Dr. Reeves speaks to administrators over the system and discusses issues that are faced in the implementation of a system driven by standards and accountability. Two classroom teachers from different high schools, Joe Campbell and Kaylene Johnson, teach a multimedia applications class and are dividing software applications to double their teaching power. Each teacher specializes and then teaches to both classes, while the other teacher serves as an assistant. The degree of sophistication of HTML authoring software and design software, such as Photoshop, requires the teacher to spend many hours in training and to find the time to develop the application materials. By dividing up the responsibility, each teacher can thoroughly learn the software applications, and thus do a better job of teaching students.
Special courses offer many possibilities.
A Russian class will be taught between two high schools. Finding the expertise to teach specialized course material is very difficult. Allowing students multiple accesses to a master teacher is a win-win situation. A special weather class was offered during the fall 2000 at the Cache Alternative High School. Students worked with Dr. James Hack from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Dr. Steve Zsiray on a canyon weather study.