Dual Credit Teachers

• Meet with FVTC staff to establish partnerships for upcoming courses
• Ensure that instructors are scheduled to teach the courses they are identified and approved to teach
• In Collaboration with the Master Scheduler at your high school, provide course schedules and any other required documentation to ensure accurate student enrollment and records
• Provide the facilities and resources needed to teach the course, including the most recent version of text or digital access to text that aligns with what is being used at FVTC
• Provide all necessary student support services
• Maintain records of which students are enrolled in Fox Valley Technical College Dual Credit courses
• Grant high school credit for completion of Dual Credit courses
• Communicate to Fox Valley Technical College when a long-term substitute teacher is assigned to teach a Dual Credit class
• Ensure that each high school student has computer and internet access on registration day for each class

• Attend Annual Dual Credit Program Summit
• Course resources, including textbook, software and other materials as specified by your FVTC program faculty liaison must be used in conjunction with course content, assessments, and competencies to deliver each Dual Credit course
• Teach by 100% of the Fox Valley Technical College course competencies outlined in the FVTC course syllabus provided by Faculty Liaison
• By the end of the 2nd week:
  • Update and return syllabus to Liaison
  • Assist Dual Credit students with FVTC account creation and enrollment, including Collaboration with the Master Scheduler at your school to coordinate desired FVTC visit to support this process
• Review class rosters (at least monthly) to verify course enrollments and withdrawals and notify K-12 Partnerships of any discrepancies to ensure accurate records
• Ensure students are aware of FVTC policies regarding enrollment changes, including dropping and withdrawing from a class. All Dual Credit grades are posted on a student's FVTC transcript and are part of a student's cumulative GPA. Other colleges will require the FVTC transcript and are part of their admissions process. Please help set students up for success by reinforcing this on the first day. A higher level of commitment to study time and course participation will be important
• If you feel that a student will not be successful in their Dual Credit course and wishes to withdraw, please follow the Dual Credit Academic Calendar/Guidelines for withdrawal procedures
• Grades must be entered into the FVTC grading system for each student within 48 hours of course completion. If courses are not graded by the high school teacher, students will not be eligible for Dual Credit
• Inform FVTC immediately of any changes to the teacher of record. Failure to do so will result in termination of the Dual Credit agreement
• Collaborate with the Master Scheduler at your high school to consolidate all Dual Credit schedules for the upcoming academic year. Final Schedules are due in mid-May each year

• Serve as the consolidation point at the high school for dual credit course schedules
• In collaboration with District Administrators at your high school, provide course schedules and any other required documentation to ensure accurate student enrollment and records
• Collaborate with the K-12 Partnerships office at FVTC to submit all Dual Credit course schedules, including Teacher of Record and specific course dates by the May deadline, each year
• As annual course schedules evolve, keep the K-12 Partnerships team informed of any changes to your Dual Credit courses (semester offered, class is cancelled, long-term sub needed, etc.) so we can help determine the next steps
• Serve as the Liaison between high school Dual Credit Teachers and FVTC staff to coordinate classroom visits to support student account creation and enrollments for each term
• Please use the FVTC course title and description to identify Dual Credit classes in your course catalog, so it is clear to students, parents and other educational institutions, should the credit be transferred. Be sure to coordinate with your Counseling team to ensure that a current list of DC classes is noted in you course catalog each year

• New Dual Credit Students are required to create a new student account and apply to the Dual Credit Program.
• New and Continuing Dual Credit students must enroll in FVTC courses within the first 2 weeks of each term, in order to be eligible to earn credit.
• Understand that Dual Credit courses require a higher level of commitment to study time and course participation.
• Students who are struggling can drop Dual Credit courses, up until the specified drop date each term. After that point, all Dual Credit grades are posted on a student’s FVTC transcript and are part of a student’s cumulative GPA. Students who plan to pursue post-secondary options outside of FVTC will be required to submit their FVTC transcript as part of their admissions process.

• Collaborate with all FVTC divisions to ensure effective cross-college partnership, collaboration, and compliance
• Coordinate with Human Resources, Instructional Services, Information Technology, Admissions, Marketing, the Center for Instructional Excellence, and Finance
• Ensure compliance with Higher Learning Commission (HLC) requirements and teacher credentialing standards
• Provide training, guidance, and ongoing support for FVTC Faculty Liaisons
• Facilitate quarterly alignment meetings with industry partners, FVTC divisions, and K-12 leadership
• Support Human Resources with onboarding processes for high school instructors
• Deliver system training for high school staff, including Workday and Blackboard
• Collect and manage instructor schedules in collaboration with the master scheduler
• Distribute grading reminders and provide roster verification support
• Coordinate course creation with support from the Academic Operations Specialist (AOS) team
• Oversee student enrollment processes, including account creation, enrollment support, expectation setting, and pathway advising

• Prepare and support high school instructors as extensions of the FVTC instructional team
• Assist division leadership with faculty credentialing and compliance documentation
• Verify successful course implementation at participating high schools
• Plan and facilitate an annual liaison faculty summit
• Provide curriculum guidance and ongoing instructional support, including access to all course resources
• Ensure instructional consistency by verifying that high school instructors use the same textbooks and materials as FVTC college courses

Please note, NO independent studies are allowed for Dual Credit.

IF you are using a digital platform, please note that additional charges will apply. Please talk to your liaison for specifics and be sure to communicate pricing to your Administration. For all program courses: the high school teacher must hold a current DPI license in the discipline in which he/she would like to teach and be employed as a secondary school instructor by a K-12 district within the Wisconsin technical college district. In addition, the high school instructor must mee the individual college's credentialing requirements. 

Dual credit courses completed in high school become part of a student's college record once they enroll at FVTC and are included in Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) for financial aid. These courses count toward cumulative GPA, completion rate, and maximum time frame requirements. To remain eligible for financial aid, students must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA, successfully complete at least 67% of attempted credits, and stay within the 150% maximum time frame for their program.