Overview
of Dual Credit & TECH NOW Partnerships
NWTC views dual credit
courses as a means to
develop deeper curriculum
programming and career
pathways with high school
partners. Credits earned
through dual enrollment can
be applied simultaneously
toward high school and
NWTC, and may also
be transferred to other
colleges. Career pathways
can be defi ned as a way of
organizing education into
a sequence of credentials
that lead students in
attainable steps toward
credential completion and
high quality jobs. Each
step of the path improves
the learner’s career and
earning opportunities, and
provides a skillset needed
by an industry. With a focus
between education and
workforce and an emphasis
on attainment of a higher
education credential,
NWTC can work with K-12
districts to develop and
build pathway opportunities.
These mutually benefi cial
partnerships are branded as
TECH NOW partnerships.
The dual credit methodology that builds the career
pathways at the high schools are listed below:
Advanced Standing
Courses are taught by high school instructors using high school
curriculum determined to be a close match to an NWTC course.
A student must earn a “B” or better to receive advanced
standing and be a matriculated WTCS program student
and enrolled in coursework to claim the credit(s). Advanced
standing courses may earn a student the opportunity to skip an
introductory level course in their program and advance to the
next level. Advanced Standing agreements are transferable to all
schools within the Wisconsin Technical College System. For more
information, please visit: www.nwtc.edu/dualcredits
Transcripted Credit
Courses are delivered at the high school, duplicating NWTC
competencies, curriculum, assessments and resources. Students
can earn dual credit at the secondary and post-secondary
le vel, but must earn a “C” or better for the transcripted course
to become part of the student’s offi cial college record. High
school instructors are trained and mentored by NWTC faculty.
Transcripted credit agreements are transferable to other
Wisconsin technical colleges and may transfer to four-year
universities. For more information please visit:
www.nwtc.edu/dualcredits
Start College Now
This program allows qualifi ed high school juniors and seniors
to take post-secondary (college-level) classes at NWTC.
District school boards determine approval of Start College Now
coursework if a comparable course is not off ered within District.
Students can work with their high school counselor to select
coursework to be reviewed by district school boards and sent
to the technical college for further approval. Students that
successfully complete coursework will receive both high school
and post-secondary credit. For more information, please visit:
www.nwtc.edu/startcollegenow
Youth Apprenticeship
Wisconsin’s Youth Apprenticeship program is a part of a
statewide School-to-Work initiative managed through the
Department of Workforce Development. It is designed for junior
and senior grade level high school students who want hands
on learning in an occupational area at a worksite along with
classroom instruction. This one or two year elective program
combines academic and technical instruction with mentored
on-the-job learning.
The Youth Apprenticeship Program is managed by diff erent
consortiums and its availability diff ers by school district. For
more information, please see your high school counselor,
contact your local Youth Apprenticeship consortium or visit this
website: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/youthapprenticeship
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