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** I believe I have to answer that regarding copyright, contract, and approved provider status issues. We (MSC Online) contract with AVENTA to use the curriculum on our server. We are an approved provider for the State of Minnesota - guaranteeing them that we uphold certain standards, etc., so copy/paste AVENTA curriculum onto another server would not fit that bill. Now, this district can do blended/hybrid activities on their own server, but this is exclusive of AVENTA curriculum. If they develop their own curriculum and choose to use it for their students without the benefit of MSC Online,this is a different issue. No other students would be permitted to take those classes for graduation credits, UNLESS the curriculum is approved by our Peer Review Committee. I've somewhat simplified my answer to get you an answer quickly, but we need a conference conversation with the involved parties to "flesh this out" and make sure we are all on the same page, as we discussed briefly on the phone today (12/10/08).
 * __QUESTIONS FROM DEC 3 meeting__
 * 1. Curriculum - can copy and paste Moodle work from NE to another Moodle Server? (is there a copyright policy with NE?) **

The only way to ensure Byron teachers is: they have been trained and certified through MSC Online training. This also depends on the contractual agreement between Byron and its teacher's union/contract. If we have certified Byron teachers, that district can request that Byron students use those teachers, but other students are also eligible to be enrolled in those classes, unless some other arrangements are made.
 * 2. How does NE ensure we get "Byron Teachers" when students enroll in OLL course? **

** 3. How fast do we get enrollment information from other districts? Are there registration deadlines? ** There are no registration deadlines. We enroll students on a "rolling enrollment basis, meaning when a student needs our services, we provide that class: Sept. 1, October 15th, December 1. Enrollment information from other districts flows through the Coop: Nicole & Kari How fast? We usually signify it may take up to 2 weeks, and that depends on teacher loads and finding the appropriate teacher.

** 4. Not all Aventa curriculum is published on NE website. If we provide instructor for the adventa curriculum, will NE publish the course? ** That can be arranged if the curriculum has been published.

** 5. We are in need of another Level 1 training and Level 2 training (for teachers that were already trained in the fall). Does NE or SSC have any options or will we have to look elsewhere? ** That would come first from SSC working with NESC.

Requests need to come to MSC Online, and we open the courses only so far due to copyright issues. This is not a personal issue with anyone, but we use this blanket treatment to provide a fair opportunity to all people and remain within in our contractual agreement with AVENTA. Teachers who are trained and certified have greater latitude, this would be your logged in users, and the student access that's allowed on the Preview courses does allow users to look at all the assignments (but not make any teacher-level changes). Assessments can be customized, but there are certain restrictions, and we would need more specific information to provide an in-depth answer. That is left up to the individual teacher. As long as the teacher remains within the "standards" guidelines provided by the State of Minnesota, they have freedom to adapt their class to fit their goals. We'd prefer a conversation about this before it happens, so we can work with the teacher and the curriculum, as again, we are the approved provider to the State and have contractual agreements with them.
 * 6. Teachers want to see more in depth look at Aventa curriculum. They were not able to see quizzes or assessments. If we cannot get a "live" view - we would like to see screen shots. Are the assessments customizable? **
 * 7. Does NE have a portfolio system for their instructors to use with the students? Many online providers use an e-portfolio as the assessment piece instead of / in conjunction with traditional tests. **

** 8. Do you have to be a "teacher" to become NE Moodle Certified? I would like to develop some Online Professional Development courses and would like to first try and use the NE Moodle Server - otherwise I may install a Byron Moodle Server. ** No - you do not have to be a "teacher" to be Moodle Certified. You can develop Professional Development pieces and use them accordingly. These areoutside the spectrum of graduation requirements for students in the State of Minnesota.

** 9. Byron is currently on a block schedule (90 or so minute periods). How well do you think that would work with the NE? I realize this would be twice the cost for adventa - but they would be accelerated programs? Thoughts on the "marketability"? ** The MSC Online is open 24 hours/day, 7 days a week. For an accelerated student, online learning is great - if they are disciplined enough to use itas it should be used. We have block students who will complete 1 full year online in 1 semester, as they can do the work that is required if they (the student) blocks it out accordingly

__Next Steps (From OCT 28)__

1. **Jen** to disperse survey to state/regional contacts in regards to the Content Management System they use. Disperse to committee after completion. Make decision next meeting (Dec 3 - 3:05 pm) 2. **Jen** - find out from SSC if NE classes can be tweaked with different accounting curriculum. Is there a current Spanish 4 offering?

