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Educational Environment Options in Public Schools

Cleveland Public Schools

Students Today Are Different...

• Today’s students are part of the first generation that...

○ Doesn’t need adults to get information ○ Can broadcast their every thought or emotion ○ Enjoys external stimuli at their fingertips 24/7 ○ Is in social contact at all times yet often in isolation ○ Will learn more from a portable device than a class ○ Experiences the same level of anxiety as a psychiatric patient did in the 1950’s

■ Tim Elmore, President of Growing Leaders

Two Types of Students...

• Internal Locus of Control - People who believe they are

responsible and in control of their own success.

• External Locus of Control - People who believe that fate
• r external forces control the outcomes of their life.

■ Tim Elmore, President of Growing Leaders

What Makes Successful Citizens...

• In 1966, researcher Julian Rotter found that those with an

“internal locus of control” became measurably more successful in life.

• Since 2002, U.S. students have shown a steady increase

in “external locus of control” and a decrease in “internal locus of control”.

■ Tim Elmore, President of Growing Leaders

Options within Cleveland Public Schools

• Traditional Brick and Mortar--First and foremost option.

No environment will ever be able to replace that equity and opportunities of traditional brick and mortar.

• Blended (CPAC)--Year three of existence and strongly

encourage our students to participate in CPAC over fully virtual

• Virtual (CVA)--First year of existence. Created to

provide an environment for the student who needs most needs it.

WHAT IS CPAC?

• CPAC provides a unique opportunity for high school students in the

Cleveland Public Schools District to have a challenging educational experience in a supportive online environment.

• Students have access to classes across the curriculum any time, any

place. ○ 200+ course offered

• Our Design Model
• This approach allows students the capacity to focus on what subjects that

they want, thus allowing increase in motivation and their sense of accomplishment.

Who Are CPAC Kids?

• (Est. 15. 1st Year-40 kids 2nd Year 60 Kids and 3rd Year 63 kids)

○ Waiting list of 15 kids

• 6 kids in Online Concurrent Enrollment at Tulsa Community College
• 14 Kids at VoTech
• 21 Alternative Education
• 9 Early graduates this year, Aug 2018-Dec 2018
• 4 Students on pace to Graduate a year early

○ Guidance through whole process

• 6 Special Education Services
• 16 Athletes
• 9 Band Members
• 8 FFA Members
• 7 Credit Recovery

Cleveland Virtual Academy

• After the success of CPAC, we still were not able to meet the needs of

every student

• There was an environment that we could not compete with, the home

environment.

• Once there was a thought if you could make the traditional school as good

as it could be, then students and families wouldn’t search out alternatives. ○ Time and experience has taught us that for many students it is not about what you are doing differently in your school setting, it is about the setting itself.

Why Cleveland Virtual Academy

• Simply put, there was A NEED

○ In Cleveland Schools during the 2018-2019 over 10% of our student body sought a form of digital learning. ○ Half of those sought their digital learning at the home setting. ○ We had to fill the need others were filling for us.

• The NEED had to be filled with a QUALITY SERVICE that was

COMMUNITY DRIVEN.

Why Cleveland Virtual Academy

• Simply put, there was A NEED
• The NEED had to be filled with a QUALITY SERVICE that was

COMMUNITY DRIVEN. ○ Our school’s campus and it’s resources must be open to them (e.g. resource rooms, computers, breakfast, lunch, transportation) ○ Daily monitoring by a certified Cleveland teacher living in the community ○ Content specific mentor teachers available electronically and in person ○ Partnering with the community via guest speakers, soft skills workshops, and a relationship with the public library