What you will learn
- Review the challenges of best practice at the high school level.
- Examine a variety of practices and techniques that work.
- Learn how to develop a framework for success.
Course curriculum
Course Outline
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Lesson 1: The challenges of best practice at the high school level
- Lesson 1 will look at the obstacles faced when implementing best practices at the high school level. Many know what works, but putting that into practice is not always as easy as it seems.
Lesson 2: Rigorous and expectations
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Lesson 3: Innovative programs and practices
- Lesson 3 delves into some innovative programs and practices that work. You will look at how you can take creative ideas and test them in your own school.
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Lesson 4: Transparent and evidence-based decision making
- In lesson 4 you will exam the importance of trust and transparency between all stakeholders. You will also focus on the evidence you can, and should, use when making important decisions.
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Lesson 5: Strategic targeting of resources
- Lesson 5 brings the focus to resources you may need and how to ensure synergy and coherence.
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Lesson 6: Working the framework
- In this final lesson you will examine how to work with your framework. You will examine best practice elements and goal setting.
Materials
All necessary materials are included.
System requirements
Minimum technical expectations for the online learning environment. Your IT team can use this as a checklist.
Internet connectivity
Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.
While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system. This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections. Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.
Hardware
- CPU: 1 GHz or higher
- RAM: 4 GB or higher
- Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher. 1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
Speakers / Headphones Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.
Operating system
Windows 7 or higher. Mac OSX 10 or higher. Latest Chrome OS Latest Linux Distributions.
While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.
Web browser
Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience. Latest Mozilla FireFox Latest Microsoft Edge Latest Apple Safari.
Recommended software
Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice) PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt) Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.
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