Actually, there is an instructor for all of the courses except for the Marketing/Accounting course at this point. However, because of the rolling enrollment option, an instructor may not be "available" to teach a requested course because he or she may actually be in the middle of teaching the course already code As far as instructors for Spanish IV and Accounting, we are waiting for the Accounting/Business teacher to finish training, and we do have a Spanish IV instructor (and a student!).Possibility of a teacher wanting to teach Accounting but change the course structure from Aventa to another - We are contracted with AVENTA, but if a teacher has a curriculum, we do have a peer review process to go through before we approve the curriculum. James did not know of any type of data as far as OLL needs in the state or for our region. code 3. T**eacher Team** - 5 teachers that received training (Molly, Troy, Gloria, Cheryl, Craig)- determine classes that could possibly go Online for 09-10. Also to determine what classes could do "blending" this year. 4. **Jen** - to give brief update of OLL progress to School board on Nov 13. 5. **Teacher Team** - give Julie update if you will be adding online extension to classes (blending) for registration guide. (No later than Dec 15) 6. **Other teachers** - determine if interested in learning Moodle. (May be March training) 7. Next Meeting - Dec 3 3:05pm. District Office Board Room.
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 * Teacher Team + Je**n - look at current contract language in MN regarding OLL learning and to figure out what it ($) looks like?

__Next Steps__ Proctor Contract Language - “Online or Virtual Educators: For those teachers who may want to work outside the normal workday for the District as Online Educators or as Virtual Educators and are hired on a per student/per class contract, the School District and the Unit will use the following rate of pay: a teacher will receive a $50 stipend for each student enrolled in a class who participates 10% of the time or provides two (2) deliverables/assignments. The teacher will voucher for the stipend during the next pay period. For each student completing the claws, even one who fails, an additional $200 stipend will be paid. Again, the teacher will voucher for the pay during the next pay period. In the event that enrollment reaches 10 or more students at any one time or the teacher is instructing in three or more classes, the teacher will be paid a sixth assignment. Again, the teacher will voucher for the extra compensation during the next pay period. No class shall ever exceed 15 students without additional compensation.”

1. Get School Board Member on the committee. -Chris Douglas 2. Get a negotiator on the committee - Felten 3. Get copies of the canned curriculum. (Accounting, Biology, Pre-Calc and Algebra 2) Want to see level of assessment. Review (up to 3 hours of time)(Jen) - **CONTACTED SSC VIA EMAIL - WAITING TO HEAR BACK!** Check the discussion tab! 4. Get a Spanish, English, Social Studies rep on committee (during HS presentation) 5. Review the BPS online learning policy. (Secondary Principal's association - Roger) **Forward to attorney** - The board is now reviewing the current policy 6. Enroll in SSC this year? (Wendy) - **DONE** 7. If we do enroll - SSC training Meet August 18 to develop presentation to HS staff
 * How much time is committed to the Online portion of the training? (jen find out)**CONTACTED SSC VIA EMAIL - WAITING TO HEAR BACK! - According To SSC, approx 14hrs of F2F time, and around 8 hours of OLL time **
 * Write Best Practice Grant (Mike - Done waiting for feedback)

__More Questions__

Rolling Enrollment - Class Rank, Start/Stop Dates, Drops? Would like to see the contract verbiage in other schools. (Proctor School District) Could the online instructor provide supervision of other OLL students

__Road Blocks__ Scheduling Contract

__Niche Areas__ Block Scheduling? Video Conferencing? Challenge Programs - Can be taught on line? Technology (SMART Boards and other online tools) Credit Recovery - What is the ALC costs? (Business, Science, Math) Science - 4 days online - 1 day onsite
 * Calc 2?
 * Streaming classrooms. $$
 * Virtual Office Hours
 * Elluminate/or Breeze or other web conferencing software