The Edgenuity virtual instruction program (VIP) courses are designed to reflect research-based instructional practices to meet the needs of all students.   Their courses feature rigorous, explicit instruction led by expert, on-screen teachers, as well as allowing district teachers to incorporate their own uniqueness to the course.  It includes courses with challenging content, relevant activities, adaptable formative and summative assessments, and real-time feedback.   Their curriculum is aligned with the state standards and the curriculum has been approved by the Florida Department of Education.  

• What some of the Edgenuity VIP can do versus what we are currently using:
• Will allow Clay Virtual Academy courses to align with CCDS curriculum maps, which will provide minimal education gaps when students move from CVA to a district school or vice-versa.
• Will allow teachers to create specific content to meet individual learning needs. 
• Has detailed, powerful reports showing student attendance, activity progress, and content mastery.
• Has automatic weekly reports emailed to students, families, and school counselors.  
• Has a real-time educator dashboard to help teachers identify students that need help and assists them to prioritize their time.
• Has a built-in eNote digital notebook so students can take notes as they learn and access those notes during the class.
• Has the capability to implement the test prep courses into the EOC and FSA state-required assessment courses.
• Is substantially more cost-effective.
   

Currently, Clay Virtual Academy only offers Florida Virtual School curriculum as a franchise to our district’s 6-12th-grade students.  The Edgenuity curriculum provides a more interactive, rigorous, teacher interactive curriculum.  FLVS does not provide test prep courses that can be integrated into the daily curriculum as Edgenuity does.  By purchasing this virtual curriculum compared to solely using FLVS the district will also save a substantial amount of funding.
 

Clay schools had purchased the Edgenuity VIP curriculum for the 2018-2019 for students taking Credit Recovery courses.  We have seen student more engaged and completing their courses in a timely fashion with this curriculum.  It has also proven to have excellent monitoring tools for teachers, counselors, and administrators. 
 

Students will be more engaged using the Edgenuity curriculum on account of the engaging teacher lead videos and interactive lessons. Teachers have the ability to differentiate lessons within the current content of the program to help meet the needs of individualized students. Edgenuity reports generated will assist all stakeholders to be able to monitor and address student progress and needs. To pay considerably less for virtual instruction curriculum versus the previous curriculum.
 

Goal 1: Develop a High Quality & Aligned Instructional System

• Strategy 1.1 Redesign instructional frameworks for all grade levels and subject areas to reflect opportunities to differentiate instruction.
• Strategy 1.1.4 Develop an online “one-stop shop” that houses all curriculum materials.  
• Strategy 1.1.5: Implement test preparation items specifications to ensure students are exposed to content and assessments aligned to standards
   

That the Clay County School Board approve the purchase of Edgenuity’s Virtual Instruction Curriculum with online resources for grades K-12 for the 2019-2020 school year.