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Virtual High School Global Consortium is the worldwide leader in collaborative online education and professional development. Expanding Opportunities in Times of Change by Liz Pape, President & CEO

n this issue, we focus on innovative ways school leaders are using their VHS membership to expand educational opportunities. Dur- ing these tough fiscal times, it’s more important than ever for school leaders to find cost effective ways to meet the educational needs Iof today’s students. Here are some easy ways you can use VHS’s online teaching and learning to help you meet your district’s goals: • Use VHS courses to meet the academic needs of Middle School students. Sutton Public Schools is an example of a district that has been a VHS member school for several years and has expanded its membership to its middle school. Lucille DiLeo initially used a small number of seats from her high school’s VHS membership for a pilot with gifted and talented middle school students. That early success led to the middle school training its own VHS teacher and utilizing its own membership to expand academic options for middle school students. Remember, second or additional memberships in VHS are offered at highly discounted prices! See “VHS / Middle School Partnership Provides an Enriched Curriculum to Advanced Learners”, pgs 6&7 • Win grants with your VHS partnership. This year, VHS member schools partnered with VHS for competitive grant applications at the state level, and obtained grant funding to support district initiatives. VHS’s long history of providing quality online courses and professional development was a critical component of the winning grant proposals of the ACCEPT Collaborative and Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School. If you identify a grant opportunity for your school, consider incorporating VHS into the grant. We will work with your team to develop a winning grant proposal. See “In the News—Curriculum News”, pg 4 • Use VHS to support your 21st century teaching and learning model. VHS is helping teachers, school leaders, and students work toward a 21st century teaching and learning model. VHS teachers at TC Williams High School are bringing their online teaching skills into the classroom and are helping classroom teachers learn how to use online tools for student-centered teaching. School leaders at TC Williams report that their VHS membership is an important tool to achieve the district’s commitment to 21st century skills development. Students taking VHS courses are also leading the way at TC Williams, by asking their classroom teachers to use the online tools and project-based learning they experienced in their VHS courses. See “Blending Online and Face-to-Face Learning”, pg 5 In this issue • Evaluate VHS early and often—you’ll like the results! Hackettstown Public Schools piloted a small VHS student-only membership in 2006 after evaluating online course options. Once 1 From the CEO the program was underway, Hackettstown continued to evaluate the effectiveness of VHS’s online courses, as well as the demand for the program. Those results led to an expanded mem- 2 Doing More With Less bership in VHS, enabling Hackettstown to broaden its curriculum by offering unique high 3 In the News quality courses to its students. See “Doing More With Less”, pg 2 5 Blended Learning As you read this newsletter, I hope you highlight some of the ideas that you would like to imple- 6 VHS/Middle School ment in your district. Please feel free to contact me or any member of the VHS staff if you’d like to learn more about these initiatives or brainstorm other ways in which VHS can help your 8 Conferences and Events school district meet its goals. My best wishes for a happy 2010 as we begin the next decade visit: goVHS.org of online teaching and learning. 2 VHS Network | Spring 2010 Doing More With Less by Robert Gratz, Superintendent, Hackettstown Public Schools, 2009 Northern New Jersey Region Superintendent of the Year

