Supplememental Services Project

The main purposes of the 2016-17 Distance Learning Supplemental Services grant include:

Providing professional development to assist teachers, managers, and support staff implement and sustain distance learning, in collaboration with Project IDEAL and ATLAS.
Supporting and facilitating statewide implementation of Burlington English and Plato Edmentum.
Supporting use of and further developing the Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment.
Identifying and encouraging adoption of Best Practices.
Coordinating the Virtual Task Force, which vets DL platforms for proxy hours and advises on policy and practice issues.
Addressing policy and practice issues.
Enhancing communication and training with ABE consortia regarding DL issues and opportunities, including maitaining website and providing articles for the MN ABE Connect newsletter.