German IB
Course Description:
High school students begin their introduction to German with fundamental building blocks in four key areas of foreign language study: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Each unit consists of an ongoing adventure story, a new vocabulary theme and grammar concept, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, and cultural presentations covering major German-speaking areas in Europe.
Course Details:
| Course Title (District): | German IB | ||||||||||
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| Course Title (NCES SCED) : | German I | ||||||||||
| Course Provider : | Berrien Springs Public Schools | ||||||||||
| Content Provided By : | Imagine Learning LLC (formerly Edgenuity) | ||||||||||
| Online Instructor Provided By : | Berrien Springs Public Schools | ||||||||||
| Standards Addressed : | American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages | ||||||||||
| Alignment Document : | http://learn.edgenuity.com | ||||||||||
| Academic Terms : | Semester | ||||||||||
| NCES SCED Code : 24252 |
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How To Enroll:
| Enrollment Website : | https://www.berrienspringsvirtualacademy.com |
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| Email : | [email protected] |
| Phone : | 269-473-0500 |
Students and Parents: It is important to work closely with your local school counselor or registrar to follow the school's enrollment procedures. By clicking the "Start Registration Request" button below, you will be able to notify the school of your interest in registering for the online course. However, it is the responsibility of the district or school to review the registration request and approve or deny the request. Please make a note to follow up with your school after submitting a registration request.
Additional Course Information:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 269-473-0500
- Engage in language learning
- Master common vocabulary terms and phrases
- Comprehend a wide range of grammar patterns
- Instigate and continue simple conversations, and respond appropriately to basic conversational prompts
- Generate language incorporating basic vocabulary and a limited range of grammar patterns
- Read, write, speak, and listen for meaning in basic German
- Analyze and compare cultural practices, products, and perspectives of various German-speaking countries
- Regularly assess progress in proficiency through quizzes, tests, and speaking/writing submissions.
Additional Cost: $0.0
Additional Cost Description:
none
iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses
| Academic Content Standards and Assessments | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The goals and objectives clearly state what the participants will know or be able to do at the end of the course. The goals and objectives are measurable in multiple ways. | Fully Met | Objectives for each lesson are provided for students in the course. All objectives are measurable and the assessments are designed to provide observable evidence of mastery of the course goals and objectives. |
| The course content and assignments are aligned with the state’s content standards, Common Core curriculum, or other accepted content standards set for Advanced Placement® courses, technology, computer science, or other courses whose content is not included in the state standards. | Fully Met | The course is aligned at the lesson level. . Instructional design incorporates best practices including iNACOL instructional and teaching and learning standards and Universal Design for Learning guidelines. |
| The course content and assignments are of sufficient rigor, depth and breadth to teach the standards being addressed. | Fully Met | Objectives and assessment questions are written to match the cognitive level of the Common Core State Standards. Students are asked to think critically about what they learn, as well as analyze ideas and trace their development throughout the course. |
| Information literacy and communication skills are incorporated and taught as an integral part of the curriculum. | Fully Met | The course is designed to equip students with high level interactivity, multi-modal learning, and the 21st century skills needed to graduate and become productive, responsible citizens in a global society. |
| Multiple learning resources and materials to increase student success are available to students before the course begins. | Fully Met | The student portal provides students with numerous learning resources that prepare them for the online course. |
| Course Overview and Introduction | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Clear, complete course overview and syllabus are included in the course. | Fully Met | Students receive a syllabus which provides a clear, complete course overview . The Course Map within the student portal also serves as a dynamic and interactive scope and sequence—more detailed than the unit list that appears in the syllabus. |
| Course requirements are consistent with course goals, are representative of the scope of the course and are clearly stated. | Fully Met | The syllabus, student handbook, and student portal provide detailed information about the specific course requirements, student expectations, estimated time required for activities, and expectations for communications |
| Information is provided to students, parents and mentors on how to communicate with the online instructor and course provider. | Fully Met | Detailed instructions for communication are included in the student manual and in the student handbook. Communication with parents is facilitated through email or via the family portal. |
| Legal and Acceptable Use Policies | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The course reflects multi-cultural education, and the content is accurate, current and free of bias or advertising. | Fully Met | Regular updates ensure that content is accurate, current, and free from bias or advertising. The course reflects multi-cultural education and Edgenuity’s certified and highly qualified, onscreen teachers represent a variety of cultures and backgrounds. |
