move on when ready (formerly known as dual enrollment)

MOVE ON WHEN READY

(Formerly Known As Dual Enrollment)

MOWR EligibilityEnrolled in our district

No residency requirement

Meet admissions requirements and deadlines at participating postsecondary institution

Admitted as a Dual Credit Enrollment (MOWR) student at a participating postsecondary institution

May attend more than one postsecondary institution at a time and receive awards at both

Must be enrolled in courses listed in the approval MOWR Directory

Maintain postsecondary satisfactory academic progress

Required EnrollmentThis can be done by:

1)Combination of high school and MOWR courses

2)Full time MOWR student at the college (minimum of 4 courses which would be between 12-15+ credit hours)

Financial ConsiderationsTuition costs are paid.

Mandatory Fee costs are covered.

Books are provided.

The Eligible Postsecondary Institution can charge the student Course Related Fees or Supplies or require the student to have the required course related items.

Expenses for travel or living on campus are provided by the student.

MOWR and HOPE and Zell Miller ScholarshipsCore courses are included in the student’s HOPE high school GPA for HOPE

Scholarship and Zell Miller Scholarship eligibility determinations.

Core coursework taken as dual enrollment meets Academic Rigor requirements and courses are given a weight of 0.5 toward HOPE Calculation. The HOPE GPA calculation has a cap of 4.0.

Core DE courses are weighted 10 points on the local high school transcript.

College transcript begins as MOWR student.

MOWR hours do not count against HOPE hour cap.

Responsibilities of the student/parentResearch admissions requirements at postsecondary school choices.

Schedule and take SAT or ACT or Compass test as determined by the college for admittance.

Apply and get accepted to the college.

Complete the student section of the MOWR application (Part I) online.

Contact counselor set up advisement meeting; district approval is mandatory.

Within first 30 days of attending classes, meet with school counselor to verify postsecondary course schedule against high school schedule.

Keep school counselor informed of any changes – always notify school counselor within 24 hours of withdrawing from a course (both email and phone notification required). Failure to do so will result in an F, a 69 numeric grade on the student’s transcript for the course.

Have PSI send official transcript with course grades to school counselor. Counselor updates IC with an official transcript from college or technical college.

Contact counselor for participating in MOWR for the following semester 30 days prior to end of the preceding semester.

Adhere to set deadlines.

MOWR Information on GAcollege411 (GAfutures)

MOWR Course Directory

MOWR GSFC Application

The MOWR Application is completed in three sequential steps

Section 1: The student completes a MOWR application at www.GAcollege411.org/GAfutures online.

Section 2: The participating high school must certify the student’s application and list the courses the student is planning to pursue for dual credit.

Section 3: The participating postsecondary institution must certify the student’s application and approve the postsecondary courses for MOWR.

MOWR Enrollment Terms

Fall, Spring and Summer semesters

Summer courses for the first time in FY 2016

District Application to be completed:

Can be Accessed on the District Website:

Additional InformationGo to the Paulding County District website - http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us

Under Student Support Choose Counseling Information-

Then select: Move on When Ready Dual Enrollment on the right side

Information on the Paulding County Website:

Summits – 2 for 2015-2016for 9th – 11th Grade Students◦EVENT: Paulding MOWR SummitLOCATION: Chattahoochee Tech’s Paulding CampusADDRESS: 400 Nathan Dean Blvd., Dallas, GA 30132DATE: March 1, 2016TIME: 6:30 p.m.

Interested students and parents should always contact the

school counselor.There is a Dual Enrollment

specialist/counselor at each high school.