Resources for Dual Enrollment Administrators

Consider joining one of the dual enrollment organizations listed on our Dual Enrollment Organization page. 

Key Resources for Dual Enrollment Administrators

• Bay Region Dual Enrollment Administrators Guidebook v. 3:  This guidebook provides insight into the practices and challenges of Bay Region dual enrollment programs. 

• CCAP Dual Enrollment Teaching Model FAQ: This FAQ provides information about the common teaching models leveraged by dual enrollment programs (co-teaching, college instructor, high school instructor who meets minimum qualifications). 

• Bay Region Dual Enrollment Workgroup Archive: Resources from Dual Enrollment Exchange meetings. See also DE Exchange Spotlight for recordings of Exchange topics. 

• Designing Professional Development for Dual Enrollment Instructors —Strategies for Coordinators (Career Ladders Project)

Dual Enrollment Planning

Partnership Development

• Creating Dual Enrollment Partnerships from Career Ladders Project (CLP) 

• Implementing a Dual Enrollment Program (2012) CCRC provides questions to guide the implementation of dual enrollment through from the initial creation through measuring success. 

• PEP Talk: Strengthening Partnerships Through Data and Communication (NACEP): Elements like state policy, funding, and geographic proximity can impact equity and access and often are beyond the control of dual enrollment programs. However, reviewing and using data to inform planning offers programs an important resource to leverage program and community resources to help overcome these barriers.  This resource provides information on how to leverage data and use it to raise awareness for and make decisions in dual enrollment programs. 

MIS Data Reporting

• • Chancellor's Office Special Population Data Elements Webinar (recording, slides): All CCAP reporting is now happening through the MIS systems.  Be sure to update your processes so that you are appropriately setting the SG13-CCAP-Student-Status data element. 

CCAP Agreement Submission Process

New Fully Executed CCAP partnership agreement (signed by both districts), updated Appendix to CCAP partnership agreement, and amendments to CCAP partnership agreement will now be submitted through a survey in the Alchemer system! 

   Training: 

• • CCAP Agreement User Guide PowerPoint and Recording Link  (slides): After clicking on the link, select the play button in the middle of the page to start the User Guide PowerPoint and Recording. This user guide is a sample on how to submit your CCAP documents. Please note, the recording is a general user guide and may not reflect the changes that were made to current links. 

• Link to Accessible Transcript of the User Guide PowerPoint and Recording: Please note, the transcript is a general user guide and may not reflect the changes that were made to current links. 

  CCAP Agreement Submission:  Alchemer Link Details (From the Chancellor's Office)

• • CURRENT: 2024-2025 Alchemer CCAP Agreement Link

    • Use the 2024-2025 link to submit any new fully executed CCAP agreements that begin in the 2024-2025 academic year and/or an updated appendix and/or an amendment to a CCAP partnership agreement already submitted.

    • SAMPLE pdf Survey for your reference. Please note, the pdf is to be used as a reference only and is not to be submitted. Questions are set up with logic to show groups of questions based on a previous answer.

    • New! Course Template List: The new course template list was developed from feedback received from colleges.

    • Please note: Per Education Code 76004 (c)(1) courses to be offered shall be listed in the CCAP agreement. Please review click here to review Education Code 76004 in its entirety. This template is an addition to the list already in the agreement and is to be uploaded separately to assist the Chancellor’s Office in collecting course information.

    • CCAP Agreement User Guide PowerPoint and Recording Link | User Guide PowerPoint Recording Link: After clicking on the link, select the play button in the middle of the page to start the User Guide PowerPoint and Recording. This user guide is a sample on how to submit your CCAP documents. Please note, the recording is a general user guide and may not reflect the changes that were made to current links. 

• Link to Accessible Transcript of the User Guide PowerPoint and Recording | CCAP Agreement Submission User Guide Transcript

Please note, the transcript is a general user guide and may not reflect the changes that were made to current links. 

• • Future Alchemer Link Details: New links will be sent to CCAP Program Contacts every May for the following academic year. Questions regarding the new process and/or need technical assistance, email to ccapp@CCCCO.edu.

Instructional Minutes & Apportionment

• College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) Partnership Agreement Guidelines for Apportionment Eligibility (March 2016)

  • Supporting:  Dual Enrollment Instructional Minutes (CLP): Interview with the Fiscal Consultant, School Fiscal Services at the California Department of Education discussing instructional minutes at the high school and ADA. 

  • California Department of Education Q&A: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the instructional time and attendance accounting requirements for dual enrollment. 

Pathway Mapping 

• Career Pathways Mapping Toolkit (Career Ladders Project) Career pathways maps clarify and align programs and services; they link increasing levels of certification, education, and employment; and they support students in choosing among the opportunities that interest them. Understanding this important process is critical in creating strong dual enrollment programs.

