ACCESS

The Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) program has a very informational and helpful website. It has a great deal of information about the Plan and Implementation of the program. It also is very informative about how the current sites are successful and the plans for expansion that should eventually include all high schools in the state of AL. The Courses link allows parents and students to see what classes are available and there is also a link that allows them to register for those classes with approval. There are links for educators and parents to read or download more information about the program and ways to contact people if they have questions. The resources link provides forms, presentations, brochures, and reports for people that are interested. They even have documents that provide information about the success rate of the Access sites that are already using this program in the External evaluation reports. The ACCESS PowerPoint presentation breaks down the concept and plans for this program. It explains the problems that students are facing and how ACCESS will give rural and low-income schools the same opportunities that other schools have. It explains that current teachers will be trained to use the web-based and Interactive Video Courses (IVC)and how this will take place. It gives details about what is expected from these "E-teachers" and some of the plans for Phase I and Phase II.

This site was very interesting to me. It gives a great deal of information about ACCESS and explains the expectations and successes of the program. It is setup in a great format for parents, students, and teachers to find information and has great documents for those interested in learning more about it. I think this is a wonderful program and it is going to provide many more opportunities to students that need them.