The bad news is that we brought dual credit to districts that have never had it before….”
Paula Nichols – Lamar University
“Green Districts”The learning curveSelection of studentsMonitoring students
Dual EnrollmentTxVSN EnrollmentDual Credit Provider Enrollment
Articulation Agreement? What Articulation Agreement?
HB 2480
Enrollment Challenges
TxVSN Registered Districts
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High School Dual Credit As of 11-12-2010
TxVSN Enrollments by Semester
Medium13%
Rural61%
Urban26%
11-11-2010
TxVSN Enrollments by District Size – Fall 2010
Medium5%
Rural59%
Ur-ban36%
11-11-2010
TxVSN Enrollments by District Size – Spring 2011
TxVSN Systems DevelopmentHB 3646‣Introduced much needed state funding!‣Changes to current system
The VCT ModelSimilar, but opposite‣Re-training districts (provider/receiver flip flop)‣Modification of TxVSN system (course catalog)‣Provider confusion
Systems Challenges
Moving ForwardTxVSN Dual Credit - The Next Phase
Why?Organization of submissionsSpeeding up the processTimeline for modifications
Spring RFQReleased from Region 10 on February 1st Check Region 10 “News” website for a look at the older RFQ process and documents
Dual Credit RFQ
Training sessionsReceiver District Roles (SC, mentor, students)‣Webinars‣ConferencesHelp Desk, Help Desk, Help Desk
Getting the word outTxVSN.orgList serveUser news blastsSystems messages
VCT - TxVSN modificationsPreliminary discussions, suggestions for change
Minimizing the Learning Curve
Success Stories
English III
US GovernmentPsychology
ST Social Studies
English IVUS History
Algebra IIArt History III
Sociology
IS Mathematics
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Top 10 Dual Credit Courses Fall 2010 – Spring 2011
TxVSN Success Storieshttp://www.txvsn.org/StudentSuccessStories.aspx
Questions?
TxVSNBarbara Smith, Project DirectorAngela Clark, Operations DirectorBrent Bakken, Course Review ManagerDebbie Vincent, Course Review ConsultantSara Baltunis, Course Review ConsultantMatthew Cushing, Course Review ConsultantLaura Hodges, Counselor / OutreachHelp Desk‣ 1.866.938.9876‣ [email protected]‣ TxVSN Listserv: See link under Important Info at www.txvsn.org Course Review – [email protected]
TxVSN Contacts