ackettstown, New Jersey is a community of over 11,000 resi- we elected to expand our commitment to the program contributing dents located in Northeast New Jersey, 50 miles west of New a teacher which provides us with additional seats each year as well HYork City. The town, incorporated in 1853, has a total area as other advantages. of 3.7 square miles, all of it land, and is located in a valley along the One of the most important considerations for me as a superinten- banks of the Musconetcong River. Hackettstown was named #72 of dent and to our School Board was the impact on the budget that the “Top 100 towns in the United States to Live and Work In” by a new initiative like this might have. We, like many districts across Money Magazine in 2005. the country are faced with tightening budgets and are being forced Hackettstown Public School District serves 1,855 students in grades to find ways to do more with less. Our choice of VHS as an online K-12 in four schools: two elementary (Hatchery Hill School and course provider has done just that. We have broadened our cur- Willow Grove School), one middle (Hackettstown Middle School), riculum and provided our students with the opportunity to pursue and a four-year high school. Hackettstown High School also serves courses in unique areas that are rarely if ever offered at the public students from the townships of Allamuchy, Independence and Lib- school level and have done so with little impact to the tax payers. erty, who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships. Of the A win, win situation! 1,855 students, 79% are white, 2% black, 14% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Socioeconomic guidelines allow for 208 students to receive free lunch and 108 students receive lunch at a reduced fee. The high school boasts a 97% graduation rate. Hackettstown High School has been a VHS member since 2006. Our administrators conducted extensive research evaluating many of the online program providers across the country and selected VHS as the program that we felt would best meet the needs of our district and students. Our goal was to expand our curriculum and add courses that we simply did not have the ability to offer based on limited resources and the high cost of teaching courses with fewer than 10 students. VHS has given us the ability to add courses like Mandarin Chinese, Shakespeare in Films and over 140 other unique course titles. It also enables us to add College Board Advanced Placement courses that we do not offer allowing students to work at the college level and receive college credit. At the outset we elected to join as a student only school giving us the opportunity to evaluate the program further before making a larger commitment to contribute a teacher to the project. After Robert Gratz, Superintendent, Hackettstown Public Schools three successful years with VHS and demand for courses growing,

VHS Network Our Mission Liz Pape, President & CEO The mission of Virtual High School is to develop and deliver standards-based, student- Suzanne Harlow, Editor centered online courses to expand students’ educational opportunities and 21st century Virtual High School VHS Network is published biannually to share the successes of the VHS community and to skills and to offer professional development to Global Consortium teachers to expand the scope and depth of www.goVHS.org promote collaboration through the addition of schools and course offering opportunities. their instructional skills. VHS Network encourages contributions from VHS Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded Virtual High School Global Consortium VHS member schools, teachers, site coordina- by The Concord Consortium and Hudson Public 4 Clock Tower Place, Suite 510 tors, and students. Please send your ideas for Schools of Massachusetts. contributions to: Maynard, MA 01754 Copyright©2010 VHS, Inc. All rights reserved. tel 978.897.1900 Noncommercial reproduction is encouraged, fax 978.897.9839 provided proper credit is given. Virtual High goVHS.org School, VHS, COVE, SCENe and NetCourse are registered trademarks of VHS, Inc. In the News goVHS.org 978.897.1900 3 Revere High School Student and VHS on NBC Nightly News VHS NBC Nightly News recently ran a segment on online edu- cation and highlighted VHS member school Revere High VHS student and Posse Scholar, Lucy …that student-centered online courses Salles (left) and VHS Site Coordinator can be designed and delivered to students School in Revere, MA! Lucy Salles, student at Revere, feels Maureen Lenihan, Director of to promote a high quality collaborative her ‘Chemicals of Civilization’ VHS course helped her Guidance, Revere High School (right) learning environment in which student ex- get accepted to her first choice college to pursue chemical change and interactionbelieves is a valued compo- engineering! View the segment here: http://www.msnbc. nent of the instructional process. msn.com/id/3032619/#34667540. …that educational opportunity need not To learn more about the Posse Foundation and Scholar- be limited by barriers of time and place ship visit: http://www.possefoundation.org. and lack of qualified faculty. Rather, we VHS students that share a VHS believe that high-quality education is class period with Lucy Salles at Revere High School possible — today — for all students in Brooklyn Schools and VHS all locations. Online education offers any featured on ABC-7 News in New York school with Internet connectivity a wealth of trained, experienced faculty mem- Students from eight schools in Brooklyn, NY have begun using VHS as a resource in their bers qualified in numerous disciplines, face-to-face classrooms. The students are combining VHS with their classroom lessons to for teaching a wide array of courses de- build strong 21st century skills. To view the segment that aired on ABC-7 News, visit: signed to meet the needs of all students. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/education&id=7191242. An innovative, standards-based curriculum delivered online offers diverse, exciting learning choices for students, and the op- portunity and skills to participate in a na- VHS Members Among U.S. News and World tional and global community. Report’s Top American Schools …that online teaching should augment Congratulations to VHS Member schools recently cited as Top American Schools by U.S. rather than replace traditional classroom News and World Report. The magazine evaluated 21,786 public high schools in 48 states teaching. Virtual High School online courses are a proven, flexible solution for and the District of Columbia. To learn more about the top American schools, visit: http:// schools needing an expanded curriculum, www.usnews.com/sections/education/high-schools/index.html. teachers seeking new horizons, parents wanting more involvement with their chil- VHS Members Ranked as Top American Schools: dren’s education, and a society grappling with ways to offer opportunity to all its Bowdon High School GA Bronze Medal MA Silver Medal citizens. Canton CT High School CT Silver Medal MA Silver Medal …that the goals of education are ad- Chatham High School NJ Silver Medal Pathway to Technology vanced best by putting value and service Colebrook Academy NH Bronze Medal Magnet School CT Bronze Medal first. When schools work together ina Eleanor Roosevelt Petersburg High School AK Silver Medal collaborative network such as VHS, they High School NY Silver Medal Portage Area High School PA Bronze Medal become part of an abundant and gener- Falmouth High School ME Silver Medal Revere High School MA Bronze Medal ous educational community that promotes Gloucester City Jr-Sr Ridge High School NJ Silver Medal the affordable sharing of professional resources. High School NJ Bronze Medal Saunders Trades and Greely High School ME Silver Medal Technical High School NY Bronze Medal Greenfield High School MA Bronze Medal Simsbury High School CT Silver Medal Groveton High School NH Bronze Medal St. Ignatius High School MT Bronze Medal Harriton High School PA Silver Medal Stowe High School VT Silver Medal MA Bronze Medal The Bromfield School MA Gold Medal Hopkinton High School MA Honorable MA Silver Medal Mention Weehawken High School NJ Silver Medal Lower Merion High School PA Silver Medal MA Silver Medal Lyme-Old Lyme Weston High School CT Silver Medal High School CT Silver Medal Yonkers High School NY Gold Medal Madison High School NJ Silver Medal York High School ME Silver Medal 4 VHS Network | Spring 2010

