Reporting and Recording Team-Taught Dual Credits using PowerSchool October 2016
Goals Seamless Transition to Post-secondary Increase Completion of OSSDs
Target Groups for Dual Credit Programs
2014-15 Dual Credit Program Provincial Results Number of Participants: 19,958 % of Seats Filled: 92% Retention: 89% Success: 91%
Dual Credit Approaches Team-taught College Course Team-taught Level 1 Apprenticeship and Level 1 with College Oversight College-delivered College Course College-delivered Level 1 Apprenticeship College Campus Secondary School
Who Needs to be Involved in Your Board? Board SMS Lead Board OnSIS Lead Guidance Counsellors and School Support Staff Board OYAP Coordinator Board Dual Credit/ SCWI Lead Board Regional Planning Team Representative
Key documents
Team-Taught Dual Credit Courses Closely matched college or Level 1 apprenticeship (OYAP) and secondary school curriculum content Taught by both a secondary school teacher and a college faculty member, typically delivered at the secondary school No maximum number of credits Could be any Ontario curriculum course, including compulsory courses (Dual Credit Policy p. 8)
Team-taught Dual Credit Courses Assessment and evaluation of the Ontario curriculum course is done by the secondary school teacher Growing Success applies http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/growSuccess.pdf (Dual Credit Policy p. 19)
Team-taught Dual Credit Courses Credit for the secondary school course is recorded on the OST using the code for the secondary school Ontario curriculum course. The term dual credit appears in parentheses and “T” appears in the Notes column. Credit for the college course is recorded on a college record, not on the OST. (Dual Credit Policy p. 15)
The Ontario Student Transcript Manual, 2013 (See sample 9, page 36)
Check for Accuracy If entered correctly, here’s how a team-taught dual credit will appear on an OST: Note that the words “Dual Credit” appear in brackets after the Ontario curriculum course title Note that a “T” appears in the Note column to indicate “team taught” Level 1 oversight programs are recorded as team taught Date Course Grade Course Title Course Code Percentage Grade Credit Compulsory Note Year Month 2016 06 12 English (Dual Credit) ENG4C 74 1 X T 2016 06 Foundations for College Mathematics (Dual Credit) MAP4C 65 Transportation Technology (Dual Credit) TTJ4C 52 2
Flagging Team-Taught Courses
Flagging Team-Taught Courses The other option is DC: Team-Taught Coll App Crs (13)
Resources Webinar will be posted on scwi.ca and on osca.ca Dual Credit Programs 2013 Ontario Student Transcript Manual 2013
Questions? Phil Hedges, Ministry of Education Phil.Hedges@ontario.ca 416-326-5988 Sonja Vandermeer, School College Work Initiative svandermeer@opsoa.org 705-328-4353