FERPA

• • • CLP Federal Privacy Law Related to Dual Enrollment—Strategies for Coordinators 

    • See also Data & Standards section of this website. 

Dual Enrollment Toolkits

Los Angeles County Toolkit to Equity-Centered Dual Enrollment Partnerships (2023): Created by the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Greater LA Education Foundation, this is well organized and provides contextualized resources. Here are a few examples of resources included:  

• California Spotlights: Dual Enrollment Data Dashboards (Slide 11)

• Customizable CCAP Agreement  (Slide 13) & Customizable CCAP Annual Amendment (Slide 14)

• Checklist of Data to Track In Dual Enrollment Programs  (Slide 31)

• Checklist for Portfolio Development of Dual Enrollment Courses (Slide 15)

• College & Career Access Pathways Survey Design (October 2018) (Slide 16)

• Customizable Dual Enrollment Calendar (Slide 18) 

• Understanding the Differences in Minimum Qualifications (MQs) for California Community Colleges Instructors and Career and Technical Education (CTE) Instructors (Slide 24)

Research  to Inform Practice

• Research Priorities for Advancing Equitable Dual Enrollment Policy and Practice (2022) Author(s): Jason L. Taylor, Taryn Ozuna Allen, Brian P. An, Christine Denecker, Julie A. Edmunds, John Fink, Matt S. Giani, Michelle Hodara, Xiaodan Hu, Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Willie Chen. Of interest to practitioners, because it encapsulates the thinking on the work we are all doing,  encapsulates best practices for us to think about and implement, and it also has an appendices that are literature reviews that encapsulates critical dual enrollment research by topic: 

  • A1 Dual Enrollment Equity and Justice (Taryn Ozuna Allen)

  • A2 Dual Enrollment Participation and Access (John Fink) 

  • A3 Dual Enrollment Outcomes and Impacts (Brian P. An) 

  • A4 Dual Enrollment Student Experiences (Barbara F. Tobolowsky) 

  • A5 Dual Enrollment Finance and Affordability (Xiaodan Hu) 

  • A6 Dual Enrollment & Career and Technical Education (Matt S. Giani) 

  • A7 Early College High Schools (Julie A. Edmunds) 

  • A8 Dual Enrollment Faculty, Professional Development, and Faculty Background & Training (Christine Denecker) 

  • A9 Dual Enrollment Implementation, Program Design, and Leadership (Michelle Hodara)  

• Dual Enrollment in California: Promoting Equitable Student Access and Success (October 2021) from the Public Policy Institute of California

• A Foot in the Door: Growth in Participation and Equity in Dual Enrollment in California (October 2021) from Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research

• The Dual Enrollment Playbook: A Guide to Equitable Acceleration for Students (October 2020)  by the Community College Research Center (CCRC)

• A Guide to Launching and Expanding Dual Enrollment Programs for Historically Underserved Students in California (June 2014) by Rogéair Purnell, Ph.D. 

• Concurrent Courses: Pathways to College and Careers Initiative (2008-2012) from the Community College Research Center (CCRC)

• Community College Research Center - Extensive dual enrollment research including: 

  • What We Know about Dual Enrollment (2012)

  • The Dual Enrollment Playbook: A Guide to Equitable Acceleration for Students (October 2020)

  • Concurrent Courses: Pathways to College and Careers Initiative  (January 2008–June 2012) Research which informed the development of AB 288.

• IES What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Summary of Evidence for Dual Enrollment & Intervention Report 

• How Equitable Is Access to AP and Dual Enrollment Across States and School Districts? (January 2021 CCRC) 

• SREC Dual Enrollment Research: A Comprehensive Overview (June 2020): Provides an overview of dual enrollment research. Groups research into three areas, including return on investment, equity and access, and quality curriculum and instruction.  Read definitions of terminology carefully, as it does vary from state to state. 

Professional Development

• Dual Enrollment Leadership Academy (CCEMC)   Join DELA and learn from top High School and College leaders on how to guide and direct a successful DE program that will support closing the gap for first generation college students and increase achievement for all students.

• Vision Resource Center Dual Enrollment Training (1 hour):  Covers the dual enrollment options in the California Community Colleges with an emphasis on College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP). The module provides a brief introduction to dual enrollment generally and then explores the specifics of the students, courses, schools and faculty that will most benefit from a CCAP agreement and how an agreement can be initiated.  Available to community college staff, administrators and instructors after registration. 

• Expanding Access to Dual Enrollment: Recommendations for K-12 District and Community College District Leader (Ed Trust West, 2023) Concise recommendations focused on educational leaders. 

  • Joint Board Resolution: Dual Enrollment Equitable Expansion: A sample joint board resolution template for K-12 & CCD boards  advocating for dual enrollment. 

Also check out Dual Enrollment Best Practices  for documents and ideas from other dual enrollment programs.