| Expectations for academic integrity, use of copyrighted materials, plagiarism and netiquette (Internet etiquette) regarding lesson activities, discussions, and e-mail communications are clearly stated. | Fully Met | The Edgenuity Student Handbook outlines student expectations on academic integrity and netiquette. |
| Privacy policies are clearly stated. | Fully Met | Edgenuity’s privacy policy is stated on their corporate website. |
| Instructor Resources | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Online instructor resources and notes are included. | Fully Met | The Edgenuity Instructor Handbook contains guidance for virtual teachers. Additional resources and notes for teachers are provided on the eCommunity portal. |
| Assessment and assignment answers and explanations are included. | Fully Met | Answers to assessments and selected assignments are included for students in the student portal. Correct answers are provided for all questions. |
| Instructional and Audience Analysis | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Course design reflects a clear understanding of all students’ needs and incorporates varied ways to learn and master the curriculum. | Fully Met | Developers focus on providing students with multiple means of content representation, multiple means of expressing learned content, and multiple means of engagement with content. |
| Course, Unit and Lesson Design | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The course is organized by units and lessons that fall into a logical sequence. Each unit and lesson includes an overview describing objectives, activities, assignments, assessments, and resources to provide multiple learning opportunities for students to master the content. | Fully Met | An interactive table of contents is provided to students, which includes an overview describing objectives, activities, assignments, assessments, and resources to provide multiple learning opportunities for students to master the content. |
| Instructional Strategies and Activities | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The course instruction includes activities that engage students in active learning. | Fully Met | Edgenuity courses offer a variety of ways for students to engage in the course and to develop and express their knowledge, including contemporary tools and media . |
| The course and course instructor provide students with multiple learning paths, based on student needs that engage students in a variety of ways. | Fully Met | Robust tools embedded in Edgenuity’s learning management system support teachers in individualizing the student learning experience and making appropriate modifications and accommodations for students. |
| The course provides opportunities for students to engage in higher-order thinking, critical reasoning activities and thinking in increasingly complex ways. | Fully Met | Students enrolled in Edgenuity courses are highly engaged and empowered as they move through multimedia, interactive activities designed to incorporate real-world relevance into course curriculum |
| The course provides options for the instructor to adapt learning activities to accommodate students’ needs. | Fully Met | Robust tools embedded in the learning management system support teachers in individualizing the student learning experience and making appropriate modifications and accommodations for students. |
| Readability levels, written language assignments and mathematical requirements are appropriate for the course content and grade-level expectations. | Fully Met | Readability levels are built into the course design and they also follow guidelines for text complexity as outlined in the Common Core. |
| Communication and Interaction | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The course design provides opportunities for appropriate instructor-student interaction, including opportunities for timely and frequent feedback about student progress. | Fully Met | Students interact with their teachers regularly. At the beginning of each course, the teacher establishes a schedule for synchronous instruction that includes tools such as live chat and whiteboard communication. |
| The course design includes explicit communication/activities (both before and during the first week of the course) that confirms whether students are engaged and are progressing through the course. The instructor will follow program guidelines to address non-responsive students. | Fully Met | At the beginning of each course, the teacher establishes a schedule for synchronous sessions. Robust tools ensure that all student progress is monitored regularly and any necessary adjustments are made by the teacher as needed. |
| The course provides opportunities for appropriate instructor-student and student-student interaction to foster mastery and application of the material. | Fully Met | Students interact regularly with teachers via live-chat, phone, text, or email. Students also engage in group discussions about lesson content. |
| Resources and Materials | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Students have access to resources that enrich the course content. | Fully Met | The student portal includes reference materials and tools for each course. Resources include: Toolbar, Translation Tool, Glossary and Lesson Transcripts, Captions, and Digital Notebook. |
| Evaluation Strategies | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Student evaluation strategies are consistent with course goals and objectives, are representative of the scope of the course and are clearly stated. | Fully Met | All assessment items are aligned to Edgenuity course content material and represent the breadth of content described in national and state standards.Objectives and assessment questions are written to match the cognitive level of the standards. |
| The course structure includes adequate and appropriate methods and procedures to assess students’ mastery of content. | Fully Met | Objectives and assessment questions are written to match the cognitive level of the standards. Students are assessed formally and informally throughout the course through formative, summative, interim, and diagnostic assessments.. |
