ATC & SACS

From the Purpose and Philosophy of Accreditation, Section III-Comprehensive Standards Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

 

Policies and practices established for the Advanced Technical Credit (ATC) Program (statewide articulation) address standards of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges, which are relevant to award of articulated credit.

• ATC provides a defined and published policy for evaluating, awarding, and accepting credit for technical advanced placement (articulation) that a participating college elects to adopt.

• Processes are in place to ensure that course work and learning outcomes are at the collegiate level and comparable to WECM courses.

• Subject- specific college faculty who participate in ATC training of qualified high school faculty, in state-level course alignment activities, and/or in the determination of college-level competencies of statewide-articulated courses, are directly involved in determining high school courses content, quality, and effectiveness of instruction.

• Because WECM courses freely transfer among two-year colleges in Texas, it is assumed that high school faculty who are approved to teach statewide-articulated WECM courses by college faculty from one accredited institution in Texas have met articulation requirements for all colleges offering the same WECM course.

• High school faculty teaching high school courses equivalent to associate degree courses not designed for transfer to the baccalaureate degree in the teaching discipline, or an associate degree and demonstrated competencies in the teaching discipline.

• A state-level data base records credentials, work experience, licensures and certifications, and details of training activities of all high school teachers approved to teach ATC courses.

• A college may award academic transfer upon successful demonstration of student competence as determined by college policy. This competency assessment may include challenge exams and/or processes credit award for experiential learning.

 

 

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