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Kentucky Virtual Schools

Kentucky Virtual Schools. Kentucky Virtual Schools. KVHS is a program offered by the Kentucky Department of Education KVHS provides a variety of services to Kentucky schools and districts. Kentucky Virtual High School. Provide accelerated courses for students

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Kentucky Virtual Schools

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  1. Kentucky Virtual Schools

  2. Kentucky Virtual Schools • KVHS is a program offered by the Kentucky Department of Education • KVHS provides a variety of services to Kentucky schools and districts

  3. Kentucky Virtual High School • Provide accelerated courses for students • Provide interventions or credit recovery for students • Provide approved Advanced Placement courses for students • Gain access to instructional resources to enhance face-to-face teaching • Provide access to world language courses or other courses not available • Provide access to a course that a student’s schedule does not allow

  4. Kentucky Virtual High School • Core Content • 23 AP Courses • Hybrid/Blended Classes • Dual Credit • Credit Recovery • AP Exam Review • Repository of Resources • World Languages, Math

  5. Kentucky Virtual High School What does a student need in order to take a KVHS course? • Access to a computer with internet access (including weekends, days when school is not in session, etc.) • Time management skills and time to study • A facilitator available at the local school to serve as the liaison between the student and KVHS

  6. Kentucky Virtual High School KVHS offers World Language courses including: • Spanish I, II, III and AP Spanish Language • French I, II, III and AP French Language • German I, II, III (through KET) and AP German Language • Latin I, II, III,IV (through KET) • Mandarin Chinese I, II KVHS offers credit recovery options for students

  7. Kentucky Virtual High School Online Professional Development • Began in 2000 to support K-12 virtual teachers • Has trained over 6,000 KY educators & SBDM parents • Has trained online facilitators • Has trained online course designers • Has created over 30 PD courses

  8. Kentucky Virtual High School Online Communities of Practice Began in 2000 to support KYVS faculty • Have served over 10,000 KY educators • Currently 40 active communities have over 3,300 participants

  9. Kentucky Virtual High School • KVHS offers course content via a resource repository for use by teachers for blended learning opportunities • Course content available through the resource repository includes Algebra, English, US History, and more (see Blended Learning Fact Sheet available online at www.kyvs.org.

  10. Kentucky Virtual High School • KVHS can provide Blackboard course shells to teachers to utilize in blended learning opportunities • KVHS can provide Blackboard course shells to districts to utilize for online learning communities, online professional development, or other purposes

  11. Kentucky Virtual High School Why go Hybrid? • Meet students where they are • Personalized learning; differentiated instruction • Flexibility; access to learning from home • Immediate feedback on assessments • Continuous contact with students • Facilitate collaborative projects • Interact with classmates in meaningful ways • Global and local interactivity • Parental access to student work and performance • Grade from anywhere • See sides of your students you won’t see in class • Less paper • Speak your students’ language

  12. Kentucky Virtual High School Staff • Christine Powell, Division Director • Jamie Keene, Branch Manager • Beth Gaunce, Senior Consultant and Instructional Liaison • Karla Dobson, Administrative Assistant and Registrar • Kiley Whitaker, Resource Management Analyst • Kari Welch, Blackboard System Administrator • Paula White, Program Consultant • Peggy Washington, Program Consultant • Grace Yeh, Program Consultant • Bob Fortney, Senior Consultant, eLearning Kentucky • Anne Robbins, eLearning Kentucky

  13. Kentucky Virtual High School • Visit our website at www.kyvs.org • Call us at 502.564.4772

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