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Partnerships for Seamless Learning

Framework for Student Learning

Inclusion

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Teaching and Leadership

Legislation

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Curriculum Redesign

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TRI-MINISTRY INITIATIVEDUAL CREDIT

Education and Advanced Education and Technology collaborated to support dual credit opportunities, including the following:

Calgary Catholic Schools and Calgary Board of Education and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

– Pharmacy Technician Retail certificate;  

NorQuest College and Edmonton Public Schools – Print Media Production Program. 

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Education also provided support for dual credit opportunities, including the following:

Chinook’s Edge School Division and Olds College

– The Community Learning Campus (welding, machining, carpentry, technician basics, equine science

and fashion marketing); and

Paving Health Pathways: A Health Services Strategy – two school jurisdictions were dual

credit programs.

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DUAL CREDIT EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Prepare yourself for a career in health care with our two year Foundations of Health Sciences program. You’ll explore the health care field, develop an understanding of how the human body works, and learn basic skills regarding patient care. You’ll also earn certificates including First Aid and CPR, and develop skills, attitudes and behaviours to assist you in future job prospects. Upon completion, you may choose to continue on with post-secondary studies in one of the Health Sciences - an exciting field with countless career opportunities.

Foundation of Health Sciences is a two course sequence. Prerequisites are aligned to prepare you for post-secondary opportunities.

DUAL CREDIT CALGARY BOARD OF EDUCATION

DUAL CREDIT CHINOOK’S EDGE

Dual Credit ProgrammingWhat is Dual Credit?Dual credit allows high school students to earn credits in high school and college at the same time.Olds College and Chinook's Edge have offered dual credit by using CTS and college credit in welding, equine, carpentry, machining, fashion and landscape construction on-site, online, and in blended environments. Who is eligible?Grade 11 and 12 students are eligible for dual credit.Students need to be prepared for the expectations and rigors of a post-secondary course.Students interested in participating must be approved by their high school. Students then complete an application package, including a responsibility agreement and a written statement of intent.

 What courses will be available?In 2011-2012, we have tentative plans to offer courses in welding, machining, landscape construction, equine, and fashion marketing.Final course information and application packages will be available from your high school before the end of May for the first semester and before the end of November for the second semester.

DUAL CREDIT CHINOOK’S EDGE

CLC launches hairstylist apprenticeship15 FebThe newest dual credit program has brought together new funding partners, business professionals and a full roster of eager students from throughout Chinook’s Edge, as the Community Learning Campus launches a Hairstylist Trade pre-employment apprenticeship program.

“There has been a great deal of interest in this program and we were pleased to see it fill so quickly,” said Jean Madill, Executive Director of Campus Alberta Central, which is funding the pilot program. “Our mandate is to provide opportunities for adult learners throughout the Central Alberta region. We wanted to support the efforts to bring in this new opportunity for students to learn a trade, to determine if it is a viable program to offer to adult learners. Judging from the response so far, I would say the investment is a success.”

Above-average growth is predicted in the hairstyling trade in the coming years, making job prospects attractive for graduates. Once they have completed the program, which utilizes a blend of online and hands-on training over two semesters, graduates will receive CTS credits through their high school and pre-employment trade credits through Olds College.

http://www.chinooksedge.ab.ca/News.php?news_id=1684

DUAL CREDIT BUFFALO TRAIL PUBLIC SCHOOLS

For more information on the courses or our partnerships with Lakeland College, please contact your school's principal OR: Brent Allen, Curriculum Principal-at-Large Buffalo Trail Public Schools Work: 780-842-4481 brent.allen@btps.ca

COURSES AVAILABLE:• Welding• Mechanics• Electrician• Carpentry• Interior Design• Drama• Aesthetics/Cosmetology • Fire Fighter Programhttp://www.btps.ca/programs/partnerships/Lakeland_College_Trades_and_Specialized_Courses/

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Students can get a real jump start on their careers. And, they can do so virtually free of charge!

High Prairie School students -even those students who are returning after commencement (under 20 years of age on September 1, 2012)- can now earn college and high school credits at the same time. Students can experience high quality, practical experience and can even complete career entry training and certification before completing high school.

Programs are currently available in the following areas: Carpentry / Electrician / Esthetician / Hairstylist / Health Care Aide / Millwright / 4th Class Power Engineering / Welding

HIGH PRARIE SCHOOL DIVISON

DUAL CREDIT EDMONTON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

The Career Skills Centre, housed at St. Joseph High School, is Edmonton Catholic School District’s new centralized technical and trade career education site.  There are many career training programs available including:• Auto Body Repair• Automotive Service• Baking• Building Construction/Cabinetry• Communication Technology• Cosmetology• Culinary arts• Fashion & Design• Health Care Aide• Welding

• http://www.ecsd.net/programs/focus/career_skills_centre.html

DUAL CREDIT GREATER ST. ALBERT CATHOLIC

Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools has partnered with MacEwan University to deliver university-level business courses to qualified students at our three senior high schools. Students partaking in the GSACRD International School of Business program will earn both high school and university credits at the same time, allowing them to finish high school and get a head start on university. Students who have completed English 30-1 and Math 30-1 or 30-2 will have the opportunity to take the following courses:

• BUSN 201 - Introduction to Canadian Business (3 credits)

• ORGA 201 - Introduction to Management (3 credits)• LEGL 210 - Business Law I (3 credits)

http://www.gsacrd.ab.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=438&Itemid=420

DUAL CREDIT CREDENTIALED PATHWAYS

A pathway is a selection of courses to give students the opportunity to explore and acquire the attitudes, skills and knowledge for future careers that are relevant to their interests. Pathways can work toward goals that may include university, college, apprentice training, or moving directly into the workforce.

