Dual Credit Options

1. Dual Credit Options Presented by TCC Connect and BHS Counseling Department 2016 – 2017

2. What is Dual Credit? According to The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Dual Credit is a process by which a high school junior or senior enrolls in a college course and receives simultaneous academic credit for the course from both the college and the high school. While dual credit courses are often taught on the secondary school campus to high school students only, a high school student can also take a course on the college campus and receive both high school and college credit.

3. Who should take Dual Credit? Students… • Students highly motivated and willing to work hard • Students who do NOT procrastinate • Students determined to graduate with college credits • Students okay with Pre-AP weighted English • Students who did not make a 3, 4, or 5 on junior year AP English exam (talk to your HS counselor)

4. How to Enroll? • Juniors and Seniors with a 80 or higher GPA are eligible to participate in dual credit courses. • The High School Counseling Office will provide official student transcripts to TCC. • TCC Connect will come to the High School March 22nd and 23rd to help students completethe online application and administer the Pre-Assessment Activity (PAA).

5. How to Enroll? • Students will have an opportunity to take the TSI-A at Birdville HS (if the student is not exempt from testing). The TSI Assessment is the approved placement test used by educational institutions to assist in determining if a student is prepared for a college-level courses and to aid institutions in making course placement decisions. Students will take the Reading, Writing, and Math portions of the TSI-A.

6. How to Enroll? • Immediately following the TSI-A, students will receive results to share with the Dual Credit Counselor. • All re-tests will take place at the TCC NE Campus Testing Center. • Students exempt from the TSI-A based on ACT/SATtest scores must submit an official copy of their scores to the TCC NE Campus Registrar’s Office.

7. TSI Exemptions SAT Verbal/Writing min 500 Math min 500 Combined 1070 ACT English min 19 Math min 19 Composite 23

8. How to Enroll? • Once students complete the High School Early Enrollment Form with the Dual Credit Counselor, the TCC Connect Dual Credit Coordinator will pick up the completed student application/registration packet for processing. The TCC Connect office will register all students in their course section(s) for dual credit classes at their high school.

9. How to Enroll? • The registration process is complete when students make a tuition payment through their TCC WebAdvisor account online or in person at any TCC Business Services Office. Tuition payment plans are available, and students should contact Business Services for more information after they have been registered for courses.

10. Deadline for Participation Students participating in Dual Credit for the 2016-2017 academic year, should complete all testing and paper work by: May 6, 2016

11. Dual Credit Requirements • Dual Credit students must meet course prerequisite requirements before enrolling in classes. • Students may enroll in up to two Dual Credit courses per semester. • Students are required to make a TCC grade of “C” or better in ALL Dual Credit courses to continue in the Dual Credit Program.

12. Dual Credit Requirements • Students may not drop a Dual Credit course without permission from the high school counselor. It is the student’s responsibility to notify his/her counselor. • Students must attend class 85% of the time, failure to do so may result in the professor dropping the students from the class.

13. TCC Courses at BHS & BCTAL

14. An Investment with Benefits Dual Credit vs. Advanced Placement

15. An Investment with BenefitsAccess to Tarrant County College (TCC) Resources • Career and Employment Services • Financial Aid Services • Library • State of the art computer labs • Academic Learning Center

16. Tuition Costs • $59 per credit hour for Tarrant County residents. • Grant funds may be available through a reimbursement program. • High school students who have earned 24 college credits or more upon graduation save about $15,000.

17. Dual Credit Textbooks After the student has received a Dual Credit schedule from their high school counselor, they can purchase their textbook(s) at any TCCD Campus Follett Bookstore or online at www.efollett.com. Students may also purchase their textbooks from any provider, as long as the ISBN matches the text required for their course. Students are expected to have their textbooks on the first day of class.

18. How to be Successful…High School vs. College College Classes: • Student Responsibility (accountability). • You must communicate with your professor. • Attendance will be taken daily. • Involvement in extracurricular activities does not excuse the student from course responsibilities. • Syllabus outlines the course requirements and expectations of the instructor. • Students taking a 3-semester hour class should set aside a minimum of 6 hours per week to study.

19. Contact Information Tamesha Hilliard-Daniels Dual Credit Coordinator - NE TCC Connect 817-515-1650 dual.credit@tccd.edu

20. HS Campus Contact Information Stephanie Stevenson (817) 547-8044 stephanie.stevenson@Birdvilleschools.net Off duty after June 10, 2016.

21. Questions &Answers