OVERVIEW
OF DUAL CREDIT & TECHNOW 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 defined 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 beneficial
partnerships are branded as
TECH NOW partnerships.
The dual credit methodology that builds the career pathways at
the high schools are listed below:
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 level, but
must earn a “C” or better for the transcripted course to become
part of the student’s official 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
ADVANCED STANDING
Courses are taught by high school teachers 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
START COLLEGE NOW
This program allows qualified 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 offered 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 different
consortiums and its availability differs 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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