Michigan Online Learning Requirement for K-12

Greenville Public Schools are leading the way with meeting the Michigan Online Learning Requirements for K-12.     We have been given a National Grant through Verizon to train our math and science teachers in the area of technology use in the classroom.    The training will take place over the next two years with bi-weekly meetings.      We met for two days this summer for the first time.   We learned several ways to incorporate technology into our lessons so that the use of technology supports our state core curriculum.    It is exciting to have trainings with support built in and person to person dialogue.

Of the Core Principles of Online Learning, I feel that our Verizon Grant Trainings will address the following areas:

·       Have instructional goals, objectives, strategies, and assessments that are aligned with

state standards, benchmarks and expectations

·       Include the principles of Universal Design for Learning

http://www.cast.org/research/udl/index.html) by providing multiple approaches to meet

the needs of diverse learners

·       Be relevant and address many learning styles

·       Include asynchronous and/or synchronous interaction between teacher and student, and

student-to-student

·       Include teachers who are knowledgeable in web-based instruction techniques

·       Incorporate resources outside the classroom

We also have Powerschool with parental and student access.     Educators, parents, and students have partial rights to view information so that we are in compliance with FERPA.    Educators for example, can log in discipline to Powerschool but not have full access to see past student discipline entries.  Based on need, we can have access to this information quickly and easily.   Parents may also request further details on their child’s discipline.    With a log-in, one can view grades, teacher comments, demographics, and basic health information.