MOVE ON WHEN READY (Formerly Known As Dual Enrollment)

MOWR Eligibility  Enrolled in our district  No residency requirement  Meet admissions requirements and deadlines at participating postsecondary institution  Admitted as a Dual Credit Enrollment (MOWR) student at a participating postsecondary institution  May attend more than one postsecondary institution at a time and receive awards at both  Must be enrolled in courses listed in the approval MOWR Directory  Maintain postsecondary satisfactory academic progress

Required Enrollment This can be done by: 1)Combination of high school and MOWR courses 2)Full time MOWR student at the college (minimum of 4 courses which would be between credit hours)

Financial Considerations  Tuition costs are paid.  Mandatory Fee costs are covered.  Books are provided.  The Eligible Postsecondary Institution can charge the student Course Related Fees or Supplies or require the student to have the required course related items.  Expenses for travel or living on campus are provided by the student.

MOWR and HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarships  Core courses are included in the student’s HOPE high school GPA for HOPE Scholarship and Zell Miller Scholarship eligibility determinations.  Core coursework taken as dual enrollment meets Academic Rigor requirements and courses are given a weight of 0.5 toward HOPE Calculation. The HOPE GPA calculation has a cap of 4.0.  Core DE courses are weighted 10 points on the local high school transcript.  College transcript begins as MOWR student.  MOWR hours do not count against HOPE hour cap.

Responsibilities of the student/parent  Research admissions requirements at postsecondary school choices.  Schedule and take SAT or ACT or Compass test as determined by the college for admittance.  Apply and get accepted to the college.  Complete the student section of the MOWR application (Part I) online.  Contact counselor set up advisement meeting; district approval is mandatory.  Within first 30 days of attending classes, meet with school counselor to verify postsecondary course schedule against high school schedule.  Keep school counselor informed of any changes – always notify school counselor within 24 hours of withdrawing from a course (both and phone notification required). Failure to do so will result in an F, a 69 numeric grade on the student’s transcript for the course.  Have PSI send official transcript with course grades to school counselor. Counselor updates IC with an official transcript from college or technical college.  Contact counselor for participating in MOWR for the following semester 30 days prior to end of the preceding semester.  Adhere to set deadlines.

MOWR Information on GAcollege411 (GAfutures)

MOWR Course Directory

MOWR GSFC Application  The MOWR Application is completed in three sequential steps  Section 1: The student completes a MOWR application at online.  Section 2: The participating high school must certify the student’s application and list the courses the student is planning to pursue for dual credit.  Section 3: The participating postsecondary institution must certify the student’s application and approve the postsecondary courses for MOWR.

MOWR Enrollment Terms  Fall, Spring and Summer semesters  Summer courses for the first time in FY 2016

District Application to be completed: Can be Accessed on the District Website:

Additional Information Go to the Paulding County District website Under Student Support Choose Counseling Information- Then select: Move on When Ready Dual Enrollment on the right side

Information on the Paulding County Website:

Summits – 2 for for 9 th – 11 th Grade Students ◦ EVENT: Paulding MOWR Summit LOCATION: Chattahoochee Tech’s Paulding Campus ADDRESS: 400 Nathan Dean Blvd., Dallas, GA DATE: March 1, 2016 TIME: 6:30 p.m.

Interested students and parents should always contact the school counselor. There is a Dual Enrollment specialist/counselor at each high school.