What to expect when moving from Registered to Enrolled?
Registered to Enrolled
Registered homeschool students cannot obtain a BC Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) by homeschooling alone. However, registered homeschool students may transfer to enrolled status for their Grades 10-12 years to work towards a BC Dogwood Diploma.
This process requires conversations around what concepts/courses have been covered and therefore which courses are a good starting place for your child. This may also involve an official challenge process in order for your child to receive course credit in an area of proficiency. See below for information on course challenges. Students may also be asked to complete numeracy or literacy assessments to help ensure their success in the courses they plan on taking.
For more on the BC Dogwood and requirements, please see here.
Course Challenge Information
What is challenge?
A course challenge is a means of awarding graduation credit for undocumented demonstrated prior learning. Students are entitled to use challenges to receive credit for Ministry-Development or Board/Authority Authorized Grade 10, 11, or 12 courses.
Challenge Process
A student can challenge a course if he or she:
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is currently enrolled in the school district, registered as a home schooler, or enrolled in the Distributed Learning school where the challenge is being requested; and
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has not already challenged the course and received a passing grade, or completed the course through previous enrollment, or has been granted equivalency for the course; and
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can give compelling evidence that he or she will succeed in the challenge assessment
Prior to engaging in a challenge process, schools must review any documentation of prior learning that a student presents in order to determine if credit can be awarded through equivalency.
The challenge process must assess students on all course learning outcomes (Gr. 11/12) OR curricular competencies and content (Gr. 10). Examples of challenge assessment strategies include hands-on demonstrations, oral performances, interviews, written examinations, or presentations of a collection of work. Provincial or sample exams must not be used for Challenge purposes.
The cost to challenge a course is $50 per course challenged. This course fee is over and above the tuition costs a student would normally pay during the course of a school year. A challenged course is not included in the course count for tuition in a school year.
Adult Dogwood Programing
In some cases, students struggle to make the transition or complete the required number of courses necessary to receive their Dogwood. In those situations, once they reach 18 an Adult Dogwood can be explored. This is not something we want to work towards or limit students with at an early age. It is important this is only considered an option once the student is 18 years of age.
Adult Grad Pres.pptx - Google Drive- great for parents