goVHS.org 978.897.1900 4 In the News continued from previous page Curriculum News VHS Third Annual Student VHS is extremely excited about two new curricular projects! Scholarship Program VHS, in partnership with Assabet Valley Regional Technical High VHS is pleased to announce our third annual scholarship program School (Marlborough, MA) and the ACCEPT Collaborative for graduating high school seniors of the class of 2010. We will (Natick, MA) is the recipient of two Massachusetts Department of award two $1000 scholarships and two $500 scholarships. Scholar- Education grants. ships are available to high school seniors graduating in 2010 and The first grant, with Assabet Valley, will provide two credit-recovery planning to attend a post-secondary program. Applicants must have Biology courses for students at-risk of failing (or having failed) the successfully completed at least one VHS course as a junior or se- Biology curriculum at that school. The courses will be 18 weeks nior. Students will be required to submit a multimedia presentation long and will be specifically geared toward successful completion of that addresses the question: In what way has your VHS involvement the Assabet Valley curriculum and toward achieving a passing grade helped you to gain a global perspective? The submission deadline is on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), March 15, 2010. Scholarship instructions are posted on our website Massachusetts’ required test for earning a high school diploma. at: http://www.govhs.org/Content/Academics-Scholarship10. Best This grant will train Assabet Valley teachers to teach online biology of luck to all applicants! courses, and will provide them with blended learning techniques which will enable Assabet teachers to provide blended learning in their face-to-face classrooms. Update on VHS Learning ProjectABLE (Achieving Blended Learning Environments), in Management System conjunction with the ACCEPT Collaborative in Natick, MA, is a As part of our commitment to providing our teachers and students course creation effort which focuses on blended learning for teach- with the highest quality online experience, VHS staff routinely eval- ers at ACCEPT member schools. In conjunction with ACCEPT, uates learning management systems to ensure that the platform we VHS will create professional development offerings on the blended utilize best meets our unique needs. learning environment, social networking, and open source resources We’re excited to announce that VHS has identified Desire2Learn in the math, science and technology disciplines. Teachers who take (D2L) as our new learning management system beginning in the part in this grant effort will complete the courses and a summer 2010-2011 academic year. Course migration to the D2L platform workshop (hosted by the collaborative) with the goal of creating is well underway, and training is scheduled to be available for teach- their own course site to provide an online component for their face- ers in April. to-face classrooms. We are confident this partnership will provide our teachers, site Congratulations to Stella Ross who recently celebrated a five coordinators and students with the necessary services and support year milestone with VHS. Stella is the VHS teacher at Bolton they need now and in the future. High School in Bolton, Connecticut.

