High School Teachers & District Staff

A request for articulation typically begins with the high school instructor or CTE Director.

1. High school instructor completes High School Request for Articulation form.
2. High school instructor submits a copy of the completed High School Request for Articulation form to their CTE director/principal.
3. The high school instructor or CTE Director sends the completed form and supporting documents to the CTE Dual Credit Consortium – Pacific NW College Credit (PNWCC).
   1. If the course/program is currently available at one or more consortium college/s, PNWCC staff will work with the high school instructor and CTE Director to complete the articulation process.
   2. If the course/program is not available within the consortium’s college/s, PNWCC will query other consortia for possible matches, in the same region when possible.
4. PNWCC staff forward a copy of the articulation request to the college faculty for review.
5. PNWCC staff arranges an in-person or virtual meeting to include PNWCC staff, college and high school instructors, college program chair/dean, and CTE Director.

1. If approved, PNWCC staff draft and route the Articulation Agreement document to college and high school partners to obtain signatures. When the signature process is complete, copies are redistributed, then articulation is added to the CTE Dual Credit online registration system (CTE SERS - Statewide Enrollment & Reporting System).
2. If the high school class does not contain all of the college course competencies, PNWCC staff will work with instructors to determine the feasibility of – and timeframe for – revising the high school class, gathering additional curriculum/class information, and making revisions to the high school curriculum. The college will review again, once the class has been revised.
3. If no matching college programs exist within the consortium, PNWCC staff will notify high school partners. PNWCC staff will then look for matches outside the local consortium. See step 3.2. above.
4. If a course is no longer taught at high school or college, the consortium is notified in a timely manner. PNWCC staff will turn articulation inactive in SERS (online registration system) during the summer following the school year that the course is deactivated. All course changes must take place during summer and prior to registration opening for that school year.

The articulation process is framed, defined, and validated by the following:

• RCW 28B.50.530 – Agreements between district boards of trustees and school boards
• WAC 131-15-095 (2) – Teacher credentials
• State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Policy Manual
• WA ST Tech Prep Association Articulation Guidelines Handbook
• PNWCC Memorandum of Agreement
• Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006
• SSB 6377 – Legislative support for articulation between high schools and community and technical colleges

The following are standardized documents used statewide:

• Consortium Memorandum of Agreement (Master articulation agreement) is reviewed and re-signed every three years by lead administrators of the Consortium’s secondary and postsecondary education partners (college presidents and school district superintendents).
• Program Articulation Agreements are reviewed/updated regularly, on a three-year rotation, or as deemed necessary, due to changes in class/course content, structure, etc.
• Teacher Verification Forms, certifying high school teachers responsible for teaching 100% of college course competencies, are signed annually.
• High School Request for Articulation Form
• College Competency Checklist