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EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM (ECP)
MVCA has officially partnered with Sierra College to offer students unique and comprehensive opportunities to take a variety of classes to get a head start on their future college/career plans. Please watch the brief informational video to learn more about our Early College Program (ECP).
The Early College Program (ECP) is a unique program and partnership with Sierra College to allow students maximum exposure and opportunity to take college and/or career-based classes to further their academic and professional futures. While there are three distinct “options” or strands within this program, there is a great deal of flexibility in terms of what students can take and access just by being a Maidu student. Each of the programs is described below.
Career Pathways/Certificates Option
The Career Pathways/Certificates (CPC) option allows students to access specific career-interest-related courses and certificate programs while completing high school diploma requirements. Many of these courses and programs fall within Career Technical Education (CTE). This option is for students who have goals within specific career/industry sectors, and credit requirements depend on the career pathway/certificate of choice. See more details by clicking the images below.
College General Education (CalGETC) Option
The College General Eduation (CalGETC) option is designed for students who have goals to attend a 4-year University after high school. This option allows students to take college general education courses while completing their high school diploma requirements. The credit requirements in this option are dependent upon the number of CalGETC courses taken while enrolled in the program. More details coming soon.
Associate of Arts (AA) Degree Option
The Associate of Arts (AA) Degree Option is designed for students who have goals of obtaining a general AA Degree while also completing their high school diploma requirements. Credit requirements are fixed based on the number of credits required to earn an AA degree. See more details by clicking the images below.
HOW MIGHT THIS LOOK FOR YOU?
Click on the images below for additional details... this is the start of the future of your dreams!
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Many of our Dual Enrollment courses are offered in-house and taught by our amazing ECP instructors. Benefits of taking college courses by our teachers:
MVCA DE teachers are professionally trained high-school teachers and have extensive, rigorous education and training/certification requirements to ensure they know how to effectively teach adolescents (scaffolded, intentional instruction to ensure students are successful, and more)...
MVCA DE teachers are also Sierra College professors; they know the ins and outs of Sierra College and can help MVCA students acclimate to college-level courses.
MVCA DE teachers truly care about student success and provide personalized, caring instruction that tends to get lost in college-level instruction.
MVCA DE teachers travel to different sites to provide in-person assistance to students.
MVCA DE teachers can help knock out college "general education" requirements, as outlined below. This means that you'll get both high school graduation credits for taking these courses, WHILE ALSO receiving college general education credits, reducing the amount of courses you'll need to take in college.
English General Education (GE) Requirements - English C1000 and English 1B
Math GE Requirements - Math 13
History/Social Science Requirements - History 17B and History 51
Science Requirements - Biology 56 & Environmental Sciences 1
In addition to taking general education requirements by MVCA DE teachers, you also have access to a variety of elective courses (including career/certificate courses) through Sierra College, including (but not limited to) the following:
AND MORE!!!!!
COURSE INTRODUCTION VIDEOS
Please take a minute to watch the brief course introduction videos by MVCA teachers:
Watch this video to learn more about English C1000, taught by Mrs. Karver
Watch this video to learn more about English 1B, taught by Mrs. Karver
Watch this video to learn more about Stats C1000 (Statistics), taught by Ms. Amarel
Watch this video to learn more about Biology 56 (Biology-A Human Perspective), taught by Mrs. Verdi
Watch this video to learn more about ESS 1 (Environmental Science & Sustainability), taught by Mrs. Verdi
Watch this video to learn more about History 17B (US History), taught by Mr. Fech
Watch this video to learn more about Spanish 3, taught by Sra. Sellers
Watch this video to learn more about Spanish 4, taught by Sra. Sellers
Watch this video to learn more about RISE, taught by Mrs. Sellers
For more information about the ECP, including how to enroll in this exciting new program, please reach out to Mrs. Stevenson (Counselor) rstevenson@puhsd.k12.ca.us or Ms. Miller (Assistant Principal) kjmiller@puhsd.k12.ca.us
