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Home & HospitalGroup 1:
Keith Janelli, Aime Sheinhorn, & Leslie Ammann
What is Home and Hospital? Service is mandated by the state Instruction that occurs when a student is
unable to attend school physical illness or disability emotional crisis substance abuse pregnancy any chronic health impairment
Written verification by a doctor or other health professional
At least three weeks in length
What is Home and Hospital? Under the current H/H program…
students meet with an assigned tutor weekly
tutors provide instruction, go over assignments, answer questions, and proctor assessments
coursework and assessments provided by students’ teachers
The Need
Problems with the H/H program lack of tutors growing number of H/H students lack of time to create, gather, and
grade appropriate materials lack of correspondence from H/H tutors rare submission of work high demand for course materials and
assessments
The Need A successful H/H program needs…
easy access to instruction, materials, assignments, and assessments
frequent feedback communication between tutors, home school
teachers, and students A Home and Hospital Distance Education
(HHDE) program meets the need
Proposal for Cohort County (CHC) Has a traditional H/H program Has funding for…
Payment of tutors Means of communication Office staff at central office
Has technology available… Internet access Instructional server IT staff and technical support
Proposal of New Program Blended HHDE program
Subject matter experts design courses online for core courses
students access Claroline (CMS) tutor available monthly tutors hold initial orientation and
closing meeting Funds and staff reallocated at the
board level
Planning Aligned with current county values, goals
and mission statements. Curricula modified material from document
repository Supplement the currently existing document
repository
Hosting compatibility Loaner laptop computers with wireless access
remote Internet access ports for students lacking Internet
Initial elevated costs and time Subsequent years require maintenance and fewer
costs
Planning Lead curriculum designer (LCD)
Design 20 learning modules/ subject area Asynchronous linear instructional design
DE manager – quality control Establish and regulate course design and
delivery standards Create, collect, and disaggregate data gained
from course evaluations
Regulatory Sub-systems HHDE technology supervisor
Oversees technology support staff Ensures necessary programs and plug-ins run Provides ongoing technical support Ensures timely access to materials Manages CMS software
HHDE Coordinator Intermediary between home school and DE
manager Coordinates with Local School Contact (LSC)
Guidance counselor, PPWs, and Principals
Organization of Staff
Student Sub-systems Tutors
Intermediaries between coursework and home school
Provide training Orientation/Close-out sessions Continued online support
Easily accessible contact Link between student and HHDE personnel
experts.
Tech support Online form after business hours
Justification for the Claroline Open Source Platform
Commercial CMS vs. Open Source
Initial costs and support costs
Flexibility
Documentation
Integration
Policies Adjust existing CHC policies Establish new program policies Policy areas addressed:
academic governance student support services organizational intellectual property rights
Academic Policies
Adopt current CHC guidelines for curriculum
Adhere to state and county curriculum objective standards
New policies for dates and deadlines
New policies to evaluate students and instructors
Governance Policies Adhere to CHC governance rules
Replace existing Home and Hospital Teaching program
DE Manager
HHDE Coordinator / HHDE Technology Supervisor
Development Team staffing
Student Support Services Policies
Follow the original guidelines of the existing Home and Hospital program
New policies will address… communication between all
participants computing systems accounts off-site library access delivery of content and materials proctoring and scoring of assessments
Organizational Intellectual Property Rights Policy
New policy to set guidelines and rules for the HHDE program
Compensation
Delivery and use of content
Content design for continual use
HHDE copyright ownership
Cost Analysis
What now? 3 year roll out Use for standard classroom teachers Future program creation for middle
and elementary levels Program modules available for night
school and alternative education
References Consortium Claroline (2010). www.claroline.net. HCPSS (2009). Home and hospital teaching. Retrieved
from http://www.hcpss.org/homehospital/.
MSDE (2003). Home instruction fact sheet. Retrieved from http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/studentschoolsvcs/student_services_alt/home_schooling/docs/homeschool_factsheet.htm.
MSDE (2010). Maryland Virtual Online Learning Program:
Local school system planning, implementation, and evaluation guide. Retrieved from http://mdk12online.org.
Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2009). Teaching and learning at a distance
foundations of distance education. Boston: Pearson.