May+2012+Action+steps


 * Mission of "Blended Learning" at WFS:**

The upper school will explore blended classes (some online content and some seated class periods) in order to offer curricular options beyond what our schedule can accommodate.


 * Pilot programs:** Foreign language and math departments will create blended courses and assess them to test their value as a teaching and learning medium.


 * Action steps:**

Amy and Ildiko are going to offer an Integrated Mathematics 1 course for the second time this summer. They will assess its at the end of the summer (a survey of students? student learning outcomes?) to consider how to offer it in future years.

Phil and Bradey have a curriculum innovation grant to build some blended coursework for middle schoolers who need support in French. They are doing research about best practices in teaching a foreign language in a blended setting. We can take a look at their work in the fall.

Who would like to either take an online course this summer, or take a course about making a blended course?
 * To be done:**

Assessment tools for these courses will be essential going forward. We should think about how to study those in the next year.

What committee should take this on next year? Should we keep at it ourselves?