college week live ncaa nontraditional core courses christa palmer nick sproull april 9, 2015
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College Week LiveNCAA Nontraditional Core
Courses
Christa PalmerNick Sproull
April 9, 2015
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Game Plan
– What is the NCAA?
– Initial-Eligibility Requirements
– Eligibility Center Process
– Nontraditional Core Course Rules
– Nontraditional Core Course Review Process
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Probability of going pro
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NCAA Eligibility Center Process
– What is “initial-eligibility?”
• Requirements necessary in order to: – Practice– Compete– Receive athletically-related financial aid
• First year at a Division I or II campus• Subsequent academic eligibility based on progress toward
degree requirements– Students may lose/gain eligibility in each term
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NCAA Eligibility Center Process
– Elements of determining initial-eligibility•Graduation from high school
•Minimum number of core courses
•Minimum grade-point average in those core courses
•Minimum SAT or ACT test score
Courses Division I Division II
English 4 3
Math 3 2
Science 2 2
Social Science 2 2
English, Math or Science
1 3
Other Core 4 4
Total 16 16
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NCAA Eligibility Center Process
– Division I Academic Index
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NCAA Eligibility Center Process
– Determining initial-eligibility
• Division II– Minimum 2.000 core-course GPA– 820 SAT or 68 sum score ACT– “Partial qualifier”
• Division III– No specific NCAA legislation
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NCAA Eligibility Center Process
– Role of the high school
• Updated list of core courses• Transcripts
– New direct upload feature
• Fee waiver requests
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NCAA Eligibility Center Process
– “Core” courses
• English, math, science, social science, and foreign language
• At or above regular academic level• Four-year college preparatory• Qualified instructor
Landscape K-12 Online Learning
Landscape K-12 Online Learning
Landscape K-12 Online Learning
Landscape K-12 Online Learning
Environmental Factors
Improved technologies
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Market forces
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Budget cuts
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Federal and state policies
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Growth rate of 30% annually
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Nontraditional Courses
– Prior to 2000
• Nontraditional courses prohibited– 2000-2010
• Certain nontraditional cores allowed• Transition from Clearinghouse to Eligibility Center• Growth in digital learning (online, software-based, etc.)
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Nontraditional Courses
– 2010 to present
• Legislation amended and adopted by Division I in 2010– Adopted by Division II in 2011
– New requirements
• Must be “core”• Defined timeframe for completion• Ongoing and regular access and interaction between
students and instructors throughout the duration of the course for the purposes of teaching, evaluating, and providing assistance.
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Nontraditional Courses
– What it’s NOT
• Timeframe– Students will receive a grade after a minimum of 8 weeks, but
may progress at their own pace.
• Role of the instructor– An NCLB certified instructor is available by phone, email or
skype and holds regular office hours.– The role of the instructor is to monitor progress, answer
questions, and proctor assessments and exams.
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Nontraditional Courses
– For the purposes of teaching, evaluating, and providing assistance?
• “I have reset your password. Please check your email.”
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Nontraditional Courses
– For the purposes of teaching, evaluating, and providing assistance?
• “I have reset your password. Please check your email.”• “Your analysis of the hero’s journey started off well, but I
could tell you got in a hurry by the end. Please re-write your concluding paragraph and support it with examples from the text.”
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Nontraditional Courses
– For the purposes of teaching, evaluating, and providing assistance?
• “I have reset your password. Please check your email.”• “Your analysis of the hero’s journey started off well, but I
could tell you got in a hurry by the end. Please re-write your concluding paragraph and support it with examples from the text.”
• “Great work!”
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Nontraditional Courses
– For the purposes of teaching, evaluating, and providing assistance?
• “I have reset your password. Please check your email.”• “Your analysis of the hero’s journey started off well, but I
could tell you got in a hurry by the end. Please re-write your concluding paragraph and support it with examples from the text.”
• “Great work!”• “Remember, all linear pairs have supplementary angles, but
not all supplementary angles form linear pairs.”
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Nontraditional Courses
– Review process
• Accountability and responsibility for the status of a course, program, or school lies with the entity responsible for instruction and assessment.
• Questionnaire– Questions regarding curriculum, instruction, interaction,
feedback, transcript designations
• Possible outcomes– Approved– Extended Evaluation– Not approved
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Nontraditional Courses
– Avoiding speed bumps
• Advising prospective student-athletes• Do what you say you do• Clear and consistent transcript designations• Credit vs. recommended credit
– Post-graduate courses
• Beware the telephone game
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Nontraditional Courses
Toll Free: 877-NCAA-EC1