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Concurrent Enrollment
[Coll]
Note: Some institutions refer to concurrent enrollment as dual enrollment.
Concurrent enrollment classes are college classes taught in high
school by high school teachers through a partnership with a specific
college. Current concurrent enrollment partnerships include Anoka
Technical College, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, St. Cloud
State University, and the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
Benefits:
• College course available in your high school
• A grade of C or better earns a weighted grade
• Students can earn college credit at the partnership college
Eligibility:
• Concurrent enrollment classes available in grades 11 and 12
• Partnership colleges set eligibility requirements such as class
rank. Check the course description.
How to earn college credit:
• Successful completion of the class can earn you credit at the
partnership college.
International Baccalaureate
[IB]
This is a college-level course that requires students to work at a
high level of rigor and complete additional work outside of class.
IB classes prepare you for the college experience. There are IB
classes for both required and elective courses.
Benefits:
• Expectations and pace of classes closely match college experience
• An IB exam score can earn you college credit
• IB is recognized by post-secondary schools around the nation
• A grade of “C” or better earns a weighted grade
Eligibility:
• IB classes available in grades 11 and 12
• Students should have strong reading and writing skills and plan
on additional time outside of class for reading and assignments.
• Some classes may have prerequisites
How to earn college credit:
• Take the IB exam in May. Many colleges award credit for
scores of 4 or higher (scores range from 1-7)
• Check the website of the college you may attend to determine
the credit policy
Other Information:
Detailed information regarding the IB Diploma Programme is
located in the Specialty School Programs section toward the
front of this registration guide.
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Minnesota Bilingual and
Multilingual Seal and World
Language Proficiency Certificate
“Language isn’t a ‘credit for graduation’ to check off, but a
skill that ‘checks you in’ to future opportunity.”
-ACTFL, Egnatz, 2017
The MNBS is part of national movement currently comprising 43
states to recognize and encourage the long-term development of
second language proficiency to the benefit of the individual, the
employer, academic institutions, and government agencies that
endeavor to create a citizenry that meets the needs of the global
community in which we live. This seal will signal to potential
employers, scholarship committees, university programs, and
internships, among other things, the functional abilities a person
possesses in English and another language irrespective of how
those language skills were acquired.
To achieve functional language proficiency in more than one
language a student must make it a long-term goal. This applies
to both heritage speakers of languages other than English as well
as students studying a world language. Proficiency is directly
related to the number of hours spent studying the language over
long-term, therefore, students should plan how they will achieve
this goal over time. A student’s chances of achieving functional
proficiency increase the earlier a student starts studying a
language.
Benefits:
The Bilingual/Multilingual Seal program gives students in grades
10, 11 and 12 an opportunity to earn college credit from the
Minnesota State system, a statewide network of 30 colleges and
7 universities with 54 campuses across Minnesota.
Additional Benefits:
• To encourage students to study languages.
• To certify attainment of biliteracy.
• To provide employers with a method of identifying people
with language biliteracy skills.
• To provide universities an additional method to recognize
applicants seeking admission.
• To prepare learners with 21st century skills.
• To recognize the value of foreign language and native
language instruction in public schools.
• To strengthen intergroup relationships, affirm the value of
diversity, and honor the multiple cultures and languages of a
community.
Eligibility:
• Both heritage speakers and world language students who
have worked towards functional proficiency in English and
another language are eligible to test and to prove abilities.
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