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Personalized and Blended Learning Success:25 Tips from Experienced Educators

February 20, 2014

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Introduction

Bruce LovettVice President, MarketingFuel Education

A bit about Fuel Education from

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Introduction

Mary FluhartyOnline LearningCoordinator,

Alexandria City PublicSchools , VA

Bryan WoodPrincipal,D9 OnlineEagle Point, OR

Heather HiebschPrincipal,PSD Global AcademyK-12Fort Collins, CO

Speakers

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Key topics covered today

The steps in implementing personalized and blended learning:1. Background and Strategy

2. Alignment

3. Planning

4. Implementation

5. Review

Personalized and blended learning:

Strategy Alignment Plan Implement Review

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Background and Strategy

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Background and Strategy

What were your goals when you started your program and didthey change over time?

To provide students/families with flexible, individual, self pacedinstruction

To offer online resources Offer larger selection of courses

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Background and Strategy

How did you choose your curriculum and technology? Research

Course selection

Excellent curriculum

Proven results

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Background and Strategy

Who did you include in your core team as you started to planyour program and what groups outside your core team did youneed to get backing from to make blended learning successful?

Teachers and mentors with online learning experience

Administrators and board

Counselors

Parents & students

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Alignment

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Alignment

How did you build support and buy-in from these groups(Teachers, administrators, parents, students, board and otherkey stakeholders)?

Regional Information Sessions for faculty and parents

Demonstrate Online Courses to them

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Planning

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Planning

How did you select/recruit teachers, administrators and otherkey team members?

Performance Based Interviewing

Enthusiasm for online learning and blended learning

Experience with technology

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Planning

What training should be provided to teachers and administratorsnew to blended learning?

Educational Training

Webinars

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Implementation

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Implementation

What are your best practices in onboarding your students andtheir families?

Minimum of two face to face family orientation sessions

Set clear expectations through face to face enrollment meetings,

students contracts, parent agreements and "no-penalty" droppolicies

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Implementation

How do you track and monitor student progress?

Tracking student progress weekly

Using technology (PEAK)

Automate as much as possible right away, use tools built into the

products. Surveys

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Implementation

Incentives for participation

Reward positive engagement - Immediate,direct, supportive communication to childand parent

How do you keep students engaged/involved?

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Implementation

How do you create a positive testing environment? Videos sent to families of what the experience looks and feels like

Test in smaller groups

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Review

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Review

How do you measure academic outcomes and program quality? Growth in enrollments and growth provided by feedback

Number of students who re-enroll year after year

Academic quality = Successful students and happy families Feedback from parents and students

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Review

What is the most important piece of advice you would givesomeone just starting a blended learning program and whatwas the 1 challenge you never saw coming?

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Q&A

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