Welcome New VHS Member Schools! Welcome to the following new 2009-2010 VHS member schools!

Archbishop Molloy High School NY Memorial High School OK Suffield Middle School CT Brentwood School GA Milford High School MA Sussex County Technical School NJ Champlain Valley Union High School VT Nathan Hale High School OK Tappan Zee High School (SOCSD) NY Charles E. Gorton High School NY Nazareth Academy MA The Central High School - Cranston West High School RI New Garden Friends School NC Fine and Performing Arts OK MA North Andover High School MA The Devereux School MA East Central High School OK North River Collaborative MA Traip Academy ME EASTCONN/ACT Regional Magnet High School CT North Warren Central School NY Tulsa Public Schools OK Edison Preparatory School OK Orange NJ High School NJ Wakefield Public Schools MA Eleanor Roosevelt High School NY Palmyra High School NJ Webster High School OK Fort Smith Northside High School AR Riverside High School NY Wells High School ME Four Rivers Charter Public School MA Roosevelt High School NY Weston High School CT Haldane High School NY Saddle Brook Middle/High School NJ Whitefish High School MT Lincoln NY High School NY Saugus High School MA Will Rogers High School OK MA Saunders Trades and Technical High School NY Yonkers High School NY McLain OK High School OK Skagway School AK Yonkers Public Schools NY goVHS.org 978.897.1900 5 Blending Online and Face-to-Face Learning by Amy Michalowski, VHS Director of Curriculum and Instruction

