ICS Total Distance Learning Program
Many ways to Learn and Engage in Learning and school work!
Innovations Charter School of West Orlando has implemented the TOTAL Distance Learning Program.
Your child has many ways to learn, engage in activities, and progress in their daily school work and progress in their school year 2019-2020 learning goals and middle school promotion.
Edmentum/Plato Virtual Coursework
All students have been assigned their cores subjects in this online platform (these are the subjects that were being taught by teachers in the classrooms when we were open prior to COVID-19 closure).
New grade level courses been assigned on Edmentum/Plato in addition to their credit recovery needs and/or Fast Track Promotion plans. . All Innovations students have knowledge and experience working with Edmentum/Plato as it is used in our learning labs during school hours all year.
When a student needs assistance in Edmentum/Plato, the following teachers have been assigned to assist, reset, correct, support and offer assistance in each subject area:
Mr. Joy- Science Grades 6-9
Ms. Brownyard- Language Arts 6-8, ICS Writing Course 6-9 and English I Grade 9
Mr. Rodriguez- History/Social Studies Grades 6-9
Mr. Allen- Math Grades 6-8 and Algebra Grade 9
Ms. Osuna- All subjects- Tutoring, student and ESE support
Ms. Lillian- Hope A and Hope B- All subjects- Rosetta Stone, Tutoring and ESOL support.
Mr. Rasheed- Social Issues Elective, Mental Health Support
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Google Classroom and Innovations Charter School
Google Classroom- Each Teacher has created a Google Classroom. Each Innovations Student has been invited to their appropriate grade level course subject classrooms. These invites came via the Edmentum/Plato messaging system. The students were each assigned a google email for the purpose of Google Classrooms. This email enables them to sign in to google classroom and join the virtual classrooms.
Innovations Students have a google email set up as follows:
User Name: StudentID @imscharter.org
Password: StudentID.
Each day in this virtual classroom the student has the opportunity to participate in bell work, daily discussions, alternative and supplemental assignments, Edmentum/Plato support and live chat and phone with their teachers.
Videos of Lessons are uploaded to these classes by your teachers.
Participation is expected daily.
You can access google classrooms from any device, even a phone.
Alternative and Supplemental Work Packets
Alternative and Supplemental Work Packets- If you have limited internet access and would like to supplement or support the learning online, there are work packets for each grade level and course.
Packets must be picked up and dropped off weekly. We can email them to you and you can scan, drop in US mail or email them. Packets must be requested via the ICS Survey and by calling or emailing Mr. Rasheed at arasheed@imscharter.org, or call him on his school cell phone at 407-244-0981. These packets will need to be done every 2 weeks.
These packets can be downloaded beginning on Monday April 6, 2020, from the official Innovations Charter School of West Orlando Google Classroom. Join us on line!
Mindplay.com New Reading Program!
Mindplay.com is our NEW and INTERACTIVE READING PROGRAM! Join US everyday online!
Students should practice the program for 60 minutes a day.
It is interactive and interesting for our students.
"MindPlay programs appeal to multiple learning styles, identify individual student needs, and differentiate instruction with customized lesson plans. Students are assigned only the lessons required to fill in gaps in their overall skills".
Call the school for log in information. Information will be shared with your children via the Edmentum/Plato messaging system.
Call Mr. Rasheed's school cell at 407-244-0981 (8:00 -5:00)
Call Ms.White school cell at 407-494-9841 (8:00- 2:00)
School Phone 407-440-2846 (9:00- 2:00), leave a message after hours.
Please encourage them to log in and READ daily.
https://mindplay.com/about-us/
About Us
Home of The Fast Track Program!
Innovations Charter School's VISION is to create a small school learning community with focused and differentiated instruction. In this environment, all students are valued and accepted for who they are and encouraged to strive toward academic excellence with individual progressive student learning plans. The FOCUS of Innovations Charter School is on the individual student's needs. Success for the student must include academics, social and life skills, coping and interpersonal skills, organization, communication, and study skills. The students are provided with an engaging and challenging curriculum to promote academic performance, increase self-esteem, and build social and civic responsibility. This is all done in an atmosphere that promotes a common sense approach to education by offering individualized, tailored, and personalized STUDENT LEARNING PLANS.
Flexible Schedule to fit your needs!
If your child is behind their original graduation class or has been retained and would like the opportunity to 'earn their way' back to their CORRECT GRADE LEVEL, then Fast Track is the answer. The Fast Track Program Model is for those students who wish to earn their way into their right grade, accelerate with independent learning, AP classes, or Florida Virtual School. The Fast Track Program has certified instructors and lab facilitators who assist each student with their self-paced coursework. This lab has tutors and small group instruction for students to learn the concepts and complete the online coursework. The tutors are especially important for reading and math courses.
Specialized Curriculum
We use comprehensive curriculum based on the common core standards by offering not only direct in-class instruction but also Hybrid Curriculum Model lab instruction and practice online web portals for student success. We have in house tutors in Math and Reading.