Credit Recovery page 83 of the Growing Success Document:
-designed to help day school students meet expectations of a course they have completed but have received a failing grade.
-must be taught by qualified teacher
-no limit on credits one can recover
Guiding Principles
-part of whole school culture, equal weighting as other course delivery
-not a replacement during intial credit attempt, including SPEC-ED supports
-an option for any studnet that fails, determination by credit recovery team
-final credit granting is done by principal
-access granted by principal but must be okayed by student
-teacher of initial program must supply credit recovery teacher with relevant information
-must have real and credible educaitonal value. Student must achieve overall course expectations
-students must be able to achieve expectations in a variety of ways
-available to every student in publicy funded schools
-final mark should refelct achievement of overall course expectations. Could be based soley on performance in credit recovery or may include results from initial attempt at course expectations.
Credit Recovery Team
-Subset of student success team, responsible for placing student in credit recovery process.
-minimum must be comprised of principal (designate, usually VP), student success teacher, guidance head, where appropriate other staff (support staff, subject teachers, spec ed head (designate))
Every student who fails a course has the following options:
-repeat entire course
-night school
-summer school
-credit recovery
If credit recovery is chosen...subject teacher must provide
-final percentage mark for the course-breakdown of all percents
-reasons supporting a recommendation for credit recovery
Citation:
Growing Success Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools, First Edition, Covering Grades 1 to 12, 2010, Ministry of Education
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