The Alexandria City Public School system in Virginia is extremely diverse. Their students represent a rainbow of ethnic and cultural groups, originating from more than 80 countries and speaking more than 60 languages. T.C. Williams High School boasts enrollment of over 2,200 students in the 2009-2010 academic year. The stu- dent body is diverse, with enrollment of 43% African-American, 27% Hispanic and 21% Caucasian students. I recently interviewed Christine Hull, VHS teacher and site coordi- nator and Steve Colantuoni, Executive Associate Principal at T.C. Williams, about the positive impact that VHS membership has had on their faculty and students. Q: What role do you play at T.C. Williams? Christine: I serve the Alexandria City Public Schools as a Tech- nology Integration Specialist (TIS) and Online Learning Coordi- nator. I work with teachers to integrate technology into their con- tent in a rich, meaningful way, by planning lessons, co-teaching and providing staff development opportunities. I also oversee all the students taking online courses and teach a VHS AP Govern- Christine Hull, VHS teacher and Site Coordinator and Steve Colantuoni, ment course. Executive Associate Principal, T.C. Williams High School Q: Describe how teaching with VHS has improved your “traditional” classroom teaching. Q: How have students responded to participation in Christine: I use examples from my virtual class to illustrate VHS classes? the variety of ways that students need to learn in the 21st cen- Steve: Our students have achieved much success in their VHS classes. tury. Online tools have increased the interactivity in my classes They place a great value on the varying perspectives they experience and have helped students understand the information they are as they communicate, gain knowledge and collaborate with learners learning. from around the country and the world. Q: Has your work with VHS impacted other members of Q: Describe the 1x1 laptop initiative at T.C. Williams. How your department or your larger school faculty? has VHS participation improved this aspect of your school? Christine: Yes, I work with the entire staff at T.C. Williams. Christine: We have seen the use of our learning management system I help bring the skills I’ve learned in my online classroom to their increase exponentially. All of our VHS teachers have shared tips about teaching. teaching online with their colleagues. We have seen our teachers take Q: Describe improvements in Christine’s instructional a more project-based approach in their classrooms. When a VHS stu- approach since she’s been teaching with VHS. dent (at our school) becomes excited about the technology they are using and the assignments they complete in their VHS class, they ask Steve: Christine maintains a high-level of communication with their teachers to incorporate it into their face-to-face classroom. This her students. She creates class blogs and discussion boards so stu- “word of mouth” advertising of Web 2.0 tools has been as successful dents can be in touch with her and with each other. She has used as training the teachers on new technologies! some online assessments in her face-to-face classes and has found that her students enjoy receiving immediate feedback on their work and being able to track their progress from any computer. Q: Prior to participation with VHS, what emphasis did For more information about Virtual High your school place on 21st century skill development? School 21st Century Teaching Best Practices courses, visit our website at: Steve: The Alexandria City Public School district was among www.govhs.org/Pages/ProfDev-Home. the first districts in Virginia to commit to 21st century skills de- velopment. VHS membership is one tool we use to achieve this goal. The 1-to-1 laptop program at T.C. Williams also forwards this mission. 6 VHS Network | Spring 2010 VHS/Middle School Partnership Provides Enriched Curriculum to Advanced Learners by Suzanne Harlow, VHS Senior Account Manager

The Sutton, Massachusetts Public School district is a small, one cam- VHS: Please describe your start up process for your pus school district with four schools: Sutton High School (9-12), Sut- VHS membership. ton Middle School (6-8), Sutton Elementary (3-5), and the Simonian Lucille: During the 2007-2008 school year, we piloted the pro- Center for Early Learning (PK-2). Approximately 1,700 students are gram with available seats from the VHS program in our high enrolled in the district. Sutton is a quiet, middle class, suburban com- school. The pilot consisted of five 8th grade students who were munity with very little diversity. The district struggles for funding as its identified as independent learners. With the assistance of the fac- profile typically does not meet grant requirements. ulty, they were selected for the program and then interviewed by Faced with limited funding and the need to provide rich curriculum me and the principal. During that pilot year we posted a position opportunities to advanced middle school students, Lucille DiLeo, Direc- for a VHS site coordinator for the middle school membership. The tor of Curriculum & Instruction, implemented a Virtual High School media specialist applied and completed the formal VHS Site Coor- (VHS) membership at Sutton Middle School. In this interview, she dinator Orientation (SCO). The site coordinator was instrumental shares how the district was able to meet the academic needs of advanced in monitoring the middle school pilot group. middle school students by participating in Virtual High School. The following year, a middle school teacher applied to be the VHS VHS: How did you first learn about Virtual High School? teacher for our school. She developed a course in conjunction with her teacher training at VHS. As she succeeded with her quest to Lucille: VHS has been in the high school for over ten years. We become a VHS teacher, we began communicating with potential were able to pilot a middle school program with VHS seats that were students and parents for our first twenty-five member VHS cohort. available in the high school. Initially the pilot was spearheaded by All stakeholders were involved in the process of developing the co- me. The middle school principal and our middle school VHS site hort—teachers, site coordinator, guidance counselor, curriculum coordinator soon became integral collaborators in the process. director, principal, parents and students. VHS: What initiated your interest in high school level Much planning and communication was needed to organize the courses for middle school students? program. The greatest challenge was finding time during the school Lucille: We are always struggling with developing a rich variety of day to schedule the students for their VHS course. It remains a programs to satisfy the academic needs of our middle school stu- challenge. dents. We are unable to fund a program for talented and gifted stu- VHS: How did you communicate the opportunity for dents and/or develop an enrichment program. VHS offers courses students to take VHS high school courses and how did that we are unable to provide and allows students to satisfy their you locate students for VHS courses? desire for courses that are more diverse and/or rigorous. Lucille: Our middle school students were introduced to VHS through a general assembly meeting. We only introduced this pro- gram to eighth grade students. It was a collaborative effort pre- sented by the principal, VHS site coordinator and me. In addition, students were given a letter with VHS information to share with parents. The letter also indicated that students who were interested in the program had to meet certain criteria, such as an acceptable (A or B) grade average in core courses, a recommendation by two of their teachers, and signature from a parent. The students who met the criteria were interviewed by the site coordinator and me. They were asked to select in advance several courses of interest from the VHS course catalog. Since most of our student applicants were more advanced students, they were likely to choose more challeng- ing, high school level courses.

