Elanco PASA-PSBA Presentation

1. VIRTUAL ACADEMY, PA HYBRID
LEARNING INITIATIVE AND
ONE-TO-ONE
EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: COMPREHENSIVE
TECHNOLOGY IN IMPLEMENTATION

2. INTRODUCTIONS:
• Colette Cairns: IU 13 Coordinator of Online and Hybrid Learning
• Robert Hollister: Superintendent of Schools
• Tim Leister: Secondary Instructional Technology Coach
• Jeffrey Starr: Garden Spot M.S. Principal
• Patrick Winters: Secondary C & I and Virtual Academy Administrator
• Lotsie Wooten: Supervisor of Technology Infrastructure

3. EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
• Rural population, 95 square miles, 3,200 students (plus 94 guest
students), 4 school campuses.
• Free and reduced lunch percentage at 35.8 percent (end of last
year); median household income level dropped in 2011 from
$43,000 to $35,000 in 2012.
• Major consequences resulting from the recession…teacher
furloughs, outsourcing of support staff, pay freeze for
administrators, huge dollars given to cyber and charter schools
• Second lowest tax effort in Lancaster County

4. MINDSET…
“When this economic crisis passes and we in
public education do not look different, shame
on us for not seizing the opportunity to reinvent
ourselves and our service.”
Fall, 2009

5. MINDSET…
• Recognize outliers, anomalies, realities, and eventualities
• All facets of learning are changing simultaneously---correction---
have changed---it was…Historic
• Content
• Delivery Model
• Teacher-Student Relationship
• Ownership of Learning

6. Vision:
Efficient, self-directed,
customized learning
experience.

7. “WE’VE GONE TO PLAID”
Video clip from “Space Balls” (1987), Directed by: Mel Brooks, Production Company: Brooksfilms

8. THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY...WHERE ARE WE NOW?
• EOL – 47 Students
• Student Online Option – 30
• Alternative Ed – 4
• Special Populations - 20

9. STRUCTURE OF EOL - “QUICK SIX”
• Historical Perspective (K-12)
• Digital Curriculum
• District Value Adds
• Technology
• Schedule Options (Flexibility)
• Attendance

10. VIRTUAL PROGRAMS...THE FUTURE
• 7-12 District-Developed Courses (3-5 Year Plan)
• Increased and More Aggressive Marketing
Strategies (Competition with Cyber Charters)
• K-6 Course, Curriculum, and Pedagogical
Improvements

11. ANYTIME-ANYWHERE LEARNING
• Rationalization for Anywhere-Anytime Learning (AAL)
• Timeline of events
• Components of a successful implementation

12. AAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Strong commitment to professional
development both prior to
implementation and on-going.
• Realistic goals and objectives for
Year one.
• Transforming classroom instruction
with new instructional strategies.

13. AAL TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
• Student Devices
• Network Infrastructure
• Policies and Procedures

14. Hybrid Learning at Garden Spot
• 15 piloted schools in 2012-2013
• 33 schools in Commonwealth at
present
• New this year all grades 1 and 6
at ELANCO
• 20 classrooms at the Garden
Spot secondary campus
Video hosted on http://vimeo.com/hybridlearning

15. HERE WE GO...
• Marketing Hybrid to Families
• Teacher Feedback used to customize
the model
• Ongoing Professional Development

16. BENEFITS
● Personalized Learning Velocity
● Laptops as an Instructional Tool
● Real Time Data
● Collaborative Peer Projects

17. GSMS DATA
Overall Math Growth from 2012-13 (77%) to 2013-14 (91%)

18. GSMS DATA
2012-13 Math Growth 2013-14 Math Growth

19. Looking forward – Wrap up—Your thoughts
•Permeable boundaries among school districts and
between school districts and higher education.
•Learning will continue to be more personalized, “off
hours”, geographically unbound.
•Bring your own device will be akin to bringing your
own backpack.