High School Programs
Information for Educators
Skagit Valley College’s CTE Dual Credit program is a cooperative program between local school districts and Skagit Valley College (SVC). This dual credit program allows 9th through 12th grade students the opportunity to earn SVC college credit while simultaneously earning high school credit in approved high school courses. Courses are college-level and equivalent to SVC courses in outcomes, instruction, and pedagogy. Students who enroll in the program and satisfy course requirements will have their coursework posted to an SVC transcript with the grade they earned in the course.
Eligibility
- Certificated teachers must be endorsed in CTE with the appropriate V-code to offer CTE Dual Credit courses.
- The college and school district must have a contract in place (interlocal agreement), or commit to signing one in the future.
- The high school course must be equivalent to the SVC course, including but not limited to: meeting the College's course outcomes, grading standards, theoretical, and pedagogical standards.
Course Articulation Process
To articulate a course for CTE Dual Credit:
- Please fill out SVC's CTE Dual Credit Articulation Inquiry Form
- Review the SVC course catalog to record which SVC course you are interested in articulating.
- SVC Dual Credit staff will review the Inquiry Articulation Request Form, follow-up with any questions and send the CTE Dual Credit Articulation Request Form with the SVC portion filled in.
- The high school teachers or dual credit staff should submit the CTE Dual Credit Articulation Request Form and necessary attachments to cte@skagit.edu or ali.holmes@skagit.edu for review.
- The SVC CTE Dual-Credit team will route the articulation to the appropriate SVC faculty for review. If any changes are necessary to move forward with articulation, the faculty will reach out to the high school directly. In some cases the SVC faculty may request to meet with high school faculty to evaluate the classroom space to confirm the classroom has the necessary technology to articulate the course.
- Once the SVC faculty has reviewed and if approved, the SVC Dual-Credit team will route for final signatures.
CTE Articulation Deadlines
| Steps | Deadline | What to Submit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Request for New Articulation |
Nov. 1st, 2025 |
Approved requests placed by this deadline will be for students enrolled in CTE classes the academic year of 2026-2027. | |
| Submit Articulation Packet | Dec. 31st, 2025 | CTE Dual Credit Articulation Request Form, Course Syllabi, & Examples of major assessments | School districts must provide all required materials for new articulation so SVC can route department chairs for review. |
| New articulation approved or denied | On or before Jan. 31st, 2026 | Nothing to submit | Department chairs determine if the articulation is approved or denied. School districts/teachers will be notified of if their articulation is approved or denied. |
Request Help
We know that teachers and other school staff are busy people! Request an SVC representative come to your class by clicking the button to fill out our form.
Request a Dual Credit Event or Support
We offer the following workshops, trainings, and presentations aimed at student audiences or teacher/administrator audiences.
Workshops/Presentations for Student Audiences:
- OAAP Application Workshop
- Select this option to schedule an SVC representative walk your students through using the OAAP to apply to SVC.
- CtcLink Course Enrollment Workshop
- Select this option to schedule an SVC representative to teach your students how to enroll in their CTE class in the ctclink to receive Dual Credit at the end of winter or spring quarter.
- Using Dual Credit After High School Presentation
- Select this option if you are looking help your students how they can CTE Dual Credit, why it is useful, and how to get started at SVC post high school.
Workshops/Presentations for Educator Audiences:
- Administrator Training (For Principals and CTE Directors)
- Select this option if you are an administrator looking to partner with SVC and begin the articulation process. We will compare course catalogs, discuss potential articulations, and answer questions you have around the articulation process.
Common Questions and Answers for Educators
There a variety of benefits that offering CTE Dual Credit can provide to your students including:
- lowering the cost of college
- potentially graduating faster or lightening the load of required courses to graduate
- helping each student see themselves as "college ready"
- introducing students to higher education programs, processes, and resources
We are happy to look at articulating any workforce program class. However, the most commonly articulated classes are 100-level classes.
Typically we are unable to articulate classes that are:
- 200 Level (but not always)
- Very specialized classrooms where the high school doesn't have the necessary infrastructure/tools to teach SVC Course Outcomes
- SVC classes or programs where also students must by 18+ or 21+ to participate in the course
- Classes or programs that have outside accrediting bodies where high schools can't meet the accrediting bodies standards
Our goal at SVC is to only articulate courses that sit on program pathways. That means we are looking to articulate courses that are required in specific programs because we don't want students receiving random credits that aren't useful to them. Instead, if we create meaningful articulations with classes on program pathways the student can:
- Have fewer classes to take to graduate with a specific degree
- Potentially graduate slightly faster (this depends on the program and if it is a cohorted model or not).
- Free up space in their schedule take other required courses like ENGL& 101 or free up space for jobs/work
Articulations must be renewed every three years or if something major changes in the high schools outcomes or the college's outcomes in between the three-year renewal period.
Articulations need to be renewed so that both partners can make sure the classes are still in alignment with one another. If the college makes an update to the course outcomes of an articulated high school course, the high school must work to update the articulation even if it has not come up for renewal in the three year period.
First and foremost, we try our best not to cancel articulation agreements. However, there are times that we need to. Most commonly this happens when:
- The college phases out a specific program and no longer offers the previously articulated class
- The articulation is out of date and the high school can no longer meet SVC course outcomes
If this does happen, we promise to be transparent about why we care cancelling the articulation and also look for new potential articulations in place of the cancelled articulation.
It is always up to the district whether they choose to articulate or not. At SVC, we think articulation is often more powerful than AP credit because:
- If a student received a B or above in their AP course, credits are transcribed directly to the student's SVC transcript creating a higher likelihood of transferability to other higher education institutions
- Receiving dual credit is free for the student (they aren't paying for an AP test or paying for the College Board to send their AP scores to a higher ed institution)
- It can be better for students with test anxiety because their grade is transcribed based on the grade they received in the class, not one high stakes assessment.
A course can be articulated and students can still take the AP exam too. We think having both offers more flexibility for the student.
CTE Dual Credit Help
We know that teachers and other school staff are busy people! Request an SVC representative come to your class by clicking the button to fill out our form.