Articulation Agreements made easy with

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Articulation Agreements made easy with

• SAM!

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What are articulation agreements?

• Articulation agreements provide a non-duplicative
  course of study that aligns both high school and
  college course work. 
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• Articulation agreements are made between high
  school and college faculty to ensure a seamless
  academic transition from high school to college. 

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Why?

• Agreements give students the opportunity to earn
  college credit by completing a sequence of high
  school courses.
• Articulated credit is free of cost and is awarded
  when a student matriculates to post secondary
  education institution.

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What are the advantages to the colleges and
universities?

• Through an articulation agreement, students
  typically save thousands of dollars on their
  first two years of tuition increasing the chances
  of graduating.
• As HS students accumulate college credits, their
  incentive to attend the post-secondary
  institution increases.

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• HS students that earn credits for the lower level
  classes usually go on to take more upper level
  classes in the technology area.
• HS students that have proved their proficiency on
  the SAM exams for the entry level class perform
  better in the higher level classes once they get
  to college.

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• Since credits earned by articulation agreements
  often jump-start a students college
  experience, the students are able to graduate
  earlier.

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Why use SAM?

• SAM is frequently used by both high school and
  college students.
• The basic skills needed to prove competency in
  specific software (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
  Access) are easily assessed.
• SAM reports provide excellent documentation.

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Development of Assessment Tool(or Where do we
start?)

• The college professor meets with the high school
  teacher and outlines the required skills the
  students must possess in order to be deemed
  proficient in a specific college course.

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• The objectives and standards of each high school
  course (program) is reviewed to determine the
  appropriate alignment with the college courses.

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• The specific skills that will be tested are
  chosen from the SAM database and a list is
  provided to the high school teacher.

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• Using the skills provided by the college
  professor the high school teacher develops the
  assessment instrument in SAM.
• PCC Exam for OST 1711 - Word I

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• During the school year, the high school students
  are taught each of the skills in small units
  utilizing the exams that correlate with the text.

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• Once the students have completed the training and
  the high school teacher feels each has the
  ability to complete the assessment, he/she is
  added to the Section designed just for this
  assessment.

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• Maintaining a separate Section enables the high
  school teacher complete control of when the exam
  is available, how many times the exam may be
  taken, and which student(s) are permitted to take
  the exam.
• It also provides one report with all students
  names that have taken the exam.

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SAM 07

• SAM Projects in SAM 07 is another way that the
  software can be used to assess a students
  proficiency in specific software related skills.

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• In each of the SAM Projects, specific skills are
  detailed.

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• Illustrated Word Unit A Independent Challenge 1

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• There are also 6 Capstone projects that are
  designed to be used at the end of the unit.

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• According to the website,
• Capstone Projects will determine, on an
• application level, if a student truly
• understands how to work with Word, Excel
• and PowerPoint through an introductory
• Office level class.

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• The list of skills covered for each Capstone
  project will help the college professor determine
  whether

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Word Capstone Project
SKILLS
Apply a paragraph border Apply a paragraph
style Bold text Center a paragraph Change font
size Change paragraph line spacing Change the
font Check grammar Check spelling Convert a
hyperlink to regular text Create a bulleted
list Create a document header
Create a table Find and replace text Format a
table with a Table Style Insert clip art Insert
page numbers Insert text Italicize text Move
text Resize a graphic Select text Use Save As
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What happens next?

• At the end of each school year, the high school
  teachers provide a list of the students that have
  passed each of the SAM exams or projects linked
  to articulation agreements.
• This list is input into the college database.

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• Once the student matriculates to the college, the
  academic counselor has access to all previously
  awarded credits whether it is from articulated
  credits or dual enrollment.

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Agreements in Place

• Introduction to Computers CGS 1061
• Word I OST 1711
• Word II OST 17??
• Computer Applications CGS 1100