Elementary Online Learning

School and district leaders who want to build an online program for kindergarten through fifth grade from the ground up will find a guide to doing it in-house. Many elementary schools can choose to design their own courses, curricula, and teaching methods around the particular strengths and needs of their communities, as an alternative to purchasing ready-made platforms from commercial vendors. The book walks through the main pieces of such a program. It covers designing a coherent program around student data, delivering both live and self-paced instruction, training teachers, building partnerships with families, and other related concerns. Each chapter includes research-based ideas, recommendations, and reflective questions meant to help schools create online learning that crosses subject boundaries, promotes social justice, and centers on students' own direction.