capital a rea intermediate unit 15

Capital Area Intermediate Unit 15

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow”

-John Dewey


The Capital Area Online Learning Association (CAOLA™) believes in

offering a technology rich future for tomorrow’s

graduates.


“Roughly one in six students enrolled in higher education — about 3.2 million people — took at least one online course last fall, a sharp increase defying predictions that online learning growth is leveling off.”(Pope, Justin 2006)


Engage, Achieve, Succeed - Options for every learner

Address unmet needs of students by increasing available options for learning content

Increase available options to meet various learning modalities

Create relevance by connecting required learning to real-world applications

Increase available options for credit recovery, interventions and alternative education

Key Objectives :

• Full Time Cyber Option•Single Course Options•Option For Half Day Vo-Tech Students•Flexible For Students With Jobs•Credit Recovery•Learning Support Students•Hybrid Opportunities•Summer School•Advanced Placement•Unique Foreign Language Courses

Flexible Learning Options

The program is completely customizable to support each school district’s needs.

Increase student engagement through multimedia rich lessons.

Offer new options to address different learning styles and student needs.Ensure that students are academically on track and motivated

Align with PA state standards and graduation requirements

Courses that are: standards-aligned, challenging, engaging, self-paced.

CAOLA™ students have the unique opportunity to take courses not

traditionally offered

Chemical EngineeringStem Cells

Biotechnology

GeneticsAP Macroeconomics

AP Physics

AP Chemistry

Chinese Latin SAT Prep

The student homepage gives students quick and easy access to a

variety of functions

Add in your own school logo!

Each course has consistent lesson structure and built in support.

Preview Of Lesson

Podcast Discovery

Learning Movies

Each part has 3 units, broken down into 15 lessons, each lesson has 4 pages.

Parents/legal guardians have quick and easy access to their children's progress. They also

can easily view school and course announcements as well as email their children

and online teachers.

With an easy click they can quickly see their children’s grades and progress.

Students are assigned Mentors who can easily monitor student

progress.

Site administrators have a variety of reports that are instantly accessible. Custom

reports can also be created based on client need.

“We need to prepare students for THEIR future not OUR past”

-Ian Jukes, Educator and Futurist.

“[CAOLA™] allows me to work whenever I please and I am able to take courses that either

are not offered at my school or I have been unable to take due to scheduling problems.”

-Madeline Seefeldt, Camp Hill Student-

“The CAOLA™ program has helped our students to access courses that they typically would not be able to

take, whether it be due to limited offerings or scheduling conflicts. For example, this year one of our students was

able to take a Chinese I course. Financially, it doesn't make sense for our district to hire a teacher for this,

but this option gave our student a valuable experience in a language that she was interested in learning.”

Kevin RobertsDirector of Curriculum and CAOLA™ site Coordinator

Big Spring School District

CAOLA™ IS:

a collaborative effort by the school districts and intermediate unit to allow options for every learner.

locally managed and governed by the school districts and intermediate unit. The unified association creates

a powerful leverage when working with Edisonlearning.

able to offer Advanced Placement courses, Middle School courses, and complete customization for

individual school districts due to membership power.

CAOLA™ is exclusively an online learning program and offers complete attention to members’ needs and

interests.

CAOLA™ is a turnkey operation . We have the solution for your management, technology

and back office needs .

CAOLA™ provides the wrap around services required of a successful online solution,

without additional hidden fees.

WHY JOIN CAOLA™?

CAOLA™ is a multi-vendor solution. We seek only the best curriculum and services for our members. We will work with you to ensure that your districts needs are being met, regardless of the curriculum company used.Build your own content, use your own teachers.CAOLA™ can be used to meet your online learning needs.CAOLA™ has leverage

Our Vision: Engage, Achieve, Succeed: Options For Every Learner.

Curriculum

•State-of-the-art curriculum designed to be engaging, fun and target multiple learning styles

•Choose from a wide variety of courses and electives designed to allow students to pursue their academic interests and develop a path for success after high school

•CAOLA combines the resources of several integrated learning systems including EdisonLearning, APEX, and Aventa.

•Credit Recovery•Advanced Placement

•Summer School•PSSA & SAT•Electives

•World Languages

Course Structure

Each eCourse contains 180 individual lessons (45 lessons per 9 week part).Every lesson focuses on one or two standards based objectives that are clear and attainable.Full-year courses consist of 4 parts, each containing 3 units of 15 lessons each. Assessments are given at the end of each lesson, unit and part.

1 Year

1 SemesterPart 19 weeks

Unit 115

days/lessonsUnit 2

15 days/lessons

Unit 315

days/lessons

Part 29 weeks

Unit 115

days/lessonsUnit 2

15 days/lessons

Unit 315

days/lessons

Part 39 weeks

Unit 115

days/lessonsUnit 2

15 days/lessons

Unit 315

days/lessons

Part 49 weeks

Unit 115

days/lessonsUnit 2

15 days/lessons

Unit 315

days/lessons

Advanced Placement

BiologyCalculus AB ChemistryEnglish Language and CompositionFrench LanguageMacroeconomicsMicroeconomicsPhysics B

PsychologySpanish LanguageStatisticsUS Government and PoliticsUS History

AP courses are provided by Apex Learning, but are accessed through the CAOLA™ interface

for single sign-on convenience.

