About us
MoVIP offers virtual online courses for students statewide. Students can take an entire course from any Internet-connected computer, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. MoVIP is a K-12 program.
MoVIP's mission is to offer Missouri students equal access to a wide range of high quality courses, flexibility in scheduling, and interactive online learning that is neither time nor place dependent.
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the State Board of Education oversee administration and quality assurance activities such as related content and delivery of courses. The University of Missouri’s eMINTS National Center provides day-to-day operational support for MoVIP including the hiring of all MoVIP staff members and the selection of courses.
Why virtual instruction?
The Missouri Virtual Instruction Program (MoVIP) offers online courses for K-12 students statewide. Missouri-certified teachers facilitate courses available via any Internet-connected computer. MoVIP provides Missouri students with equal access to a wide range of coursework, anywhere, any time.
MoVIP allows Missouri to
- Expand the range of courses and opportunities offered to students
- Offer courses for students where there are no qualified teachers to teach the course
- Allow students to take a course not offered because there are not enough students to assign a teacher to teach the course at the school district
- Provide courses for students who have schedules that prevent them from taking a course when it is offered
- Present high quality instruction to students who are in alternative education settings or on home and hospital instruction
- Provide additional support and extended time to students who failed to achieve in regular courses
- Provides equity across programs and school in the quality of instruction MoVIP offers “any time, any place” learning for Missouri students
Program evaluation
The external evaluator team,TA Consulting, present formative evaluation results and recommendations for improvement based on the first year of operation (2007-2008) of Missouri’s K- 12 Virtual Instructional Program (MoVIP).
Download 2007-2008 MoVIP evaluation report (PDF 492 KB) ....
History
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Advisory Board
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