Dual Credit Programs

In partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Education, School College Work Initiative (SCWI), and local post-secondary organizations, the RCDSB is able to offer an alternative method of earning high school and postsecondary credits called "Dual Credits". 

Dual Credit programs provide students with opportunities to customize their high school experience and build on their strengths and interests.  At the successful completion of a Dual Credit course, a student earns both an Ontario high school credit and a credit from the partnering post-secondary institution.

In Renfrew County, we have a partnership with Algonquin College for the Dual Credit Program.  

With Dual Credits, students can:

• earn high school credits towards both their Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) and their postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree or their apprenticeship certification while studying at a local college,

• gain experience to successfully transition to college or an apprenticeship program,

• Increase their awareness of college and apprenticeship pathways, and,

• develop greater insight into education and career planning decisions.

Students can earn up to four optional credits through college-delivered courses. There is no limit on the number or type of secondary credits they may earn through team-taught courses delivered jointly by college instructors and secondary school teachers.

For more information, please see the School-College Work Initiative - Dual Credits website:

http://www.scwi.ca/ 

For information regarding the Dual Credit program at our partner, Algonquin College, please visit their website:

https://www.algonquincollege.com/ap/about-dualcredit/