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(From Joanna and Rich, Center Grove School Corporation) What kind of policies need to be in place to support an effective and sustainable online program? What items should be included in an MOU for teacher agreements? What do PUBLIC schools need to know about virtual schooling that may or may not impact charter schools? How do we address class sizes and revolving doors to promote higher-order, inquiry-based learning in online? How do we evaluate "engaging students" as part of teacher evaluations? What strategies should we employ to engage our online learners?
 * BURNING QUESTIONS**

__**Key Questions after "Planning" Discussion (Table by Table)**__
 * ===What is the cost of the program going to be? Short term and Long term. Where do you get the money?===
 * What is the most cost effective platform?
 * Where do we start?
 * Should we purchase or develop our own content? Course management system?
 * How do we evaluate success? Success measures?
 * How do you build an eLearning environment/program without putting it all on the teacher? (Shouldn't we evaluate what we have first?) Needs Assessment.
 * How do you get the buy in from the teacher? And it not being a burden?
 * (We have a great garage, but lousy drivers)
 * What is it best to spend your money on? Shouldn't it be the training of teachers?