A successful online program must engage students, involve parents, teach effectively, assess performance online, and manage every aspect of the student's learning cycle. This is exactly what the iTEAM approach provides. It consolidates a wealth of hands-on experience into five strategic, clear-cut goals.
Involve Parents:
- Kaplan's iTEAM program is specifically designed to encourage parental involvement.
- Parents and students can log in to our Student Information System to access orientation tutorials, contact teachers, review daily updates and grade reports.
Teach Effectively:
- iTEAM combines the benefit of independent, self-paced learning with live communication and a sense of classroom community to ensure results.
Engage Students:
- iTEAM's online curriculum resonates powerfully with today's media-savvy students through information that is rich, engaging and highly interactive.
- Our content in over 95 comprehensive courses is continuously enhanced with ongoing research and refinement to remain relevant.
Assess Performance:
- Formative assessments, such as quizzes, activities and assignments, are embedded within courses to measure student acquisition of course objectives.
- Summative assessments in the form of Unit and Semester Exams measure overall student understanding of course objectives and content standards.
Manage Proactively:
- iTEAM allows teachers to proactively manage every student's experience through each stage of the virtual learning lifecycle.
- The User Activity report reveals how each student spends his/her time, this helps teachers quickly spot problem areas or identify which students need more help.
- The Weekly Planner shows students exactly where they are within any given course, and what is expected of them during the coming week.
- In the "What's New" section, teachers can quickly see which students have submitted discussion postings, completed quizzes, or submitted assignments or grading.