AP courses have been reviewed and approved by the College Board

eCourses

English• Year• American Literature (English

11)• British Literature (English 12)• World Literature I (English 9)• World Literature II (English 10)• Semester

• PSSA English• Quarter

• SAT Critical Reading/Writing

Mathematics• Year

• Algebra I• Algebra II• Calculus• General Math• Geometry• Pre-Algebra• Pre-Calculus

• Semester• PSSA Mathematics• Trigonometry

• Quarter• Probability• SAT Mathematics• Statistics

Science• Year

• Biology• Chemistry• Earth Science• Physical Science• Physics

• Semester• Environmental Science• Life Science

• Quarter• Astronomy• Biotechnology• Epidemiology• Forensics• Genetics• Intro to Technological

Sciences• Natural Disasters• Science of Computing• Sports Medicine• Sports Science• Stem Cells• Superstars of Science

Social Studies• Year• American History• US Government• World Geography• World History• Semester• Macroeconomics• Microeconomics• Psychology• Sociology

• Quarter• Early American History

World Languages• Year• Chinese I• Chinese II• French I• French II• French III• French IV• German I• German II• Japanese I• Japanese II• Latin I• Latin II• Spanish I• Spanish II• Spanish III• Spanish IV

Electives• Year• Intro to Office Applications

• Semester• Fitness• Health• Intro to Music Theory• Life Skills

• Quarter• Chemical Engineering• Computer Engineering• Electrical Engineering• HTML• Java• Mechanical Engineering

Summer School

Pre-Algebra Algebra I Algebra II

Geometry American Literature

British Literature

World Literature

I

World Literature

II

Fiscal Sensibility and Stability

CAOLA™ is cost effective in a time when all school districts must be budget conscious.

Students attending Cyber Charter schools cost on average $8,500 or more. CAOLA™ full time cyber students cost the district $4,850.

One example: A current CAOLA ™ member district has paid $40, 850 in membership and course fees this year. In return, this school has students enrolled in 28 different courses, taught by highly qualified/certified teachers, without adding any additional staff members.

In its first year of operation, CAOLA™ has grown to 216 students, enrolled in 74 different courses, representing 16 school districts and 3 intermediate units.

Membership fee

Fee Category Secondary Census Fee

I 300- 1,000 $12,000

II 1,001 – 3,000 $24,000

III 3,001 and up $36,000

Intermediate Unit Fee - $17,250

E-Courses = eCourses are a set of online courses which can be utilized as summer school courses, supplemental courses during the regular academic year, and as credit recovery courses.

Course Type

Price per enrollment w/ Asynchronous

Grader

Price per enrollment w/o Asynchronous

GraderFull Year $600 $300Semester $300 $150Quarter $150 $75

AP Full Year $700 $350AP Semester $350 $125

Summer $160 $80

Credit Recovery

Price per Set1 set equals 12 concurrent annual seat licenses (each seat is re-usable within the year) for one course.

Credit Recovery Course: online course, delivery platform, hosting and support

$1915/set/year

Optional:

Benchmarks – Formative assessment $345/set/year

Asynchronous Grading $55/student/course

Online Advisor Services $865/set/year

eAcademy= Full Time online program

•Hosted eAcademy Platform – up to 5 full-time course enrollments in eCourses. AP courses are limited to 1 AP course per semester. Students who take more than 1 AP course will have an additional charge of $200 /semester AP course.•Instructional Services Asynchronous Grading Synchronous Tutoring

•Student Services Instructional Materials – supplemental books for eCourses Internet Reimbursement •Administration Fee

•Total Full-Time Online Program Fees $4,850

Hybrid Model for ECourses: a new innovation exclusively through

CAOLA ™

The Hybrid Classroom provides eCourses for use in a classroom setting. It is intended to be used by students with individual accounts, in a computer-lab-like environment while being supervised by a teacher or staff.

Our Hybrid Classroom Lite can be used as a classroom resource for a teacher, in which case a single teacher user account can be used to display the eCourses content in a classroom via projector or other shared means.

Pricing for Hybrid Model

PriceHybrid Classroom Premium – Classroom with computers and students enrolled in EdisonLearning eCourse. Includes: Asynchronous Grader On-demand Tutor

$8,855 per course section per semester up to 35 students per section.

Hybrid Classroom Plus – Classroom with computers and students enrolled in EdisonLearning eCourse. Includes: Asynchronous Grader

$7,245 per course section up to 35 students per semester per section.

Hybrid Classroom Standard – Classroom with computers and students enrolled in EdisonLearning eCourse. School provides teacher, grading, and tutoring

$4,600 per course section up to 35 students per semester per section.

Hybrid Classroom Lite – Classroom with one teacher-operated computer. Teacher uses eCourse learning objectives as a supplemental instructional tool in the classroom delivered via a computer and projector.

$1,150 per teacher user account for up to 3 full year (4 part) courses.

Learn more about CAOLA™

Please feel free to visit the CAOLA™ website to learn more about the

program.

Holly BrzyckiSupervisor of Online Learning

Capital Area Intermediate Unit, 717-735-8400 x 8105 [email protected]

http://caola.caiu.org

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