Georgia Cyber Academy
State Charter Schools Commission – Annual Performance Review
June 26, 2019
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 Successful Programs, Strategies, & Processes
implemented for the 2018-2019 School Year and Beyond

• Board employment of Head of School, CFO,
Faculty, and Staff* (*21 support positions still K12 Inc.)
• Enrollment Policy & Practices (full implementation)
• Engagement Policy & Flexibility (full implementation)
• Lower Student to Teacher Ratio

• Instructional Support Services Dept.
• Expanded Counseling Services
• Increased Professional Development
(Focused on Instruction, Assessments, Data, & Compliance)

• Family Success Liaisons

• Purchased & Implemented non-K12 Inc.
Add’l Curriculum and Remediation Supports
Gallopade, A-Z Learning, Wowzers, IXL, Lumos Learning, iReady, BrainPOP

• Monitored Assessment Practices
• Family Compliancy Team

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 Live Class Attendance
17/18 – 18/19 Increased Live Class Student Attendance

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 Year over Year Live Class Attendance Comparison
due to full implementation of the Board’s Class Engagement Policy
SY 1718 to SY 1819 Class Connect Attendance
1718

1819

100%
90%

84%

79%

80%

79%

88%

85%

84%

85%

83%

81%
67%

70%
60%
50%

43%

43%

45%

50%

55%

56%

56%

53%

63%

61%
53%

51%

40%

32%

30%

24%

22%

20%

11%

10%
0%
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 CCRPI Milestones Targets Met*

*based on pre-liminary Milestones data – waiting on summer re-test results
17/18 – 18/19 Growth Comparison

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 2019 CCRPI Milestones Target Met*:
3rd – 5th Target = 50.5
*based on pre-liminary data; not including summer results

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 2019 CCRPI Milestones Target Met*:
6th – 8th Target = 55.6
*based on pre-liminary data; not including summer results

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 CCRPI Milestones Target Met*:
9th – 12th Target = 52.3
*based on pre-liminary data; not including summer results

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 Georgia Pre-liminary Milestones
Comparison Data
17/18 to 18/19 Change

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 GA Milestones Year over Year Comparison Data*
*based on pre-liminary data; not including summer results

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 GA Milestones Year over Year Comparison Data*

*based on pre-liminary data; not including summer results

#GeorgiaCyberAcademy  

@GaCyberAcademy

 GA Milestones Year over Year Comparison Data*
*based on pre-liminary data; not including summer results

#GeorgiaCyberAcademy  

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 GA Milestones Year over Year Comparison Data*

*based on pre-liminary data; not including summer results

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 2019-2020 School Year Initiatives
• Replace K12 Inc. Curriculum with greater
aligned products
• Add Supplementary Curriculum for Core
Subjects as additional teacher resources
• Add Reinforcement/Remediation Tools
• Replace Benchmark Testing
• Add Writing Assessments
• Add Social/Emotional Curriculum
• Add Computer & Technology Electives
(Middle and Elementary Grade Bands)

• Add a Tutoring Program

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Add Behavior Specialists
Add a WBL/YAP Program
Add Graduation Coaches
Replace K12 Inc. LMS (Learning Management System)
Replace K12 Inc. Live Class Delivery Platform
Increase MKV Liaisons
Upgrade Student Computers (initiate roll-out)
Upgrade Teacher Computers (new vendor)
(majority in
Add additional 60+ staff members

SE, Counseling, WBL/YAP Program, and RTI/MTSS)

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