Flexible Pathway Overview

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Career and Technical Education 

Designed to provide students with technical knowledge and skills in a specific trade at a career and technical education center. Windsor students have the opportunity to apply to the Hartford Area Career and Technical Center (HACTC) 

Dual Enrollment and Early College Program (ECP)

The Dual Enrollment Program allows students in their junior or senior year to enroll in a credit-bearing course offered by a Vermont college or university approved under the VT Dual Enrollment Program.  The Vermont Early College Program (ECP) involves full-time enrollment by a 12th grade student for one year in a program offered by a partnering college or university. Students enroll in college level courses either outside of school or online.

Virtual Learning 

This is learning that is delivered through web-based platforms that employ a variety of digital tools, content and supports, and allows for student choice around time, place, pace and content.  Students enroll in high school level online classes with or without outside instructors that do not fall under Dual Enrollment or the Early College Program.

Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO)

High quality programs that provide unique, nontraditional learning opportunities that generally occur beyond the traditional school hours and outside the school building. These provide non-traditional opportunities for hands-on learning, personal development and academic growth. Students choose from a variety of opportunities outside of school or work with a facilitator to create their own Expanded Learning Opportunity (ELO).

Focused Pathway Electives

These are electives that are above and beyond the graduation requirements that are clearly linked to a student’s post-secondary goals. It is not the electives themselves that count automatically, but the way the student demonstrates their connection to their post-secondary goals that allows them to satisfy the Flexible Pathway requirement.

Community Based Learning (CBL)

Any learning program in or outside of the school building that combines meaningful service to the community with student-driven learning goals. Students apply what they learned in school to a valuable, significant and necessary service to their community

Work Based Learning (WBL)

This includes experiences in which students can interact with industry or community professionals in a real, virtual or simulated work environment that exposes learners to post-secondary options, helps to build skills and reinforces their school-based learning.

Independent Studies

A student-driven and student-initiated course that has a curriculum developed by the student in collaboration with a cooperating content teacher based on the student’s specific interest.