MONROE COUNTY FILE: IKG
Embedded Credit
1.0 Purpose
The members of the Monroe County Board of Education believe that students often learn and retain more when lessons include hands-on activities where academic concepts are related to interest and to the task. When students are able to identify the real world application of academic concepts, mastery learning takes place. The contextual learning that occurs through the integration of knowledge and application in a CTE class offers greater opportunities for student learning. Monroe County Schools recognizes that academic concepts are often taught in Career and Technical Education classes. A review of the dropout rate and the fact that students often fail to understand the relevance of academic concepts to their chosen vocation, underscore the need to provide students with additional alternatives. Embedded credit permits students to experience more closely the connection between academic skills and their chosen career field. It is important to understand that students will have to earn the credit; it will not be automatically given to them for completion of a vocational program.
The diversity of student needs, abilities, level of motivation, learning styles, hopes and goals, are factors that support the addition of programs to strengthen student learning ability. By permitting embedded credit, the board recognizes this obligation and will offer additional opportunities to ensure student success for those seeking careers in technical education. The ability to earn embedded credit will permit students to take additional CTE classes, will permit closer alignment and relevancy of academic concepts to CTE course work, and will provide the opportunity for students to enter the work force with improved skills.
Students may be permitted to earn credit when the subjects are closely linked, and teachers and staff have reviewed the curriculum and determined that the class content will satisfy the requirements for awarding credit. Content standards and objectives will be incorporated in all classes where embedded credit is earned.
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MONROE COUNTY FILE: IKG
Embedded Credit 2.0 Definitions
2.1Embedded Credit - credit that a student earns when competencies from one subject are present or are included in another class that permits students to master both content and embedded skills.
2.2CTE Pathway - Career Technical Education classes that lead to certification or completion.
2.3CTE Completers - students who have passed the 4-6 required courses in one or more career concentrations.
2.4School Day - Four blocks of instruction.
3.0 Procedures
3.1The student must pass all required classes in a concentration prior to receiving embedded credit.
3.2The grade for embedded credit will be determined by adding grades earned in each class in the CTE concentration and dividing by the number of classes.
3.3Academic teachers assigned to JMHS will work with CTE teachers to insure that all CSO's are incorporated, and will be responsible for verifying that students have completed requirements for embedded credit.
3.4If a student receives embedded credit for a class where credit was previously earned, the student transcript will show both credits. However, only the highest grade will be used in the calculation of class rank.
3.5High School counselors will communicate and work closely with the teachers and administration at MCTC regarding scheduling.
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MONROE COUNTY FILE: IKG
Embedded Credit
4.0 Administration
4.1Academic teachers at JMHS will consult with CTE teachers prior to reporting grades for embedded credit.
4.2The home school will maintain student transcripts. High school counselors will be responsible for recording embedded credits earned.
5.0 Severability
If any portion of this policy or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this policy.
Authority: W.Va. Constitution, Article XII, §2, and W.Va. Code §§16-9A-4, 16-9A-9, 17A-1-1, 18-2-5, 18-2-5a, 18-2-7b, 18-2-9, 18-2-33, 18-2C-1 etseq., 18-5-1, 18-5-13, 18-16-1, 18A-1-1, 18A-5-1, 18A-5-la, 60A-1-101, 60A-7-lla, 61-2-15, 61-7-2, and 61-7-1 la.
Approved by Board Action: December 5, 2013
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