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So…You Want to Start an Online School Program? Rob Darrow, Ed.D. Principal, Clovis Online School www.ClovisOnlineSchool.com Blog: Clovisonlineschool.wordpress.com Stanislaus County Office Online Learning Symposium, June 2010

A Little About You Teachers? Administrators? Have taught an online course? Are working in an online school or providing online school services? How many are hoping to launch some type of online learning program in the next year?

A Little About Me Clovis, CA – Central California 20 year old daughter – Junior, Cal Poly Educator, 30 years (Grades K-8) Teacher-Librarian and Coordinator, School Libraries Project Director, Teaching American History Grant Doctorate Completed at CSU Fresno Topic: Online learning, charter schools and at-risk students

My Daughter The Digital Native Raising kids and raising an online school is similar

Presentation Outline Components of Online Learning The Cost Challenges Clovis Online School Experiences Questions and Answers Lunch: “Table top conversation”

Time to Work Handouts Back to back – Resource List One page – Online School Decision Chart

Online School Decision Chart 5 minute Strategic Plan Work with others Include the costs Let’s do a few together Type of Online School Operational Control Skip down to “Students” Complete the chart

A Little Background About Online Learning Online Learning has increased at every level in every way – K-12, community college, four-year colleges, public, private, adult education in the past 10 years. Number of schools Number of courses Number of students

College Enrollment Growing more than 10% a year Most growth at 2-year institutions (Parsad, 2008. NCES) 66% of all colleges offered online courses in the 2006-2007 school year Over 3.9 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2007 20% of all U.S. higher education students were taking at least one online course in the fall of 2007. (Allen, 2008) Allen, I. E., & Seaman, J. (2008). Staying the course: Online education in the United States 2008. Wellesley, MA: Sloan Consortium. Parsad, B., & Lewis, L. (2008). ED. Distance education at degree-granting postsecondary institutions: 2006–07. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, US Department of Education.

Online Course Definitions Allen & Seaman, 2007

K-12 Online Enrollment – U.S. 1,030,000 K-12 students in 2007-2008. Represents a 47% increase since 2005-2006. 63% of public school districts in the U.S. had at least one student enrolled in either a fully online or blended course A sample of K-12 OL growth across the U.S…. Picciano, A., & Seaman, J. (2008). K–12 online learning: A 2008 follow-up of the survey of U.S. school district administrators. Sloan Consortium, Olin and Babson Colleges.

Watson et al, Keeping Pace . http://www.kpk12.com/ State/organization Full-time or supplemental 2007-2008 enrollment 2008-2009 enrollment Annual increase Florida Virtual School Supplemental 120,000 154,125 25% Idaho Digital Learning Academy Supplemental 6,619 9,646 46% Alabama ACCESS Supplemental 18,955 28,014 48% Michigan Virtual School Supplemental 11,000 16,000 45% Minnesota (state) Both 23,722 28,332 19% Colorado (state) Full-time 9,238 11,641 26% Ohio (state) Full-time 24,011 27,037 13% Arizona (state) Both 15,000 23,000 24% Connections Academy (across U.S.) Full-time charter 13,000 20,000 54% K12, Inc. (across U.S.) Full-time charter 39,500 56,000 42%

California K-12 Online Charter Enrollment 40% Increase 101% Increase 85% Increase CBEDS Data from Online Charter Schools Darrow Dissertation, 2010

Clayton Christensen, Michael Horn, and Curtis Johnson (2008). Disrupting Class. “ By 2019 , 50% of courses taken by high school students will be online .”

A Tipping Point Online learning has reached a “tipping point” Like the Internet, it’s not going away The question is no longer “what”, but “when” The bigger question: can we collaborate rather than compete?

