Chinook's+Edge+School+Division

=**WELCOME TO CHINOOK'S EDGE TEAM ONE!**=

//We're gonna sell you the whole seat but you are only going to need the edge..//.

 * **Who are You?** || **What do you do?** || **Email?** || **Phone No?** || **Twitter?** || **Skype?** || **Delicious?** || **Blog?** ||
 * Margo Nygard || Curriculum & Instruction Coordinator || mnygard@chinooksedge.ab.ca || (403) 227-8006 || Scorgo || margo.nygard || scorgo || http://scorgo.edublogs.org/ ||
 * Lissa Steele || Director of Curriculum & Instruction || lsteele@chinooksedge.ab.ca || (403) 227-7070 || Golfer90 || lissa.steele || lsteele || [] ||
 * Kory Sholdice || Curriculum & Instruction Coordinator || ksholdice@chinooksedge.ab.ca || (403) 227-7070 || Ktrain99 || kory.sholdice || kelkor || [] ||
 * Barb Mulholland || Curriculum & Instruction Coordinator || bmulholland@chinooksedge.ab.ca || (403)-507-7731 || barbmulholland || barb.mulholland ||  || [] ||
 * Dot Negropontes || Assistant Superintendent || dnegropontes@chinooksedge.ab.ca || (403) 227-7070 || dnegropontes || dnegropontes || dnegropontes || dnegropontes@edublogs.org ||
 * Stephen Banks || Vice Principal || sbanks@chinooksedge.ab.ca || (403) 749-3838 || sojbanks || sojbanks || sojbanks || [] ||

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**Team Name**

 * =====Making Waves =====

**Team members**

 * =====Dot Negropontas =====
 * =====Kory Sholdice =====
 * =====Margo Nygard =====
 * =====Barb Mulholland=====
 * =====Lissa Steele=====

**School**

 * =====Division Office =====

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Currently Chinook's Edge School Division is using distributed learning to offer high school courses between schools in the division. The objective of this project is to create a framewrok that will facilitate and ensure high quality coursed delivery in the future.=====

**Problem, Issue, or Possibility**

 * How do we ensure high quality teaching and high levels of student intellectual engagement in distributed learning courses?
 * How do we move distributed learning forward in CESD?

**Objectives and Assessment**

 * 1) Create a framework to support teachers and administrators in implementing distributed learning courses.
 * 2) Create a process for courseware development using a learning management system that promotes active learning and student intellectual engagement.
 * Clear criteria
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Design principles
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Co-created with teachers who specialize in subject area
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop a process for supporting DL teachers (coach).
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop guiding principles for administrators who wish to offer or receive DL courses.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student selection
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student supervision at remote sites
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Timetabling
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Parent communication
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student late entry for DL courses
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Start up project
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop guiding principles for teachers who will offer DL courses.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Course construction
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Course delivery
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student interaction
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student assessment
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Parent Communication
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop a training plan for DL teachers
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">VC, Moodle, Elluminate, document camera, Brigit, etc.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop a process for course evaluation for students, teachers and administrators
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Identify key infrastructure needs and courseware opportunities for DL teaching and learning.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Troubleshooting flowchart
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Identify a long term funding model for DL.

1. Talked with Board in regards to developing a common timetable for K to 12 2. Call a meeting of K-12 and interested principals-major goal is common timetable 3. Began discussions with COLT (Central Office Leadership Team) group regarding development of courses 4. Set asides funds for DL for 2011/2012 including teacher support money and PD    5. Tracking the journey of the DL teacher and issues (Tech) Coaches Ongoing 6. Find out about whats going on with LAN techs (tiering) Whats happening in IT and how will this directly impact DL? 7. What is the IT/LAN Tech role in supporting VC (DL)? 8. May ADCOS, 2011 9. Teach Anyware Phone Meeting 10. (physics20/30, Spanish 10/20, French 10/20/30, Math 31). Is there a way to build collaboratively across districts? Is there someone who has started one that we can build off? Are their subjects that we can swap (share) that are already done? See notes from phone meeting below. 11. Set up Wiki (move from PB) - make user friendly for Teachers 12. Best Practices Research for DL    13. Troubleshooting Help Talk with M.W.   14. Vetting forms (for admin and teachers) 15. Updated training on VC for PLP team - digital; screen capture. 16. Elluminate training for PLP team 17. Moodle training for PLP team <span style="font-size: 1.03em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">

<span style="font-size: 1.03em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Evaluation and Results**

 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assessing the framework – teacher and admin., central office (Checklist – what worked; roadblocks) – pre and post
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Current state/desired state <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – use this process to assess our progress (pre-post)
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Feedback loops on course design and delivery – surveys and conversations – administrators, teachers, students
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do we measure framework with this process??
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Long term funding model established
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">IT stability/issues
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How quickly problems are addressed
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Number of problems
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher ability to troubleshoot

<span style="font-size: 1.03em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Artifacts and Documentation**

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<span style="font-size: 1.03em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">//*Please share any and all materials developed throughout the project. Artifacts can include videos, meeting notes, surveys used, presentations, pictures, supporting documents, URLs, slide sets, etc.*// =====