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DL Proxy Hours in Minnesota ABE: Everything you ever wanted to know

Minnesota ABE DL ToolkitSlide2

Outline

What are DL proxy hours?

How are DL proxy hours determined?

What is included in DL proxy hours?

How are DL proxy hours entered into MABE/MARCS?Slide3

What are DL proxy hours?Proxy hours are the means through which DL hours

outside

the classroom are counted for funding purposes.

Once proxy hours are earned and entered into MABE or MARCS, they generate the same contact-hour rate as in-class instructional hours.

Time spent in class on DL platform work

cannot

be included as proxy hour time.Slide4

How are DL proxy hours determined?

Proxy hours are calculated for DL platforms approved by the MDE ABE office, as recommended by the Virtual Task Force.

The

allowable

proxy hours for each DL platform are determined through a rigorous process including publisher recommendations, ABE professional experience with each platform, and observations of ABE students completing the DL lessons.

The Virtual Task Force periodically reviews proxy hours for each platform, and makes any needed adjustments.Slide5

What is included in DL proxy hours?

The

average

amount of time it takes a number of ABE students to complete DL lessons is calculated.

Time is

adjusted

to include time for teachers to handle email and phone conversations with learners using the platform.

Proxy hours do

not

include in-person time with students, such as initial intake and pre- and post-testing for NRS purposes. Slide6

Data Entry for DLMABE

MARCSSlide7

Creating DL Classes in MABE and MARCS: Details

One

class for documenting the

proxy

hours

Another class for

documenting

contact hours

for when you meet with learners in-person to check-in,

per- and post-test, train

them on software etc.

(Or in

MABE

you can enter contact time individually as “contact time” under “student

times.)Slide8

When creating the class for the proxy hours

, make sure

you:

Include the word “Proxy” and the title of the DL program

/ software

in the name of the class.

Create it as the “class type” Distance Learning.

We like to give a large window of time that the class “meets” in order to put big chunks of proxy hours.

Creating DL Classes in

MABE Slide9

Taking Attendance for DL Proxy hour classes in MABE

To take attendance for proxy hours – type in the total number of hours in the box.

Then click save.Slide10

Taking Attendance for DL Contact hour (not proxy hours) classes in MABE

For the class that will log the

contact hours

for meeting/check in times

Name the class something obvious.

Choose “class type” of Lab.

Take attendance the same as for proxy hour classes.

. Slide11

Taking Attendance for DL Contact hour

(not proxy hours

) classes

in MABE

***An alternative for recording contact hours associated with DL learners you can enter the time individually using the “student times” feature on a student page. This alternative does not require that you schedule the learners into a class for recording the contact times.

Choose “contact”

Enter date and actual start and end time

Enter a comment (optional)Slide12

Creating DL Classes in MARCS

Two important steps

The naming of the class is very important – see the

MARCS

handbook for details.

When you add a student to a class, mark the

Program Type

field for each class with

Distance Education

(tech manual pg 39)Slide13

Entering Attendance in MARCS

Detailed instructions in the MARCS Tech Manual pages 39-40

Enter proxy hours in the class with “Proxy” in the title

Enter contact with teacher (meeting/checking in) time in the class

withOUT

“proxy” in the title.Slide14

Questions?See

www.mnabe_distancelearning/

Email thysom@real-time.comSlide15

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