District 6 Credit Information
University Credit
Courses taken for university credit count towards Horizontal Advancement. After taking a college-level course, please hang on to your university transcript and submit at the appropriate time while making a move on the pay scale. For more information about this process, please click here.
District 6 Credit - Out of District
Courses taken outside of District 6 that do not have the option for graduate credit can be submitted to the preapproval process. In order for an out of district course to be considered for District 6 Credit, the following minimum criteria must be met:
Course is taken off contract time
Course does NOT have the option for graduate credit
Course is a minimum of 7.5 hours of seat time
There is assigned work that is required to be completed outside of seat time
Preapproval form is submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the course start date
Direct supervisor approval
If you have a course that meets this criteria, click here to initiate the preapproval process.
District 6 Credit - In-District
Some courses provided by District 6, off-contract time, will have the option to earn District 6 Credit. Typically courses offered during summer summits qualify for District 6 Credit. In order to receive credit for an In-District course:
Register for an appropriate course in PowerSchool (click here to see this summer's offerings)
Attend the course in entirety
Pay the fee (FREE FOR SUMMER 2022!)
$17 per half-day course (3.75 hours which equals 0.25 District 6 Credits)
$34 per full-day course (7.5 hours which equals 0.50 District 6 Credits)
Complete the assignment provided by the instructor and submit by the appropriate deadline