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Eric Lehmann and Rick Nettesheim from eAchieve Academy in Waukesha, WI presenting their case study of an online Virtual Charter School and its improvement plan for the past 8 years.
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Taking an Online Charter School to the Next Level
8 Years Of Improvement
VisionUsing Today’s Technology
To Educate Tomorrow’s Leaders
MissioneAchieve Academy provides a quality
education for a wide variety of students by offering alternate solutions to traditional
schooling utilizing current Internet technologies and proven teaching practices
implemented by a team of professionals.
Background•School District of Waukesha, Wisconsin
•Desire for Distance Learning Option
•Declining District Enrollment Due to Open Enrollment
•Virtual School Solved Both Issues
•"4th" High School in the Waukesha - 100% Virtual
•Initially Partnered w/ Logistics Vendor
•Always Retained Instructional Control
Teacher Relationship
•Union Involvement
•Contract & Compensation
•Teacher Assignments
•Shared Decision Making with Admin istration
•Teacher Ownership of Classes
Historical - Enrollment
Historical - Achievement
Current Achievement Stats
Current Achievement Stats3, 4, 5 on AP
Tests80.77%
Graduates822
Timeline of School Improvement2004 - Launch of Program
2005 - Intranet
2006 - Enrollment Growth and movement to Full Time staff
2007 - SIP Goals & Plan - Mission & Vision - Advisory Program
2008 - Revise Advisory Program - Pyramid of Interventions
2009 - Added Middle School - Weeding the Garden
2010 - Tight Teacher Expectations - PLC Formalization - Learning Targets
2011 - Prep for Logistics Take Over - Teacher Leaders - District wide PLC's - Common Assessment - Course Development
Intranet•Internally Developed Tool
•Pace Charts
•Communication Log
•Progress Reports
•Socialization Tools
SIP Goals & Plan
•Whole Staff Involvement
•80% Course Completion Goal
•Establish Mission & Vision
•Create Advisory Program
Advisory Program
•Go To Person
•Focus on Relationship
•Academic Monitoring
Pyramid of Interventions•Advisors Establish Relationship from Day 1
•Struggling Students Contacted By Advisor
•Pre-Ultimatum Letter
•Ultimatum Letter
•Enrollment Termination
Tight Teacher Expectations•Complete Staff Buy-In
• Weekly eSessions
•Common Course Elements
•Response Time
•PLC Participation - School and District
•Follow Up w/ Struggling Students
Course Development•Departments determined content resources/vendors
•Individual Teachers created specific classes in Summer of 2012 (w/stipend)
•"Movement" to create common district assessments (3 Traditional High/Middle Schools)
•Departments worked to develop common rubrics.
•Work in Progress
Prep for Logistics Take Over
•LMS - Blackboard 9
•Email - Google
•Marketing
•Computers
Our Curricular Vendors
•Holt / McDougal
•Pearson
•Glencoe / McGraw-Hill
•EMC
•Cengage
•Goodheart-Wilcox
•Bedford/Freeman/Worth
•ALEKS Math
•NROC & Hippocampus
•Phet
•Odysseyware
•RosettaStone
•Khan
•Achieve3000
•Carone Fitness
•e2020 (Giant Campus)
•Open High School of Utah
Our Logistics Vendors
•Milwaukee PC
•BlackBoard
•Our Own District IT
The Future
•Cognitive & Emotional Engagement
•Tracking Math & Reading Progress
•Tighter Alignment w/ CCSS & College Readiness
•Integration of eAchieve and SDW
•Constant Course Improvement/Development
•Anticipating Population & Enrollment Trends
6 Pillars of Improvement
•Student Achievement
•Online Instruction
•Curriculum
•Assessment
•Math Achievement
•Community / Communication / Recognition
Thanks....
Eric Lehmann
262 364 9274
Rick Nettesheim
262 970 1074