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** Academy School District **

Contact: Rick Tanski (719) 234-1717

@http://www.asd20.org/aohs
**Program Descriptions:** AOHS staff includes its principal, a full-time teacher on special assignment, a full-time secretary, and 17 teachers (16 part-time via 1 overload class and 1 @ .4 FTE).

** Program 1a: Academy Online High School – Part-Time Online Learning Program ** This program provides students with a part-time, supplemental alternative to traditional classroom learning experience. Students can take up to 3 courses in the AOHS. The program serves various groups of students including students with schedule conflicts or medical issues, and alternative learners. The curriculum is available to high school students and supports a path to graduation and a D20 diploma.

The online curriculum for grades 9-11 has been primarily developed by D20 for its own use. D20 leases some courses from Colorado Online ($80 /student/course/term), Aventa ($89 /student/course/term), and eDynamic Learning ($80 /student/course/term) as well.

AOHS uses Pearson eCollege as its learning management system. In all cases, the students are supported and monitored by current D20 teachers who are licensed, highly qualified, and have been trained as online instructors.

Number of Participants: 315 part-time students.

The courses include text-based, integrated audio/video, and full hypermedia presentations.

The teachers are funded by a staffing allocation formula based on the fractional amount of the equivalent periods/courses the students attend online. Students do not have pay a fee to participate unless they are taking the class as an overload. In that case the fee is $250 per course, per term.

The student provides their own workstation and Internet access, but they may access their online coursework at their in-building school or at a lab available at the AOHS offices.

** Program 1b: Academy Online High School – Full-Time Online Learning Program ** This program provides students with a full-time alternative to traditional classroom learning experience. Students can take 4 - 7 courses at AOHS. The program serves various groups of students including home-schooled students, elite athletes, students in military families (including some who are outside of the US), pregnant and new mothers, and alternative learners. It is also used for students who might otherwise drop out of the system. A full curriculum is available to high school students and provides a path to graduation and an AOHS (D20) diploma.

The courseware provided for the full-time program is the same as described above for the part-time students. Again, the students always are supported and monitored by current D20 teachers who are licensed, highly qualified, and have been trained as online instructors. Number of Participants: 30 full-time students.

The courses include text-based, integrated audio/video, and full hypermedia presentations.

The teachers are funded by a staffing formula based on full-time enrollments similar to the in-building schools.

Students who are enrolled in D20 do not have pay a fee to participate unless they are taking the class as an overload. In that case the fee is $250 per course, per term. The student provides their own workstation and Internet access, but they may access their online coursework at their in-building school or at a lab available at the AOHS offices.

** Program 2: Academy School District – Online Credit Recovery ** This program provides a credit recovery program for high school students on a part-time, supplemental basis. The student is expected to carry a full traditional course load including the credit recovery courses. The credit recovery courses are intended to allow students to catch up on missed or failed courses and allow the student to proceed to graduation and an Academy School District 20 (D20) diploma.

The credit recovery program is a self-paced program offered through the individual high schools.

The Internet-based courses are provided by OdysseyWare. Students are supported and monitored by a licensed D20 teacher. Number of Student Participants: approximately 250 students.

OdysseyWare for is delivered via the web. The Pearson eCollege LMS integrates with Elluminate to deliver synchronous learning opportunities. All of the credit recovery courseware is delivered by OdysseyWare under a 24 concurrent-user site license. Each license costs D20 $900 annually. The eCollege LMS enrollment fees cost $91 per student per course per term, plus additional $7000 annual maintenance fees.

D20 also has Moodle installed on district servers for teachers’ use; it is used minimally for delivery of instruction, primarily at the middle and high school levels.