Participating High School
Implementation Checklist
Please complete the following
checklis:
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Identify two working contact persons within the school to aid in
implementation activities (one of these persons must be the appropriate
grade level guidance counselor and another and will take responsibility for
implementation).
q
Identify your courseware platform. You must have access to
Angel, WebCT or Blackboard to implement the course. You may want to check with
your technology staff to see if you are using one of these platforms.
q
Establish an agreement with your district curriculum office to
provide students taking the course with ½ H.S. credit.
q
Identify the academic term you
will begin offering the course.
q
Identify an instructor who is willing and able to teach the
course (this instructor must be reasonably comfortable with computer
technology, proficient with the platform the
course will be ran on and committed to the program’s objectives.
q
Identify a dedicated computer lab with a minimum of 15 terminals
(for four hrs/week, one semester) with a 1:1 ratio of students to terminals.
q
Begin recruitment efforts to assure that at least 15-20 students
will be enrolled in each section of the course.
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Purchase the two required texts for the class.
Learning and Motivation Strategies: Your Guide to Success,
2nd Edition (ISBN: 0-13-171202-0)
A Hope in the Unseen (ISBN: 0-7679-0126-6)
q
Establish a date for instructor training.
What the WEDLC Will
Provide
The course software at no cost to your institution for piloting the course.
Training materials and consultation for course administrators, instructors,
advisors/counselors, and tech personnel prior to and during course
administration.
Online teaching tools and materials for instructors to use to facilitate and
supplement
instruction and instructional software (since this course includes both live
and computer-
mediated instruction).
Availability by phone, faxes, and emails to answer questions and offer advice.