On
March 26, 2015 the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s board approved the
request that selected careertech courses in the Pre-Engineering, Bio-Medical
and Bio-Technology academies count for academic credit. This means
that these academy courses that students are taking in Pre-Engineering, Bio-Med
and Bio-Tech at the technology centers and at select high schools can now
receive math, science or computer technology credit instead of counting as
electives. See below for more detail but the math or science credit will depend
upon the certification of the teacher.
This
process has been a year in the making. Several ODCTE and SDE staff
have worked diligently in making sure all information was compiled and
documented. Special appreciation goes to Tommi Leach, Academic
Coordinator from ODCTE and Melissa White, executive director of ACE/Counseling,
from SDE for their leadership in this process.
Please
see the attachment for important information and details on this new action.
You can also find this attachment on our Career and Academics Connections
(CAC) website at:
https://www.okcareertech.org/educators/career-and-academic-connections/academics
under CTE Academics.
CRITICAL
INFORMATION FOR CTE ACADEMIC CREDITS/TRANSCRIPTING
On March 26,
2015, the Oklahoma State Board of Education approved certain math and science
courses taught at technology centers and select high schools to count for
academic credit on high school transcripts. It is very important that
technology centers share the information contained in this document with their
partner schools as soon as possible.
In order for
students to receive credit for these courses, it is imperative that schools
follow these guidelines:
1) Technology Centers must submit
these courses to their partner schools’ boards of education for approval to
count these courses as academic credit for graduation purposes.
2) The following chart shows which courses
count for math or science credit and how the instructor of that course must be
certified. At this time, Digital Electronics is the only course counting for
math. In order for students to receive MATH credit, this course must be taught
by a highly qualified, math certified teacher. Additional courses can
count for SCIENCE if the teacher is highly qualified and certified in science.
If the instructor is not certified in the listed area, then the course will
count as an elective.
3) NCAA – Partner schools will need to
submit to NCAA course syllabi’s for the courses approved by the local BOEs that
meet the requirements for math or science credit. Technology Centers will need
to work with their partner schools to supply the information needed by NCAA.
Technology Centers DO NOT submit information to NCAA.
4) We are currently waiting to see if
these math and science courses count for OKPromise. Please pay particular
attention to students that need additional math and science credits to meet
OKPromise regulations. We will let you know when we have additional information
from OSRHE and OKPromise.
5) It is very important that the technology centers send their
partner schools the correct OCAS code when listing courses receiving academic
credit. (Just as technology centers have been doing for Human Anatomy/Physiology
in Health and for courses already on the OKPromise list of approved courses.) The
correct OCAS codes for the science and math courses are listed in the chart
below.
6) Here is the link to the list of courses
on the SDE’s website: http://www.ok.gov/sde/accreditation-standards-division scroll down to subject codes. Under
Grades 9-12, click on FY2015-2016.
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*Counts
for OKPromise credit
Questions? Contact Tommi
Leach, Academic Coordinator, ODCTE tommi.leach@careertech.ok.gov or 40
