Summer 2019 High School Original Credit Briefing
Summer 2019 High School Original Credit Briefing for
Counselors, Administrators, and Site Facilitators
Updated 6/4/2019
Notice to students and parents: This information is intended for distribution to public school districts and may contain details that do not apply to your local district’s program. If you are interested in enrolling in courses with Montana Digital Academy, your first contact should be to the counseling department or administration of your local school to discuss what is available locally.
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Montana Digital Academy is pleased to announce details about our Summer 2019 program for high school original credit.
Note: This information is accurate at the time of publication. We will make changes to this page as details change.
Registration
- Please review our student registration page for information on data collection, entrance counseling and student registration for Summer. That page is located here: link.
- Registration for Summer 2019 courses starts April 1, 2019. We will again enforce our “Initial Enrollment Request” deadline on June 5, 2019. We will guarantee placement for students enrolled on or before this date, but, will not add new sections after. This deadline covers both summer sessions. Please plan your local enrollment around this deadline as we can offer no flexibility on these dates.
- Two classes per session are considered “full-time” during the summer session. Please do not enroll students in more than two courses per session. Additional courses may be administratively dropped.
- Please use the enrollment counseling forms when enrolling students and give a copy of the form to the student after enrollment. This form helps decrease confusion on behalf of the student and their parents and opens up communication lines. Our enrollment counseling page is here: link. A quotation from one of our experienced facilitators in a recent semester… “I can’t believe how much easier the conversation is when I use the entrance counseling form!” The entrance counseling form is especially important for the summer original credit program as students and parents often report to MTDA that they felt unprepared for and unaware of the intensity of the summer schedule.
Summer Program Best Practices
MTDA strongly recommends these best practices for a successful summer program:
- Students participating in the summer program must express interest and motivation to complete the summer course. To help conserve resources, MTDA asks that districts do not place students into MTDA summer programs that aren’t interested in the program or supported either at school or home. Please consider using tools like our student readiness survey to help determine if the student has enough support to succeed in an online course: link. Students that are not up and running during the first three days of the class will be dropped, no exception. The summer original credit program is not a good fit for a student that is retaking a course.
- Enrollment officials should consider the availability of computer access in the homes of students taking courses. Students will need access to a computer for an average of 3-5 hours per course, per day, for original credit courses. As the lack of access will not modify course expectations or deadlines, we require that students secure multiple means of access.
- Due to the tight schedule of the summer session, students must start and stop courses on schedule. Local assistance may be required to help guarantee student success.
- Please be clear to students that this program is not designed to work around camps or vacations if the student is not able to work in each course for 3-5 hours per day. The significantly compressed schedule is not as forgiving as a typical semester format.
Important note for districts: Don’t hesitate to contact MTDA staff in Missoula if you want to walk through setting up a summer program for your students. We would love to chat with you about what you can expect and what you might consider setting up locally to help your students succeed!
Program Information
Summer Course Availability
Session 1 (June 12, 2019, to July 16, 2019)
- Algebra I A
- American Government Full Year A
- American Government Single Semester (one semester)
- Anatomy & Physiology A
- Biology A
- Criminology (one semester)
- Earth Science A
- English III A
- English IV A
- Geometry A
- Health (single semester)
- Personal Finance (single semester)
- US History A
Session 2 (July 17, 2019, to August 16, 2019)
- Algebra I B
- American Government Full Year B
- Anatomy & Physiology B
- Biology B
- Creative Writing (single semester)
- Digital Photography (single semester)
- Earth Science B
- English III B
- English IV B
- Geometry B
- Psychology (single semester)
- Sports Officiating (single semester)
- US History B
Other Details
- Our Summer 2019 Academic Calendar is located here: link.
- Students will be expected to get started in courses as of the MTDA calendar, even if your local school is still in session. Starting a week or two late in the summer program is not an option due to the tight timelines. Please discuss this with interested students before enrollment.
- Our course catalog is located here: link.
- The drop deadline for the summer program is June 18 (session 1) and July 23 (session 2). We understand that most programs do not have summer staffing available to facilitate drops through our typical process. We will attempt to connect with programs that do have staffing, but, will otherwise drop at student/parent request.