June 20, 2013

Enrollment Agreement

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AKLN:

  • Registers, pre-­‐assesses, and enrolls students into AKLN courses, sending enrollment information to the district providing the course.
  • Invoices districts, provides Tuition Reductions, and send enrollment information to the district providing the course.
  • Provides data to the school of residence regarding performance of all students enrolled in AKLN courses.
  • Provides appropriate grade recommendations to school of residence, based on student performance in each course as reported by the district providing the course.

District Providing Course:

  • Provides Alaska certified, highly qualified teacher(s).
  • Provides course work and materials.
  • Provides online support (technical and content).
  • Provides communication system for students, parents following all CIPA (Child Internet Protection Act) requirements.
  • Communicates with the school of residence as needed throughout the course.
  • Provides data to AKLN regarding all students enrolled in AKLN courses.

School of Residence:

  • Provides a supervised, safe environment where students can complete coursework.
  • Provides time in a student’s course schedule to participate in AKLN course(s)
  • Provides supervision (On-­‐Site Student Supervisor) and tutoring on-­‐site.
  • Provides hardware and software necessary for students to complete online course (including access to a 1MB internet connection, Skype capability, etc.).
  • Issues credit to student upon successful completion of online AKLN course.
  • Upon completion, provides feedback and/or evaluation comments to AKLN on ways to improve the course.

On-­‐Site Student Supervisor (OSSS):

  • Has contact with student on a daily basis to ensure the students progression in the class.
  • Keeps in contact with the student’s teacher(s) and reads all communication sent to them in a timely manner.
  • Responds to and shares communication from teacher with student’s.
  • Supports students in their course work and urge them to stay on task.
  • Supervises class time and ensures productive use of the students time.
  • Reports any problems to their principal and the AKLN teacher immediately.

Student:

  • Completes a pre-­‐assessment for all courses for which a student is registered.
    • Unless principal has completed the “Assessment Waiver.”
  • Sets up a daily and weekly schedule to allow time to complete online coursework as identified by individual courses.
  • Communicates immediately (within 24 hours) with online instructor and on-­‐site student supervisor when they don’t understand the content or lesson.
  • Agrees to have a good attitude even when struggling to understand hard concepts or lessons.
  • Tries their best to succeed, accepting help when things get hard.
  • Informs their parent or guardian of weekly progress.
  • Upon completion, provides feedback an/or evaluation comments to AKLN on ways to improve the course.