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✧✦ A maximum of 4 credits earned through a combination of a dual credit program and a program in music taken outside the school may be used to meet the optional credit requirement for the OSSD.
✦✦ Option Two: Students may be awarded music credits (a maximum of 2 credits, in Grades 10 to 12) through the PLAR challenge process, as defined in section 7.2.5. Music credits granted through the PLAR process may be used to meet the compulsory credit requirement in the arts or the additional compulsory credit requirement for Group 2. They may also be used to satisfy the related course requirement for a cooperative education program.
7.4 Alternative (Non-Credit) Courses
Alternative (non-credit) courses are individualized courses, documented in a student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP), that comprise alternative expectations – that is, expectations not found in the Ontario curriculum (see section 3.3.1). These courses are usually designed to prepare students for daily living, including employment (supported or independent) and/or community living.
“Course Codes for Alternative (Non-Credit) Courses” on the ministry website:
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/altCredit_Different.pdf
7.5 Procedures for Students Who Fail to Meet Course Expectations
Where a student does not achieve the curriculum expectations of a course, the principal and teaching staff, in consultation with the parents and the student, will determine what type of program would best enable the student to meet the expectations and earn credit for the course. Students should be allowed to repeat only the material relating to the expectations not achieved, providing that the eligibility requirements for credit recovery are met. Alternatively, the student may repeat the entire course.
A student who fails or withdraws from a compulsory credit course should be informed of the consequences for meeting diploma requirements. The program options available to meet the requirements should be outlined, and possible alternative courses identified.
For procedures related to the recording of course attempts and withdrawals, see The Ontario Student Transcript (OST) Manual (2010).
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