| Organization |
| 1. Leadership | The
leadership of ACDE shall be appointed by the North American Division (NAD) Office
of Education |
| 2. Membership | Any
NAD accredited institution may join the consortium and offer courses through the
consortium provided the consortium content and delivery standards are met. |
| Accreditation |
| 1. School | Schools
offering credit shall be NAD accredited for the courses they are offering. |
| 2. Teacher | Teachers
of a course shall be NAD certified in the subjects they are instructing. |
| 3. Non-Accredited | TAGeducation
will maintain a listing of courses that are available for no credit. |
| Procedures |
| 1. Registration | Students
may register for courses through any consortium school that is providing credit;
non-accredited courses will be registered through the entity providing the course. |
| 2. Credit | Credit
will be given by the school in which the student is enrolled, not by the school
that delivers the course. All courses available through ACDE will have passed
the content and delivery standards for NAD credit. Schools will need to approve
the offering of courses through the secondary credit review of their Union. |
| 3. Student Financial | All
ACDE secondary students shall prepay expenses or setup credit card deductions
for monthly payments through the school in which the student is enrolled. TAGeducation
will facilitate the credit card transactions for all consortium schools. School
will determine the final cost for courses offered to students they enroll. |
| 4. School Financial | Each
institution delivering courses will determine the per-student charge to the consortium
school offering credit for the course. Consortium schools may negotiate the trading
of instructional time as they see fit. |
| 5.
Technology | Any communication method
may used to deliver instruction as long as it meets the consortium delivery and
content standards. |
| Curriculum |
| 1. Content Standards | Course
content must satisfy the NAD curriculum guide for the subject taught. |
| 2. Delivery Standards | Course
delivery must satisfy the ACDE delivery standards as approved by AVLL (Adventist
Virtual Learning Laboratory) |
| 3.
Teacher Training | Teachers delivering
or designing courses for consortium use, must complete: 1) A delivery technology
program for the presentation method they are using, and 2) An online instructional
training program. |
| 4. Course
Listing | TAGeducation will maintain
a listing of all courses available through the consortium. |
| Assessment |
| 1. Course | Courses
will be approved for consortium use by a peer review which will be coordinated
by the leadership of ACDE. |
| 2.
Teacher | Opportunity will be given
to evaluate the teacher presenting each course. Reviews will be available through
TAGeducation. |
| 3. Design | Opportunity
will be given to evaluate the design of the courses. Reviews will be available
through TAGeducation. |