2009 Fall Semester VHS students at Sutton Middle School goVHS.org 978.897.1900 7

Sutton staff (left to right) Eileen Roddy, Sutton Middle School (SMS) Library Aid, Lucille DiLeo, Sutton Public Schools Director of Curriculum & Instruction K-12, Joanne Geneva, VHS Site Coordinator/ SMS Media specialist, Gerad Goyette, SMS Principal and Eileen Mitchell, VHS teacher/ MS ELA teacher

VHS: Will students receive high school credit for their successful completion of their VHS course(s)? Lucille: VHS students will not receive high school credit, but they will have the course and grade documented on their high school transcript as a “high school course successfully completed as a mid- dle school student.” VHS: How did you provide updates to parents during the semester? Lucille: Parents were notified of their child’s acceptance, and they VHS: Describe the feedback you have received from were encouraged to contact the site coordinator or principal should students that have completed their first semester course they have questions. The site coordinator and principal provided up- and the feedback you have received from parents and from dates to the parents throughout the semester. others in your school community. Lucille: Thus far the feedback from the students about their ex- VHS: How many students do you have enrolled in VHS perience has been very positive. Students liked the independence, courses this year? What kinds of courses are they taking? flexibility and the responsibility of being a VHS student. They Lucille: Twenty five students were enrolled in the fall 2009 semester, liked being able to take courses that were not offered at our school, and we have twenty five students enrolled in the spring 2010 semes- and they felt their experience better prepared them for college not ter. Examples of the courses students selected are: Music Composi- only by studying a subject of interest, but by meeting and work- tion and Arranging, Animation and Effects, Programming in Visual ing with new teachers and students. Student concerns ranged from Basic, Mathematics of Electricity, Who Do I Want to be When I Internet access issues and software issues, to the length of assign- Grow Up?, Mythology, Young Adult Literature, and Web Design ments and the time given to complete assignments. I have received and Internet Research. only positive feedback from our administration, school committee, and parents. VHS: What challenges did you face when scheduling students to take their VHS course and what was your VHS: Upon reflection will you make any adjustments to solution? how you manage the program in the spring? Lucille: Scheduling has been the greatest challenge of the program. Lucille: Our program was highly successful because all of our stu- Students have been scheduled for their VHS course during the dents successfully completed their course with a grade average of A school day. Students selected the VHS course as an elective. Most or B, and most of them attended a high school level VHS course. of the students are taking the course together during the school day We will refer back to the students’ comments that were delivered at in the library where the site coordinator is available as is the me- the end of the first semester, make sure that scheduling is addressed dia specialist. Students also have the option to work on their course early in the process, and that the technology needs of the students at home. are met. VHS: How are students supported at your school while they VHS: Do you have any advice to other districts that are attend their VHS course? interested in implementing VHS high school courses for Lucille: The site coordinator is always available for the students. She advanced middle school learners? addresses any issue that may arise. She is especially helpful with col- Lucille: Most of the work is in the preparation and the site coor- laborating with Tech support to satisfy the technology needs of the dinator is a key member of the team. Middle school students need students. She is the first contact for students should they have con- to be monitored and the site coordinator was able to satisfy that cerns about course requirements, assignments, or grades. The site need and to mentor the students. I would also suggest beginning coordinator is a wonderful resource for the students. the process of communicating, recruiting, and developing a cohort of students with a specific time line and target dates. Our program required several years of planning and development. Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Maynard, MA Virtual High School Permit #17 Global Consortium www.goVHS.org Virtual High School Global Consortium 4 Clock Tower Place, Suite 510 Maynard, MA 01754

