CoolSchool - Creating Opportunities Locally

COOLSchool is one of Oregon's valued providers of online education creating opportunities to help districts get what they want in order to meet their student and program needs.

Mission Statement:
Provide high-quality online learning opportunities
to Oregon students and school districts.

K-12 Teaching and Learning:

Student-centered on the K-12 learner.
Outcomes tied to Oregon Content and Performance Standards.
Based on K-12 best practice pedagogy.
All COOLSchool teachers have face-to-face classroom teaching experience.

Reaching Student Populations:

Creation of district programs specific to need, e.g., course selection, calendar alignment, and training.
Open enrollment windows that allow scheduling flexibility for all students.
Model for connecting with home-school programs. (37K PDF)
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Support for alternative program curriculum.

Enrollment Caps for Courses:

Completion Results. (30K PDF)
Acknowledgment that online learning takes more time.
Instructor effectiveness increased.

Partnership Benefits:

Allows a virtual Web address for your district (districtname.courses.k12.or.us/), and course-selection database for listing course summaries.
Provides on-site and Web-based training for student support staff.
Offers a single portal for each partner's course providers.
Creates materials, including a catalog of selected course offerings. (149K PDF)
Allows FTE and course-content flexibility by being an adaptable relationship.

Course Management:

Licensing for Ucompass Educator^TM is available through COOLSchool. Ucompass is a national leader in K-12 online course management.
Tools include attendance tracking, grading, and communication, to name a few.

Staff Development:

Professional development, based on district needs, that ranges from accessing content to developing and teaching courses online.

Administrative Support:

Financial model that is scalable to meet the needs of each district.
Assistance with Oregon's K-12 funding model and applicable OARs.
Human resources support for contracting with staff.
E-commerce registration and transcription services as needed. (88K PDF)
Notification of Special Needs students to make accommodations.

Technology Support:

Support services from LBL ESD Technology Solutions.

Please contact COOLSchool for additional information.

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