1. Course Code Webinar February 2015
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The goal of the webinar is to provide an overview of the Statewide Standard Course Code mapping process.
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3. Statewide Standard Course Codes
February 2015

4. Statewide Common Course Codes
What are Statewide Common Course Codes?
Why we are doing this?
History
Documentation
How to replicate courses?
Questions?

5. Goal
Districts map local course codes to a statewide standard course code
Provides common course codes across the state
Makes communication easier when talking about courses
Transcripts

6. Clarification
Districts are not required to change their local course codes.
Districts should map to the best choice for the statewide standard course codes
All courses should be mapped
District courses where educator has an EDID are the priority
Concurrent enrollment and preschool are lower priority

7. What are Statewide Common Course Codes ?
Based on the Secondary School Course Classification System:
School for Exchange of Data (SCED)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
U.S. Department of Education
Five digit common codes for all courses PK-12
First two digits subject area
Last three digits content

8. What are Statewide Common Course Codes ?
Majority of subject areas are covered
Secondary (Middle School and High School)
Over 1800 course codes
Subject areas
Prior-to-secondary (Elementary and Middle School)
About 500 codes
Subject areas 51-73

9. Statewide Common Course Codes
Sample course codes and definitions
Majority of focus on secondary grades
Example of Chemistry choices

10. Statewide Common Course Codes
Example of PK/Elementary course codes
Example of Elementary Chemistry choices

11. Statewide Common Course Codes
Example of PK/Elementary course codes
Example of Integrated/Other Science choices

12. Statewide Common Course Codes
Fields required on common course codes
Course SCED
Course level
Remedial (B), General (default) (G), Honors (E), Not applicable (X)
Credit or grade span
Typical High School Carnegie unit (1 hour per day for a year is 1 credit hour)
Elementary grade span example: 3rd and 4th grade (0304)
Sequence
Part “n of m”

13. Statewide Common Course Codes
Example

14. Why do we need course codes?
Transcripts
Courses are the link between teacher and student
Required for teacher student data link
Teacher student data link interchange is open
Teacher student data link snapshot opens in April
All districts are required to map courses

15. History In 2012-2013 school year all districts mapped courses
some districts maintained their courses
all districts need to map courses
Simple process of replicating course codes forward to the current year
Export courses and update the mappings and reload
Complete by March 26th

16. Documentation Documentation can be found at:
SCED Code documentation under additional resources
Template and training materials available on this site 16

17. How do I map courses codes for 2014-2015 school year?
Districts can copy work forward from or school year to the school year.
Upload a file from information system extract
Ongoing process
Adjust codes as necessary

18. Replicate course code demo
Replicate course codes – (QA link for demo)
Export course mappings and reupload
Export course mappings
Change in Excel
Export to tab delimited
Upload into the system
QA system for demonstration

19. Questions?????? Questions Kevin Smith (303) 866-6723
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