SERVING ALASKA STUDENTS ONLINE LEARNING NEEDS:
The Alaska Digital Academy (AkDA) is the course delivery system the serves Alaska students high quality, standards-based courses with certified teachers. Students who enroll in AkDA courses are expected to complete daily assignments, meet the course calendar expectations and meet continually with their assigned online teachers though face-to-face meetings, online Zoom sessions, email correspondence, or phone consultations.
ONLINE DOCUMENTS
WHO ARE WE?
In the summer of 2014, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District was awarded the "Digital Teaching Initiative Grant" to start the Alaska Digital Academy. The intention of the newly founded Alaska Digital Academy is to deliver high quality interactive distance courses to Alaskan middle and high school students. Together with the school districts from Craig, Annette Island, Klawock, Hydaburg, and Southeast Island the Alaska Digital Academy hopes to offer increased opportunities for our students through an Enriched Virtual instruction model.
This site provides a SCALABLE online portal to high-quality interactive courses for middle and high school students taught by experienced, highly qualified teachers who are proficient in distance technology and who understand alternative forms of education. It was designed to serve students statewide. Through the Digital Academy students will have access to teachers throughout the school day, after school hours, and when school is not in session. Using Individualized Learning Plans, assessments and the Alaska State Standards educators will customize learning to fit each student.
Click here to view the Digital Teaching Initiative's collaborative presentation at the Alaska Association of School Board's Experienced Board Member Academy.
The Alaska Digital Academy (AKDA) provides an online enrollment portal to high quality interactive courses for middle and high school students. These courses are taught by highly qualified teachers who are proficient in distance technology and who understand alternative forms of education. Students will have access to teachers throughout the school day, after school hours, and when school is not in session. Students will regularly demonstrate mastery through performance-based assessments, assessments during the unit or course, and end-of-unit or -course assessments. Educators will use student assessment results to support interventions that increase student success.