College, Career, and Military Readiness Electives
College Readiness Exam Prep
Course No. OTCOR
Semesters: 1 Credits: ½ (state)
Recommended: 9th-12th
Prerequisite: None
The College Readiness Exam Prep. course is available to any student seeking dedicated instructional time for SAT/ACT preparation. Test taking skills and specific test items are emphasized for both the verbal and quantitative sub-tests.
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
Course No. OTAV1 A/B Freshman AVID
Course No. OTAV2 A/B Sophomore AVID 1 credit / Speech .5 credit
Course No. OTAV3 A/B Junior AVID/Health .5 credit
Course No. OTAV4 A/B Senior AVID
Semesters 2; Credits: 1 (plus applicable .5 credits in Sophomore/Junior years) (high school)
Prerequisite: Application and Instructor Approval
AVID is a structured college-readiness course designed to support students' development of inquiry, critical reading, and analytical writing skills. Each week, students in the AVID elective class engage in reading and writing curriculum, tutor-facilitated study groups, collaborative activities and academic success skills. The tools used in this course will help students to be more successful readers, writers, and thinkers in the more rigorous courses in which they will also be expected to enroll (i.e. Advanced and accelerated middle school offerings, Advanced, AP or Dual high school offerings). The AVID elective class reviews and then builds upon skills learned in prior years of AVID. Potential students will need to apply and interview before being accepted into the elective.
AVID Tutors
Course No. OTAVT A/B
Semesters 2; Credits: 1 (local)
Prerequisite: Application/Interview with AVID District Liaison Required
Grades: 11-12
Students will be trained to be the AVID tutors in AVID Elective classes along with building leadership skills through participating in aspects of the AVID curriculum. They may help AVID teachers with preparation during the times they are not tutoring. Students will end the year as trained AVID tutors which will enable them to apply for paid jobs as AVID tutors at any AVID schools after graduation from high school.
General Employability Skills
Course No. SEGER A/B, SEGEM A/B
Grade Level(s): 9-12
Credits: 1.0
Prerequisite: ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
General Employability skills is a course that provides students with knowledge of the prerequisite skills for general employment as well as the means of obtaining those skills. The course will cover the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that allow employees to get along with their co-workers, make important work-related decisions, and become strong members of the work team. Students will also explore job possibilities that link their skills, abilities, interests, values, needs, and work environment preferences. Coursework will be individualized to the students’ needs and preferences relating to their post-secondary goal. ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
Making Connections I
Course No. SEMC1R
Grade Level(s): 9-12
Credits: 0.5
Prerequisite: ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
The Making Connections course sequence serves students who have a disability that causes them to have difficulty with social skills. The courses will assist the students with developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills that will increase the student’s post-secondary outcome. Making Connections I assists the students in developing an understanding of their disability and the strengths and limitations that accompany it. ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
Making Connections II
Course No. SEMC2R
Grade Level(s): 9-12
Credits: 0.5
Prerequisite: ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
The Making Connections course sequence serves students who have a disability that causes them to have difficulty with social skills. The courses will assist the students with developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills that will increase the student’s post-secondary outcome. Making Connections II assists students with understanding and maintaining friendships and other relationships that will positively benefit their post-secondary outcomes. ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
Making Connections III
Course No. SEMC3R
Grade Level(s): 9-12
Credits: 0.5
Prerequisite: ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
The Making Connections course sequence serves students who have a disability that causes them to have difficulty with social skills. The courses will assist the students with developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills that will increase the student’s post-secondary outcome. Making Connections III assists students in understanding how their specific disability impacts their learning and working style. Students learn to employ and self-advocate the proper accommodations and modifications to be more successful in their post-secondary setting. ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
Making Connections IV
Course No. SEMC4R
Grade Level(s): 9-12
Credits: 0.5
Prerequisite: ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
The Making Connections course sequence serves students who have a disability that causes them to have difficulty with social skills. The courses will assist the students with developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills that will increase the student’s post-secondary outcome. Making Connections IV assists students in developing skills to employ problem-solving and collaboration to assist with their post-secondary goals. ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
Path-College/Career Prep I-IV
Course No.
I SEP1R A/B
II SEP2R A/B
III SEP3R A/B
IV SEP4RA
Grade Level(s): 9-12
Credits: 1.0 per course
Prerequisite: ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
The Path-College/Career Prep course series focuses on developing the habits and skills that are expected in life-long learning and the workforce. In this course, students will develop personal/interpersonal and cognitive skills that are essential to productivity in their chosen post-secondary setting (adult learning and/or work). ARD/IEP Committee determination required.
Work-Based Learning I- IV
Course No. SEWBLA, SEWBLB
Grade Level(s): 9-12
Credits: .5-1 (local)
Work-based Learning focuses on regular and systematic instruction in meaningful, functional, age-appropriate skills in integrated campus, district and community settings, using naturally occurring materials and situations, designed to help the student acquire and generalize life skills that enhance his/her opportunities for meaningful experiences and relationships within the general community.
Work-based learning is based upon individual strengths and needs, using consistent teaching strategies, as well as accommodations designed to enhance students’ participation in typical activities.
Work-based learning may include vocational skills training, soft skills training, travel planning, pedestrian skills, money use and management, leisure skills, restaurant use, asking questions, obtaining services, providing information, using typical electronics and building self-determination and self-advocacy skills. ARD/IEP Committee determination required.