Contact Information:

Eric Apablasa Ed.D.
K12, Inc. / Aventa
Pacific Northwest Account Manager
Institutional Sales
P 360.808.2752
E eapablasa@k12.com
www.k12.com
http://aventalearning.com/

Description:

Aventa Learning is a leading provider of online curriculum and instruction. The company offers over 230 online courses, including core curriculum, electives, world languages, Advanced Placement, and credit recovery for students in grades 6-12. More than 1,700 schools, districts, and state education departments across the United States rely on Aventa to offer expanded educational opportunities to their students, help at-risk students succeed, and accommodate students unique scheduling needs. Aventa Learning's curriculum is aligned to Washington state standards and our highly-qualified, Washington-certified teachers provide instructional support to your students. Aventa Learning is accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, and is approved by OSPI's Digital Learning Department as a multidistrict online provider.

Delivery Options:

Aventa School: This is Aventa's complete solution for full-time or part-time online students taking any of our original credit courses. This delivery option includes hosting, courses and HQ state-certified instructors all provided by Aventa Learning. Aventa School courses are sold on a per student, per course, per semester basis and are available on an open enrollment basis. In other words, we do not have set course terms and students can move through our online courses at their own pace.

Mentor training for Aventa School is required. Training options may include web-based training, on-site training at each district, or your local ESD may host sometime in August.

Credit Recovery: This is Aventa's complete solution for students needing to make up credits using our specially designed credit recovery courses. This delivery option includes hosting, courses and HQ state-certified instructors all provided by Aventa Learning. Our credit recovery courses include pre-unit assessments that drive the content that students are required to complete, meaning they can test out of content that they already know. These courses also include several enhancements for students who have language challenges. Examples include icons to have the content read aloud (in English), reading levels adjusted one or two grade levels below course content, pre-teaching of vocabulary (English and Spanish) which can also be read aloud, and activities that feature non-linguistic representations graphic organizers, timelines, word webs, CLOZE activities, drag and drop responses, etc.

Credit Recovery courses are sold in blocks of 10 concurrent seat annual licenses. This means that districts may have up to 10 credit recovery course enrollments active at any given time during a 12-month period. As students complete their course(s), or if they are dropped from their course(s), those seats become available for another student or for the same student enrolled in another course. Each credit recovery course is the equivalent to a .5 credit or semester course. For example, Algebra I is made up of two semester courses: Algebra I A and Algebra I B.

Mentor training for Credit Recovery is required. Training options may include web-based training, on-site training at each district, or your local ESD may host sometime in August.

WLS and Aventa Learning can now offer the following prices throughout 2011-12:

Aventa Teacher-Led Courses

	Standard Rate	10.5% WLS Discount
Core/Electives/World Languages	$299	$267.61
Advanced Placement	$329	$294.46
(Aventa hosts, provides courses, support and HQ, WA certified teachers)

Credit Recovery Blocks

	Standard Rate	10.5% WLS Discount
10 Seat Blocks*	$2,000	$1,790
(Aventa hosts, provides courses, support and HQ, WA certified teachers)

*These are concurrent user seats: Once a student is dropped or has completed the course, the seat is then available for another student. The term shall be one year from the date of the purchase order.

Frequently Asked Questions (This will be updated periodically):

Q: How will we be invoiced?
    A: For courses, Aventa will invoice on a monthly basis based on actual course enrollments. For credit recovery, payment in full is expected within 30 days of invoice.

Q: If we need more courses than we originally ordered, will Aventa still honor the discounted price?
    A: Absolutely!

Q: If we don't use all of the courses we ordered this school year, do we lose them?
    A: No. Aventa will allow you to carry over any remaining courses through the next school year.

Mentor Training:

1. Onsite, live - This can be conducted at regional sites for cost sharing
2. Private/customized web
3. Generic web

This contract was a negotiated agreement and was not the result of a competitive bid process.