Case Study: Northeast Service Cooperative

Enrollment in online learning at the Northeast Service Cooperative in Minnesota has skyrocketed since the program began in 2004. The program enrollment for the first two years was less than 10 students, but now the Aventa program already has 300 students this school year.

 

"It’s only the third week of the school year," says James Pavlek, Director of Distance Learning. "Our enrollment numbers have increased so much. It’s amazing!"

 

The Northeast Service Cooperative uses the Aventa platform both for students looking to take accelerated classes and Credit Recovery students. The program has been successful for both groups because instruction can be customized for each student. Schools and teachers have come to embrace the program.

 

"Teachers and schools now see that online learning isn’t going away," says Pavlek. "They now see how it can supplement what they are doing in the classroom and help make students successful."

 

Among the success stories from students in the Aventa program, Pavlek remembers one mother, a public librarian, who called to thank him and the program for how it helped her daughter. She had tried many other programs for her daughter, but none had worked as well as online learning from Aventa. Her daughter is now in college.

 

"Here is this mother crying on the phone while people are waiting in line to check out their books," says Pavlek. "She was so grateful for the opportunity for her daughter. She said without it she wouldn’t have graduated."

 

Parents love that Aventa can be individualized for their child. Pavlek says that in addition to the great feedback he has received from teachers and parents, students have also demonstrated excellent success rates.