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CREDIT RECOVERY
CREDIT RECOVERY
POLICY
Credit recovery is designed to help regular day school students at the secondary level meet the expectations of a course they have completed but for which they have received a failing grade.6
Boards and schools should make credit recovery programs available to students who have been unsuccessful in achieving the expectations of a course. (See policy regarding the use of “I” on the final report card, outlined in Chapter 5, page 42.) Credit recovery may be delivered as part of the regular day school program and/or at summer school, and must be taught by a qualified teacher. Schools should develop credit recovery programs to suit the needs of their students. Students may work on recovering more than one credit concurrently through the credit recovery process, and there is no limit on the number of credits a student may recover.
Guiding Principles
The guiding principles listed below are intended to provide a consistent framework for the development of credit recovery programs across the province:
1. Credit recovery is part of a whole school culture and has equal status with other forms of course delivery.
2. Credit recovery is not a replacement for effective, positive instruction and intervention during the initial credit attempt, including the normal supports provided through special education.
3. Credit recovery is one of several options for any student who fails, but the final determination of credit recovery placement is made by the credit recovery team.
4. Decisions regarding the final placement in credit recovery programs must consider all factors that limited success.
5. The final credit granting for credit recovery programs is the responsibility of the principal.
6. Access to credit recovery must be through a recommendation by the principal and agreed to by the student and, where appropriate (e.g., students under the age of majority), the parent(s)/guardian(s), who must share some responsibility for the learning.
7. Credit recovery programming must consider all factors that limited success in the initial program.
6. According to the memorandum from the Deputy Minister of Education dated June 28, 2006, “Credit Recovery”, credit recovery is to be implemented in Ontario secondary schools in accordance with specified provisions recommended by the Ontario Student Success Commission, as outlined in this chapter.