English Department

Minimum Requirements for a-g HQT Oversight

1) Class Requirements

The HQT must be on the HQT CWCS employee or approved vendor list

HQT Vendors must respond to student’s inquiries about school work and assignments within 24 hrs.

All a-g students will be required to take a proctored final exam or a significant final project. However, one final must be proctored.

A minimum of one hour per week must be direct instruction with tutor and/or parent

The course must follow the UC approved curriculum/course outline found at: http://www.ieminc.org/handbook/highschool/Courseinfo/agcoursetitle.htm

Email ES if any problem arises

2) Curriculum

Verify that the student text is on the CWCS a-g list http://www.ieminc.org/handbook/highschool/Courseinfo/agcoursetitle.htm

3) Syllabus/Pacing Guide

The syllabus/pacing guide can be created by a parent, but it must be approved by the HQT. It should explain course requirements and include weekly assignments.

Assignments must meet grade level CA state standards.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/englangdevstnd.pdf , and

must align with the approved UC curriculum/course found at: http://www.ieminc.org/handbook/highschool/Courseinfo/agcoursetitle.htm

4) Attendance

Meet with the student at least 5 times during the semester (online or in person) to discuss requirements, answer student questions, and teach key content standards

5) Portfolio

Collect and grade at least 5 samples of student work. The work should include chapter tests, other assessments, or projects.

Suggested assignments for parents to include on the pacing guide – research essays, assessments found in the text, vocabulary and grammar exercises, outside reading, i.e., newspapers and magazines, writing summaries and book reports, PowerPoint presentations, artistic projects, review of writing resources, MLA Handbook and The Elements of Style by Strunk & White

6) Assessment

HQT will develop, proctor, and grade one final exam for each semester. A final can be- an essay, short answer/multiple choice, or a multiple choice only exam.

One final can be a project; one must be a proctored exam.

7) Grading

Give a quarterly progress report and a semester grade to the student’s ES based on attendance, portfolio work, and final exam (for the semester grade). Grades should be submitted to ES by the last day of each semester (December and May)

Suggested grading distribution – 25% ES/ Parent Progress Report (daily work), 25% Attendance (required meetings), 25% Portfolio, 25% Assessment.