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District staff say virtual academy contract now includes added special-education and tech supports

Curriculum, Instruction and Technology (CIT) Committee, Unionville-Chadds Ford SD · August 1, 2024
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Summary

Supervisor Shannon Brown told the committee that the district’s virtual academy agreement now embeds formerly optional supports — a special-education liaison and tech support — to ease transitions and IEP coordination; last year enrollment was 42 and initial registration this year is about 25. The full board will consider ratification next Monday.

Shannon Brown, supervisor of Secondary Special Education and Online Learning, briefed the CIT committee on changes to the district’s agreement with its virtual academy provider (referred to in the meeting as BVA/UCF VA) and said the contract this year includes additional supports previously optional.

Brown told the committee those added items include a special-education liaison assigned to the district to help coordinate IEP transitions and supports for students enrolled in the academy, and extended technical support tied to the provider’s learning-management tools. "They also provide tech support now," Brown said, adding the provider’s staff can help with software, logins and connectivity issues while district tech staff handle local-device and firewall matters.

Brown said the district continues to provide direct special-education services (speech, occupational therapy, direct instruction) while using the provider liaison to coordinate access and accommodations. She reported 42 students participated in the virtual academy last year and that enrollment registration opened today with roughly 25 students so far. Brown also described synchronous-instruction options for elementary and middle-school students and curriculum-based field trips the provider offered for elementary participants.

Mister Audubard said the agreement will be on the full board agenda for approval at the next regular board meeting; no formal vote took place at this CIT meeting.

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