Transcription of Mexico Credits Powerpoint

A WORK IN PROGRESS
Fabian Partida, Othello School District
Migrant Graduation Specialist
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Does your school/district have a policy or
process for accepting or transcribing Mexico
credits?
Does you school have a partial crediting
process in place for migrant/non-migrant
students?
Are seat time hours a factor in your school?
How involved are you in that process?
◦ Are you able to transcribe or does that responsibly
fall on the counselors?
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Use what is available to you.
Back in 2006 the Yakima School District and OSPI
work in collaboration to create a course
equivalency chart for the CONEVyT program.
◦ This chart covered both the secundaria and the
preparatoria courses.
◦ Keep in mind that this was a while ago.
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InET (Innovative Educational Technologies)
Consortium had also offered training modules on
understanding the differences between the US
and Mexican school systems. Resources are
available under the MGS/MSA resources section
of the MSDRS website:
https://www.msdr.org/resources/mgsmsa
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You have a valid document.
◦ There are false ones out there.
◦ Many students/families bring in un-sealed documents.
 I have found that the Mexican Consulate in Seattle is more
than willing to verify the validity of the documents provided.
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What grade are we talking about
◦ When a student tells you secundaria (secondary) that
does not mean just middle school. The secundaria
covers up to 9th grade.
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Did they complete the year or are they coming to
you with partial credits? (seat time factor)
Level of education reported?
Primaria (grades 1-6)
Secundaria (grades 7-9)
Preparatoria (“Bachillerato” on transcript) (grades 10-12+)
Universidad (college)
Which grade level?
Washington
Junior High
7th grade
8th grade
High School
9th grade
10th grade
11th grade
12th grade
Mexico
Secundaria
Primero grado
Segundo grado
Tercero grado
Bachillerato
Primero grado
Segundo grado
Tercero grado
135 seat hrs each:
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History of Mexico
Civics & Ethics
Physics
Chemistry
Foreign Language
Hist/Geog of State
Vocational Ed
225 seat hrs each:
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Spanish
Mathematics
90 seat hrs each:
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Art
Physical Education
Health
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Matemáticas I
Matemáticas II
Matemáticas IV
Cálculo Diferencial e Integral I
Cálculo Diferencial e Integral II
Matemáticas III
Estadística Descriptiv a e Inferencial I
Estadística Descriptiv a e Inferencial II
Geografía
Ciencia de la Salud I
Biología I
Biología II
Química I
Química II
Química III
Ecología
Física I
Física II
Física III
Física Moderna I
Física Moderna II
Métodos de Inv estigación I
Métodos de Inv estigación II
Historia de Méx ico I (History of Méx ico I)
Historia de Méx ico II (History of Méx ico II)
Filosofía I
Filosofía II
Economía I
Economía II
Sociología I
Sociología II
A ntropología I
A ntropología II
Taller de Lectura y Redacción I
Taller de Lecturay Redacción II
Literatura I
Literatura II
Taller de A nálisis de la Comunicación I
Taller de A nálisis de la Comunicación II
Ciencia de la Salud II
Redes
Base de Datos I
Base de Datos II
Laboratorio de Informática I
Laboratorio de Informática II
Contabilidad I
Contabilidad II
Contabilidad III
Cou rse & Credit Equ iv alency
A lgebra I
A lgebra II
Pre-Calculus
Calculus Ia*
Calculus Ib*
Geometry
Statistics Ia
Statistics Ib
A dv anced Earth Science*
A natomy and Phy siology *
Biology Ia
Biology Ib
Chemistry Ia
Chemistry Ib
Chemistry Ic
Ecology and Biology *
Phy sics Ia
Phy sics Ib
Phy sics Ic
A dv anced Phy sics Ia*
A dv anced Phy sics Ib*
Science Methods Research Ia (* & **)
Science Methods Research Ib (* & **)
A dv anced World History Ia (* & **)
A dv anced World History Ib (* & **)
Philosophy Ia (* & **)
Philosophy Ib (* & **)
Economics Ia*
Economics Ib*
Sociology Ia*
Sociology Ib*
A nthropology Ia (* & **)
A nthropology Ib (* & **)
Nativ e Spanish 3a*
Nativ e Spanish 3b*
Nativ e Spanish 4a*
Nativ e Spanish 4b*
Nativ e Spanish 5a*
Nativ e Spanish 5b*
Health
Network A naly sis
Database Ia
Database Ib
Office User Specialist
Office Specialist
A ccounting Ia and Bookkeeping
A ccounting Ib and Bookkeeping
A ccounting Ic and Bookkeeping
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Yakima School
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WAC 180-57-050
Yakima School
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WAC 180-57-050
Passed Course
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Whole / Partial
4 Point Scale
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10 Point Scale*
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Not all schools have one.
Some schools only have one for migrant
students
This is a great starting point for those of you
who would like to help students who are
migrant, new to the US, or just students that
moved to your school for non-migrant
reasons.
*sometimes baby steps are better than no
steps at all.*
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Highly mobile students like migrant students,
who have sometimes studied in Mexico, move
frequently between school districts as their
families follow crop cycles.
For these students, a barrier to high school
graduation is lack of credit for the partial work
completed before moving.
◦ This is only getting harder considering the 24 credit
requirements as well as the coursed unable to
students due to ELL electives.
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Bi-National Transfer Document
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Certificate of Completion for the secundaria
◦ Useful for those students who are traveling to and from Mexico in
the current year.
◦ Only concern is that math is not specific to Alg./Geo./etc.
◦ Since all of Mexico's pre-k to 9th grade is nationally prescribed
then the certificate can assist you in at least placing the student
appropriately.
 I always have them request a copy of their transcript which shows the
courses they completed and the grades received.
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Transcript from a Preparatoria or Escuela Técnica
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Validity of the documents is always a concern.
◦ Since preparatorias are more like private schools, these
documents vary from school to school.
◦ Use equivalency chart to the best of your ability and then use your
resources to determine the rest. (Electives are helpful as well)
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Since these equivalencies are dated, it is
always good practice to work with your
teachers to ensure that students are ready to
move on to the next class.
◦ I have a group of teachers I work with to verify/test
a student to see if they are ready to move on.
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Consider ELL status and if primary language
will be a barrier towards their enrollment in
the appropriate course.
Verification of authenticity of documents.
Still a work in progress.
If you have a system set up at your school,
please let me know.
(fpartida@othelloschools.org)
I hope that this is just a start and that soon
there will be a more hands-on training
available in the future.