DE Spotlight Presentations at our monthly Bay Region Dual Enrollment Exchange meetings highlight best practices. Check out presentations on the DE Spotlight page. 

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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. 

Articles

• Dual Enrollment Overview: Challenges and Promising Practices in California (CLP) Includes three dual enrollment snapshots highlighting best practices in California. 

• Effective Practices for Promoting the Transition of High School Students to College A Review of Literature with Implications for California Community College Practitioners  (January 2019)

Presentations

• Webinar: County Office of Education CCAP Partnerships with Colleges (CLP January 2023) Presenters talked about their current dual enrollment partnerships with county offices of education, and how they’re planning to transition them to College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnerships with a focus on community schools, juvenile court schools, and adult education programs. 

• BACCC Dual Enrollment Overview  presented to K-12 Pathway Coordinators (November 4th, 2020)

• DeAnza College Pharm Technology CCAP Pathway Presentation  presented at Bay Region Dual Enrollment Exchange  (November 3rd, 2020) 

• Foothill-DeAnza Adult Education  (Presentation and Resources)

• Hartnell College Dual Enrollment College & Career Access Pathways (CCAP) Workshop (Hartnell Community College): This presentation is an example of clearly explaining to students the CCAP offering.  It presents the process clearly, connects students to supports, and highlights Hartnell process for students (like enrolling CCAP students in the chosen CCAP section). The presentation continues to be refined and has also been translated into Spanish, an important practice when expanding access to dual enrollment.  

Working with Unions

• Foothill DeAnza Faculty  MOU: MOU that addresses the collaborative needs of high schools and community colleges when engaging with dual enrollment. 

• Los Angeles Community College District & Los Angeles College Faculty Guild Local 1521, CFT/AFT, AFL-CIO Agreement 2020-2023: See Article 13 A13 (p. 25) language confirming that off-site assignments for dual enrollment may confirm to high school calendar with notification to the instructor when the assignment is offered.  See Article 23 K, defining training for off-site and non-traditional assignments , such as dual enrollment. 

• SMCCD AFT 1493 Questions and concerns about dual enrollment: Example of questions raised by one union regarding dual enrollment. 

• Working with Teacher Unions - Lessons Learned (Slides, Dual Enrollment Report) (October 2024) A presentation by Ben Williams, Corona Norco Teachers Association Vice President. The dual enrollment report reflects concerns and examples identified during their process. 

• NORCO Dual Enrollment Report:  Report of issues, legislation, and examples that came up during Norco union negotiations. 

Websites

• Berkeley City College: So many great practices on this website, including a student and parent facing video (in Spanish and English), a student handbook, a glossary of terms, and many other great student supports.

• Fresno City College Dual Enrollment Staff Resources and Processes: Acts as a centralized resource for Staff and faculty. 

Orientations

Student & parent orientation helps create a culture that includes dual enrollment. It makes it less scary for students and it helps to set shared expectations. 

• Imperial Valley College Student Orientation: This orientation sets student expectations about college classes and review processes.

• Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) Orientation: MUSD hosts a mandatory in person orientation at the beginning of every semester. 

• Castro Valley High School (CVHS) Orientation: Here are the orientation slides used by CVHS for this semester for high school students.  Community college outreach staff joined high school and shared information as well.  Zoom for all dual enrollment: students (mandatory) and parents (optional).  

• San Francisco Unified High School District Orientation (Video): The orientation video reviews how to register for classes, the impact of grades for high school students, systems and supports.

Parent & Student Education

• What is Dual Enrollment? A Brief Guide for Students and Families (English/Spanish) (EdTrust West 2023) This resource gives an accurate definition of dual enrollment (including CCAP and non-CCAP dual enrollment programs) and how it differs from AP,  benefits, and directs students to their high school for details. 

• Foothill Information for Parents: Example of a parent facing information webpage.  

