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Dual Credit and OnRamps

What is Dual Credit?

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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) defines dual credit as a system in which an eligible high school student enrolls in college course(s) and receives credit for the course(s) from both the college and high school. Dual credit courses may be taught on the high school campus by an approved instructor or on the college campus. Dual credit courses include both academic and technical courses.

What is OnRamps?

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Grand Prairie ISD offers OnRamps dual enrollment courses to students—giving them access to high-quality, college-level courses early in their academic careers. OnRamps students are enrolled in two separate courses: a high school course taught by a GPISD teacher—who receives yearlong, research-based professional learning and development on the most effective techniques and technologies used in classrooms today—and an online, distance college course taught by a faculty member or college “Instructor of Record."  Students receive separate grades for the high school and college courses. The work and grades between the high school course and college course are kept separate and do not influence the other. In both courses, students are challenged with rigorous content, encouraged to take ownership of their learning, and prepared with the skills they need to support their transition beyond high school.

Staff

Ana Gonzalez

College Readiness and Dual Credit Lead

Holly Mohler

Director of College, Career, and Military Readiness Outcomes