What Schools Get for Their GenYES Investment
A GenYES site license means you get everything you need to make your program a success.
Each GenYES school site license includes the following:
- Teacher Training & Support - Hands-on training and unlimited support for the GenYES Advisor to ensure program success.
- GenYES Implementation Guide - How to plan, implement and teach GenYES. Curriculum planning, managing the project-based classroom, tips & tricks, and more.
- Curriculum & Classroom Resources - Fully developed lesson plans with activities, virtual handouts, and resources to help you start and sustain a GenYES program. Online and reproducible student materials, videos, and resources for administrators, parents and staff.
- Online Support Tools - Student help desk, class blog, project management and reporting tools, access to collaboration network, mentoring and coaching, program assessment and reporting tools.
- Generation YES support staff - Unlimited access to experienced GenYES teachers and support staff who invented the GenYES model. Toll free phone support for all program and technical issues.
- Free Student Email - Every GenYES school receives a free Gaggle.net school subscription. Includes teacher controlled student email accounts, school-friendly administrative features, anti-pornography filters and more.
Optional
- Extended GenYES Curriculum - The optional GenYES curriculum adds to the basic site license, extends and complements the Basic GenYES Curriculum. This extended curriculum provides over 20 additional customizable units with over 100 hours of lesson activities. It is intended for use in GenYES classes with daily (or more regular) meetings, or a club situation where the Advisor needs more structure for club activities. Includes technology skills, media literacy, tech support, leadership and community service projects. Includes over 200 online resources, virtual handouts, worksheets, quizzes, scripts and more. More details on the GenYES Curriculum
We are happy to answer any questions about GenYES. Please call us toll free at (888) 941-4369 or contact us with your questions and comments.
Teacher Training & Support
The GenYES site license includes all the training, materials and support services needed to make your GenYES class a success.
Potential GenYES lead teachers attend a phone/online training session given by a veteran GenYES teacher-trainer. We encourage students and administrators to attend the training as well if possible. This often helps establish buy-in and support for the program. The initial training covers the philosophy, resources, class planning, using the online tools, and the practical knowledge needed to start and run a GenYES class.
After the initial training, GenYES teachers have unlimited toll-free phone and email access to GenYES staff for questions, additional training, technical support, or any issue. Support is available from 7AM to 4PM Pacific time M-F, with other hours or days available by request.
Onsite training is available as an option, and is recommended for multiple GenYES schools starting in the same district, or as part of a grant.
Implementation Guide
- The printed guide is used by the teacher throughout the GenYES class. It contains program planning and class management tips, creating school and stakeholder buy-in for the program, and much more. (Download Implementation Guide Table of Contents PDF)
- Research - GenYES is one of most researched and well-evaluated programs to improve technology integration. A section in the GenYES Implementation Guide covers this research. (Download research summary PDF)
Curriculum & Classroom Resources
- Curriculum - Basic site license includes lesson plans and activities designed for a weekly GenYES club to introduce students to GenYES tools, projects and tech support. (Optional extended curriculum is available for GenYES classes.) More details on the GenYES Curriculum
- Resources - Fully searchable online resources including virtual handouts, surveys, planner pages, quizzes, and student resources.
- Best practices/Sample project videos - Online videos show teachers and students sample projects and how GenYES works in schools. Also useful to show to parents, administrators and potential partner-teachers, the videos serve as a testimonial of student and teacher experiences with GenYES.
- Stakeholder Support Resources - Handouts for Parents, Administrators, and Partner Teachers
- GenYES Certificate of Completion
Online Support Tools
GenYES includes a number of online tools that support the students, partner-teachers, the GenYES teacher, and the whole school. These tools are available through a password protected site accessible once you have licensed your GenYES class. The GenYES online tools are fully hosted on our secure server, accesible through any modern browser, and require no downloads or special hardware or software.
- GenYES teacher and student dashboards
- Class management and collaboration tools for GenYES teacher. Access to all curriculum, resources, tools, and account settings.
- Student home page shows projects and help requests. Online access to student resources.
- Unlimited student logins and groups.
- Admin logins available for districts and service centers.
- Technology Assistance Project (TAP) System
- Each GenYES school receives a customized online help desk and TAP tracking system for school-wide access to student tech support.
- Teachers and staff can request student help with technology projects or tech support.
- Online tool collects data and surveys to show success and help with student assessment.
- Hosted by Generation YES for maximum security and ease of implementation.
- Provides a permanent record of GenYES student projects and assistance to teachers.
- GenYES Class Blog
- Full featured blog for collaboration and communication between GenYES students and teacher.
- GenYES blog is closed to the classroom and is not public. It can be fully controlled by the GenYES teacher and enabled or disabled if desired.
- GenYES Wiki
- A special website is generated for each GenYES school that can contain articles written by your GenYES students. This wiki can be added to the school's website if desired and used as a student-powered FAQ and troubleshooting page for school hardware and software.
- GenYES Advisor Forum
- Secure and moderated environment for collaboration and discussion with other GenYES Advisors across the country
- Share issues and answers with peers
- Message boards and online discussion groups offer support and ideas.
- GenYES Reports
- Extensive reports on GenYES student work, teacher satisfaction with GenYES student projects and solutions, and impact on hardware and software technology integration.
- Track and manage your GenYES classes at a school or district level.
- Evaluation
- Northwest Regional Educational Labs (NWREL) report provides validated, independent evaluation of your GenYES program. Data is compared with regional, state, or national GenYES data.
If you would like a demo tour of the GenYES online support system- please call (888) 941-4369 or contact us online.
Generation YES Support Staff
The Generation YES support staff is available before, during and after the GenYES class to ensure success. All consulting is included in the price of a GenYES license.
- Training
- Online support
- Free technical support
- Toll-free phone support
- Expert consulting for your unique school situation
- Coaching and mentoring
- Evaluation and post-class wrap up
