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Spokane Virtual Learning

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Website: spokanevirtual.com
Email: svl@spokaneschools.org
Phone: 509.354.7545

School District: Spokane

Grades Served: 7-12

OSPI Approval

Approved as a Multidistrict Online School Program, Online Course Provider, and Online Program Provider through the 2015-16 school year.

Access

Online Program Purchasing Information:

Districts can visit spokanevirtual.com for purchasing information.

Student Enrollment Instructions:

Students can learn about applying for enrollment in Spokane Virtual Learning at spokanevirtual.com.

Individual Online Course Purchasing Instructions:

Individual courses from Spokane Virtual Learning are available for schools to purchase in the DLD course catalog.

Overview

SVL believes in providing an environment where skillful highly qualified, certificated instructors personalize instruction to support learning for all students and provide experiences that allow them to hypothesize, predict, manipulate objects, pose questions, research, investigate, imagine, and invent. For the SVL faculty, creating and delivering student-centered, inquiry-based, interactive instruction is the goal. Using formative assessment, instructors determine understanding of concepts. With high-quality feedback, instructors support the learning process and encourage learner success.

Course Offerings

The DLD offers SVL classes, which are aligned to Washington standards and are offered at various times during the year to help students prepare for taking or retaking state assessments.

Course offerings include:
MS and HS English (Springboard)
MS and HS Math, including AP Calculus/AP Statistics
MS and HS Social Studies
MS and HS Science
HS Health and Fitness for grades
World Languages (Spanish, French, Japanese, Latin)
Art and Music Theory
Career and Technical Education courses
Advance Placement courses

Students

Middle and High School Students

Curriculum Alignments

SVL curriculum aligns with Washington curriculum standards and expectations. Using ASCD’s Understanding by Design as a course development model, instructors frame the learning in essential questions and enduring understandings. Each course is reviewed by SVL Coordinator and Spokane Public Schools curriculum department. SVL teachers attend AP summer institutes and/or serve as College Board consultants; these experts align SVL’s AP courses to the scope and sequence outlined by the College Board.

Accreditation

SVL, as a program of Spokane Public Schools, is accredited by Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.

Instructor Certification

In order to meet Highly Qualified Teacher requirements of SVL, teachers must hold a Washington State teaching certificate and be endorsed in the content areas they are teaching.

AP Audit

SVL, as a program of Spokane Public Schools, is accredited by Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.

Courseware Platform

SVL uses Blackboard Academic Suite to deliver interactive learning options.

Student Performance and Demographics

Teacher-to-student ratio: 1:18

Course completion rate: 85%

Course pass rate: 90%

Student Satisfaction Survey

Spokane Virtual Learning did not participate in the student satisfaction survey.