Provincial dual credit strategy

Appropriate, flexible and accessible education and training opportunities help students become engaged in more relevant, meaningful learning experiences, and “develop their knowledge, skills and talents and apply them in the labour market and in their personal lives to the extent of their potential.”4 Given the complexity of moving through learning systems, students need seamless, personalized pat [...] Dual credit programming is where high school students participate in apprenticeship training or post-secondary, college or university courses earning both high school and post-secondary credits for the same course.5 For the purposes of this Strategy and to reflect that different models and approaches exist to support student transitions in Alberta, the Provincial Dual Credit Strategy (the Strategy [...] The Provincial Dual Credit Strategy recognizes that Education and Entrepreneurship are the cornerstones and, as such, the Provincial Dual Credit Strategy contributes to and aligns with the Premier’s mandate of closing the participation gap of underrepresented groups in post-secondary and increasing high school graduation rates along with a number of additional key government priorities and initiat [...] The goals of the strategy are to increase the education and skill level of individual Albertans, and to foster high performance environments that maximize innovation and the application of new technologies and processes. [...] B. Review the implementation of the Provincial Dual Credit Strategy In Year 3 (2015–2016), a review of the implementation of the Provincial Dual Credit Strategy will be conducted under the direction of Education, Enterprise and Advanced Education and Human Services.