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Virtual High School creates chief learning officer job
January 18, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
At the same time, VHS named John Englander as the new director of Curriculum & Instruction. Englander previously worked as the associate director for online learning at Facing History and Ourselves, an international educational and professional development non-profit organization in Brookline. Previously, he was a designer for VIS Corp. and Big Mind Media. Englander received a bachelor’s degree in English from Yale University and lives in Acton.
Virtual High School was born out of a partnership between Hudson Public Schools and the Concord Consortium. In 2006, it celebrated its 10-year anniversary.
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AP for all at Barnstable?
January 14, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
Barnstable High School has taken another step toward improving student education.
In a special presentation during the Jan. 10 school committee meeting, BHS principal Pat Clark, vice principal Scott Pyy and math coordinator Kristen Harmon announced that the high school is among 26 finalists in the Massachusetts Math and Science Initiative, a program that aims to include as many students as possible in taking higher-level Advance Placement (AP) courses.
According to Clark, Barnstable is one of 26 finalists hoping to be awarded one of 12 MMSI slots.
At present, Barnstable has 300 students taking 21 total AP classes, 17 in traditional sit-down classrooms and four via Virtual High School.
The MMSI program, with its emphasis on classes in science, technology, engineering and math, will make it possible for Barnstable to expand its AP course offerings, include more students in AP courses and allow for the creation of pre-AP classes for students at the Intermediate School level.
“It definitely is an opportunity to elevate the levels of academic rigor at Barnstable High School that exist right now,” Pyy said.
The Massachusetts-based initiative comes from the National Math and Science Initiative, created in 2006 to close achievement gaps seen in students at the collegiate level, particularly in science and math.
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AMSA’s Mark Vital Garners Most Votes for Patch’s ‘Teacher of the Year’
December 31, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment
Soon after Ms. Carlson offered me the position at Marlboro High, I passed my MTELs and the subject tests for both business and English. In addition, last year I obtained an additional M.Ed in Curriculum and Instructional Technology from Framingham State. I am also certified to teach online high school classes through Virtual High School in Maynard.
At AMSA, I teach 6th and 7th grade ELA and world literature. The curriculum at AMSA focuses on the classics (Greek and Roman mythology—reading the Iliad, Odyssey and the Aeneid), which I love to share with my students.
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