Transcript Special Education - Suffolk Public Schools

New Graduation
Requirements Beginning
2013-14
May 9, 2013
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Special
Education
Community
Service
Graduation
Requirements
Beginning
2013-14
Virtual
Course
Industry
Credential
Current Diploma Options
Advanced Studies
Standard
Modified
Standard
Special
24 Credits (11 & 12)
22 credits
20 credits
IEP Goals Met
26 Credits (9 & 10)
Algebra I Pt 1 minimum
math credit (12th grade)
Algebra I Pt 2 minimum
math credit (11th grade)
Algebra I minimum math
credit (10th grade and
beyond)
Economic and Personal
Finance (10th grade and
beyond)
Special Education
• Modified Diploma
– Phased out for incoming 9th Graders (201314)
– Current grades 9-12 are still eligible
– Requirements roll up to Standard
• Modified required 20 Standard Credits,
0 verified
• Standard requires 22 Standard Credits,
6 verified
Special Education
• Credit Accommodations– Approved by DOE to provide alternatives for
students with disabilities to meet verified
credit requirements
– Credit Accommodations for students with
disabilities may include:
• Alternative courses to meet the standard credit
requirements
• Modifications to the requirements for locally
awarded verified credits
Special Education
Credit Accommodations
• Additional tests approved by the Board
of Education for earning verified credits
• Adjusted cut scores on tests for earning
verified credits
• Allowance of work-based learning
experiences through career and
technical education (CTE) courses
Career & Technical Education
Virginia’s Credentialing Initiative
Must earn a VDOE approved CTE
Credential to Graduate with a Standard
Diploma
Career & Technical Education
Virginia’s Credentialing Initiative
Industry Credentialing Spring Administration
April 25—May 10
10 Different Assessments
20 High School CTE Courses
Approximately 1200 Students; Various Grade
Levels
Career & Technical Education
Virginia’s Credentialing Initiative
Students can earn industry credentials in:
Adobe Photoshop
Agribusiness
AutoCAD
Family and Consumer Sciences
Financial Literacy
Hospitality Management Food and Beverage
Microsoft Office Specialist—PowerPoint
Microsoft Office Specialist—Word
National Professional Customer Service
Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth of VA
Career & Technical Education
Virginia’s Credentialing Initiative
(The Pruden Center)
Students can earn industry credentials in:
Automotive Collision Repair and Finishing
Automotive Electrical/Electronic Systems
Automotive Engine Performance
Automotive Engine Repair
Certified Internet Webmaster--Internet Business
Certified Internet Webmaster—Network Technology
Certified Internet Webmaster—Site Development
ComTIA A+ Practical
ComTIA A+ Essential
Career & Technical Education
Virginia’s Credentialing Initiative
(The Pruden Center)
Students can earn industry credentials in:
Early Childhood Education
Emergency Medical Technician
Introductory Craft Skills
Oracle
ProStart (National Restaurant)
ServSafe (National Restaurant)
Small Animal Science and Technology
Virginia Board of Barbering and Cosmetology
Virginia Board of Nursing Nurse Aide
Welding
Virtual Course
• Compass Learning’s Odyssey Health Course
may serve as the virtual course.
• Selected modules will be assigned in the
blended HPE9 course and the remaining
modules will be assigned to HPE10.
• This requirement will be met over a two year
period.
http://www.spsk12.net/virtual-programs-available
Additional Virtual Opportunities
Virtual Virginia
• English
• AP English Literature
and Composition
• AP English Language
and Composition
• Mathematics
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics
• Mathematical
Analysis
• Science
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Environmental
Science
Virtual VA
continues
• Social Studies
• AP US History
• AP European
History
• AP Government
and Politics:
Comparative
• AP Government
and Politics: U.S.
• Foreign Language
• AP French
Language
• AP Latin: Vergil
• AP Spanish
Language
• Arabic I
• Chinese I
• World Languages
• Fine Arts
• AP Art History
Recovery
• English 9-12
• Algebra I, Algebra
II, Geometry
• Earth Science,
Biology
• World History I,
Government
Summer School
• English 12
• Government
• Low Enrollment
• English 9-11
• Earth Science,
Biology
• World History I
Community Service Requirement
• Required to complete 50 hours of community
service, which may include:
– volunteering for a charitable or religious organization
that provides services to the poor, sick or less
fortunate;
– participating in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts or similar
youth organizations;
– participating in political campaigns or government
internships;
– and participating in school-sponsored extracurricular
activities that have a civics focus.
Excellence in Civics
Education Seal
• A grade of B or better average in Virginia
& United States History and Virginia &
United States Government with good
attendance and no disciplinary referrals
will be eligible for the State Board of
Education’s Excellence in Civics
Education Seal.
Community Service
Requirement
Recommended Number of Community
Service Hours per Year
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
at least 16 hours
at least 17 hours
at least 17 hours
Community Service
Requirement
Students transferring into Suffolk Public Schools
will be required to complete the following hours
of community service:
• Entering in grade 10 at least 35 hours
(recommend at least 18 hours per year)
• Entering in grade 11 at least 20 hours
(recommend at least 18 hours per year)
• Entering in grade 12 at least 10 hours
Academic and Career Plan
• The Academic and Career Plan is a
framework/projection of a student’s plan of
studies.
• All schools shall begin development of a
personal Academic and Career Plan for each
seventh-grade student with completion by the
fall of the student’s eighth-grade year.
• Suffolk Public Schools began developing plans
for students in grade 4.
Academic and Career Plan
Grade 4
Grade 5
• Complete Interest Inventory in VA Wizard
• Develop Middle Years Academic and Career Plan
• Review/Update Middle Years Academic and Career Plan
Grade 6 • Complete Skills Inventory in VA Wizard
Grade 7
• Develop Secondary Years Academic and Career Plan
• Review/Update Plan
• Required copy to parents to be signed and returned and
Grade 8
placed in students permanent record
Academic and Career Plan
• Review/Update Secondary Academic and Career Plan and
include post-secondary plans and diploma path
Grade 9 • Complete the Value Inventory in VA Wizard.
• Review/Update Secondary Academic and Career Plan
Grade 10 • Add Community Service Hours
• Review/Update Secondary Academic and Career Plan
(community service hours, virtual, and industry credentialing)
Grade 11 • Required copy to parents to be signed and returned and
placed in student’s permanent record
• Review/Update Secondary Academic and Career Plan and
update post secondary plan and additional graduation
requirements: community service, virtual course, and
Grade 12
industry credential