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PRE-COLLEGE OUTREACH (continued)
Dual-credit courses. Dual-credit courses have been offered for two years at our partnering high schools.
Schools have offered one or more of the following NTID courses:
Applications Software: an introduction to word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and
database applications
Web Development I: an introduction to Web page development, including XHTML and
Web graphics
Desktop Publishing: an introduction to page layout applications to produce pages and
documents to given specifications
The course Introduction to Desktop Publishing is offered by the NTID Arts and Imaging Studies
Department and demonstrates the interest and potential for expanding Project Fast Forward to other
technical programs.
A fourth dual-credit course, PC Hardware I will be offered during the 2009-2010 school year.
Dual-credit course registrations. During the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years a total of 129 unique
students participated in the program at our 12 partner schools. Of those students, 12 took two courses,
giving a total of 141 registrations in Project Fast Forward dual-credit courses during the two years.
School
Year
Number of
Students
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Number of
Registrations
Grades
Awarded
Credit Hours
Awarded
2007-2008 57 61 40 120
2008-2009 72 80 69 207
Total 129 141 109 327
For the fall semester of the 2009-10 school year, there are currently 76 students registered in dual-credit
courses. We estimate by the end of the spring semester an 25 additional students will take our courses,
resulting in approximately 100 students in dual-credit courses for the 2009-10 school year.
Dual-credit grades and credit awarded. Of the 129 students registered for dual-credit courses during
2007-08 and 2008-09, 109 students received passing grades, and were awarded RIT credit. A portion of
those students who failed to receive credit did not succeed in the course, and others did not receive credit
because of the high school teachers failing to follow the NTID curriculum.
Professional development. Three summer professional development sessions (summer 2007, 2008 and
2009) have been offered to high school teachers and guidance counselors from our partnering high
schools.
Summer Professional Development Session
2007 2008 2009
Teacher Attendees 7 11 8
Counselor Attendees 4 5 6
Total 11 16 14