Solve Your Scheduling Problems With Online Learning
As students complete their course selections for the next school year, they’re imagining the perfect schedule. Every year, academic advisors hear students say, “I just wish we had this course.” Educators know every school’s course catalog is limited, and no one school can be all things to all students. Things get even more complicated when it’s time to build an actual schedule that has to meet a host of logistical demands like classroom availability, crossover teachers, part-time employees, and enrollment numbers.
Every educator who builds their school’s schedule wants to meet all their students’ requests. Every experienced schedule builder knows that’s just not possible. Given these challenges, how can Academic Leaders make sure they're providing the best and most flexible schedule to match students' interests and needs?
When your school partners with the Academic Program at One Schoolhouse, you don’t have to be limited by teaching loads, section sizes that are too large or too small, or two single-section courses meeting at the same time. Instead, you can provide the flexibility and the full range of courses that individual students need by offering online asynchronous courses.
Asynchronous work allows students to have a personalized experience that aligns to their learning preferences. One student can watch a video to learn a new concept, while another reads a selection from a textbook. And asynchronous assignments don’t have to be self-paced or solitary. Shared weekly due dates ensure that although students complete assignments at the time that works for them, they’re mastering the same content that their classmates are learning. As a result, students have regular opportunities for collaboration and conversation, like writing skits to practice vocabulary and grammar in language courses, or collecting data for a social psychology experiment.
Our courses are designed and built by a faculty of experienced independent school teachers who are experts in their fields. (94% of them hold advanced degrees!) We help them to become exceptional online instructors by training them to build online connections with students, effective online communication, and technological acumen.
When schools use online asynchronous courses strategically, they’re not limited by classroom space, staffing, or singleton sections. It becomes possible for a student to take two courses that meet at the same time, and financially sustainable for a school to offer an advanced math course for just three students.
When students pick next year’s courses, they dream big, but the reality of scheduling makes compromise seem inevitable. It doesn’t have to be that way. As you prepare for the upcoming academic year, discover the possibilities available through a partnership with One Schoolhouse's Academic Program. You can expand your course catalog and make your schedule more flexible–all while allowing students to enroll in even more courses that help them achieve their goals and ignite their passion.
