Regional & statewide best practices are highlighted here. Example documents that can inform your practice are shared. If you have resources you would like to share submit them here.
Student & Parent Orientation
Student & parent orientation helps create a culture that includes dual enrollment. It makes it less scary for students and it helps to set shared expectations.
- Imperial Valley College Student Orientation: This orientation sets student expectations about college classes and review processes.
- Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) Orientation: MUSD hosts a mandatory in person orientation at the beginning of every semester.
- Castro Valley High School (CVHS) Orientation: Here are the orientation slides used by CVHS for this semester for high school students. Community college outreach staff joined high school and shared information as well. Zoom for all dual enrollment: students (mandatory) and parents (optional).
- San Francisco Unified High School District Orientation (Video): The orientation video reviews how to register for classes, the impact of grades for high school students, systems and supports.
Sample CCAP & Supporting Agreements
- Chancellor’s Office California College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) Enrollment Form (Example) An example of a form to be used by CCAP programs that allows students, parents, and high schools to use a single form for participation in a CCAP pathway for the duration of the program, as legislated by AB 30 & AB 586.
- Single Parent Authorization under CCAP (Foothill): Single parent consent form is required for CCAP under AB 30. Two forms: Foothill CCAP Parent Consent Form: Includes parent information about CCAP dual enrollment, including FERPA and grades and Foothill CCAP Parent Form: Termination of Consent which withdraws consent to participate.
- Grossmont Cuyamaca CCAP: Example of right of first refusal under 4.2 (emphasis mine): HCHS instructors who meet the California Community College Chancellor’s Office minimum qualifications to teach a college course will have priority teaching a CCAP course on HCHS campus. If there are no qualified HCHC instructors available to teach an agreed upon course, then the GCCCD will provide the faculty member to teach the course. It’s the only time I’ve seen this agreement, which I wish were standard because it truly benefits students.
- MPC Instructional Services Agreement (ISA) & Instructional Service Agreement – Instructor Agreement (2022) Used when high school instructors are teaching dual enrollment classes, creating a process for reimbursement from the community college to the high school.
- CCAP with ROPs (CCAP Example): CCAPs are allowable with ROPs. This is an example CCAP agreement between a community college and an ROP.
- West Hills Coalinga CCAP: Provides a CCAP example with instructors sourced from the high school. Also, West Hills Coalinga Data Sharing Agreement: Data sharing agreement used in conjunction with CCAP agreement.
- Foothill-De Anza Community College District and Foothill-De Anza Faculty Association MOU: This MOU is an example of an MOU that balances the needs of faculty sourced from both the community college and high school to teach dual enrollment courses.
- Single Parent Authorization under CCAP (Foothill): Single parent consent form is required for CCAP under AB 30.
Foothill CCAP Parent Consent Form: Includes parent information about CCAP dual enrollment, including FERPA and grades
Foothill CCAP Parent Form: Termination of Consent: Terminates consent to participate in dual enrollment
Handbooks
Handbooks are a way to institutionalize policy and process so that there is consistency, particularly with staff change. They are critical resources, particularly in times of staff and leadership change. Student & Parent handbooks should be offered in the languages that are spoken in students homes to create access.
Student & Parent Handbooks
Student & Parent Handbooks (Other States)
Instructor Handbooks
Regional & Administrator Handbooks
- Bay Region Dual Enrollment Administrators Guidebook v. 3: This guidebook provides insight into the practices and challenges of Bay Region dual enrollment programs.
- Orange County Dual Enrollment Handbook – Building and Scaling Effective Practices for Leadership and Implementation Teams
- Cabrillo Dual Enrollment Administrators Handbook
- Monroe Community College Administrators Handbook
Marketing
Helping students and parents to understand available early college credit options is critical to access. Marketing can be in the form of events, printed materials, or word of mouth (so important to high school students).
- Early College Credit Flyers: These customizable flyers support marketing of early college credit opportunities (dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, articulation credit by exam). Available in English, Spanish, & Arabic. Add your school logo.
Application Process/Forms
- Dual Enrollment: Moving to an Electronic Form (CLP) Provides context and ed code for colleges considering implementing electronic dual enrollment forms.
- Single Parent Authorization under CCAP (Foothill): Single parent consent form is required for CCAP under AB 30.
- Foothill CCAP Parent Form: Termination of Consent: Terminates consent to participate in dual enrollment
- Foothill CCAP Parent Consent Form: Includes parent information about CCAP dual enrollment, including FERPA and grades
Dual Enrollment Toolkits
- Los Angeles County Toolkit to Equity-Centered Dual Enrollment Partnerships (2023): Created by the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Greater LA Education Foundation, this is well organized and provides contextualized resources. Here are a few examples of resources included:
California Spotlights: Dual Enrollment Data Dashboards (Slide 11)
Customizable CCAP Agreement (Slide 13) & Customizable CCAP Annual Amendment (Slide 14)
Checklist of Data to Track In Dual Enrollment Programs (Slide 31)
Checklist for Portfolio Development of Dual Enrollment Courses (Slide 15)
College & Career Access Pathways Survey Design (October 2018) (Slide 16)
Customizable Dual Enrollment Calendar (Slide 18)
Understanding the Differences in Minimum Qualifications (MQs) for California Community Colleges Instructors and Career and Technical Education (CTE) Instructors (Slide 24)