2021-2022 PCSD Dual Enrollment Summit

2021-2022 PCSD Dual Enrollment Summit

GOT QUESTIONS? If you have general questions, please type them into the Chat Box! We have two Lead Counselors manning this for us and they will give some answers to questions that were received at the end of the presentation. For those of you with specific questions related to your school, we will have a QR code and link that will be at the end of the presentation that will enable you to get your questions to the right counselors to answer you.

WHAT IS DUAL ENROLLMENT? Dual Enrollment (DE) is a program where Georgia students enrolled in grades 10-12 can earn high school course credits while taking college courses. DE is available for all 11th and 12th grade students and some 10th grade students meeting certain criteria. 10th Grade students can take all CTAE classes at Technical Schools. 10th Grade students meeting Zell Miller Requirements (1200 SAT/3.7 GPA) can take core classes. Student can take up to 30 hours of college courses for Free!

What is covered? FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION S Books Tuition Mandatory Fees What is not covered? Course related fees (if any) i.e. Lab Fees or Online Fees Expenses for travel or living on campus

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Decide which college to attend? Most of our students choose the below schools, but you are not limited to these: Chattahoochee Technical College Georgia Highlands College Kennesaw State University University of West Georgia HOW DO I GET THIS P R O C E SS S TA RT E D ? (RESPONSIBILITIES OF S T U D E N T S & PA R E N T S ) Research! Admissions requirements at postsecondary school of choice. Do you want to be Full Time DE, Part-Time DE? Schedule and take entrance exam SAT, ACT, or Accuplacer. This depends on the school. Apply and get accepted to the college. Do not wait until the day before the deadline to do this! You may not be able to see your counselor that quickly!

Attend DE Information Night or watch narrated PowerPoint on the District Website. This is done after the student is admitted to the college. During this process is where the student and parent complete the paperwork: DE Participation & Advisement Agreement, Form 1 DE Advisement Agreement (per semester) Meet with your Counselor HOW DO I GET THIS P R O C E SS S TA RT E D ? (RESPONSIBILITIES OF S T U D E N T S & PA R E N T S ) Set-up a meeting with your counselor to complete the DE paperwork that you started after the DE Information Night or watching the Narrated PowerPoint. Complete GSFC DE Funding application and then Sign up for your college classes Complete the Georgia Student Finance Commission DE Application. (this is on line on the GA Futures website) Signing up for classes is done by the student/parent after consulting the counselor. The Counselor will Accept the Funding Application from the College You are good to go after this!

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS Consider your students academic and emotional maturity when making the decision. Students are the only ones who will communicate with the professors. Speak with your high school counselor before making any changes to your college schedule. Failure to do so may result in an F, a 69 numeric grade on the student’s transcript for the dropped/changed course. Contact high school counselor for participating in DE for the following semester. Adhere to set deadlines of postsecondary institution and school district.

STUDENT EXPERIENCES

STUDENT EXPERIENCE SPHS

STUDENT EXPERIENCE EPHS

STUDENT EXPERIENCE HHS

STUDENT EXPERIENCE PCHS

STUDENT EXPERIENCE (NPHS, EARLY GRADUATE)

DE GSFC APPLICATION ON GAFUTURES www.gafutures.org The DE Application is completed in three sequential steps Located on DE webpage on GAfutures Online version to be completed by eligible public and private high school students DE Applications are term specific ‒ Must submit an application for each postsecondary semester or quarter of participation in the DE Program Application provides for up to six courses per term Section 1: The student completes a DE application at www.GAfutures.org, online or prints the pdf version. Student must have a working GAfutures account with a working email. Section 2: The participating high school or home study program 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 DE ‒ Sequence applies to both the electronic and paper DE applications

DE PAPERWORK DE Student & Parent Acknowledgement Form Must be done first and is good for the current academic year. This includes the “Dual Enrollment Course Planning Form” that must be updated each semester. DE District Exceptions This is for any DE exceptions More than 12 hours of course credit in a semester. More than 4.0 credits in a semester. Self-Pay Courses (once you max out 30 hours)

D E ST UD E N T & PA R E N T AC K N OW L E D GE M E N T F OR M

DE ADVISEMEN T AGREEMENT (PER SEMESTER) Note that this page requires multiple parent & student initials and signatures. A second optional page is available for summer planning.

You may ask for approval for exceptions to the Note: These require District following DE rules: Approval. See your counselor for the extra paperwork if this is something that you are interested in. DE DISTRICT EXCEPTIONS FOR STUDENTS Option 1: Approval of 8.5 Credits or More in an Academic Year. Option 2: Full-Time HS Student DE Courses taken outside of the school day. Option 3: Full-Time DE Student (12 hrs) plus High School Courses. Option 4: Self-Pay for DE Courses after the 30 hour maximum has been hit.

DE EXCEPTIONS FOR STUDENTS (PER SEMESTER) For those seeking more than 8.0 classes in a year, more than 4.0 classes in a semester, or for those wishing to use a Self-Pay option.

DE ON HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES There are some situations where certain schools are approved to have DE courses on their campus. This occurs when the High School teacher is also approved to be a College Teacher with a particular College. Examples: DE Healthcare, Hiram High School (Salina Hake) PCCA DE Courses Possibly ENGL 1101, PSYC, SOCI (based on interest) CNA PCT, Mechatronics (These are certificate programs offered by CTC)

PAULDING COLLEGE & CAREER ACADEMY & DE WHAT IS PCCA? The Paulding College & Career Academy offers four unique pathways that are available to any student in the PCSD. Students can take PCCA courses and DE courses either online or there at the Academy.

PAULDING VIRTUAL ACADEMY & DUAL ENROLLMENT PVA Application Process for each school year will open around April 1st. PVA Students can take Dual Enrollment courses! Must meet Post-Secondary school's application requirements PVA CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 770-445-2656 Dr. Vladimir Labossiere [email protected] DE courses may be traditional or online courses. High school PVA courses are online. [email protected] Shelly Bachemin Michele McColligan [email protected]

WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION? Your local High School Counselor. DE Course Directory: https://apps.gsfc.org/securenextgen/dsp accel course listings.cfm This lists every course that is offered at each college and during each term. District Counseling Website: https://counseling.paulding.k12.ga.us/index.php/academic/dual-enrollment/ Georgia Futures : www.gafutures.org This is where you fill out the funding application, see your HOPE GPA, etc.

POSTSECONDAR Y INFORMATION

GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE

UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA

KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY Dual Enrollment Information: https://mediaspace.kennesaw.edu/media/Paulding County Dual En rollment Info Session/1 b0tb91xm

CHATTAHOOCHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE Brookeanna Herring (High School Coordinator)

GENERAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED (From the Chat Box)

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ? Scan the QR code to the left to send in your questions to our counselors, or use the link below: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ ResponsePage.aspx?id 6xNNC mZacEqS8TktbtujqiqHba8S3M5 GjIWJkgF1gqNURFdYSTJHME41 M0IwMU1TMTJCMUJNOEk5Uy4u