Can my learner take courses at a local community college?
Yes. Parents need to understand that college classes taken while in high school are recorded on the student’s permanent college transcript. Please be sure your student is capable of completing a college course. iLEAD leaners must demonstrate their ability to manage community college courses to their EF by always completing quality assignments and providing high-quality samples. Each community college has its own requirements and paperwork, which you will need to acquire from the community college of your choice. If you feel confident in your learner’s ability to complete a college course, please complete the enrollment forms. There will be a form that requires our administration’s signature and seal. Please give it to your EF at least two weeks before it is due. Contact your local community college for more information. The learner can take a maximum of 11 units per semester.
If your child is interested in taking college-level courses, here are some things to keep in mind:
- If the learner is using the community college credit to satisfy the UC/CSU a-g requirements, the parent or learner must first determine that the course is transferable and that it fulfills the subject requirement. Not all UC transferable courses meet subject requirements. To determine if a course is UC/CSU transferable you may go to www.assist.org. This site lists the transferable courses by community college. Learners should contact the community college guidance office for additional information or clarification.
- Learners may pursue registering for community college courses if they are academically prepared for the rigor of college-level work. Families are responsible for registering for courses on their own and paying for all course material fees. Some community colleges restrict the courses that students are permitted to take.
- Learners are allowed to take a maximum of 11 college units per semester. One semester of a college-level course (100 and above) will receive two semesters of high school credit only if a C or above is earned.
- Learners will need to use the appropriate request form from the admissions office of the school they wish to attend and fill it out and return it to their EF at least two weeks prior to registering for the class. The EF will then forward that with a note to the iLEAD Exploration director verifying that this particular student has demonstrated that he or she can handle the academic rigor of a college-level course. Once our director approves, signs, and sends it back to the EF, he or she will return it to the family to take back to the admissions office at the community college. It is a good idea to retain a copy in the learner’s file.
- Once the learner is admitted, the family will notify the EF of the courses being taken. *Community college courses will not be listed on iLEAD’s Master Agreement for that semester.
- Learners may choose to include assignments on the Attendance Log with a (cc) next to the name of the class, but this is not required since all work will be handed in directly to the professor. Learners do not need to hand in community college coursework samples at monthly learning period meetings with the EF.
- The grade earned in the course by the professor will be the same grade issued on the high school transcript.
- Community college courses will not be on report cards for the semester. Credits will appear on a learner’s transcript after the family has requested and paid for transcripts to be forwarded to our registrar (please allow three weeks for this process). Please forward college transcripts to our iLEAD Exploration address c/o Leah Hall, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd. B334 Seal Beach, 90740.
- Special note: Transcripts must be requested and sent immediately following completion of the course, either first or second semester, to ensure that the high school transcripts are kept up to date. Parents are responsible for all processing fees to have transcripts forwarded to the iLEAD office.
- Community college summer courses may be used for high school credit as well.
- It is the family’s responsibility to drop classes and meet course requirements according to the college’s guidelines. Learners must be aware that these grades will follow them on their permanent college transcripts.