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2011-12 Course Enrollment Update

2011-12 Course Enrollment Update. Charlottesville City Schools “Personal and Academic Excellence” January 5, 2012. Dual Enrollment. Offered through agreements with Piedmont Virginia Community College Taught at the college freshman level using PVCC curriculum and texts

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2011-12 Course Enrollment Update

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  1. 2011-12 Course EnrollmentUpdate Charlottesville City Schools “Personal and Academic Excellence” January 5, 2012

  2. Dual Enrollment • Offered through agreements with Piedmont Virginia Community College • Taught at the college freshman level using PVCC curriculum and texts • Earn credits that may be transferred to community colleges and in-state four-year colleges and universities

  3. Advanced Placement (AP) • Designed for highly motivated students who desire the challenge of college-level work in high school • Expected to take the AP exam in May • College credits earned depending on student’s score and individual policies of college/university

  4. Honors Enrollment at CHS • Designed for students who are academically motivated, have demonstrated high levels of achievement, and are prepared for advanced work • Serve as precursor to Advanced Placement (AP) courses

  5. Honors Enrollment at Buford Middle • Designed for students who are academically motivated, have demonstrated high levels of achievement, and are prepared for advanced work • Afford students opportunity to earn high school credits (although not all honors courses earn high school credit) • Serve as precursor to Advanced Placement (AP) courses

  6. Rising 9th Graders w/ 2 or More Credits From Buford Middle • Focus on increasing credits for rising 9th graders • Increase number of students with at least one credit • “Ninth-graders who are placed in higher-level courses have a lower failure rate than students with similar characteristics who are placed in lower-level courses” (Cooney and Bottoms in Making Middle Grades Work , SREB, 2008).

  7. Buford Middle Credit Earning Courses • Algebra I • Family/Consumer 8 • French I • Geometry • Keyboarding • Spanish I

  8. WALK Enrollment • Students who aren’t successfully passing one or more classes • Seniors who are missing credits needed for graduation • Students who are in danger of dropping out • Students with health or trauma issues that jeopardize their success in a traditional classroom • Transfer students who need to meet Virginia requirements • 2011-12 enrollment numbers are as of January 4, 2012

  9. CATEC Enrollment • Charlottesville City Schools & Albemarle County Schools • Technical Skills • Workplace Soft Skills • Literacy Development • Innovative Technology Training • Entrepreneurship Training

  10. AVID Enrollment • In-school college preparatory program for students in the “middle” with a desire to attend college • Began with 7th – 11th graders in 2010-11 • Extended to 6th & 12th graders in 2011-12 • Largest increase in enrollment in 2011-12 is in the 9th grade

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