Big Changes from UC about A-G

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Big Changes from UC about A-G

• Nina Costales
• High School Articulation Coordinator
• University of California Office of the
  President

California Charter School Association March 18,
2015
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• Session Topics

• Background and overview
• Enhancements to a-g course criteria
  guidelines
• A-G Course Management Portal
• Updated new course submission form
• NEW a-g resources

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• Articulation A-G Subject Requirements

• Prepare students to participate fully in their
  first-year program at the University
• Provide students with a general knowledge
  foundation for new and advanced studies
• Help students develop critical thinking and
  analytical skills

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• A-G Course Lists

• High school courses reviewed against a-g
  criteria established by UC faculty
• Approved courses on a-g course lists used in
  UC/CSU admission evaluations
• New a-g courses and revisions submitted via A-G
  Course Management Portal

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• Big Changes for A-G!

• GOAL improve overall a-g course submission
  and review process
• Major highlights
• Clarifying and revising the a-g subject area
  course criteria
• Developing the new A-G Course Management Portal
• Streamlining the course submission form to align
  with the a-g course criteria
• Increasing a-g resources and Articulation
  staff.

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• Revised A-G Course Criteria

• Clarification a-g course criteria guidelines
• Collaboration K-12 higher education
  stakeholders
• Consistency align goals of a-g Common Core

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• More Revised A-G Course Criteria

• No changes to the a-g subject requirements
• Greater focus on skill development
• Aligns with new course submission form UC
  course review practices
• Available on A-G Guide

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• UC Honors A-G Courses

• Major changes for school-created a-g honors
  courses
• Changes are effective starting with the 2015-16
  academic year
• No changes to calculating the UC GPA
• No limits on school-created honors courses
  approved for a schools a-g list
• School-created, college-preparatory elective
  (g) honors courses now eligible for UC honors

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• UC Honors A-G Courses

• UC honors courses must have a non-honors
  equivalent, but simultaneous offerings not
  required
• Allow 10th grade courses to qualify for UC honors

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• Introducing the A-G CMP

• Newly designed A-G Course Management Portal
  (CMP)
• Replacing Doorways Online Update website
• Inaugural system launched on February 1, 2015
• Register now to set-up your personal account!

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• User Registration CMP Access

• Former system registration by institution
• A-G CMP registration by individual user
• Personal user name password
• Individual account to track your own submissions
• Direct access to a-g approved courses

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• Default Account Settings

Basic User Administrator User All basic user features, plus
Prepare course submissions Submit courses to UC
Save drafts of course submissions Update school demographic information
View status of your course submissions Edit and archive your institutions courses
Search for approved courses from other institutions Manage permissions for your institutions users
Manage individual account settings
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• A-G Course Submission Timeline

Phase 1 1st resubmission due by July 31 2nd
resubmission due by September 15
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• Course Submission Workflow

• Forwarding ? submitting

Submit
Forward
Submit
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• New Course Submission Form

• Streamlined form
• Basic course information
• Course description
• Course materials
• Review course summary
• Form aligns with a-g course criteria K-12
  course design
• Same form for all subject areas

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• Editing Approved Courses

• Any changes to an approved course completed using
  Edit icon
• Examples
• Changing a courses title
• Updating course materials
• Moving a course from one subject area to another
• Adding or removing the UC honors designation
• Course information will be pre-populated into
  form
• Edits made to a course still require a review by
  UC

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• Archiving Courses

• What is archiving?
• Shelving an approved course that will not be
  offered for a given year or years
• Archived courses can be reinstated
• Within 3 years do not require a full review
• More than 3 years requires a full review
• View archived courses in Course Search

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• Demographic Information

• No longer required as a first step in a
  submission cycle
• Update information at any time
• But, it still needs to be done annually!
• Important to keep information accurate!
• Its how UC communicates with you.

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• New Feature for Charter Schools

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• NEW A-G Resources

• Course search in A-G CMP
• Open search field (Google-type search)
• Access to full description of approved a-g
  courses
• Quick-Start Guide for New Course Submissions
  (provided)
• Coming soon!
• Webinars and videos
• A-G course evaluation rubrics

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• Course Search

• Open search field (Google-type search)
• Search results sorted by relevancy
• Access to full description of approved a-g
  courses

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• Resources

• A-G Guide
• http//www.ucop.edu/agguide
• Comprehensive website for everything a-g
• A-G Course Management Portal (A-G CMP)
• https//hs-articulation.ucop.edu/agcmp/
• Submit courses and manage course list information
• A-G Course Lists
• https//hs-articulation.ucop.edu/agcourselist/
• View any schools or programs a-g course list