Credentialed pathways are a series of specific courses selected to help the student achieve a credential or credit awarded by a recognized community or industry organization or post-secondary institution.

This document has been provided to assist teachers in the delivery and completion of CTS credentialed pathways in Alberta schools. All credential/journeyperson opportunities are external to Alberta Education, and it is the responsibility of the student/teacher/school to ensure that the requirements of the credentialing organization have been addressed.

http://education.alberta.ca/media/1238954/pathways.pdf

DUAL CREDIT COURSE COMPLETION SUMMARY

Note:1. Students may complete a course than once in a school year. There,

the number of course completions may be inflated.2. “Course Completion” does not mean a student has passed a course.

IT a student has a final mark on a record it is considered a completion.

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• Dual Credit has been offered in Canada and the United States over the past 30 years

• Dual Credit Programs offered in:• Ontario• British Columbia• Manitoba

• Alberta Dual Credit opportunities

DUAL CREDIT Findings

• Dual Credit Dual credit is where high school students participate in apprenticeship training or post-secondary, college or university courses earning both high school and post-secondary credits for the same course.

DUAL CREDIT DUAL CREDIT DEFINITION

• Preferred placement: Post-secondary institutions exempt students from courses (often at the first-year level) in recognition of coursework completed in high school (e.g., first-period apprenticeship, child development assistant).

• Workplace certification: Provincial high school curricula, particularly Career and Technology Studies, provide students with opportunities to achieve workplace certification through pathways (e.g., medical first responder, Adobe Certified Expert).

DUAL CREDIT DUAL CREDIT DEFINITION (CON’T)

DUAL CREDIT Sample Pathway4th Class Power Engineering

Grade 10 (19 Credits)

Legislation and SafetyCTR1010: Job PreparationCTR1210: Personal SafetyCTR2210: Workplace SafetyENM2100: Environmental Safety

Materials, Welding & PipingFAB1010: Fabrication Tools & MaterialsFAB1040: Oxyacetylene WeldingFAB1048: Semi-automated/Automated WeldingFAB2170: Pipe Fitting

Boiler Design & OperationDES2060: Evolution of DesignDES2050: Technical Drawing ApplicationsCTR3040: Practicum A

Summer Internship 1Career Internship 10 (3 credits)Work Experience 15 (5 credits)

Grade 11 (20 credits)

Engines, Pumps & CompressorsMEC1130: Mechanical SystemsMEC2030: Lubrication & CoolingMEC1040: Engine FundamentalsMEC1110: Pneumatics & Hydraulics

Principles of ElectricityELT1010: Electro-assembly 1ELT1030: Conversion & DistributionELT2030: Branch Circuit WiringELT3040: Generation/Transformation

Controls & InstrumentationELT1080: Control Systems 1CTR2110: Project 2A

Hot Water & Steam BoilersCTR2120: Project 2BCTR3050: Practicum B Summer Internship 2Work Experience 25 (8 credits)

DUAL CREDIT Sample Pathway4th Class Power Engineering

Grade 12 (18 credits)

Heating Systems & ControlsCON2090: Climate Control SystemsELT2080: Control Systems 2CTR3110: Project 3A Refrigeration & Air ConditioningMEC3110: Climate ControlENM2090: Energy Designs/Systems 1CTR3120: Project 3BCTR3130: Project 3C

Boiler & Powerhouse MaintenanceCTR3210: Safety Management SystemsCTR3140: Project 3DCTR3060: Practicum C Summer Internship 3Work Experience 35 (8 credits)

Correlation of Academic Courses

Science 7 (Unit D: Structure and Forces)Science 8 (Unit D: Mechanical Systems)Science 7 (Unit C: Heat and Temperature)Science 9 (Unit B: Matter and Chemical Change)Science 10 (Unit A: Energy and Matter in Chemical Change)Junior High English Language Arts (General Outcome 4- Attend to Conventions)Senior High English Language Arts (General Outcome 4- Develop and present a variety of print and non-print texts)Science 7 (Unit A: Interactions and Ecosystems)Science 9 (Unit C: Environmental Chemistry)Science 10 (Unit B: Energy Flow in Technological Systems)Science 9 (Unit D: Electrical Principles and Technologies)Science 30 (Unit C: Electromagnetic Energy)

What did you find intriguing from the presentation on past or existing dual credit opportunities?

DUAL CREDIT Discussion Question

Question 1

What challenges and opportunities are there in your community to develop dual credit opportunities to support all learners ?

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Question 2

For further information please contact

Joe ShelastCurriculum Manager Dual Credit780-643-6419Email: Joe.Shelast@gov.ab.ca

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