Through Loyola Marymount's iDEAL Institute, St. Joseph School is currently working through Year 2  of the Blended Learning Academy for the 2021-2022 School Year. 

What is Blended Learning? 
Blended Learning is the "blending" of sound instructional practices with technology.  Focused on the personal learning of each student, students gain control over the time, place, path, and/or pace of their learning.  It is not simply adding technology to the classroom that transforms a student's learning.  It is the use of intentional and effective teaching strategies and best practices that allow for customized, mastery-based learning.  

Response to COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak across the US has dramatically and summarily changed the landscape and direction of education.  Faced with an unprecedented challenge of moving instruction fully or
partially online at times and transitioning back to in-person instruction, St. Joseph School is working in collaboration with the iDEAL Institute to support our teachers with essential knowledge, skills, and competencies for teaching and learning in such a time as this.  

What is The iDEAL Institute? 
Loyola Marymount University’s iDEAL Institute provides professional learning in teaching and leadership
through the integration of technology for the benefit of all students. The Innovation in Digital Education and Leadership (iDEAL) Institute seeks to advance learning by fostering forward-thinking in transformative and sustainable educational practice.

By partnering with teachers, leaders, education stakeholders and programs within the School of Education, the iDEAL Institute works to solve complex problems of practice through professional learning, meaningful and strategic application of technology, sound and modern pedagogical practice, and creation of shared leadership models for the benefit of all students.

The iDEAL Institute actively learns from all partners and stakeholders to co-create solutions that respond to their individual needs