| Feedback | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ongoing, varied, and frequent assessments are conducted throughout the course to inform instruction. | Fully Met | In addition to the formal assessments after lessons, units, and semesters, student mastery is viewed through completed projects, essays, or other assignments. |
| Assessment strategies and tools make the student continuously aware of his/her progress in class and mastery of the content. | Fully Met | Edgenuity’s student experience provides a variety of tools and procedures to allow students to self-monitor their progress. |
| Assessment Resources and Materials | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment materials provide the instructor with the flexibility to assess students in a variety of ways. | Fully Met | Assessments are randomly generated from an item bank, so that different students see different test forms. The item bank contains questions that span the full range of the Depth of Knowledge, and any given test form will include items at all levels. |
| Grading rubrics are provided to the instructor and may be shared with students. | Fully Met | Rubrics are provided for grading, and these rubrics can be shared with the student. Open-ended questions also contain sample student responses, to help teachers assess student work. |
| The grading policy and practices are easy to understand. | Fully Met | The grading policy and scale are included in the course syllabi. Individual assignments are scored based on a consistent, easy-to-understand percentage calculation. |
| Course Architecture | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The course architecture permits the online instructor to add content, activities and assessments to extend learning opportunities. | Fully Met | Edgenuity’s learning management system provides various options to individualize instruction for students with different learning needs, including struggling, on-track, and advanced students. |
| The course accommodates multiple school calendars; e.g., block, 4X4 and traditional schedules. | Fully Met | Districts can input their own school calendar(s), which automatically updates students' assignment calendars. |
| User Interface | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Clear and consistent navigation is present throughout the course. | Fully Met | Navigation is consistent and predictable, requiring almost no training. After viewing orientation videos, users need only to click on desired location. |
| Rich media are provided in multiple formats for ease of use and access in order to address diverse student needs. | Fully Met | The student experience is designed to engage students in the learning process through a completely online, multi-media environment with interactive animations, simulations, video-based presentations, online content, vocabulary development |
| Technology Requirements and Interoperability | Rating | Comments |
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| All technology requirements (including hardware, browser, software, etc...) are specified. | Fully Met | The operating system, processor speed, plug-ins and connection speed are all visible for students within the Student Organizer shown below. Students can check the status of all necessary plugins from this screen. |
| Prerequisite skills in the use of technology are identified. | Fully Met | No prerequisite technology skills are required. Students are only expected to have basic understanding of how to access the Internet and use a keyboard and mouse. |
| The course uses content-specific tools and software appropriately. | Fully Met | All online tools are built directly into Edgenuity’s learning management system and student portal. No separate download or installation is required. |
| The course is designed to meet internationally recognized interoperability standards. | Fully Met | Edgenuity is built on interoperable technical standards, and has successfully integrated instructional content, assignments, and activities with a variety of industry standard learning management systems. |
| Copyright and licensing status, including permission to share where applicable, is clearly stated and easily found. | Fully Met | All course materials are developed in compliance with copyright laws. |
| Accessibility | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Course materials and activities are designed to provide appropriate access to all students. The course, developed with universal design principles in mind, conforms to the U.S. Section 504 and Section 508 provisions for electronic and information technology as well as the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility guidelines (WCAg 2.0). | Fully Met | The online software conforms to the transitional HTML W3C recommendations. Additionally, Edgenuity courses include a variety of features to support accessibility, |
| Data Security | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Student information remains confidential, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). | Fully Met | Edgenuity makes every effort to comply with the Family Educational Right and Policy Act (FERPA). |
| Accessing Course Effectiveness | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The course provider uses multiple ways of assessing course effectiveness. | Fully Met | Edgenuity surveys, regular data pulls on assessment items, and outside reviewers. Edgenuity also works with select district partners to evaluate student performance on state and national assessments. |
| The course is evaluated using a continuous improvement cycle for effectiveness and the findings used as a basis for improvement. | Fully Met | Edgenuity evaluates courses on a three-year basis, using internal and external evaluation data to improve instruction and assessment. Additionally, courses are reviewed regularly by third party reviewers. |
| Course Updates | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The course is updated periodically to ensure that the content is current. | Fully Met | Core courses are updated approximately every three years. However, courses are monitored regularly to ensure that all content is current. Additionally, courses are reviewed regularly by third party reviewers. |
