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	Syllabus provided to students upon enrollment with standard alignment.
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 content and assignments are of sufficient rigor, depth and breadth to teach the standards being addressed.	Fully Met	Objectives are fully met.
Information literacy and communication skills are incorporated and taught as an integral part of the curriculum.	Fully Met
Multiple learning resources and materials to increase student success are available to students before the course begins.	Fully Met	Students view tutorials in video, audio, and text format to assist in the creation of business documents

Course Overview and Introduction	Rating	Comments
Clear, complete course overview and syllabus are included in the course.	Fully Met	Syllabus provided to students upon enrollment. Units have specific objectives.
Course requirements are consistent with course goals, are representative of the scope of the course and are clearly stated.	Fully Met
Information is provided to students, parents and mentors on how to communicate with the online instructor and course provider.	Fully Met	Syllabus is provided to students, parents, and mentor which includes email and a telephone number to reach the online instructor and course provider.

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
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	All policies are presented, reviewed and signed with student at enrollment.
Privacy policies are clearly stated.	Fully Met	Privacy policy is presented, reviewed and signed with student at enrollment.

Instructor Resources	Rating	Comments
Online instructor resources and notes are included.	Fully Met	Resources are available for students in the software program and teachers upload notes in individual assignments.
Assessment and assignment answers and explanations are included.	Fully Met

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	There are a variety of materials to expose students to 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	Videos can be viewed within lesson, downloaded for offline viewing, and offer closed captioning for students. Lessons are available in both audio format or type-written on the screen.

Instructional Strategies and Activities	Rating	Comments
The course instruction includes activities that engage students in active learning.	Fully Met	Written response and discussion questions allow students to be actively engaged.
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	Course provides a learning path that includes both short answer and and multiple choice questions.
The course provides opportunities for students to engage in higher-order thinking, critical reasoning activities and thinking in increasingly complex ways.	Fully Met
The course provides options for the instructor to adapt learning activities to accommodate students’ needs.	Fully Met	Students have access to translator, dictionary, reader tools, notebook etc. Instructor can also upload their own documents for modification.
Readability levels, written language assignments and mathematical requirements are appropriate for the course content and grade-level expectations.	Fully Met

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 can interact with their instructor via phone, email, text, instant message, and/or video message.
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	Policy states that students will communicate with their instructor multiple times during a week to ensure engagement and learning within the course.
The course provides opportunities for appropriate instructor-student and student-student interaction to foster mastery and application of the material.	Fully Met	Teacher/student interaction available through Schoology and Plato. Student/student interaction available through Schoology.

Resources and Materials	Rating	Comments
Students have access to resources that enrich the course content.	Fully Met	Students apply skills learned in creating documents and spreadsheets

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
The course structure includes adequate and appropriate methods and procedures to assess students’ mastery of content.	Fully Met

Feedback	Rating	Comments
Ongoing, varied, and frequent assessments are conducted throughout the course to inform instruction.	Fully Met
Assessment strategies and tools make the student continuously aware of his/her progress in class and mastery of the content.	Fully Met

Assessment Resources and Materials	Rating	Comments
Assessment materials provide the instructor with the flexibility to assess students in a variety of ways.	Fully Met	Short answer, quizzes and mastery tests allow instructors to assess students understanding.
Grading rubrics are provided to the instructor and may be shared with students.	Fully Met	Student written responses include a grading rubric at start of assignment.
The grading policy and practices are easy to understand.	Fully Met	Students are able to see a progress report.

Course Architecture	Rating	Comments
The course architecture permits the online instructor to add content, activities and assessments to extend learning opportunities.	Fully Met	Teachers are able to add projects, outside links, etc. to course materials.
The course accommodates multiple school calendars; e.g., block, 4X4 and traditional schedules.	Fully Met	Courseware is available at any time.

User Interface	Rating	Comments
Clear and consistent navigation is present throughout the course.	Fully Met
Rich media are provided in multiple formats for ease of use and access in order to address diverse student needs.	Fully Met

Technology Requirements and Interoperability	Rating	Comments
All technology requirements (including hardware, browser, software, etc...) are specified.	Fully Met
Prerequisite skills in the use of technology are identified.	Fully Met
The course uses content-specific tools and software appropriately.	Fully Met
The course is designed to meet internationally recognized interoperability standards.	Fully Met
Copyright and licensing status, including permission to share where applicable, is clearly stated and easily found.	Fully Met

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

Data Security	Rating	Comments
Student information remains confidential, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).	Fully Met	Student work is kept confidential within the school database system and courseware.

Accessing Course Effectiveness	Rating	Comments
The course provider uses multiple ways of assessing course effectiveness.	Fully Met
The course is evaluated using a continuous improvement cycle for effectiveness and the findings used as a basis for improvement.	Fully Met	The course is evaluated for effectiveness by provider and software developer continuously.

Course Updates	Rating	Comments
The course is updated periodically to ensure that the content is current.	Fully Met

Certification	Rating	Comments
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

Instructor and Student Support	Rating	Comments
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
The course provider offers technical support and course management assistance to students, the course instructor, and the school coordinator.	Fully Met	Support is available from the course provider as well as the school.
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 staff attend ongoing professional development sessions throughout the year to remain current with students and families needs.
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
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
Students are offered an orientation for taking an online course before starting the coursework.	Fully Met	This is provided with the program itself.