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AISD PODCAST IS BACK FOR SEASON THREE Aldine ISD is moving a new way forward, and we want to keep you in the loop! Aldine ISD Chief of Staff, Sheleah D. Reed, APR, is back with Season 3 of All the Things: The Aldine ISD Podcast. Each episode will feature a new topic, bringing in district leaders, students, staff, and parents to provide insight and discuss the choices and opportunities available for students in Aldine. The Aldine ISD Podcast is available on all podcast platforms, like Apple Podcasts and Spotify or aldineisd.org/podcast .

SEASON THREE

ONLINE LEARNING IS HELPING CURVE A PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS, PROVIDING CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES

The effects of an impromptu switch from traditional in-class learning to on line learning during the pandemic led to many Aldine ISD students falling behind in class, which led to the loss of credits and the jeopardy of graduating on time. However, unconventional difficulties call for unconventional solutions, and online credit recovery has been inno vative in giving Aldine students an op portunity for choices. Spearheaded by Shanaya Anderson, the online learning department created an easier way for students to regain credits they may not have earned in a traditional classroom. “Online learning is placed across all high school campuses. Students are placed in a lab and work on a course to regain credit. The course is designed to cover all of the content for a particular class, and the student is able to work on the course at their own pace, which allows them to work on more than one class.” said Anderson when asked how the process of online credit recovery works. This past school year, numbers showed an increase in success with online credit recovery since the spring of 2020, when Aldine saw a drop in the recovery completion, going from 46 percent to 86 percent, with nearly 12.000 students earning half credits this past year. The online alternative allows students to

balance school and personal lives by giving them choices and opportunities. The students who are enrolled in the program have access to work 24 hours a day. The open availability helps AISD students that might work nights get ahead and also serves as an introduc tion to college since the coursework is offered online. Also, of the neighboring districts, Aldine offers the most labs, providing students that are enrolled in the program for the initial course credit an opportunity to catch up. Those stu dents will also have a lab teacher and a virtual teacher. Anderson and her team go above and beyond to ensure the students enrolled in the program are served correctly by “searching for teachers that are moti vators, and that come with a coaching mentality.” When asked about Anderson and the online learning department, Chief Aca demic Officer Dr. Todd Davis spoke very highly of her and what the department does for Aldine students. “She flies under the radar, but she has a huge impact, and sometimes the program doesn’t get the recognition it deserves,” Dr. Davis said. “Online learning saves the students from not falling off the tracks. They are designing the structure and providing all the

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support to help get students over the hump within the program.” Students can register for the credit recovery program by contacting

their counselors at their re spective campuses. Click here for more informa tion on the online learning depart ment and its vision.

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