HARTNELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
AP
4051 High School Articulation
Reference
Title 5, Sections 51022(b), Ed Code Section 66720-66744; ACCJC Accreditation
Standard II.A.10; Board Policy 4050
Hartnell Community College District actively participates in articulation efforts to benefit
prospective and current Hartnell College students for a smooth transition between Hartnell
College and high schools. The district shall work to eliminate barriers and simplify the process
wherever possible. Articulation agreements are maintained with Hartnell College and high
schools.
Students who enroll at Hartnell College are eligible to receive college credit for articulated high
school coursework after demonstrating competency as agreed upon through the articulation
agreement. (See agreement.)
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
The appropriate Dean or Director coordinates the activities to develop and maintain articulation
agreements with high schools. Articulation agreements are established with high schools within
Hartnell Community College District and with high schools in other districts where such
agreements would benefit incoming Hartnell College students.
For high schools outside the Hartnell Community College District, the appropriate Dean or Director
must notify the Vice President of Academic Affairs before any agreements can be implemented.
All articulation agreements are posted on Hartnell College’s website and are available in the Office
of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
DEFINITIONS
Articulation is a method of granting college-level course credit for learning and skills
accomplished as part of secondary school instruction.
Articulation Agreement is a formal, written, and published document that identifies secondary
course comparable to a specific post-secondary course offered by Hartnell College.
Articulated High School Course means a high school course or courses that the faculty in the
appropriate discipline, using policies and procedures approved by the curriculum committee
established pursuant to Title 5 Section 55002, have determined to be comparable to a specific
community college course.
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Articulation Submission form is a written document submitted by the high school to the
appropriate Hartnell College instructor of record. Each course must be verified that the student
has completed the necessary coursework to be granted the articulated credit requested.
Minimum Qualifications Only high school faculty meeting minimum qualifications approved on
the course outline of record and as described in the California Community Colleges Chancellor's
Office "Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community
Colleges" document can teach articulated courses.
Successful completion of an articulated course assures the student and the faculty that the
student has taken the appropriate course, received the necessary instruction and preparation
and is ready to progress to the next level.
GENERAL AGREEMENT
1. Either party may propose that a course be considered for articulation based on Title V
regulations. The contact person for articulating a specific course with Hartnell Community
College District is the Hartnell College Articulation Coordinator. High School Districts are
encouraged to appoint a contact person to coordinate subject-area articulation for the High
School District, or to designate a school-site coordinator. For this document the title is High
School Articulation Coordinator.
2. High school courses that are articulated to Hartnell and are also part of an articulation
agreement with a university must receive specific scrutiny to maintain the integrity of both
articulation agreements. Community College Transcripts will identify high school articulated
CTE courses as “credit by exam – high school articulation”, as required by California Code of
Regulations Title 5. California State Universities and University of California campuses (and
other transfer institutions) may or may not give credit for high school articulated CTE courses.
3. That the process remains in place and appropriate faculty are participating in good faith is the
responsibility of the appropriate Hartnell College Director and/or Dean.
4. The participating high schools and/or Hartnell Community College District are required to
review and revise their curriculum to maintain up-to-date content and insure transferability.
5. Course objectives, outlines, student learning outcomes, exams, and/or competencies shall align.
6. Students will demonstrate subject matter competency through an assessment method
approved by the Hartnell Community College District’s instructor(s). Students must receive an
“A” or “B” grade to receive college credit. The assessment method will be either an evaluation
of a student portfolio or a comprehensive final examination. The high school instructor(s) will
certify the preparation of the student(s) through a comprehensive final examination and/or
portfolios. The grades will be delivered to the Hartnell Community College District’s instructor
of record in a secured file format. The Hartnell College instructor of record will notify the high
school instructor(s) once grades are posted.
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7. Articulation agreements will be valid for two years or voided by one of the parties. The
articulation agreement will be reviewed annually by the appropriate high school and
Hartnell College.
8. Either party reserves the right to decline a proposed course articulation.
ARTICULATION PROCESS
1. The high school articulation coordinator desiring to articulate a course will contact Hartnell
College’s articulation coordinator.
2. The Hartnell College articulation coordinator will present the appropriate Hartnell College
Dean/Director with the articulation proposal. The Dean/Director will make a recommendation
as to whether or not the proposed articulation should move forward.
3. If recommended by the appropriate Hartnell College Dean/Director, then the Hartnell
College articulation coordinator will work with the high school articulation coordinator to
arrange for meetings between Hartnell College and high school instructor(s) to:
a. Compare high school and proposed college courses to evaluate that course
objectives are aligned.
b. Review the competencies required in the college course and the process for
earning advanced placement.
c. Mutually develop and adopt a list of competencies based on the existing
entry-level curriculum at Hartnell College.
d. Assist the high school instructor in making any curriculum adjustments,
evaluating equipment/laboratory needs, sharing instructional materials,
visiting sites, etc.
e. Prepare the articulation agreement for submission to a Hartnell College appropriate
area Dean or Director.
