Transcript Online Courses in RCPS

SHS students Morgan
Pendleton and Miranda
Shortell review their AP
Psychology materials.
In the background Donald
Erb works on Physics and
Zach Miller studies AP
Statistics
Online Courses in RCPS
Joe Hill, Director of Math and Technology
Virtual Virginia
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Virtual Virginia is a program of the Virginia
Department of Education
VV offers online Advanced Placement, world
language, elective, and core academic courses
to students across the Commonwealth.
VV courses contain video segments, audio clips,
whiteboard interaction, multimedia activities,
and online discussions, as well as text.
Instructors are available for telephone and
online communication with students throughout
the day.
VV courses offer a rich multimedia learning
environment that appeals to a variety of
learning styles.
VV courses can be scheduled flexibly throughout
the day, as courses do not have to be taken in
'real' time.
Virtual Virginia
Tuition
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There is no charge for Virginia public school
students participating in the Early College
Scholars (ECS) program. Tuition is paid for all
ECS students. There is a tuition charge per
course for non-ECS Virginia public school
students enrolled in AP courses of $375 times
the Local Composite Index. There is no
tuition charged for world language, core, and
elective courses for Virginia public school
students.
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Textbooks and other materials are the
responsibility of the local school.
Who can enroll?
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Students in middle and high schools
who meet the course prerequisites
and have approval from the local
school counselor may enroll through
their schools.
The Early College
Scholars Program
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The Early College Scholars (ECS) Program is
the Virginia Education for a Lifetime initiative.
High school students are encouraged to get a
head start on college by taking college level
courses before graduating high school.
Early College Scholar students must have at
least a "B" average, be pursuing an Advanced
Studies Diploma, and be on course to
complete a minimum of 15 college credit
hours (through AP, IB, Cambridge, or dual
enrollment courses) by graduation.
Students, parent or guardian(s), principals,
and school counselors sign the Early College
Scholars Agreement to participate
Who teaches
Virtual Virginia
courses?
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Virtual Virginia has both full-time
and adjunct instructors who are
Virginia-licensed, highly-qualified,
have experience in distance learning,
and reside throughout the
Commonwealth.
What is our
responsibility?
Schools must provide:
o a local mentor
o an adequate study area for distance
learning students
o access to computers, high speed internet
access, a scanner, headphones with
microphones, a telephone, as well as
other required hardware and software
o Textbooks and lab materials. Textbooks
cost an average of $100 each
Can students work
at their own pace?
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No, students move through the
course material at the pace of their
cohort/start date. Benchmark due
dates are established to ensure that
students stay on pace to complete
the course by the end of school year,
but students have flexibility between
those due dates.
Is there a limit
on enrollment?
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Virtual Virginia does not limit the
number of courses a school may
offer; however, schools are limited
to 15 students per course.
From time to time students are
“Waitlisted” on classes they apply
for; i.e., there is no guarantee that
every student will be able to enroll in
every class he chooses
Courses
Available
2450 Advanced Placement Government and
Politics: Comparative
1165 World Mythology
1171 Creative Writing
2212 Advanced Placement Human Geography
2219 World History and Geography I
2319 Advanced Placement US History
2380 Advanced Placement World History
2445 Advanced Placement Government and
Politics: US
2802 Advanced Placement Microeconomics
2803 Advanced Placement Macroeconomics
2804 Economics
2902 Advanced Placement Psychology
2903 Psychology
3162 Pre-Calculus/Mathematical Analysis
3192 Advanced Placement Statistics
4210 Earth Science I
4410 Chemistry (Honors)
4510 Physics (Honors)
4570 Advanced Placement Physics B
5010 Arabic I
5110 French I
5120 French II
5310 Latin I
5320 Latin II
5330 Latin III
5340 Latin IV
5380 Advanced Placement Latin: Vergil
5510 Spanish I
5520 Spanish II
5540 Spanish IV
5570 Advanced Placement Spanish
Language
5700 Survey of World Language and Culture
5810 Chinese I
5820 Chinese II
5830 Chinese III
5840 Chinese IV
SHS student Meade
Nelson studies
Chinese 1 while
Dakota Kobler, Alice
Fracknitz, Katelyn
Knight, and
Samantha Patterson
all are taking AP
Psychology
Online courses in RCPS
RCPS Virtual Virginia Students
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Student
Donald Erb
Alice Fracknitz
Molli Goodson
Alexandra Houlbrooke
Emily Hutt
Katelyn Knight
Dakota Kobler
Dakota Kobler
Zachary Miller
Meade Nelsen
Samantha Patterson
Morgan Pendleton
Victoria Price
Miranda Shortell
Course
AP Physics B
AP Psychology
AP Psychology
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP Psychology
Latin III
AP Psychology
AP Statistics
Chinese I
AP Psychology
AP Psychology
AP Psychology
AP Psychology
RCPS Virtual Virginia Students
School
BHS
Student
Alexander Laatz
Course
AP World History
WSPMS
Kylie Britt
Spanish II
ERHS
ERHS
ERHS
ERHS
Dan Yeroian
Lillian Phillips
Steven Parchuk
Leah Heller
AP Statistics
AP Human Geography
Chinese I
AP Human Geography
SHS student Dakota
Kobler works on
Latin III while Molli
Goodson studies AP
Psychology
SHS student Alexandra
Houlbrooke studies AP
Psychology, Emily Hutt works
on AP Biology, and Jana
Folks takes Developmental
Psychology from Virginia
Western Community College.
SHS students’ comments on Virtual Virginia
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There are two general reasons for enrolling: interest
in coursework not offered in RCPS and schedule
conflicts
Coursework has been reasonable
Students do as much as 50% of the work at home
though some are able to complete all work at school
Instructors are good
The technology has worked well after some initial
bugs were worked out
Students are making good grades
100% are glad they made the decision to take the
course online
Other notes
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AP Biology course
textbook is provided
on an iPad
Other online courses being taken by
RCPS students
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BHS has a student taking US History I at BRCC
online
SHS has a student who is taking two courses
offered online through Virginia Western Community
College
TAHS and SHS both have several students taking
coursework through the BYU High School program
including Algebra, US History, US Government, and
English.
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Unlike Virtual Virginia, coursework for these classes is
generally done at home
Student usually take these courses due to conflicts in
their current schedules or because they desire to take
additional electives at their home school
Questions?