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CALVERT EDUCATION SERVICES

The New Calvert High SchoolAn Invitation-Only Webinar

for Current Calvert Customers and Employees

January, 2014

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Overview of Presentation

• Welcome and introductions

• Recent developments at Calvert Education Services– The Calvert product suite

• The Calvert High School– Our vision for the Calvert high school– Key components of the high school program– Learn-Use-Teach

• Program offerings by school year– Future program expansion/improvements

• Discussion

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Introduction of Participants

• Gretchen Roe – Calvert Community Liaison– 20+ years of home schooling experience.– Six children – 2 college grads, 2 college students, 2 who are still

“Calvert kids”.– Calvert School’s Community Liaison since 2006.

• Eric Isselhardt, PhD – Chief Academic Officer– Former CEO of three independent schools.– CEO of the nationally known Kingsbury Center in DC.– Vice President at Southern Vermont College.– International school and curriculum architect.

• Joseph Olchefske – President of Calvert Education Services– Former President of two online learning companies.– Education researcher at American Institutes for Research.– Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools.

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Recent Developments at

Calvert Education Services• Separation from the Calvert Day School.

– In December 2012.

• Transition from non-profit to for-profit status.– In December 2012.– Initial investment by investor group.

• Acquisition of VSchoolz Inc.– In October 2013.– Key VSchoolz assets include digital curriculum and an excellent Learning

Management System.

• Expanded executive management team.– New President, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

• Second round of investment pending.– To fund improvements and digitization of the Calvert Curriculum.– To be completed in the near future.

The Calvert Product Suite

Calvert CurriculumRigorous, aligned K12

Analog and digitalUnified LMS

Calvert CurriculumRigorous, aligned K12

Analog and digitalUnified LMS

Calvert CurriculumRigorous, aligned K12

Analog and digitalUnified LMS

Live Instruction in Some Courses

Live Instruction in All Courses on a

Weekly Basis

A La Carte Services

Basic Services

CalvertClassic

Calvert Plus

CalvertAcademy

Our Vision for the Calvert High School

• A rigorous academic program aligned with the Calvert K-8 program.– The Calvert Curriculum.

• Full array of courses – Core, AP, foreign language, electives

• A primarily digital program with some supplementary analog content.– Printed learning guides.

• Content delivered to students via a rich, interactive LMS.– Video, audio and collaborative content.

• Live teacher instructional support available for all subject areas.– On a whole-school basis or an a la carte basis.

• Program options for students aligned with Calvert’s three basic product offerings:

Calvert CurriculumRigorous, aligned K12

Analog and digitalUnified LMS

Calvert CurriculumRigorous, aligned K12

Analog and digitalUnified LMS

Calvert CurriculumRigorous, aligned K12

Analog and digitalUnified LMS

Live Instruction in Some Courses

Live Instruction in All Courses on a Weekly

Basis

A La Carte Services

Basic Services

CalvertClassic

Calvert Plus

CalvertAcademy

Key Components of the High School Program

• Three program options:– Calvert Classic – Access to online

content and printed learning guides.– Calvert Plus – Classic with live

instruction in select courses and an ala carte menu of services.

– Calvert Academy – Full school program with a live teacher in every course.

• College prep academics– Not a remedial program.– Guidance/college counseling.

• Full course catalog– Core academic offerings.– Broad selection of electives.– Multiple non-English languages.

• Diploma granting program– Maryland State diploma.

• The Flex-Pace schedule– A defined set of live instructional

sessions delivered weekly through the school year.

– Attendance is voluntary and all sessions are recorded and archived in an online course library for independent self-paced use.

• Live instruction– One live group instructional session

per course per week.– Designated teacher office hours

every week.– Teacher on-call availability via phone,

e-mail and Skype.

• Learn-Use-Teach instructional model– The Calvert instructional model.

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Learn-Use-Teach

• Learn-Use-Teach is the core paradigm of the Calvert academic program.– The foundational element of our overall instructional design.– All grade levels, all content areas.

• A three step instructional process:– Learn – Understand academic content and concepts at a deep level.– Use – Actively interact with and utilize the learned content.– Teach – Share and present the learned content to others.

• Underlying rationale for the Learn-Use-Teach model:– Informed by research and best practices.– Based on active learning.– Derived from inquiry-based learning pedagogy.– Provides for a wide array of assessment methodologies.

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Program Offerings by YearSY14-15 SY15-16 SY16-17

K-8

Curriculum upgrades Yes Yes Yes

Online program No Yes Yes

High School 9th Grade 9th -10th Grades 9th -12th Grades

Online program Yes Yes Yes

Spanish language Yes Yes (others possible) Yes (others possible)

AP classes Yes Yes Yes

LMS 9th K-10 K-12

K-8 Private Pay/Legacy MyCalvert VSchoolz VSchoolz

K-8 Institutional Connexus VSchoolz VSchoolz

High School VSchoolz VSchoolz VSchoolz

Live Instruction Yes Yes Yes

Additional Services Partial menu Full menu Full menu

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CONTACT USEnrollment Services

1 (888)328-8285

Education Counselors:

1 (888)487-4652

My email address:

groe@calvertservices.org

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