Northeastern Regional Information Center - Christensen Institute : Christensen Institute

Submitted by Mike Sylofski, E-Learning Services Managing Coordinator
Note: The information in this profile represents 2013-14 unless otherwise indicated.

Private or Independent School Network Overview

Name	Northeastern Regional Information Center (NERIC)
Company/organization type	Private or Independent School Network
Headquarters	Albany, New York
Number of schools	140 districts
School locations	New York
Grades served	PreK-12
% FRL	42%
% Black or Hispanic	6-32%

Private or Independent School Network Description

The Northeastern Regional Information Center (NERIC) is a cooperative services agency that facilitates shared services between school districts in northeastern New York. This blended-learning initiative builds off of previous e-learning collaborations within the region. Seven high schools received grant funding from the New York State Department of Education to develop four virtual Advanced Placement (AP) courses that would leverage a teacher-of-record in one district to teach students in multiple districts within the seven-school consortium. The intent of this initiative is to: 1) offer new AP courses within area high schools; 2) engage participation from low-income students who tend to not participate in college-prep coursework; 3) improve achievement levels by offering AP classes in a different model; and 4) expose students to a new technology-infused, college ready model of learning that requires more student self-direction and independence.

Blended Learning Program

Name	Capital Region Virtual Advanced Placement Consortium
Focus	Gifted and Talented
Year launched	SY2012-13
Enrollment	50
Blended grades	11-12
Blended subjects	English Language Arts, History/Social Studies
Hardware	Laptops: Windows
Curriculum products	Self-developed, Florida Virtual School
Student information systems	SchoolTool, eSchool Data
Learning management systems	Blackboard
Grading products	Not available
Assessment products	Not available
Data systems	Not available
Professional development products	Florida Virtual School

Program Model

Program model: A La Carte

Model description:
Students from seven different school districts meet synchronously with the teacher-of-record once per week through interactive video from their different local brick-and-mortar schools and complete the remainder of the AP course asynchronously online.

Blended Schools

Contact Information

Name: Mike Sylofksi
Title: E-Learning Services Managing Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.neric.org