2370.01 - BLENDED LEARNING

The Board of Education authorizes the operation of a blended learning environment as an educational opportunity for students. Blended learning is defined as the delivery of instruction in a combination of time primarily in a supervised physical location away from home and online delivery where the student has some element of control over time, place, path, or pace of learning and includes non-computer-based learning opportunities. Students participating in blended learning shall have the ability to advance from grade to grade and earn credits by demonstrating proficiency of knowledge or skills through competency-based learning models rather than a minimum number of days or hours in a classroom or on a digital learning device. Blended learning programs must have an annual instructional calendar of not less than 910 hours.

The Superintendent is authorized to develop program guidelines and specific procedures to address the following requirements:

1. The means of personalization of student-centered learning models to meet the needs of each student.
2. The evaluation and review of the quality of online curriculum delivered to students.
3. The assessment of each participating student's progress through the curriculum. Students will advance through each level of the curriculum based on demonstrated competency/mastery of the material.
4. The assignment of a sufficient number of teachers to ensure a student has an appropriate level of interaction to meet the student's personal learning goals. Each participating student shall be assigned to at least one (1) teacher of record. 
5. The method by which each participating student will have access to the digital learning tools necessary to access the online or digital content.
6. The means by which each school shall use a filtering device or install filtering software that protects against internet access to materials that are obscene or harmful to juveniles on each computer provided to or made available to students for instructional use. The school shall provide such device or software at no cost to any student who uses a device obtained from a source other than the school.
7. The means by which the school will ensure that teachers have appropriate training in the pedagogy of the effective delivery of online or digital instruction.

The Superintendent will collect, report, and track program data annually, in accordance with data reporting guidelines, and provide regular reports to the Board.

The Superintendent shall establish the necessary administrative guidelines and procedures to comply with State law which will thereafter be properly communicated to both students and their parents.

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