Barbara Smith Career and Technical Education Coordinator bsmith@iwcs.k12.va.us 820 West Main Street Smithfield, VA 23430 Telephone 757.365.1602 Fax 757.357.7288 www.iwcs.k12.va.us Announcement of Dual Credit Enrollment Opportunity for High School Students FALL 2014 Isle of Wight County Schools has been approved to offer, juniors and seniors, enrolled in a Career and Technical Education course the opportunity to obtain college credits through Paul D. Camp Community College (PDCCC). The Dual Enrollment Program offers qualified high school students the ability to receive college credit at a relatively low cost while they complete their secondary education. It is designed to supplement and enrich students’ high school experiences by providing access to a collegiate education without interrupting their normal high school activities. Students will be taught at their home high school by an approved dual enrollment teacher. The students and the teacher will not be required to travel to Paul D. Camp Community College for this wonderful opportunity. Students are allowed to receive PDCCC credits for all courses listed on the attached sheet. The cost of tuition is $27.63 per credit hour for the Fall 2014 course offerings. Students will need to contact all colleges where they intend to seek enrollment on the transferability of the PDCCC credits. The following steps will begin the process of your child registering for dual enrollment: 1. Complete the Paul D. Camp Community College application online, www.pdc.edu – Click on Admissions, Apply Online, New Users, and then complete the application. a. Please use your full, legal name on the application. b. Include your social security number so that you can find your username later if you forget it. c. Important: Be sure to write down the PDCCC Student ID number as you will need this number for the placement testing and for the Dual Enrollment College Registration Form. 2. Take the PDCCC college placement test. Sample test questions: http://www.pdc.edu/admissions/placementtesting/ . Contact your high school counselor for information about testing. A testing waiver will be granted with a submitted copy of a SAT minimum area score of 500 in Reading/Writing and 520 in Math; PSAT 50 in Reading/Writing or 52 in Math; ACT, 21 in Reading/Writing and 22 in Math. 3. After completing Step 1 and Step 2, students will be given a Dual Enrollment College Registration Form by their classroom dual enrollment teacher to return completed and signed by Friday, September 19, 2014. Students will be required to include their PDCCC Student ID Number on the Dual Enrollment College Registration Form. After the completion of the above listed steps, if a student receives a passing grade in their dual enrolled approved high school course(s), the student will be awarded PDCCC credits and a PDCCC transcript can be requested. Students have received 80% discount on tuition rates upon successful completion of course. If you have further questions, please contact your high school counselor. Dual Enrollment Course Options Fall 2014 Paul D. Camp Community College IWCS Courses Keyboarding Applications PDCC Courses AST 101 Keyboarding I Credits 4 Location High Schools Computer Information Systems AST 141 Word Processing 3 High Schools Advanced Computer Information Systems AST 147 Intro to Presentation Software ITE 170 Multimedia Software 3 High Schools 3 High Schools Marketing MKT 100 Principles of Marketing 3 High Schools Economics and Finance FIN 107 Personal Finance 3 High Schools Technical Drawing DRF 120 Intro Graphic Representation ARC 121 Architectural Drafting 3 High Schools 3 High Schools EDU 195 Intro to Teaching as a Profession 3 High Schools Design, Multimedia and Web Technologies Architectural Drawing Teacher for Tomorrow (Teacher Cadet) No person, on the basis of race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin, handicapping condition or marital status, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity operated by the Isle of Wight County Schools. Dual Enrollment Course Options Fall 2014 Virginia State University IWCS Courses Honors English 12 VSU Courses ENG 110 Composition I Credits 3 Location High Schools Algebra and Trigonometry MATH 120 College Algebra 3 High Schools Probability and Statistics STAT 210 Elementary Statistics I 3 High Schools Students will take courses free of charge based on yearly grant funding for juniors, seniors and exceptions for sophomores for Math only. Placement exams are not required after completing a minimum of course work hours at the high school (Math students need 50 or better on PSAT, 500 or better on SAT or grade of “B” in Algebra II ). FALL 2014 Class ITP 100 Title Software Design Credits 4 Credits Instructor Joseph Burns (Modeling & Simulation I) ITN 101 Intro to Network Concepts Cooperative Ed 4 Credits Joseph Burns Desktop Database Software 3 Credit Joseph Burns CHD 120 WEL 117 Teaching Art, Music, and Movement to Children (Early Childhood Ed I) Introduction to Early Childhood Education (Early Childhood Ed I) Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting 3 Credits Dennis Tysinger GIS 200 Systems I (GIS) ITN 107 PC Hardware and Troubleshooting (PC Technology) Mon thru Friday 11:30 PM – 2:46 PM 3 Credits Karen Gunter Mon thru Friday 11:30 PM – 2:46 PM 3 Credits Karen Gunter Mon thru Friday 8:00 AM – 10:46 AM 3 Credits Tom Shirk (Welding I) Geographical Information Mon thru Friday 11:30 AM – 2:46 PM (Database Management) CHD 145 Mon thru Friday 11:30 AM – 2:46 PM (Modeling & Simulation II) ITE 150 Mon thru Friday 11:30 AM – 2:46 PM (Modeling & Simulation II) ITN 195 Time and Days Mon thru Friday 11:30 PM – 2:46 PM 4 Credits Joseph Burns Mon thru Friday 8:00 AM – 10:46 AM 3 Credits Christian Bagley Mon thru Friday 8:00 AM – 10:46 AM