Excellent presentation given by Brad Rathgeber, Director of the Online School for Girls.

1. Brad Rathgeber, Director
Online School for Girls

2. Many Flavors

3. Philosophy and Mission
Technology is now simple enough that your mission can be reached online

4. Online Learning Can Be Personal... And Have a Personality

5. It Can Even Be Humanizing...

6. Takeaway #1:
Online Learning
Does Not Have to
be in Conflict
With Independent
School Education

8. 1.8 million
Public Schools are Ahead of Independent Schools in Online Education
45 states

10. 6.1 million 31%

12. 50

13. 50
135

14. 50
135
291

15. Online Learning Guide
Technology and 21st Century Curriculum Task Force
“Those schools that can leverage an environment of abundant
online learning options will have a competitive advantage. The
‘agile’ school will embrace new delivery models that add to its
ability to offer a diverse curriculum while maintaining the high
standards of quality expected of independent schools.”

16. Takeaway #2:
Online Learning is
Growing Rapidly
Around
Independent
Schools, But That
May Be Changing

17. K-12 Inc
Giving Schools Options to Get Online Quickly

18. K-12 Inc
Giving Schools Options to Get Online Quickly

20. School Tuition
K12 International Academy $6995
Stanford Online High School $14000
Deerfield Academy (boarding tuition) $45450

21. Takeaway #3:
There is More
Competition Out
There, And it is
Cheaper

23. - Easy and quick to get online
Purchase from a Course with lots of courses
Provider - Little/no control over
curriculum
- Pooling of resources and
talents
Consortium Approach
- Collective control over
curriculum and standards
- Time consuming and resource
intensive
Go-it-alone Approach
- Full control over curriculum
and standards

24. - Easy and quick to get online
Purchase from a Course with lots of courses
Provider - Little/no control over
curriculum
- Pooling of resources and
talents
Consortium Approach
- Collective control over
curriculum and standards
- Time consuming and resource
intensive
Go-it-alone Approach
- Full control over curriculum
and standards

25. - Easy and quick to get online
Purchase from a Course with lots of courses
Provider - Little/no control over
curriculum
- Pooling of resources and
talents
Consortium Approach
- Collective control over
curriculum and standards
- Time consuming and resource
intensive
Go-it-alone Approach
- Full control over curriculum
and standards

27. Bringing an Independent Girls’ School Approach to
Online Learning

28. Bringing an Independent Girls’ School Approach to
Online Learning
Creating a way for Schools to Become a Part of OSG

29. Bringing an Independent Girls’ School Approach to
Online Learning
Creating a way for Schools to Become a Part of OSG
Using Research Relating to the Ways that Girls Learn
Best:

30. Bringing an Independent Girls’ School Approach to
Online Learning
Creating a way for Schools to Become a Part of OSG
Using Research Relating to the Ways that Girls Learn
Best:
Connection

31. Bringing an Independent Girls’ School Approach to
Online Learning
Creating a way for Schools to Become a Part of OSG
Using Research Relating to the Ways that Girls Learn
Best:
Connection
Collaboration

32. Bringing an Independent Girls’ School Approach to
Online Learning
Creating a way for Schools to Become a Part of OSG
Using Research Relating to the Ways that Girls Learn
Best:
Connection
Collaboration
Creativity

33. Bringing an Independent Girls’ School Approach to
Online Learning
Creating a way for Schools to Become a Part of OSG
Using Research Relating to the Ways that Girls Learn
Best:
Connection
Collaboration
Creativity
Application

34. Mission Driven
The Online School for Girls provides an exceptional all-girls
educational experience by connecting girls worldwide through
relevant and engaging coursework in a dynamic online
learning community.

36. Winsor
56
Dana Hall
Forest Ridge
Buffalo Academy Miss Porter’s
Visitation Buffalo Seminary Lauralton Hall
Westover Lincoln
Ursuline - NY
Ellis Linden Hall Holy Child
Kenston School District Chapin Marymount
Nightingale-Bamford Mount Saint Mary
Castilleja Laurel Agnes Irwin KentOak Knoll
Purnell Place
Columbus School for Girls Stuart Country Day
Garrison Forest
St. Paul’s
IND-Baltimore
Foxcroft Bryn Mawr
Madeira
St. Cecilia Holton-Arms
St. Agnes Maret
Hutchinson Harpeth HallGeorgetown Visitation
St. Margaret’s
Campbell Hall Ursuline-Dallas St.Mary’s Girls Preparatory
St. Mary’s
Archer Marlborough Hockaday Atlanta Girls
Louisville High
Sacred Hearts Academy
St. Andrew’s Louise McGehee
La Pietra Academy of the Sacred Heart

37. Expanding Opportunities for Students
School-Year Courses
AP Computer Science Summer Courses
AP Macroeconomics Intro to Programming
AP Music Theory Review of Pre-Algebra
AP Psychology Review of Algebra I
AP Statistics Summer Writing Workshop
AP US Government/AP Comparative Politics Transitions: Spanish I to II
Art and Design: Spiderman Transitions: Spanish II to III
Genetics Transitions: French I to II
Global Issues
Graphic Art
Intro to Anatomy, Physiology and Disease
Intro to Computer Programming
Japanese I Extension Courses
Japanese II Financial Literacy
Latin I Writing the College Essay
Multivariable Calculus/Differential Equations
Page to Stage: Wicked
Women’s History in America

38. Course Approval:
Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges
NCAA Clearinghouse
UC Course Approval
Member:
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
National Business Officers Association (NBOA)
National Collation of Girls’ Schools (NCGS)

40. Louisiana
300+
Australia
Washington
Canada
Florida New York Minnesota
Ohio
New Jersey
Oregon Texas
India
Maryland
Massachusetts
Washington DC Connecticut Georgia
North Carolina United
Virginia New Hampshire
California Kingdom

41. Blended Learning I
Spring, Summer 2012
Blended Learning II
Spring, Summer 2012
Single Gender Education
Summer 2012
Teaching an Online Class
Spring, Summer 2012
Brain Based Learning
Summer 2012
Page to Stage: Wicked
Spring 2012
Mission Driven Finances
TBA 2012
iPads in the Classroom
Spring, Summer 2012

42. Takeaway #4:
There are three
primary
approaches that
independent
schools take to
online learning -
OSG is a model
consortium

43. How are Independent Schools
approaching Online Learning?

44. Skeptics and The “Tried and
True” - 35%

45. “Dabblers” and “Lone Wolves” -
50%

46. Pilots with a Plan - 10%

47. Strategic Thinkers and Actors -
5%

48. Online Learning Guide
Technology and 21st Century Curriculum Task Force
Critical Questions
Entry
Emerging
Innovating

49. Takeaway #5:
Some schools are
well positioned to
be a leader both
for online
education and
within
independent
schools

50. to be in Conflict With Independent School
Education
Takeaway #2: Online Learning is Growing
Rapidly Around Independent Schools, But That
May Be Changing with OSG
Takeaway #3: There is More Competition Out
There, And it is Cheaper
Takeaway #4: The Online School for Girls is
helping schools expand opportunities for
students (in a Mission Driven way) and train
teachers
Takeaway #5: Some schools are well positioned
to be a leader both for online education and

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