  Scenario 1: Small Rural School in Eastern Oregon Problem: Due to its remote location, this school cannot attract licensed teachers in all needed content areas. The school's teaching staff is talented, but none have the qualifications or knowledge to teach the level of science needed. Solution: Now, students go to the computer lab during any period of the day where they can take Biology, Astronomy, or Natural History classes from licensed, experienced COOLSchool science teachers. The students love the degree of choice and high level of interactivity in the web based approach. Scenario 2: Small Rural School in Western Oregon Problem: This school is close enough to urban areas to attract qualified teaching staff. But due to declining enrollment they won't be able to staff their core subject areas if they hire a second language teacher. Solution: Students, while supervised in the library media center, take world languages online. Now students in this rural school have two languages to choose from and can complete four levels of study while meeting their two-year second language requirement. As a side benefit the school is now able to offer AP Calculus for the first time to three interested students. Scenario 3: Medium Size School in Suburban Community Problem: Core courses and electives have always been available to all students in this suburban school. Recently, however, budget cuts reduced the allocation in teaching FTE. The principal was forced into not replacing the retiring art teacher. Students and parents were quite concerned this would severely limit elective choices. Solution: Now, for much less than it would cost to replace the retiring art teacher using the CoolSchool solution, students are enjoying more elective choices online, including art! Students have enrolled in Drawing, Art History, Poetry, and Oregon Writers. Scenario 4: K-8 School Problem: Talented and gifted students at this school are finding it difficult to locate challenging and enriching activities. A 5th grader wants to learn about the arts, but her classroom teacher has 35 other kids in the class and is struggling to locate materials and activities. Plus, the district has reduced its TAG budget and is unable to staff TAG specialists. Solution: When doing research on the web one day the student discovers COOLSchool's Art Through the Ages for 5th to 9th graders. It is exactly what she needs and wants. Her teacher is delighted to have an engaging option for this student. Scenario 5: Large Urban School Problem: Max is a junior in this very busy school. He took 10th grade English last year but was unsuccessful earning credit and he did not pass the CIM tests in reading, writing or speaking. He really wants to graduate on time with his class and can't stand the thought of sitting through another year of English with a bunch of sophomores. Solution: Max school counselor has a solution and places him in English on the Web with COOLSchool. In this online course, Max works on modules of study designed specifically to help meet state standards and pass the CIM assessments while receiving credit. He works on the computer in the evening and on the weekend so that he can still participate in all of his required junior class courses and activities. |