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**St. Vrain Valley School District**

** Program Descriptions: **

** Program 1: St Vrain Valley School District –eCredit Recovery ** [|www.ecreditrecovery.com]

Contact: Nawal Nader-French (303) 702-7741

This program is new as of the fall of 2010 and is, to some degree, in the experimental stage. It provides a credit recovery program to St Vrain students, grades 10 through 12, on a part-time, supplemental after-school basis. Course offerings are in Math and English. Starting in summer 2011, Social Studies will be offered, as well. 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 failed courses and allow the student to proceed to graduation and a St Vrain Valley diploma.

The semesters are 10 weeks long. During the first 5 weeks, students are required to participate in the program on-site for two hours a day twice a week, after school in their local school. If the student demonstrates active attendance and participation and adequate progress, the remaining 5 weeks can be complete off-site. Within that context, the credit recovery program is a self-paced program. The program is run by the eLearning Coordinator through DTS, the District’s Technology Services.

The Internet-based courses are provided by Compass Learning Odyssey. Students are supported and monitored by licensed teachers. Content is reviewed and customized to meet SVVSD’s scope and sequence.

Two high schools currently provide the program with some local modifications to their delivery mode. These schools run the program every day throughout their day and are monitored by an onsite paraprofessional. The eLearning Coordinator provides ongoing professional development and weekly monitoring of teachers and paraprofessionals facilitation of the program. Teachers are expected to communicate with counselors, students and parents at least once a week

Number of Student Participants: currently about 40 students; maximum 50 students. The program holds multiple user licenses allowing SVVSD to enroll an unlimited number of students as long as no more than 64 are logged into the system at a given time.

Compass Learning Odyssey provides the course content and is hosted and delivered via the web. The program enrollment fees are $120 per student per 0.5 semester length course per session (adjustments are made for FRL students). Students in the after-school program meet in their school’s library or computer lab, while, students enrolled at the two schools running the program throughout the day, meet in specific study rooms equipped with computers and Internet access. Students are required to have access to a computer and Internet connection before being able to enroll in the program.

SVVSD eCredit Recovery staff includes the district’s eLearning coordinator, 3 Math and 3 English teachers. Starting in summer 2011, SVVSD eCredit Recovery will have one Social Studies teacher.


 * Program 2: St Vrain Valley School District Online High School **

Contact: Joann Dawe (303) 635-1563

In August, 2011, St Vrain’s will open its online high school. The course content is expected to be provided by Pearson Learning Powered by Florida Virtual School. The plan calls for support for between 50 and 100 students in grades 9-12. Student body will include alternative learners, special education students, teen moms and others who have been unable to be successful in the traditional classroom setting. The plan for the high school is that it should emphasize high-touch student interaction to avoid the tendency to cycle students in and out of the program.

The staff will include the School's Online Principal and School Counselor. The courses will be taught by FLVS teachers.