The full-time school has been in operation since 2011 and currently includes grades K-12. As part of the instructional delivery model, full-time students attend live interactive learning labs which are recorded. In addition to the instructional learning model, students also have various social and service opportunities through student leadership teams, clubs, and rich experiences.

During the first year of implementing the Elementary Blended Model in 2017, students received language arts and math instruction from a homeroom teacher, while GOC online teachers delivered social studies and science classes. Gradually, the local classroom teachers are trained to utilize the GOC digital content in each content area to provide a blend of digital instruction with in-person instruction.

Student achievement is high and this model shows tremendous promise to expand to other elementary schools throughout the district.

GOC has developed a blended middle school model called the HUB in which local middle schools partner with GOC to deliver online courses to face-to-face students in two different models. The first model is a whole class approach in which students all take the same GOC course together during the school day. The second model is an a la carte model in which many students take a variety of classes at the same time. Both models utilize a GOC teacher as the teacher-of-record and a local school staff member monitoring the students.

The start of the 2019-2020 school year launched a new partnership between Gwinnett Online Campus (GOC) and McConnell. A blended learning team has been formed to serve  students in a virtual classroom for a specific subject with their GOC teacher and a traditional classroom setting for other subjects. 

Per GA Senate Bill 289, students enrolled in any Georgia school can take up to five online classes as part of their regular school day. GOC serves as the GCPS provider for SB 289. The variety of courses that GOC offers goes beyond what a typical high school offers, such as trailer courses, block courses, and various electives and pathways, providing students with more options to earn credits.

GOC Centers are located at the majority of our Gwinnett County high schools to facilitate GOC classes; students take online courses during their regular school schedule with support from a trained facilitator/teacher in a GOC Center specifically designed for blended instruction. These online centers provide the opportunity for students to take one or more online classes in a classroom designed specifically for virtual learning.

Graduate Gwinnett offers flexibility for at-risk or dropout students to complete coursework for graduation. Students complete one online course at a time during a 20-day session; teacher support is provided both on-campus and through virtual sessions. Since the creation of this program in 2015, GOC has graduated over 800 students.

The Gear Up program serves 8th graders in several middle schools who are not on track for graduation by providing additional Carnegie unit courses to catch them back up to enter high school on track for graduation. GOC provides Health/PE, Healthcare Science, Intro to Digital Technology and Intro to Business Technology; in addition to acting as the online teacher-of-record, GOC teachers provide face-to-face instruction 1-2 days per week.

GOC provides online courses in classrooms designed to support student success. Designed similar to GOC Centers at the high schools, GOC’s work with the GIVE centers has helped lower the dropout and truancy rates by helping students stay on track for graduation as they work through online courses.