California Online Public Schools: A Blueprint for How to Successfully Educate Staff, Students, and your Community

In this episode of the Digital Learning Today Podcast, Jeff welcomes California Online Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Richard Savage onto the podcast to discuss how he and his team have created a 20-year fully online educational program that supports more than 2,500 students. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you.  Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

In This Episode …

• All about the California Online Public Schools
  • What technology is used and how is it provided to students across more than 32 counties?
  • How is it all managed?
  • What is it like to be an administrator of a fully online school?
  • How or who supports any academic or behavior issues that come up during the course of a day?
• Why should parents send their students to an online public school?
• How are online schools preparing students for their future and is it a better fit than some of today's brick-and-mortar schools?
• What options are there for extracurricular activities? (Band / Sports etc)
• What students are a good fit for online schools?
• Online vs Virtual School?
• Selecting Staff Members for Online School
• Professional Development of Staff Members
• Biggest Challenges of Post-Pandemic Online Education
• What does it take for a teacher, student, or family to be successful in a fully online environment?

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About our Guest: Dr. Richard Savage

Dr. Richard Savage has more than 20 years of experience in education. After teaching high school Spanish and coaching soccer and volleyball for five years, he became a vice principal at Antelope Valley High School, a socio-economically-challenged urban high school in Southern California with an under-served population of more than 2,500 students. He worked there for six years and succeeded in bringing the school out from state sanctions. As school principal at Calistoga Junior/Senior High School, a rural school serving students in grades 7–12 located at the northern end of the Napa Valley, Dr. Savage coordinated a Distinguished School Award, a successful six-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and school-wide project-based learning implementation. He states, “The innovative world of online learning is at the forefront of the future of education. It affords the staff at California Online Public Schools the opportunity to engage students in many different ways. I believe that all children can learn, technology is an integral part of the educational process, and that the teacher-student relationship is an essential component of a child’s education. I enjoy implementing a wide variety of strategies to ensure student success.”

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-savage-ed-d-5a6a2372 Twitter: https://twitter.com/drrichardsavage

California Online Public Schools

With two decades of proven results delivering online education, California Online Public Schools provides an enriching and personalized, tuition-free online learning experience designed to meet the individual unique needs of each student. Unhindered by traditional bell schedules and conventional teaching models, the school’s rigorous curriculum is delivered through a mix of live lessons and structured independent time that meets California’s core standards, offering students across 32 counties the opportunity to learn at an individualized pace. California Online Public Schools’ curriculum for TK - 12 is delivered through the 320 full-time teachers based throughout the state, who undergo rigorous training designed to deliver online learning. Throughout the school experience, teachers foster a sense of community and develop 1:1 relationships with students and families to empower their academic and social-emotional progress. The school serves a diverse student body, including high academic-performing students, competitive athletes, home-schooled families, children with health impairments and students with special needs and accommodations that require Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Beyond the classroom, the school provides a variety of in-person and virtual extracurricular activities, enrichment programs and socialization opportunities that foster holistic development, including virtual clubs, events such as Junior and Senior Prom, college tours, the National Honor Society, Academic Decathlons and Pentathlons, the National Junior Honor Society, “Family Math Game Nights” and more. www.californiaops.org

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