Four Models

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Four Models

• Possible IDLA Uses in Jr. Highs

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1. The High School Model
Reasons to take IDLA courses include (i.e.
reasons TFSD will pay for the course)

• Take a class not available on your campus
• Make up lost credit
• Amend a scheduling conflict
• Earn concurrent college HS credit
• Prepare for the ISAT ACT, SAT
• Review for the AP exams prepare for AP
• from TFHS Registration Guide 05-06 p.55 shows
  amendments

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1. The High School Model

• Resources Needed
• A computer at the back of a teachers room to be
  used during a class or
• A mini computer lab with an adult assistant
• The Autonomous Learner Model

• Type of Credit
• Elective to offer a course not available on
  campus
• Core Taken in the summer at parents cost so
  they can make room in their schedules for more
  on-line electives during the school year
• Core Taken in the school year because the
  advanced level is not offered at the school

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2. The School Mentor Model

• Resources Needed
• A computer
• School mentor
• One period not scheduled
• Alternate work when the on-line course is
  finished

• Type of Credit
• Core Parents pay This may be through IDLA or HS
  credit given through on-line universities

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3. The Compacting Model

• After students are given a short time to study
  the next chapter, they are given a test to see if
  they have reached mastery. If so, they can work
  on the on-line course.

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3. The Compacting Model

• Resources Needed
• A computer in the Core Classroom
• The Autonomous Learner Model

• Type of Credit
• Elective a course that allows investigation into
  a subject of interest to the student and requires
  application of skills learned in the compacted
  class
• Core an advanced course, the same subject as the
  compacted class, that builds on the skills
  learned in class

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4. The Team Learning Model
A team of 3-5 students take the same IDLA class
at the same time. Created to meet these needs

• To be with other GT students
• Where intensity is accepted and valued
• To Allow Content Acceleration
• Breadth going faster means more content covered
• To Allow Content Enrichment
• Depth going faster means many details about one
  idea are explored

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4. The Team Learning Model

• To Promote Social Skills
• Allowing students to work as a team and develop
  synergy, feeding off each others ideas
• To Teach Leadership Skills
• Understanding roles and working towards goals (7
  Habits by S. Covey)
• To Teach The Positive Aspects of Competition

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4. The Team Learning Model

• Resources Needed
• A bank of computers
• An adult assistant
• Possibly lab materials

• Type of Credit
• An elective course for which each team member has
  a high interest