Dual Credit Partners
Dear Partners,
As we reach the end of the school year it is a time to reflect upon
our
successes and identify the opportunities we have to improve our
dual
credit program. Reviewing this year I am reminded of the quote by
Biz
Stone, “when you hand good people possibility, they do great
things.”
Ranger College is committed to handing ever increasing possibility
to
our students and district partners. We see you doing great things
day-in
and day-out and are humbled and grateful to be your partner in
this
work to improve the lives of all students. Thank you.
RECORD BREAKING GRADUATION!
The Ranger College Spring graduation celebrated a record number
of
graduates, including 74 dual credit students who received either
and
Associate's degree or certification on May 4th in
Stephenville.
Dual credit students were highlighted throughout the ceremony
and
several were recognized for earning the highest GPA’s in their
high
school’s history.
Dual credit instructors Leann Ingram and Heather Cuellar were
also
recognized for excellence in dual credit
instruction.
College is grateful to have played a part in
the bright futures that await all of our
graduates! Congratulations to them and a
heartfelt thank you to all of the school ad-
ministrators and support staff who helped
them along the way.
ly and important information
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financial aid meetings and
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again with the Memorandum of Understanding for the 2018-2019
school year. Please send your updated dual credit course crosswalk
to
us if any updates have been made.
We look forward to seeing Superintendents soon to get signatures
on
this document and to visit with them about how RC can better
serve
district needs.
registration were announced.
coming Fall 2018 semester
will need to provide a list of all
courses they intend to offer to
their students in the Fall semester
by that date.
who will be offering more than
50% of a degree or certificate.
This earlier deadline will allow
RC to comply with that mandate
as well as sufficiently staff high-
demand courses.
registration deadline. Please
date. In August, when your stu-
dents return and changes need to
be made, please collect those
changes and send updates in one
batch.
ment materials such as parent
permission forms, transcripts,
With the tremendous increase in
dual credit enrollment, this pro-
cess will reduce errors and shrink
the time it takes to complete reg-
istration for all of our partners.
FINANCIAL AID UPDATE
MOU’S COMING SOON
The 2018-2019 school year will be the third and final year of the
dual
credit Pell grant experiment. Ranger College is the only
institution in the
state of Texas approved to offer Pell grants to dual credit
students who are
enrolled in public schools.
The FAFSA application for the upcoming year is open and we highly
en-
courage students to complete the application as soon as possible.
It is im-
portant that dual credit student select “none of the above” in
answering
the question about which level of education they have completed.
Our fi-
nancial aid office is ready to help students if needed. Please call
254-647-
3234 or email
[email protected] for assitance. 2
DID YOU KNOW?
the first time.
We recommend that
Freshman and Sopho-
the Reading and Writing
portions and that Math
has completed Algebra 2.
“A SACSCOC onsite review committee will visit a representative
sam-
pling of these new sites in October of 2018. Your school may be one
of the
sites visited.”
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges or SACSCOC, will
be
conducting a fifth-year interim review of the college in the last
quarter
of 2018. RC’s dual credit partner districts will be involved in
this re-
view.
RC has acquired many new dual credit partners since our last
reaffir-
mation in 2013. Each of these new partnerships counts as a new
off-
campus instructional site. A SACSCOC onsite review committee
will
visit a representative sampling of these new sites in October of
2018.
Your school may be one of the sites visited.
Typically, these committees look to see if faculty are qualified to
teach
the courses assigned, student and academic support services are
appro-
priate and available to those students who need them, and
facilities are
appropriate to learning.
We won’t know the list of schools to be visited until later this
year, cir-
ca September. The committee will interview a variety of
administrators,
faculty, staff members, and/or students.
“Engage with E-Learning”
QEP of Ranger College focuses on
increasing student success and
dents through the use of technol-
ogy.
implemented several strategies in
on student success .
technology infrastructure and our
platform Blackboard. We have
made significant investments in
IT support personnel.
sional development to faculty
as well as enhancing instructional
course design.
ally reviews technology needs
This upcoming year will see tech-
nological improvements to ensur-
SACSCOC VISITS
end of year survey mak-
ing its way to your in-
box.
grams and services.
college community and
larger population. RC
informative events in the
in creating a college-
TEA ACCOUNTABILITY OPPORTUNITIES
The Texas Education Agency recently released its final version of
the
new state accountability system that is scheduled to be adopted
into the
Texas Administrative Code this August.
Rating Formula 40% STAAR EOC Test Results 40% College, Career,
& Military Readiness (CCMR) 20% Graduation Rate
Within the category of CCMR, schools are awarded points for each
sen-
ior who:
Meets Reading TSI criteria OR completes the reading college prep
course
Meets Math TSI criteria OR completes the math college prep
course
Earns (3) hours of dual credit in ELA/Math or (9) hours in any sub-
ject
Earns an approved industry-based certification
Earns an Associate’s degree while in high school
Completes a CTE coherent sequence of courses aligned to an ap-
proved industry-based certification (half point)
Ranger College stands ready to assist partners with dual credit,
college
prep, and certification courses.
RANGER COLLEGE
Newcastle High School will have a graduating class of fifteen
students on Fri-
day, May 25th. Six of those students completed their Associate’s
degree with