Location: Grande Prairie, Best Western Hotel &
Suites
Date: April 28, 2010
The ADLC Partnership Update Session is your opportunity to have questions answered, learn the new programs available, fine-tune the partnership between your school and ADLC, or begin a new partnership. Sessions will be provided in a number of streams to help each attendee get the most out of the day, and help your school succeed.
Sessions are geared towards administrators, teachers, facilitators, and support staff members. You are encouraged to attend any session you feel will assist you and your school, as a full or partial day. Lunch will be provided.
Schedule
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:30am - 11:30am | Welcome Session |
| 11:30pm - 12:30pm | Lunch Provided |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Breakout Groups |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Breakout Groups
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Session Descriptions
- Greetings
- Introductions of staff/staff changes
- Review of our schedule for the day
- Review of programs – Team teaching vs. Contracted Services
- Question and answer period leading up to and following the general update presentation
- Course updates by department
- High School English
- High school Science
- High school Social Studies
- High School Math
- Languages
- CTS
- Knowledge and Employability
- French Immersion
- Elementary/Junior High
- Tech Update
In the afternoon, we will review the general information regarding ADLC’s programs and different options that our partners could benefit from.
BREAKOUT GROUPS 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Partnership Info for Administrators and Admin Support
This session is designed for school administrators and/or staff responsible for administering distance education programs in their school and will include:
- Team Teaching
- Contract Services
- Registration and mark reporting
- Program options – print, online (including “course clones”), and blended courses
- Finance processes
- Mark submissions information
- Round table discussion
New Sr. High Math Curriculum and Courses at ADLC
ADLC will have new grade 10 courses ready to go as of Sept 1, 2010. These courses will be available for Contracted Service Partners as well as Team Teaching Partners. The session will provide a sneak peak at the print, online, and blended versions of both Math 10-C and Math 10-3, and will provide information on how ADLC is presenting the new curriculum.
We envision this session to allow teachers to obtain a working
knowledge of how to benefit from all of the positive aspects of
delivering online courses. Participants will have a hands-on opportunity
to work with a variety of online courses, accessing content and using
online tools and features.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- D2L classlist
- Marking quizzes
- Resetting quizzes
- Conditional release (establishing the conditions)/password protection
- Recording and submitting marks
- Facilitation
- Other D2L support/questions/training
BREAKOUT GROUPS 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Knowledge and Employability courses: present and future
This session will present information about the online Knowledge and Employability program offered through Alberta Distance Learning. Presently, there are more than 120 schools with students enrolled at the high school level, but this number will increase as the Grade 9 courses are phased in during the 2009-2010 school year. Topics will include an explanation of the Alberta Learning Certificate of Achievement, the Team Teaching model that is used for this program, the specific courses that are available, and the role of the Team Teachers who will work with the students. Sample lessons will be viewed on screen.
A roundtable discussion of facilitation strategies designed for teachers, assistants, and other school personnel who monitor students in a distance education classroom. Copies of the most recent ADLC Facilitators manual will be provided.
- Methods of increasing course offerings (options, CTS, etc.) and addressing timetable concerns.
- Suggestions for enhancing facilitation to stimulate greater successful completion rates.
- Selecting the most effective course delivery format for the student.
- Timelines and timetables to enhance facilitation.
The New Social Studies at ADLC
Social Studies 30 -1 & -2 courses will be available for Sept 1, 2010. The structure and format of these two courses as well as our other high school social studies programs offer innovations and change from previous offerings in various areas such as assessment practices and content delivery. These courses are available for Contracted Service Partners as well as TT Partners. The session will allow you to preview the course enhancements and changes to ADLC high school social studies.