Dual Enrollment

Dual Enrollment (DE) means that while the students are enrolled in APS and will receive APS credit for the course, they are also enrolled in Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). They will receive corresponding NOVA credit for the course.

The greatest difference is in the rigor of the courses. DE courses are responsible for covering NOVA content as well as APS content. The DE course is a full NOVA course. This is a true ollege class.

DE students are expected to advocate for themselves. This means they are expected to communicate with the teachers when they have questions about the course, an assignment, a grade, etc. Students are expected to keep up with the workload by completing and handing assignments in on time. Students should be aware of and follow all course policies. These policies are located in detail within each course’s syllabus.

If students have an IEP or a 504, they need to contact NOVA to receive accommodations for their NOVA grade. This is not done through APS. NOVA’s Disability Support Services (DSS) office will work with students to determine what accommodations they are eligible for and will provide a Memorandum of Accommodation (MOA) to the student. Once received, students must email a copy to each DE teacher. For semester courses such as Social Studies and English,students must send a copy at the beginning of each semester.

Note: this is NOT retroactive. This means that if the MOA is delivered to the instructor after the course starts,the accommodations will not be applied to previous assignments.

Students who wish to drop a DE course should email the following staff members:

• the course instructor
• their School Counselor
• Deirdre Magro [email protected]
• Katie Aimone [email protected]
• Amy Nearman [email protected]

The email should include the student’s name, the student’s NOVA ID, and the course number.

The Drop deadline is the last day to leave the course and have it not appear on students’ transcript. It would be as if they never enrolled in the course and they would be moved to a Standard section.

The deadlines for the school year are in September for semester courses and in October for year-long courses. Check with your counselor for more information.

The student is responsible for withdrawing from a DE course. The student must withdraw in their online account, logging in with their NOVA email and password. Once completed, the instructor will receive it and approve it.

The student should also notify the School Counselor so that schedule changes can be made.

The Withdraw deadline is the last day to leave the course with a W on your transcript. The W does not impact students’ GPAs and is preferable to an F. This is the last possible day to be removed from a DE course.

The deadlines for the school year are in November for semester courses and in February for year-long courses. Any requests after that date will be rejected by NOVA. Check with your counselor for more information.

The APS grade students earn in a DE course impacts their APS transcript. The NOVA grade students earn in a DE course impacts their NOVA transcript. Occasionally, these two grades may differ if students have accommodations for their APS grades that they do not have for their NOVA grades.

If a student fails a DE course and wants to make it up, they must do it through both APS in summer school and through NOVA. Students will have to retake the APS version of the course and the NOVA version. While the new grade will replace the old on the APS transcript, both NOVA grades will appear on the NOVA transcript. It is important to remember that having an “F” on a college transcript is permanent and can affect opportunities for NCAA sports, scholarships, grants, admissions to colleges/universities, and future job prospects. NCAA will only look at the first attempt.

DE syllabi are very important. They contain all the course policies, information, deadlines,and content information. Students should refer to the syllabi throughout the semester/year.

Students should follow the directions on the APS website to register as a NOVA student AND to select their courses.

Students and families can contact them at:

• Arlington Tech Grades 9 and 11 School Counselor: Cristin Caparotta [email protected]
• Arlington Tech Grades 10 and 12 School Counselor: Erin Gagen [email protected]
• MPP School Counselor: Claudia Vasquez [email protected]
• NOVA liaison: Deirdre Magro [email protected]