HOPE Online Learning Academy

Submitted by Heather O’Mara, Founder and CEO
Note: The information in this profile represents SY2013-14 unless otherwise indicated.

School Overview

Name HOPE Online Learning Academy
School type Public Charter
Location Centennial, Colorado
Community type Urban
Grades served K-12
Enrollment 3,000
% FRL 73%
% Black or Hispanic 78%
Per-pupil funding $5,897.66
Test scores Not available

School Description

HOPE Online Learning Academy is a public charter school of Douglas County School District that provides K-12 students in Colorado an online education that includes individualized learning plans paired with in-person support from experienced teachers and mentors at one of more than 40 Learning Centers across the Front Range, and in Leadville and Dinosaur, Colorado.

Blended Learning Program

Focus Credit Recovery, Dropout Prevention/Recovery
Year launched SY2005–06
Enrollment 3,000
Blended grades K-12
Blended subjects Math, English Language Arts, History/Social Studies, Science, Foreign Language
Hardware Laptops: Windows
Curriculum products CompassLearning Odyssey, DreamBox Learning, Edgenuity, Lexia Reading Core5, Reading Plus, Reading A-Z, Self-developed
Student information systems Genius, Infinite Campus
Learning management systems Not available
Grading products Not available
Assessment products Acuity, DIBELS Data System, ACT Solutions
Data systems Not available
Professional development products Not available

Program Model

Program model: Flex, Station Rotation

Model description
Students attend a Learning Center five days a week for the full school day. Older students, who are capable of self-directing their work, spend the majority of their time progressing independently through online coursework as teachers and paraprofessionals offer assistance on an as-needed basis.

Younger students progress through their coursework differently. Rather than spend most of their time working independently through online coursework, students rotate at the teacher’s discretion between face-to-face direct instruction from the teachers and online learning. The rotation is contained within the classroom and not every student experiences the same rotation as the amount of time students spend working through each modality depends on how they progress through the curriculum.

Contact Information

Name: Heather O’Mara
Title: Founder and CEO, HOPE Online Learning Academy Co-Op
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.HOPEonline.org

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