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School board election: Waukee incumbents face 3 challengers

August 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Lyon: I think we should build a second high school. I’m afraid that if we had one large high school, some students would become lost in its enormity. However, because of the advances in education delivery, online classes, etc., I believe our second high school will serve a much different need than our first. I’m hoping it will have a dual purpose as a high school during the day and a DMACC and community education campus in the evening. That’s the kind of creative thinking we need to apply to our planning process for more high school space.

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Green Bay area school districts offer more online courses

August 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

As the Internet continues to weave its way into our everyday lives, local students increasingly are turning to virtual classrooms to expand their school experience.

Students log onto online classes for a variety of reasons. Some want to take accelerated or other courses not offered by their schools, some need to make up classes to graduate, and others can’t attend traditional classes for personal reasons.

Most local school districts have offered some type of online classes for the past five or six years, and they work with third parties who develop and provide the coursework. Many educators want to increase participation in online classes, and some school leaders say they eventually may require students to take at least one online course during their academic career.

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Southern Door: Program helps at-risk high school students soar

November 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The slideshow presentation identified a SOAR student as one who is “at risk of not successfully completing high school.” Several criteria would make a student eligible for SOAR, including failing grades, attendance and truancy problems, disciplinary referrals and credit deficiency. Students must apply to be part of the program.

SOAR students can earn credits via online classes or SOAR classes taught by alternative education teachers Kelley Swartz and Gretchen May-Cihlar. Swartz is also Southern Door’s dean of students.

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School board to consider creating a system of oversight for online classes

September 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The school board’s policy and governance committee is recommending approval of the new policy on Wednesday.

A set of attached rules identifies three administrators – the director of curriculum, director of pupil services and assistant director of special education – who will review all online classes to ensure they meet the same standards as traditional classes.

The rules limit online classes to high school students only, and require a professional staff member to monitor students as they take the courses.

Board member Karl Lowenstein said he is skeptical of virtual education and would have liked to see more emphasis on oversight in the policy.

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Public School Students Alloawed to Take Online Classes This Fall

August 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Department of Public Instruction says a waiting list for Wisconsin’s virtual schools has been exhausted. But Julie Thompson of the Coalition of Virtual School Families says not everyone who signed up will get into the school they originally chose. And she said many parents had waited so long to see if they’ll get in, that they dropped out.

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The Department of Public Instruction says a waiting list for Wisconsin’s virtual schools has been exhausted. But Julie Thompson of the Coalition of Virtual School Families says not everyone who signed up will get into the school they originally chose. And she said many parents had waited so long to see if they’ll get in, that they dropped out.
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Group’s ideas for Durand schools opposed

July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Phase two centered mostly around switching as much coursework as possible to online, and possibly using an online provider such as K-12 Inc. to integrate such a program.

Optional early graduation for students deemed qualified by parents and staff was another suggestion to trim costs.

Ann Oberding, a high school art teacher in Durand, said she understands the value of virtual learning – as her school does offer online classes – but maintained the citizens group proposal was just an attempt to cut teachers. “Everything comes down to finances, and that is the wrong approach.”

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Continuing education programs take on new role

July 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Class bulletins from the area’s continuing education institutions reflect future and current concerns. Listed next to traditional business courses like project management and Six Sigma are classes in water technology or green building. Foreign languages, including Spanish for health care workers, are always popular, but more people are opting to learn international business protocols, including languages like Farsi, Chinese and Korean.

“The breadth of courses offered is a sign of the global world we live and work in,” said Dr. Patricia Arredondo, associate vice chancellor and interim dean at the UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education.

The way classes are taught to students has also evolved. Delivery methods include traditional classroom format to more online classes to courses delivered to a student’s doorstep.

Online delivery of courses reduces travel costs for employees and allows them to better manage their time, said Daniel Krause, training programs leader of GE Healthcare’s Installation Services. Krause worked with the UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education to develop a customized project management certificate program for GE employees.

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