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Shine a Spotlight on Quality
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Who do you know that’s going above and beyond for K-12 learners?
2025 QM Award nominations are now open — it’s your chance to earn recognition for an individual or organization making a difference for students with quality online learning practices. Winning a QM Award is a demonstration of your skill and dedication, positioning you as a leader in the field.
“Acceptance of this award is a huge boost for our team. It celebrates the dedication and hard work that has gone, and continues to go into meeting and exceeding the high standards set for online teaching. More than just a trophy, this award energizes our commitment to ensuring all our classes meet QM standards. It reminds us of what we've accomplished and inspires us to keep pushing the boundaries of what we can achieve in online education.”
— Annie Reichelt, Idaho Digital Learning Alliance, 2024 Recipients of the QM Award for Outstanding Impact by a K-12 Institution
How to Submit Your Nomination:
- Review the award criteria
- Access the nomination form
- Enter your choice in the category Outstanding Impact by a K-12 Organization or Individual by May 20 to make sure your voice is counted!
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April 24
12 - 4 p.m. ET
Price: $50.00
This is a virtual event with live captioning available.
Session recordings can be accessed for 90 days after the event.
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Q-Up 2025 is right around the corner! Join educators from across the country for the QM K-12 community’s biggest event of the year, with sessions focused on issues relevant to today’s online learners, educators and institutions.
This engaging event is your opportunity to explore important topics like accessibility and the updated NSQ Standards — a framework driving excellence in digital learning. Plus, dive into the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing course design and student engagement.
"Q-Up sessions supported our district goals to strengthen our course design, particularly for our K5 team."
— Betsy Springer, Instructional Coach, Gull Lake Virtual Partnership
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The QM K-12 Rubric, Sixth Edition is slated for release on June 2, 2025. With new updates to help clarify and strengthen the way you engage with QM K-12 Standards, the new edition of the Rubric represents a big step forward for quality assurance practices.
“We look forward to bringing this new edition of the QM K-12 Rubric to educators across the K-12 community. The updates will highlight the importance of content standards, expand annotations for reviewers, and clarify the demonstration of alignment to learners. The changes will improve the effectiveness with which members engage with QM Standards, and that translates to better experiences for K-12 learners.”
— Pam Shaw, Senior K-12 Quality Assurance Manager for QM and Co-Chair of the QM K-12 Rubric, Sixth Edition Committee
Take a look at this sneak peek of some of the updates in store in the Sixth Edition, along with important dates and details to keep in mind.
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Do you or your institution use the National Standards for Quality Online Learning (NSQ)? Good news — the NSQ standards have now been updated! In response to the changes in online learning during the pandemic, the NSQ Leadership Team determined it was time to update all of the standards sets. Over a two year period, all three standards sets underwent changes with input from more than 200 educators across the United States and several other countries.
With a refresh of the Online Course Standards and Online Program Standards, plus a revision of the Online Teaching Standards, the updated standards sets provide educators with a roadmap for quality online education.
Special thanks to co-chairs and QM Coordinators Betsy Springer of Gull Lake Virtual Partnership and Jason Neiffer of Montana Digital Academy who led the update to the NSQ for Online Courses.
The NSQ website has been updated and includes documents that point out the changes made from the 2019 standards sets to the 2025 standards sets.
Dive into the new standards today to begin exploring the ways the new NSQ standards support you and your learners.
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Online Instruction Informed by NSQ
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Wyoming teachers — completing the NSQ-Aligned Teaching Online Certificate can earn you your Virtual Educator Endorsement!
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Coming soon — improve your online instruction through alignment with the NSQ! The K-12 NSQ-Aligned Teaching Online Certificate lets you explore quality online course delivery through the lens of the National Standards for Quality Online Teaching. In this all-new workshop series, you’ll build your skill set while fostering deeper alignment with NSQ Teaching Standards. Even if you’ve earned your QM Teaching Online Certificate, these 10-15 hour self-paced workshops will bring new content and perspective to online instruction. The series will include five self-paced workshops with guided facilitation, each focusing on a different NSQ Teaching Standard:
- The Professional Online Teacher
- Modeling Responsible Online Presence
- Developing an Online Community of Learners
- Facilitating Meaningful Learner Engagement
- Instructional Design to Facilitate Learning
Complete all five workshops to receive a digital credential demonstrating your enhanced knowledge and competencies aligned with the NSQ Teaching Standards.
Interested in learning more? Sign up to receive updates on this new workshop series.
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