Southlands Schools Online Information Booklet

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Why SOUTHLANDS SCHOOLS ONLINE

Southlands Schools Online is built around a viable and solid curriculum delivering a flexible, certified, and exceptional education to students in a non-traditional environment.

We offer more than 200 courses from Kindergarten through High School, including all academic levels, from core classes to honors and AP* to world languages, with a diverse catalog of electives.

Schools and districts have learned to trust and rely on Southlands Schools Online to solve some of their most difficult challenges, large or small.

Our top-rated educATORS Our team of credentialed teachers supports and teaches across all subjects and all levels. When it comes to providing academic solutions, Southlands Schools Online teachers are a reliable and professional resource.

Our credentialed and compassionate academic team provides personalized instruction, live lessons, one-on-one tutoring, assignment review, grading, and most importantly, support for both student and parent.

Additionally, we accept all partnerships from one student, one district to multiple students across districts, state-wide or world-wide.

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.

-Clay P. Bedford

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.”

-Marian Wright Edelman

Each school or district faces challenges both unique and universal. Do you struggle with any of these or other challenges?

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NEED ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

We all face challenges related to meeting the needs of today’s students. Southlands Schools Online can provide a comprehensive solution to these challenges with experts in the field of administration, business development, student achievement, and academic support. Our team has a commitment to work with each partner in supporting and guaranteeing their success.

Summer school options Diverse student populations Course selections STEAM courses Career education Online and blended courses Credit recovery U-PATHWAYS Gifted & Honors program Credentialed teachers Range of course levels World language options Technology course selections Electives Limited budgets Overcrowded classrooms Graduation rate

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OUR SOLUTIONS

The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.

-Jean Piaget

A partnership with Southlands Schools Online offers schools and districts the opportunity to alleviate and mitigate these often-overwhelming challenges. Our team is committed to implementing and fostering a strong and successful relationship with each partner.

Course Offerings

Credentialed Teachers

Overcrowding

Virtual Education

All kinds of students yearn to master a wide array of different kinds of subjects. Schools can struggle with offering courses for each unique student need but with a partnership with our school, you don’t have to struggle any longer. We provide over 200 courses for students from Kindergarten thru High School.

While overcrowding exists in many schools and districts, providing an online education option is an excellent resource and solution for growing schools. Students can enjoy the same academic resources available at their existing school and receive one-on-one support and academics with all our courses.

Hiring the best, brightest, and credentialed teachers can be daunting but our team helps take on this task. Each of our courses is taught by credentialed teachers who are incredibly talented, compassionate, and subject-matter experts.

Are there students in your district or community who need a distance education option because of their inability to physically attend classes? A partnership with us allows you to expand to reach these students with our solid curriculum for all grades.

Accreditation

Our school is an official Cognia Accreditation candidate. This distinction, ensures that courses taught through our school will be transferable and recognizable by other institutions all around the world.

Summer Courses

We offer a robust list of courses available throughout the summer including credit recovery, core, technology, part-time, and full-time. Don’t overlook summer course additions to continue to serve the needs of your students.

Full-time and Part-time Enrollment

Students can enroll in either full or part-time courses and appropriate transcripts and information are provided upon completion.**

U.S. Diploma

Many international schools seek a partnership with Southlands Schools Online to provide their students with a U.S. diploma. As an online school, students who enroll through us can earn their diploma after meeting the specified graduation credits.

Blended Courses

Traditional brick-and-mortar schools are moving more and more to blended learning models by providing access to online courses for their students. Our courses are available on an easy-to-use platform.

STEAM

Our comprehensive list of STEAM specific courses allows students to better prepare for 21st-century education. These courses are focused on technology, engineering, the arts, and math and can be integrated into an online, blended, or traditional classroom.

Career Education

We offer 16+ career academy focused strands of courses including courses specific to marketing, manufacturing, health science, business management, technology, entrepreneurial skills, agriculture, hospitality, business, law and others.

Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.

-Anonymous

No Minimum Requirement

Seamless Integration

World Languages

Technology Courses

Parent Support

Student Connections

Credit Recovery

U-PATHWAYS

Gifted & Honors Program

Graduation Rate

A partnership with Southland Schools Online does not require any minimum subscriber amount. Our partnerships range from a few students in one course to complete online and blended integration across multiple schools.

Providing your students with numerous world language options has become increasingly important. Through a Southlands Schools Online partnership, we provide 7 world language options including all core, comprehensive, honors, and AP levels, which provide the language content and language teaching experts.

Our credentialed teachers and highly qualified administrative staff are involved in every step of the process from start to finish, so that parents and guardians are given the necessary support to make well-informed decisions, and guide their students through a successful online academic year.

If you have students at risk of falling behind, failing, not advancing, or graduating with their class, our wide range of credit recovery courses are available throughout the year.

Meeting the needs of a gifted or advanced learner can be satisfied through the selection of any of our numerous advanced courses that allow the opportunity to explore the in-depth, rigorous study of any selected field.

Choosing the right partner and seamless integration into your existing school and platform are integral for academic success.

Our team works with each partner in establishing schedules, delivery dates, access points, and training.

Programming, Introduction to Computer Programming, Programming Logic, Digital Arts, and Web Design are only a few of the technology courses we provide. We help your school expand your technology course options without limitations to content or teacher support.

Students involved through a Southlands Schools Online partnership are provided opportunities to connect, meet, and nurture new friendships with other online or blended students. Our team of teachers hosts numerous physical Meet Ups as well as virtual opportunities to learn, have fun, and meet fellow students.

Setting a career-oriented learner onto the right path early with our selection of U-PATHWAYS courses that allow the opportunity to become certified in a specialized field of interest.

Our credentialed teachers work with students one-on-one and foster the additional support required to keep students making progress through content and academic success.

a name you can trust we can help you:

Increase and retain students Expand services Provide more courses Decrease student to teacher ratio UC Approved Courses meets A-G requirements eligible to apply to UCs, Cal States, & many other colleges & universities

we will provide you: Seamless integration Rigorous Curriculum A dedicated support team Credentialed, highly-qualified teachers Numerous course offerings No minimum student enrollment requirement

“Develop a passion for learning.

If you do, you will never cease to grow.“ -Anthony J. D’Angelo