Creative Math Options through VLACS Scott Prescott, Dir. of Instruction April 10, 2014.

Creative Math Options through

VLACS

Scott Prescott, Dir. of Instruction

April 10, 2014

Who are our students?Public 65%Homeschooled 23%VLACS FT 5%Private 3%Drop-out 3%Charter 1%

How does it work?Open enrollment - Student may enroll on any day of the year and begin coursework in 10 days, or less

Students work at a pace that meets their academic and personal needs

Instructors work with each student on an individual basis with mastering competencies. Most courses also include collaborative assignments.

Students must pass all competency assessments (85%) in addition to having a passing grade in order to be awarded credit.

Academic and technical helpdesks available to provide support when an instructor is not available.

We are committed to…

Helping students to become college, career and citizenship ready

Providing competency based education

Allowing students anytime access to a rigorous, personalized education

46% of HS graduates achieved ACT benchmark for college math

readiness

http://www.act.org/newsroom/releases/view.php?lang=english&p=2402

Developmental Math

College Math Readiness

Soon College ELA Readiness

Pre-AlgebraWhole numbers

Fractions and Mixed NumbersDecimals

Rations, Rates, and Proportions

PercentsMeasurements

GeometryFigures in 1 and 2 Dims

Properties of AnglesTriangles

The Pythagorean ThrmQuadrilaterals

Perimeter and AreaCirclesSolids

StatisticsGraphing Data

Other Types of GraphsMeasures of CenterUse and Misuse of

Graphical RepresentationsProbability

AlgebraReal Numbers

Solving Equs and InequalitiesExponents and Polynomials

FactoringGraphing

Systems of Equs and Inequalities

AlgebraRational Expressions

Radical Expressions and Quadratic Equs Functions

Exp and Log Functions

TrigonometryIntro to Trig Functions

Graphing Trig Functions

Developmental Math Topics

How does it work?

Select Units for Study

Pre-Assessment & Study Plan Development

Instructional Elements•Warm-up (text)•Presentation (video, audio, animation, and graphics)•Worked examples (audio and graphics)•Problems (interactive text)•Review (text)

Additional Resources•Virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics, text)•Project (text and graphics)•Puzzles (game-based, interactive animation, graphics)•Text tab (online textbook)

How might you use VLACS?

Contact InfoScott – [email protected]