4. When the student has successfully completed requirements indicated for articulation,
college credit will be posted to the student’s academic record.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
1. The High School Articulation Coordinator will meet with high school instructor(s) to
distribute and review Hartnell College’s Concurrent Enrollment packets as well as the
high school/Hartnell articulation process.
2. High school instructors have their articulated class students fill out a Hartnell College
Concurrent Enrollment packet within the first two weeks of the class start date. The
$10.00 Student Services Activity Fee is being waived for articulated coursework.
a. The Concurrent Enrollment packet is reviewed on site by the High School
Articulation Coordinator for completeness of each packet before submission
to Hartnell College Admissions & Records.
3. The High School Articulation Coordinator identifies the course/section to be offered on
the Articulation Agreement form that is submitted to the Hartnell College Articulation
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Coordinator along with the completed Concurrent Enrollment Packets gathered from
the high school students.
a. These applications are mailed to or picked up by the Hartnell College
Articulation Coordinator to be delivered to Enrollment Services Lead in
Admissions & Records for processing.
4. Hartnell College Articulation Coordinator then works with the appropriate area division
on campus to create a section for the entire class. (The section must be coded as notapportionment and Credit by Exam in the comments section; and the enrollment is set
to “ZERO.”)
5. The completed Concurrent Enrollment packets and a copy of the Articulation Form
showing the course and section # is delivered to Admissions & Records from the Hartnell
College Articulation Coordinator within one week of receiving the packets.
6. If there are any problems with a Concurrent Enrollment packet, it will be returned to
Hartnell College’s Articulation Coordinator for resolution.
7. Hartnell College’s Articulation Coordinator will send the final grade roster to the High
School Articulation Coordinator so that they can deliver it to each instructor prior to the
class ending.
8. The instructor will then provide the final grades roster back to the High School
Articulation Coordinator within two (2) working days from the official end of the class
according to the high school’s calendar
9. The Hartnell College instructor of record utilizing PAWS for Faculty, grade each student
within two working days from the last class meeting.
NOTE
-For full-year high school classes, the course will be created in Hartnell College’s spring semester
and will be offered from January to June.
-For a semester length high school course, the course will be created in alignment with Hartnell
College’s fall (August-December) or spring (January-June) semesters.
New AP
See Board Policy 4050
Approved by Superintendent/President:
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HARTNELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
ROUTING/TRACKING FORM
Review and approval by the various college governance groups is requested:
Policy/Procedure #:
Policy/Procedure Name:
New
Yes
No
AP 4051
High School Articulation
Revised
Replaces existing policy/procedure:
New policy/procedure or revisions initiated/proposed by: Academic Affairs
ACCJC Standards
Reason for new policy/procedure or revisions:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Reviewing Group
Date
Approval/Comments
Routed to:
Forward by:
• Council:
4/22/16
3/23/16
• Academic Senate President
4/22/16
3/23/16
• HCFA President
4/22/16
3/23/16
• CSEA President
4/22/16
3/23/16
• L-39 Chief Steward
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Hartnell College Faculty
Approved as presented
Association
Approved with changes
Not approved
Comments: No response
__________________________________________________________________________________________
04/12/2016 Approved as presented
Academic Senate
Approved with changes
Not approved
Comments: See additional comments
__________________________________________________________________________________________
CSEA
Approved as presented
Approved with changes
Not approved
Comments: No response
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4/15/16
L-39
Approved as presented
Approved with changes
Not approved
Comments:
Council: Academic Affairs
Approved as presented
Approved with changes
Comments:
College Planning Council
Not approved
Approved as presented
Approved with changes
Not approved
Comments:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Superintendent/President’s
Approved as presented
Executive Cabinet
Approved with changes
Not approved
Comments:
Board of Trustees
(First Reading)
Comments:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Board of Trustees
Approved as presented
(Consideration)
Approved with changes
Not approved
Comments:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
ANTICIPATED TIMELINE
Board of Trustees first reading to occur on:
Board of Trustees consideration to occur on:
Additional comments: Page 3, ARTICULATION PROCESS:
2. The Hartnell College Articulation Coordinaaor will present te appropriate Hartnell College Dean/Director with
the articulataion proposal. The Dean/Director will COLLABORATE WITH HARTNELL DISCIPLINE FACULTY
AND THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE TO make a recommendation as to whether or not the proposed
articulation should move forward.
3. If recommended by the appropriate Hartnell College Dean/Director AND DISCIPLINE FACULTY, hen the
Hartnell College Articulation Coordinator will work with the High School Articulation Coordinaator to aarrange
for meetings between Hartnell College DISCIPLINE FACULTY and high school instructor(s) to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e. Prepare the articulation agreement for subjission to a Hartnell College appropriate area Dean or Director
AND REVIEW BY THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE.
[Note: please also correct inconsistencies in capitalization of High School Articulation Coordinator and Hartnell
College Articulation Coordinator. The process of grading (General Agreement item #6) seemed unclear and
confusing to the reviewers].