Address change? Wrong name on the mailing label? Please email [email protected] with your correct information, so you won’t miss an issue! VHS Conferences and Events VHS will be attending the following conferences this year. For the most up-to-date listing visit our homepage at www.govhs.org.

AASA American Association of School ASCD Association for Supervision Administrators and Curriculum Development February 11-13, 2010 March 6-8, 2010 National Conference on Education Annual Conference and Exhibit Show Phoenix Convention Center Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 100 North Third Street P. O. Box 1809 Phoenix, AZ 85004 San Antonio, TX 78296 http://www.aasa.org/NCE/default.aspx http://www.ascd.org/conferences/annual_ conference/2010.aspx PETE & C Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference NASSP National Association of February 21-24, 2010 Secondary School Principals VHS is a non-profit collaborative of part- Hershey Lodge and Convention Center March 12-14, 2010 ner schools throughout the U.S. and 27 W. Chocolate Ave Annual Convention and Exposition at a glance Hershey, PA 17033 Phoenix Convention Center around the world that expands learning http://www.peteandc.org/ 100 North Third Street opportunities for teachers and students Phoenix, AZ 85004 through online education. Our award- CoSN Consortium for School Networking http://www.nasspconvention.org/ February 28-March 3, 2010 winning collaborative model is unique CoSN Conference 2010 SITE Society for Information among online providers and features in- Omni Shoreham Hotel Technology & Teacher Education 2500 Calvert Street NW (at Connecticut Ave.) March 29-April 2, 2010 novative, student-centered courses that Washington, DC 20008 21st International Conference enhance curricula and meet nationally http://www.cosn.org/Events/CoSNConference/ Sheraton San Diego accepted standards. By partnering with tabid/5523/Default.aspx 1380 Harbor Island Drive San Diego, CA 92101 VHS, educators have the proven tools Hudson Valley NYSCATE New York State http://site.aace.org/conf/ they need to offer more learning and Association for Computers and Technologies in Education ISTE International Society for growth opportunities to their students March 6, 2010 Technology in Education and staff, in a cost-attractive manner. 2010 Hudson Valley Conference June 27-30, 2010 Roy C. Ketcham High School ISTE 2010 99 Myers Corners Road Colorado Convention Center Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 700 14th Street Total Student Enrollment 11,902 Denver, CO 80202 Presentation - Planning, Policy and Promotion for Students by Gender F 59% / M 41% http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/ a Successful Online Course Program Implementation Number of Teachers Participating 331 by Dana Koch, VHS Director of Global Services and MSSAA Massachusetts Secondary Number oF Course sections 347 Andrea Tejedor, Orange-Ulster BOCES School Administrators’ Association, Inc. number of Member Schools 644 http://www.nyscate.org/conferences. July 28-30, 2010 Size of Member Schools 6 - 4,286 cfm?subpage=93 2010 Summer Institute students Sea Crest Resort 350 Quaker Road N. Falmouth, MA 02556 978.897.1900 goVHS.org http://www.mssaa.org/