California Finance: How public schools are funded 1 student in school 1 day = 1 ADA (or FTE). Cannot split ADA (unless district chooses to do so) ADA Amount for each district different based on Proposition 13 formula Ranges from $5,000 - $7,000

California School Finance Models ADA (“seat time” - 240 minutes each day) Independent Study (student gets hours based on work and physically meets a teacher once a week). Charter 1 student in school 1 day = 1 ADA

California Finance ADA Differences Per student, per year Clovis USD– $5,700 Sierra USD- $8,100 Modesto USD - $6200 Empire USD - $5800 Stockton USD - $5700

Let’s set up a sample online program An example: Using a content provider for content and for teachers

Sample District - Revenue 30 students - ADA 30 students X $5900 = $177,000 per year. Special program funding - $650 per student (or another $20,000) Total Income: $197,000 . Round up to $200,000

Personnel Costs Principal/Administrator – Part time Secretary/lab aide (full time) Custodial Total Personnel Cost: $150,000

Computer Lab for Students to Work Cost for hardware (20): $40,000 Does not include network/Internet access cost

Course Content and Teachers Provided by a Content Provider: Cost: $400 per student per course. 5 courses per student. $400 X 30 students X 5 courses = $60,000.

Income and Expenses Income from ADA: $200,000 Expenses: Personnel: $150,000 Equipment: $40,000 Content and Teachers: $60,000 Supplies: $5,000 Total Expenses = $255,000 Result: ($55,000) If…

Clovis Online School A charter…why? Two year process to decide Clovis USD ADA = $5700 Charter School ADA = $6500 Fresno County HS Dropouts = 4,000 More and more students choosing charters The millennial generation demands technology for learning and wants alternatives to traditional schooling Wrote a charter in May 2008

Reflections about the first year of the Clovis Online School Full time diploma granting online charter school Opened Aug. 2009 for 9 th -10 th Now registering Grades 9-12 Currently 80 students From various school districts in Fresno County (Furthest lives about two hours)

About our students All going to college or the world of work Want alternatives to traditional school Some were suspended or expelled Want flexibility of time

50/50 9 th /10 th Male/Female Complete work/don’t complete work Students with positive school experiences vs. negative school experiences

About our staff Three full time staff Principal, Multimedia Specialist, Administrative Secretary 16 part time innovative and passionate teachers

Enrollment Process 1. Student completes online activities 2. Student/parent interviews with principal Student strengths/abilities Why they want to join 80% student directed Student choice 3. Test online environment Student chooses to join 4. Formal enrollment

Technologies Used Low Cost Moodle Wiki Blog Ning Teacher created content Windows Live (Email and IM) Cost Elluminate Quia ALEKS (math learning program)

The Harsh Reality 80 students, but only received 40 ADA Online learning is 80% student directed (vs. face-to-face learning which is 80% teacher directed) Teacher transformation in thinking Balance between cost and revenue Some online charter schools: top teacher salary is $30,000 full time

Clovis Online School Purpose and Mission Our Purpose To provide students of Central California with an engaging and comprehensive online course delivery system that prepares them for college and the world of work. Our Beliefs The students, teachers, parents, administration and community of this school are a collaborative team of learners. Our Direction Let’s work together (Open source platform – Moodle; Open educational resources developed; Open source online learning for all students in Central California)

Book: The World is Open “ Anyone can now learn anything from anyone at anytime” Curtis Bonk (2009)

Use of Open Educational Resources - David Wiley OERs = upfront investment, as materials are discovered or created Investment can be similar to what would normally be spent acquiring commercial materials. But once the investment is made…

Once the investment in OERs is made… Ongoing costs for curriculum can be significantly lower than traditional textbook replacement and other costs. Due to the "open" nature of open educational resources teachers can make revisions and improvements resulting in materials that are actually more effective than their more expensive commercial counterparts

The Challenge Shall we work together or separately? We have content you can use…and knowledge Or do we expect every teacher to re-create their own content? Or do we pay for online content providers year after year?

If you want to “do” online learning Learn about it for yourself first by... Joining iNacol Virtual School Symposium Nov 14-16, Arizona Reading some blogs Reading resource document and resources And…

Join Classroom 2.0 www.classroom20.com Weekly web events 41,000 members worldwide

Join E-Learning Sig: “El Sig” via CUE http:// elsighome.ning.com Online Meetings Second Tuesday of each month 75 Members California focused

Questions… Comments…Thoughts www.ClovisOnlineSchool.com Blog: Clovisonlineschool.wordpress.com Rob Darrow – robdarrow [at] cusd.com

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