Digital Learning Department

The DLD offers online courses as an option to help schools meet students' individual needs, expand learning opportunities, and diversify their curricula. Read on for more details.

• 600+ online courses for grades 6–12 are offered through approved multidistrict online course providers in the following categories:
  • Core subjects
  • Credit recovery
  • Electives
  • Advanced placement (AP)
  • Foreign languages
  • Technical and vocational skills
  • English as a Second Language (ESL)
• All instruction delivered via Digital Learning Department online courses is assured by the provider to be delivered by Washington state certificated teachers who are assigned to instruct courses in a manner which meets the "Highly Qualified" definition under the No Child Left Behind Act and in a manner which meets the requirements set forth in WAC 181-82.
• Credits for online courses are granted through the student's school.
• Schools determine which courses are available to their students and which students are eligible to take online courses.
• Student success in online courses is supported by a school-based Teacher/Mentor and Registrar.
• Courses are tuition-based, so there is no exchange of student FTE.
• The DLD invoices the school with once per term, so there's only one invoice to manage, regardless of how many providers are used.