1. TDEC Report January 2012

2. Griggs International Academy 0 Chosen by the NAD to facilitate and coordinate DE across the division 0 Will review and monitor DE programs though the NAD and local unions will approve them 0 Will ensure each student receives a quality education with spiritual, social and emotional components

3. Consortium of Adventist Distance Education—CADE 0 Protocol to add any full time grades 5-12 via distance education 0 Approval to enter portal by NAD/TDEC – application via website 0 Go through NAD approved vendors on portal

4. CADE Application Process 1. School admin files application/local board/conference K-12 – signed by local board and conference K-12 a. send application to NAD/TDEC on or before July 1 one year before opening b. if approved (response within 30 days) c. Griggs University & International Academy 2. Local school board—if approved then step 3 3. Conference K-12—if approved then step 4 4. UBOE –works with Griggs to approve 5. UBOE –fall meeting—annual approval 6. UDOEC, as enabled by NAD K-12 meeting in December 7. NADOE final approval 0 Union Office would carry-out the follow through, for example, with junior academies 0 Current sites would be grandfathered in

5. CADE Approval for DE Portal 0 NAD Evaluation—in good standing 0 Regional Accreditation (Middle States, Advanced ED) 0 Certified teachers 0 Union curriculum/administration council course approval 0 Instructors are employees of their respective programs 0 Course of excellence vetted through peer review 0 Technology described but not evaluated

6. Adventist Distance Education—ADE 0 Vendors 0 British Columbia and Alberta – only available within provinces 0 Griggs University & International Academy 0 FLA 0 AAA 0 others ONLY with approval via the vetting process 0 Individual classes 0 Credit Recovery 0 Gifted 0 Dual Credit

7. ADE Vetting Process 0 Any class from an approved vendor is automatically approved 0 Teachers who want to teach/create a DE class outside of a particular school must be affiliated with a school already inside the portal 0 Any courses taught (site to site) within a conference through DE must be evaluated using the online rubric with a report of the program made to the local union office of education. 0 Once courses leave the conference they must get NAD approval through the vendor vetting process 0 For the addition of any full DE grades 5-12, application must be made using the same template used for senior academy status

8. Portal Vendor Approval 0 NAD Evaluation—in good standing with AAA 0 Regional accreditation—in good standing 0 All teachers Adventist and certified 0 Union curriculum/administration council course approval—union curriculum audit and yearly change form 0 Rubric driven vendor evaluation 0 Instructional design 0 Communication/interaction/collaboration 0 Student assessment/evaluation 0 Learners’ support/resources 0 Griggs, AAA and Forest Lake DL are grandfathered in to be preferred vendors 0 Any classes offered independently, outside from a full program, must be evaluated by the rubric 0 Vendors approved to provide full curriculum must be SDA 0 Curriculum must be owned by the delivering organization

9. OETC Consortium Store 0 Preferred vendor 0 Volume prices 0 Group for Pacific Union with TDEC member as the purchasing agent 0 Conferences can be own group 0 Membership $300/year paid by TDEC

10. Visions—Technology in Education 0 http://www.toolsforteachers.com http://www.toolsforteachers.com 0 NAD Teacher Convention gift of one choice from 15 books, a coupon in the goodie bag, or a free e-book 0 Currently selling e-books for 80% of print book cost 0 NAD Convention 0 Booth in the exhibit hall 0 Presentations 0 Technology resources, Tammy Worcester 0 Secondary math presenter 0 Dan Wyric and Joe Haverland will recommend Vision books complementing the ByDesign science curriculum

11. Data Rollup 0 Must and will be done correctly 0 A large percentage of existing data is corrupt 0 Teacher and student info is being cleaned-up 0 ID number interface is being revised for easier use 0 There is a need to educate all users about the philosophy and the process 0 Directors meet with superintendents and academy principals 0 Superintendents and academy principals will disseminate within the conference

12. iNOW, Renweb, and Others 0 Voted to recommend to the directors to end support of Hunter by July 2014 0 Continue support and use of Small School Minder 0 Schools may want to consider Renweb 0 Data rollup protocols have been setup 0 Are anxious for SDA schools 0 PowerSchool is another option 0 Voted to start conversation 0 Data rollup