Guidebooks 

Regional Guidebooks

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

• Orange County Dual Enrollment Handbook - Building and Scaling Effective Practices for Leadership and Implementation Teams

Parents and Students

• Napa Valley College Dual Enrollment Handbook (2024-2025)

• OUSD Dual Enrollment Handbook 

• Cabrillo Dual Enrollment Guidebook for Students and Parents (July 2021) 

• Fresno City College Dual Enrollment Handbook

• Lake Tahoe Community College Student and Parent Handbook

• Foothill 2020-2021 Dual Enrollment  Student Handbook

• Skyline Student and Family Resource Guide

• From Other States: 

  • Kirtland Community College Dual Enrollment Handbook (MI)

  • Florida State Dual Enrollment Student Handbook (FL)

  • Coconino Dual Enrollment Student Handbook (AZ)

Instructors

• Napa Valley College Faculty Guide

• Los Medanos Instructor Handbook (2023-2024)

• Cabrillo College Instructor Handbook (June 2020)

• Bakersfield College Faculty Handbook

• Santa Barbara City College Instructor Handbook

• Skyline Instructor Resource Guide

• Golden West College Dual Enrollment Instructor Handbook (2024-2025)

Administrators

• Cabrillo Dual Enrollment Administrators Handbook

• Monroe Community College Administrators Handbook

Dual Enrollment Campus Ambassador Program

• Napa Valley College Dual Enrollment Campus Ambassador Program Documents: Campus ambassadors can support students and create a culture of dual enrollment on high school campuses. 

  • NVC Dual Enrollment Ambassador Program Job Description

  • NVC Dual Enrollment Ambassador Handbook

Example Forms & Agreements

• Foothill-De Anza Community College District and Foothill-De Anza  Faculty Association MOU:  This MOU is an example of an MOU that balances the needs of faculty sourced from both the community college and high school to teach dual enrollment courses. 

• Shasta College 2023-2024 Dual Enrollment Instructor Agreement: Outlines the compensation and expectations for dual enrollment instructors sourced from the high school. 

• Single Parent Authorization under CCAP (Foothill): Single parent consent form is required for CCAP under AB 30. 

  • Foothill CCAP Parent Consent Form: Includes parent information about CCAP dual enrollment, including FERPA and grades

  • Foothill CCAP Parent Form: Termination of Consent: Terminates consent to participate in dual enrollment 

• Butte-Glenn Community College District College and Career Access Pathways Authorization to Participate: Through this, high schools provide blanket authorization to all students in their district o participate in CCAP dual enrollment. 

• SAUSD A-G Crosswalk: Supports dual enrollment program by documenting the alignment of high school and college courses to ensure equitable transcription on the high school transcript. 

• Chancellor's Office California College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) Enrollment Form  (Example) An example of a form to be used by CCAP programs that allows students, parents, and high schools to use a single form for participation in a CCAP pathway for the duration of the program, as legislated by AB 30 & AB 586.   

• MPC Instructional Services Agreement (ISA) & Instructional Service Agreement - Instructor Agreement (2022)  Used when high school instructors are teaching dual enrollment classes, creating a process for reimbursement from the community college to the high school. 

• CCAP with ROPs (CCAP Example): CCAPs are allowable with ROPs. This is an example CCAP agreement between a community college and an ROP. 

• West Hills Coalinga CCAP: Provides a CCAP example with instructors sourced from the high school. 

  • West Hills Coalinga Data Sharing Agreement: Data sharing agreement used in conjunction with CCAP agreement. 

• Los Rios Data Sharing Agreement

• Grossmont Cuyamaca CCAP: Example of right of first refusal under 4.2 (emphasis mine): HCHS instructors who meet the California Community College Chancellor’s Office minimum qualifications to teach a college course will have priority teaching a CCAP course on HCHS campus.  If there are no qualified HCHC instructors available to teach an agreed upon course, then the GCCCD will provide the faculty member to teach the course. It's the only time I've seen this agreement, which I wish were standard because it truly benefits students.

