Comments on: Certificate Series: University of California-Irvine

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Certificate Series – Recap « Virtual School Meanderings — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:54:28 +0000

[...] University of California-Irvine [...]

By: Certificate Series: University of Wisconsin-Stout « Virtual School Meanderings

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:46:06 +0000

[...] content (as opposed to other certificates that have strict K-12 focus or a K-12 track). Like the University of California-Irvine program, the Stout program is offered by an extension department. However, unlike the UC-Irvine [...]

By: mkbnl

mkbnl — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:26:58 +0000

Ray, the short answer is that I don’t know for this specific program (although I called them this morning to confirm a bit of information and should have asked them this question). I can tell you that they have representatives from JSerra High School, K12, Inc., Connections Academy, and Los Angeles Unified School District on their advisory board. So I would suspect that one or more of these organizations have an agreement with UC-Irvine, but I can’t say for sure.

Outside of this program, I can say that both the Arizona State and Georgia State programs are in the process of setting up their practicums with K-12 online learning programs (and their first practicum offerings won’t be until Spring 2012 or Fall 2012). In the case of Wayne State, we have an agreement with the Illinois Virtual School and are working on one with the Florida Virtual School (which will be done in conjunction with a 7- or 14-week undergraduate online student teaching opportunity for our teacher education students).

By: Ray Rose

Ray Rose — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:41:14 +0000

Michael I really appreciate the overview of these certificate programs. I particularly like that the description of the Foundations course specifically mentions equity and ethical issues. I don’t think I’ve seen that in other descriptions, though the lack of mention in the description doesn’t mean it’s not addressed within the courses in the program.

The question I have, (maybe you know the answer) is how/where do students in practicum get their experience? Do you know if they have agreements with some K-12 virtual education programs, or do they use the practicum students as adjuncts in online courses?