BENEFITS FOR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS
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Drop-Out Prevention
• All school districts have continually looked for programs to help with drop out reduction, student retention, and loss of revenue due to dropouts. With the Global Virtual Curriculum program, each school district can provide an excellent online curriculum as an alternative.
• Many students drop out because of dissatisfaction with traditional education, a need to work, or a need for credit retrieval. Global Virtual Curriculum allows districts to offer an alternative program, which would allow students to accomplish their goals
• The Superintendent would release the student into the GVC program and maintain any state funding left over.
• This would allow students to receive a new educational environment, the ability to seek employment, or an opportunity to retrieve credits lost quickly.
Long Term Suspension and Expulsion Students
• Every district, at times, finds it necessary to expel students from school for various reasons. GVC once again offers an alternative to expulsion.
• GVC can be used to provide an additional disciplinary step before a student is permanently expelled from school.
• A district could offer GVC's home based on-line program to students who are in line for suspension or expulsion. The program would act as a final step before a formal suspension or expulsion process takes place.
• The Superintendent would, once again, release the student into the GVC program and retain the state funding left after paying the students GVC fees.
• This would keep the student involved in an educational program without the problems created by having that student in the traditional school setting. The district would not lose total funding from the loss of that student.
Additional Curriculum for Small and Rural School Students
• Many small and rural schools face the challenge of providing a full and challenging curriculum for all students.
• GVC provides an excellent solution to this never-ending problem.
• Districts can arrange for providing higher-level courses and additional electives through GVC's full range of courses.
• The principal of a school through the superintendent of the district could request additional student licenses for students needing higher-level classes or additional electives.
• In many districts this concept would save substantial amounts due to transporting students to other sites, buying expensive software or online curriculum, or hiring additional staff to provide the courses needed for all students.
Create Your Own Virtual Academy
• By selecting students from the above-described areas, GVC provides an excellent opportunity for districts to establish their own district virtual learning center.
• The center could be organized and directed by each district, and could gain enrollment from the following areas.
a. Re-enrolled Home School Students
b. Drop Out Students
c. Students Facing the Suspension or Expulsion Process
d. Students from Small Schools Needing Additional Curriculum
e. Accelerated Students - Students who wish to graduate early and move on to higher education programs.
• With a full 2nd through 12th grade curriculum, GVC allows districts to place students at the proper learning level. A high school student who may be at a 7th grade math level, would be able to be placed at that level and even be given credit for that course.
• All students in the district virtual center would be approved by the Superintendent and released into the program. The district would be able to retain any funding afforded them by the state.
Incarcerated Students
• Many districts have problems servicing students that may be incarcerated long or short term. Global Virtual Curriculum allows an easy comprehensive program to keep these students involved in a viable educational program.
• Our curriculum allows students to complete assignments in a wide variety of subjects, and prevents them from falling behind or missing credits due to work not completed.
Other Considerations
GVC working with school districts across the nation can help districts to successfully:
• Get back homeschool students who have been taken off their enrollment counts.
• Decrease their drop out rates,
• Provide an additional step of discipline for students facing the suspension or expulsion process.
• Provide additional curriculum for students needing higher level courses or additional electives.
• Giving the districts the ability to place students in a curriculum that meets their level of competency.
Elementary and Middle School Alternative Schools
• Many districts are at a loss to know what to do with elementary and middle school students who cannot be housed in the regular school program.
• GVC has proven to be an excellent alternative for this type of student.
• With an online curriculum students can continue their educational program while at home, and not presenting any danger to those students in the regular school setting.
Special Needs Students
• GVC has found great success in helping students with special needs.
• We have a Special Education Specialist to help districts co-ordinate our curriculum with your individual school districts.
• Our curriculum has audio capabilities, which are ideal for students who may have trouble with reading texts.
• Our curriculum is self paced, which is an advantage for special needs students.
• With a full 2-12-grade curriculum, we can provide lesson material at a level the students needs to be successful.
Summer School Options
• Since our student contract with GVC is a 365-day contract with unlimited course availability, it makes it ideal for students who may need to complete credits or review lesson material during the summer months.
• Students enrolling in June have a valid contract until June of the following year. So they not only have summer school access, but access to the curriculum for the entire next school year at no additional cost to the district.
• District can save tremendous amounts of money by not having to staff a summer school site, pay for building expenses or, tie up building during the summer months when basic clean up and repairs need to be completed.
