Sulfur Creek Academy (SCA) is a non-profit organization invested in providing safe, secure learning environment for private school students working on a general educations degree (GED) in rural communities in South, Texas. SCA has selected to bring the Live Oak Community Center online for private school families as a centralized learning center. SCA is a small woman owned business, which employs four staff who specializes in software development for academic applications, video courses, and creates learning events for a wide variety of age groups. SCA has a computer technician on its payroll with multiple software certifications in A+, COMPTIA, and Microsoft certifications MCTS, MCITP, Server, and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCPS). SCA has a website designer working on building a virtual learning center, which will house online courses, video tutoring courses aimed at GED proficiency, and set up a cadre of volunteer tutors for private school students. Private school families will be required to pay an annual membership fee to offset costs of administrative record keeping. SCA has conducted a fund raising drive to get the initial funds for site inspection for safety, state code compliance, and determine if internet with phone service will available at the Live Oak Community Center. 2.1 Mission and Vision Statement Sulfur Creek Academy’s will provide GED educational materials, online courses, and a secure location to conduct training for private school families free from religious affirmations. (Fugazzotto, 2009). The vision of Sulfur Creek Academy will be Live Oak County’s leader in assisting private school students to test successfully in the General Education Degree GED exam. 2.2 Goals and Objectives The SCA determined the goals from user requirements, course of action, and use these to determine the scope, budget and schedule to meet the following objectives. (Lavazza, 2013). The learning center will have computer hardware and software, office equipment, video production capability, to be located at a central location accessible for three rural communities. This membership organization will offer learning software and courses designed and delivered by volunteer educational staff with all courses located in a safe secure server accessed via an internet service provider. SCA’s core culture is to provide educational opportunities in secure environment based upon the needs of our private school seeking to pass the General Education. Secure a safe central location for private school students in six months Provide top-notch managerial staff in three months Create a community calendar of events, courses, and projects in thirty days Contract internet service provider with 24 hour accessibility within thirty days Conduct a membership drive annually by January each year. Conduct a donation drive annually by January each year Develop materials for science, technology, math, and engineering in six months Create community outreach through volunteer work by January 2017. …show more content…
SCA aims to use technology and applications to bring private school families a unique learning environment, which does not include religious requirements. GED classes provided by private tutors to students in the following subjects, reading comprehension, mathematics, language arts, general science, history and social studies. SCA desires to bring the best of GED study applications into learning center to align with common core subjects. SCA is currently working with local business leaders to develop on-the-job training programs in mechanics, welding, electronics, farming and plumbing sciences since there is a growing need in these local industries for the 2018 academic school year. (Pandi-Perumal, Akhter, Zizi, Jean-Louis, Ramasubramanian, Freeman & Narasimhan, …show more content…
Social interaction between students and their instructors leads to better incorporating educational materials and applying lessons to daily life and career goals. (Darzi, Officer, Abualghaib, & Akl, 2016). The project manager for this plan will oversee all contract bids, health inspections, calendar updates, schedule changes, and planning meetings. Each private school will be responsible for providing a list of students, grade level assigned, and subjects required by their students for GED exams. Volunteer instructor will provide course materials, record video classes, submit a list of dates and times available for tutoring, and attend meetings. Private companies will be responsible to build their training materials, attend meetings, provide funding, and give counseling to students who wish to work in their industry. (see Table