| Certification | Rating | Comments |
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| Course instructors, whether faceto-face or virtual, are certificated and “highly qualified.” The online course teacher possesses a teaching credential from a state-licensing agency and is “highly qualified” as defined under ESEA. | Fully Met | Edgenuity’s Instructors are highly qualified and Michigan certified in the corresponding subjects. |
| Instructor and Student Support | Rating | Comments |
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| Professional development about the online course delivery system is offered by the provider to assure effective use of the courseware and various instructional media available. | Fully Met | Edgenuity provides on-site, face-to-face training and/or webinars tailored to meet the precise needs of individuals and their roles in the implementation process. Training is provided both at the district and school level. |
| The course provider offers technical support and course management assistance to students, the course instructor, and the school coordinator. | Fully Met | Customer support is available to teachers, administrators, staff, and students by telephone, email, and chat. |
| Course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, have been provided professional development in the behavioral, social, and when necessary, emotional, aspects of the learning environment. | Fully Met | All Edgenuity teachers have taken the online course they are teaching and use the student experience to further implement successful strategies for online teaching. Teachers at school districts are provided with training. |
| Course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, receive instructor professional development, which includes the support and use of a variety of communication modes to stimulate student engagement online. | Fully Met | Teachers receive instructor professional development enabling them to interact regularly with students via live-chat, phone, text, or email. Teachers also facilitate group discussions about lesson content. |
| The provider assures that course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, are provided support, as needed, to ensure their effectiveness and success in meeting the needs of online students. | Fully Met | Training is provided both at the district and school level. . Additionally, Edgenuity offers online support and webinars to help educators to better serve the daily needs of their students. |
| Students are offered an orientation for taking an online course before starting the coursework. | Fully Met | Before the course begins, all students view an orientation video that prepares them for success. |
Review Conducted By: Berrien Springs Public Schools
Date of Review:
07/30/2014
Semester 1
• Week 1 : Greetings and Familiar Phrases
• Week 2 : School
• Week 3 : Descriptions Colors
• Week 4 : Countries and Nationalities Numbers 0-30
• Week 5 : Common Verbs 1
• Week 6 : Common regular and irregular verbs
• Week 7 : "Telling Time Prepositions"
• Week 8 : "Days, Months, Seasons Numbers 30-100"
• Week 9 : Midterm Review and Test
• Week 10 : Hobbies
• Week 11 : Food (part 1)
• Week 12 : Food (part 2)
• Week 13 : Family
• Week 14 : Places
• Week 15 : Animals
• Week 16 : Shopping
• Week 17 : Weather Expressions
• Week 18 : Final Review and Test
• Semester 2
• Week 1 : Professions
• Week 2 : Clothing
• Week 3 : At Home
• Week 4 : The Body
• Week 5 : Reflexive Verb List
• Week 6 : Cognates Numbers 1-1000
• Week 7 : On Vacation
• Week 8 : Telephone
• Week 9 : Midterm Review and Test
• Week 10 : Directions
• Week 11 : Transportation
• Week 12 : Medical Words
• Week 13 : Sports
• Week 14 : Outdoor Activities
• Week 15 : Travel
• Week 16 : Computers (part 1)
• Week 17 : Computers (part 2)
• Week 18 : Final Review and Test
| Term Type | Enrollment Opens | Enrollment Ends | Random Draw Date | Enrollment Drop Date | Course Starts | Course Ends | # of Seats | Course Fee | Potential Additional Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester | 08/01/2024 | 08/23/2024 | 09/02/2024 | 08/26/2024 | 01/17/2025 | 30 | $325 | $0 | |
| Semester | 01/02/2025 | 01/17/2025 | 01/28/2025 | 01/21/2025 | 06/04/2025 | 30 | $325 | $0 |
| Drop Policy | Completion Policy | Term Type | Enrollment Opens | Enrollment Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upon completion of the course, Berrien Springs Public Schools will award credit for the course for anyone with a grade D- or higher. This will be communicated back to the student's home district. Any student who does not complete the course will receive an F which will also be communicated back to the home district. | Semester | 08/01/2024 | 08/23/2024 | |
| Upon completion of the course, Berrien Springs Public Schools will award credit for the course for anyone with a grade D- or higher. This will be communicated back to the student's home district. Any student who does not complete the course will receive an F which will also be communicated back to the home district. | Semester | 01/02/2025 | 01/17/2025 |
Expect to work 5 hours per week on the course. Your teacher will communicate with you regularly through discussions, e-mail, chat, and system announcements. Through this communication with your teacher, you will monitor your progress through the course and improve your learning by reviewing material that was challenging for you.
| School Year | Enrollment Count | Pass Count | Completion Rate | Notes |
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| 19-20 | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| 18-19 | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | |
| 17-18 | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | |
| 16-17 | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | |
| 15-16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | None |
| 14-15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | None |
| 13-14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Students will need a computer with high speed internet access. Complete specifications can be found at http://www.edgenuity.com/Support/System-Requirements.