• Dual Enrollment Timeline: Breaks down activities in the year for dual enrollment to allow for strategic planning. Created for Cabrillo College originally. 

Dual Enrollment Electronic Form

• Dual Enrollment: Moving to an Electronic Form (CLP) Provides context for supporting the move to electronic form, steps for implementing an electronic form, and example cases. 

• Title 5 Regulation Regarding Electronic Signatures Ed  Code that permits use of electronic signatures on forms. 

• Dual Enrollment Electronic Form Matrix (Career Ladders Project Dual Enrollment Basecamp) A crowd sourced matrix by practitioners to help compare various electronic forms - Add your organizations information!  

Dual Enrollment Management Systems

Each of these systems has been used to support dual enrollment. Inclusion here is to allow you to evaluate them to see if they meet your needs:

• DualEnroll.com

• Parchment

• Canusia

Dual Enrollment Marketing/Program Information

• Student Voices: Dual Enrollment (CLP) Video highlighting student experiences in dual enrollment.  

• Dual Enrollment at City College of San Francisco (November 2019) Dual enrollment marketing video from City College of San Francisco. 

• Dual Enrollment High School Profile (Example) This template, shared by University of Maine Middle College, provides key dual enrollment demographics by high school for dual enrollment programs. Important information to highlight!  (Completed Example, Editable Template)

• Editable Dual Enrollment Program Fact Sheet. Shared by the University of Maine Early College Director via NACEP. Definitely a best practice that could be leveraged here for program awareness and marketing.  Completed Example. 

Open Educational Resources (OER)

• Open Education Resources: A Dual Enrollment Equity Strategy (NACEP) (October 2022): Exploration of textbook costs as an equity inhibitor. Provided by NACEP as a Problem of Practice brief. 

• OER in Dual Enrollment: Leveraging Open Educational Resources to Expand Equitable Access (October 2021) This report from SREB and the Midwestern Higher Education Compact provides an overview of policies across 50 states and recommendations on OER adoption and usage examines how the use of open educational resources (OER) can make dual enrollment courses more cost-effective and increase college access for more students. Provides national context to make the argument for the adoption for OER. 

• Open Educational Resources + Dual Enrollment (LA Orange County Regional Consortium): Highlight on best practices and California examples. 

• ASCCC OERI Canvas Site: Learn about Open Educational Resources that reduce the cost of textbooks for students... an important question in any dual enrollment program!

• Textbook Acquisition Services  If you are purchases textbooks, Textbook Acquisition Services works directly with publishers to reduce textbook costs for dual enrollment programs. Contact: Sara Sheppard, (980) 439-9040, ssheppard@textbookacquisitionservices.net 

• Find additional OER resources under the  Supporting Dual Enrollment Instructors section of this website. 

Other Resources 

• Orange County Guide to UC Requirements and High School Dual Enrollment: This booklet is designed to help high school administrators with the process of connecting dual enrollment to UC requirements.  It nicely synthesizes the information available. 

• Los Medanos College Dual Enrollment Decision Matrix flowchart (February 2017) 

• Napa Valley College Dual Enrollment and the High School Teacher (Brochure) 

• Problem Solving: Moving Dual Enrollment Online (CLP Webinar Series): Webinar recordings and presentations around supporting students online. Check out the Resources for Dual Enrollment Online Onboarding 

• Career Pathways Mapping Toolkit 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. 

• MPC Hospitality Pathway Map (Example)  This is an example of dual enrollment hospitality pathways across multiple high schools. It highlights that pathways  can vary based on the high school environments and the needs of the student populations. 

• Dual Enrollment Non-Credit to Meet High School Requirements (Cabrillo College) Provides guidance on how high schools can accept non-credit dual enrollment classes to meet high school requirements. 

• Dual Enrollment Transcripting Guidance: Dual Credit vs. Single Credit (Sequoia High School District)