Credit Intervention, Credit Recovery, and Home School Credits

Student Requirements:

In order to qualify to enter credit recovery, a student must first participate in Credit Intervention:

Have made a diligent effort to submit all graded assignments for the 4.5 weeks of the grading period. If a student reaches the end of the 4.5 weeks with zeros for work not attempted, he must submit those assignments or complete alternative assignments assigned by the course teacher in the course covering the same concepts or standards by the end of the following 4.5 week grading period. Grades earned on these assignments will replace the missing grades. This work must be submitted or documentation of effort/extenuating circumstances must be provided before credit recovery can begin. Documentation can be verified by either the counselor or Onsite Facilitator by communicating with the course teacher.

Teachers will strongly encourage students to use the Credit Intervention option, but students cannot be required to participate unless time is provided during the regular school day.

Should it be necessary after Credit Intervention to recover a grade:

Students must complete an application which will require both student and parent signatures and the principal or principal’s designee’s signature. An applicant to the online credit recovery must have achieved a grade of 50 or above in a previous non-credit recovery section of the proposed course to be considered for the online credit recovery option through VITAL. The procedure for the credit recovery option must be presented in writing to the parent and the student attached to the student and parent signature agreement documentation.

If a student is seeking to recover credit for the first semester of a two-semester course, the student may not receive the full credit for the course until he/she has enrolled in and passed the second semester of the course and taken any applicable End of Course examinations.

Parents/guardians and students should be aware that not all postsecondary institutions will accept credit recovery courses for credit and that the NCAA Clearinghouse will not accept credit recovery courses for credit.

Students will complete recovery work in before or after school recovery sessions or during the school day in an assigned remedial lab time. Students may work on credit recovery work away from school. The same guidelines apply to Summer School credit recovery.

Complete recovery assignments before the end of the semester following the failing grade. (Fall semester credit recovery should be completed in the spring semester. Spring semester credit recovery should be completed by the end of the fall semester of the next school year.)

Complete all lessons and assignments, quizzes, and tests within the learning path.

Complete all post-tests required for the semester for that subject.

Students passing credit recovery shall receive a grade of seventy percent (70%).

Recovered grades will be entered in addition to the original failing grade and posted under the name of the original teacher as the teacher of record.

Credit Recovery students will take the course EOC at the scheduled EOC timeframe IF, the EOC was not taken during the original initial credit class offering or if the EOC was missed or not taken.

PCSS offers an online summer term for grades 7-8 and high school students. There is an enrollment fee for most secondary PCSS Summer Academic Term courses. Course selection and enrollment in summer courses is limited and contingent upon teacher availability.

Course selection and enrollment forms are available in the

campus counselors’ offices in the spring. Enrollment in any of the VITAL courses requires approval of the student’s home campus counselor, diagnostician and/or principal.

Dates, times, fees and locations of the PCSS Summer school are announced each spring.

Registration for these courses is separate from regular school enrollment and is announced in the spring.

A limited number of courses are offered for original credit in

High School Summer Term. Students wishing to enroll in the PCSS Summer Academic Term original credit courses must meet the requirements of the course. TN End of Course (EOC) assessments are requirements alter summer course offerings.

It is our policy to welcome new students to the PCSS. Per SBE Chapter 0520-01-03 (Minimum Requirements for the Approval of Public Schools), students receive credit for work from transferred schools if it is substantiated by official transcripts.

Homeschool Transfers

Students transferring into PCSS high schools from home education programs (see http://www.tn.gov/education/schools/homeschool.shtml) will be tested for appropriate grade level placement in ELA, Math, and Science prior to enrollment.

To insure consistency across the district, students will test using the computer course for these subjects at grade level. The program will generate a learning path for students based on their performance that can be used for remediation of standards as needed.

A student will be deemed proficient and receive credit if a score of 70% mastery is attained. The percentage score earned on the test will be the course grade entered on the student’s record for credits earned for ELA, Math, and Science. Students will be placed in the appropriate sequential course level. Students may validate their previously earned credits by maintaining a 2.0 GPA in ELA, Math, and Science.

Parents of students transferring from a home education program shall provide to the school a detailed course description for each course indicating objectives, instructional materials, and methods of student performance evaluation. Courses will be evaluated on the basis of comparability to local courses in terms of course length and content.

Non-public School Transfers - Categories 1-SP, 2, and 3

All evidence of work or credits earned at another public school, community college, university or Categories 1-SP, 2, and 3 recognized by the TN Department of Education offered for acceptance shall be based on an official transcript authenticated by the principal (or designee) and accepted at face value.

Non-public School Transfers - Categories 4, 5, and 6

Students transferring into PCSS high schools from non-public schools that are not recognized by the TN Department of Education (Categories 4, 5, and 6, see http://www.tn.gov/education/schools/non_public_schools.shtml) will be tested for appropriate grade level placement in ELA, Math, and Science prior to enrollment.

To insure consistency across the district, students will test using the online course for these subjects at grade level. The program will generate a learning path for students based on their performance that can be used for remediation of standards as needed.

A student will be deemed proficient and receive credit if a score of 70% mastery is attained. The percentage score earned on the test will be the course grade entered on the student’s record for credits earned for ELA, Math, and Science. Students will be placed in the appropriate sequential course level. Students may validate their previously earned credits by maintaining a 2.0 GPA in ELA, Math, and Science.

Other credits/grades will be evaluated on the basis of comparability to local courses in terms of course length and content and will if deemed comparable transfer and count toward graduation as reported.