{"id":3026,"date":"2020-04-16T17:41:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2025-01-27T22:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T05:26:12","slug":"school-readiness-for-online-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/resources\/school-readiness-for-online-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"School Readiness for Online Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #264d76;\">Are Schools Ready for Virtual Education?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In this time of uncertainness that has enveloped our educational system, how do schools and districts transition from traditional classroom-based instruction to an online, virtual classroom environment?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verlan Stephens<\/a>, Managing Partner Agile Education Marketing, researched thousands of districts and how they are coping with these new challenges and we\u2019ve found several factors that we feel are most indicative of a school&#8217;s readiness to provide online learning, full-time, for all of its students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #17828b;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">NOW you can add the CARES Act Funding calculation to your institutional data file!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/contact-education-marketing-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Contact an Agile Education Marketing expert now.<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3027 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/shutterstock_379213018-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"determine online learning readiness for schools\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #264d76; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The key factors that determine school readiness for online learning:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">District leadership and communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Deployment of technology, particularly 1:1 computing<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Implementation of LMS tools allowing for the creation of materials that can be deployed online for student instruction \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Experience with deploying online learning methodologies such as blended learning, flipped learning, virtual and online learning\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">A Title I percentage below 60%, where the districts can supply enough of the necessary technical support for students\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Using the extensive EdIntel district listening service from Agile, we\u2019ve been able to compile a Virtual Readiness Index reflecting how prepared a district is to provide virtual, online learning to its students. Of the over 13,000 regular public school districts, we believe that just over 4,000 of them rank either High or Medium-High which puts them in an excellent position to be able to offer students critical learning opportunities. It is of significant concern that almost 5,000 districts (36%) lack many or all the key indicators that we think are necessary to quickly provide virtual student instruction during this current school year. Below is a table summarizing our Virtual Readiness Score findings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #264d76; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">How ready are schools today to provide online learning, full time?<\/span><\/h3>\n<table data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\" data-tablelook=\"1184\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><b>Virtual Readiness<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><b>Districts<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><b>Percent of Districts<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><b>Total Students<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><b>Percent of Students<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">High\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">1,670\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">12.5%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">17,732,006\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">35.0%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Medium-High\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">2,427\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">18.1%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">15,206,391\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">30.0%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Medium\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">2,623\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">19.6%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">7,295,108\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">14.4%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Medium-Low\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">1,771\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">13.2%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">3,980,395\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">7.9%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Low\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">4,910\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">36.6%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">6,400,090\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">12.6%\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">By our calculation, 65% of students are part of districts that have a High or Medium-High degree of school readiness for online learning and should have the ability to provide virtual student instruction given some time and the money to implement the necessary changes. Unfortunately, that leaves 35% of students that are part of districts that will struggle to provide the needed virtual learning and over 17 million students that will be impacted. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2020-04-15-how-congress-and-the-fcc-could-help-millions-of-students-access-remote-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Congress is working to support efforts to move to virtual education<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/education-sales-and-marketing-resources\/are-schools-still-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">schools have more flexibility to use this year&#8217;s funding<\/a> &#8211; now you can focus your efforts and effectively communicate with schools most ready or most in need of what you offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">We applaud the efforts of many of our customers in providing resources and materials for districts, administrators, and teachers as they work tirelessly to meet the educational needs of this country\u2019s students. To receive a complete list of districts and their Virtual Readiness Score, <a href=\"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/contact-education-marketing-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact your account rep<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are Schools Ready for Virtual Education? In this time of uncertainness that has enveloped our educational system, how do schools and districts transition from traditional classroom-based instruction to an online, virtual classroom environment?\u00a0 Verlan Stephens, Managing Partner Agile Education Marketing, researched thousands of districts and how they are coping with these new challenges and we\u2019ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knowledge-center"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}