Transcript Secondary School Credit for Education in Mexico

Interpret an
academic record
from Mexico
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My student?
Level of schooling reported
Timeframe reported
Translate course titles
Translate course grades
Account for all
formal education
Level of education reported?
Primaria (grades 1-6)
Secundaria (grades 7-9)
Preparatoria (“Bachillerato” on transcript)
(grades 10-12+)
Universidad (college)
Which grade level?
Washington
Junior High
7th grade
8th grade
High School
9th grade
10th grade
11th grade
12th grade
Mexico
Secundaria
Primero grado
Segundo grado
Tercero grado
Bachillerato
Primero grado
Segundo grado
Tercero grado
Begins in Secundaria,
repeats in Bachillerato
Grading period reported?
Primer
Segundo
Tercer
Cuarto
Quinto
Sexto
If the number of the grading period is
listed…use this as a general guide
1st – septiembre and octubre
2nd – noviembre and diciembre
3rd – enero and febrero
4th – marzo and abril
5th – mayo and junio
Break – julio and agosto
Passed all
courses + 80%
attendance?
Yes
PROMOTED
No
Failed 6 or
more?
No
Yes
HELD BACK
Extraordinary
examinations
(Aug, Sept, Feb)
Translate the grades earned.
Washington
A = 10 (perfect)
A=9
B=8
C=7
D=6
F = 5.9 and below
Mexico
Ask for the
Right Record
Their “certificate of completion” is like
our transcript. It includes grades for
individual courses.
 Their “transcript” is like our diploma. It
verifies program completion and overall
grade point average.
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Who can obtain a
Certificate of Completion?
In person:
• The student
• A close family member
By mail:
• PROBEM Coordinator for the State
in Mexico in which school was last
attended
While Awaiting Records
Because all students in 7th through 9th
grade complete the same minimum
curriculum in Mexico, while awaiting
records we can tentatively
place the student in classes.
Beginning in the second
semester of 10th grade,
classes vary according to
the school’s emphasis.
Primero (1st yr) of Secundaria
(7th Grade) before 2006/07SY
135 seat hrs each:
225 seat hrs each:
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World History I
 World Geography
 Civics & Ethics
 Biology
 Intro Physics & Chem.
 Foreign Language
 Vocational Education
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Spanish
Mathematics
90 seat hrs each:
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Art
Physical Education
Primero (1st yr) of Secundaria
(7th Grade) eff 2006/07SY
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240 seat hrs/SY (6/wk x 40
wks)
Science I (Biology)
200 seat hrs/SY (5/wk x 40
wks)
Spanish
Mathematics
Geography of Mexico & World
40 seat hrs/SY (1/wk x 40
wks)
Ethics & Morals
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120 seat hrs/SY (3/wk x 40
wks)
Foreign Language
Technology
State Elective
80 seat hrs/SY (2/wk x 40 wks)
Physical Education
Art (Music, Dance, Theatre,
Visual Arts)
Total: 35 seat hrs/wk, 200 day
school year
Segundo (2nd yr) of Secundaria
(8th Grade) before 2006/07SY
135 seat hrs each:
225 seat hrs each:
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World History II
 Physics
 Chemistry
 Foreign Language
 Vocational Education
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Spanish
Mathematics
90 seat hrs each:

Mathematics
 Geography of Mexico
 Civics and Ethics
 Biology
 Art
 Physical Education
Segundo (2nd yr) of Secundaria
(8th Grade) eff 2006/07SY
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240 seat hrs/SY (6/wk x 40
wks)
Science II (Physics)
200 seat hrs/SY (5/wk x 40
wks)
Spanish
Mathematics
160 seat hrs/SY (4/wk x 40
wks)
History I
Civics and Ethics
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120 seat hrs/SY (3/wk x 40
wks)
Foreign Language
Technology
80 seat hrs/SY (2/wk x 40 wks)
Physical Education
Art (Music, Dance, Theatre,
Visual Arts)
40 seat hrs/SY (1/wk x 40 wks)
Ethics & Morals
Total: 35 seat hrs/wk, 200 day school year
rd
(3
Tercero
yr) of Secundaria
(9th Grade) before 2006/07SY
135 seat hrs each:
225 seat hrs each:
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
History of Mexico
 Civics & Ethics
 Physics
 Chemistry
 Foreign Language
 Hist/Geog of State
 Vocational Ed
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Spanish
Mathematics
90 seat hrs each:
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Art
Physical Education
Tercero (3rd yr) of Secundaria
(9th Grade) eff 2006/07SY
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240 seat hrs/SY (6/wk x 40
wks)
Science III (Physics)
200 seat hrs/SY (5/wk x 40
wks)
Spanish
Mathematics
160 seat hrs/SY (4/wk x 40
wks)
History II
Civics and Ethics
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120 seat hrs/SY (3/wk x 40
wks)
Foreign Language
Technology
80 seat hrs/SY (2/wk x 40 wks)
Physical Education
Art (Music, Dance, Theatre,
Visual Arts)
40 seat hrs/SY (1/wk x 40 wks)
Ethics & Morals
Total: 35 seat hrs/wk, 200 day school year
Bachillerato (Preparatoria)
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Curriculum varies by school
 May include a 13th year
 School may specialize in preparation for a
specific career field
 Expensive to attend
 School is self-supporting
 Unavailable in many rural regions
Learning from CONEVyT
What’s CONEVyT?
 Portal funded by OSPI for Washington
school districts through Yakima SD website
 Mexico’s high school courses articulated
with Yakima course offerings (chart)
 Can CONEVyT help your families?
 Learn more – select CONEVyT icon on
Yakima School District website
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Importance of
Credit for Partial Work
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Highly mobile students like migrant students,
who have sometimes studied in Mexico,
move frequently between school districts as
their families follow crop cycles.
 For these students, a barrier to high school
graduation is lack of credit for the partial work
completed before moving.
You can help!
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Interview the student to fill in gaps in the
educational record.
 Obtain documentation of partially completed
work from high school transcripts, withdrawal
forms, and the Migrant Student Information
System, a statewide database www.msdr.org
 When comparing credit earned in semester,
trimester, quarter and block schedules, use
seat hours as a common denominator.
Then…
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Enroll the student in the part of a
course she lacks to complete the
credit. The Washington State
PASS Program allows this flexibility.
 When the student has finished the
work, document full credit on the
student’s high school transcript.
REMINDER
Your goal is to account
for all formal education
completed by this student.
Has the student studied in the
U.S. before enrolling in your
school?
WHERE
will you graduate?
Investigate requirements via Internet
Help parents and student develop a plan
Make sure the student’s portfolio travels
with the student to the next school
attended
Returning to Mexico
to School or Work?
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Issues: delayed enrollment in school,
rejection of U.S. records
 Solutions negotiated by international
agreements: (1) grades K-9 Binational
Transfer Agreement; (2) grades 10+
Apostille
 Your supportive role is essential!
Binational Transfer Agreement
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Get the form: www.msdr.org website.
Print one each time it is needed (they are
sequentially numbered).
 Extract requested info from your transcript
 Translate into Spanish if possible
 Student’s name must match in documents
 School in Mexico accepts student ASAP
Further detail on handout
Apostille
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Grades 10-12
 Send letter with transcript & check ($15) to
Secretary of State
 Include large, self-addressed envelope
 They issue the apostille to your school
 Student handcarries it in your sealed
envelope to school or work place in Mexico
 They must accept document as authentic
Further detail on handout
GREAT Websites
Contact any U.S.
public school:
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
Any state’s graduation requirements:
http://education.umn.edu/nceo/Topic
Areas/Graduation/StatesGrad.htm
Helen Malagon, Acting Director
Migrant and Bilingual Programs
OSPI
P. O. Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504
(360) 753-1137
http://www.k12.wa.us/migrant/
Office of Secondary Education
for Migrant Youth
Linda Roberts, Director
810-A E. Custer Ave.
Sunnyside, WA 98944
(509) 836-7500
http://www.semy.org