PI21 Secondary Course Guidelines

District Course Numbers and Titles - Revisions, Deletions, and Additions

Only those courses identified in the District Course Master (DCM) within the Student Information System (SIS) will be offered in APS schools. All approved courses must have a course description with competencies to be taught and measured on file in the DCM.

The Curriculum Board, in collaboration with the APS SIS Department, will establish the course titles, descriptions, and complete four-digit STARS numbers and record them in the District Course Master.

The area of graduation credit for any course will be established by the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction or designee and identified in the DCM.

Revisions and Deletions

The DCM will be reviewed and updated by the APS Curriculum and Instruction and SIS departments as needed per the NMPED STARS Manual in August each year. Courses no longer offered may be deleted, and all courses will be reviewed for consistency with district philosophy and the instructional needs of students. 

Conditions for Deletions

• When a course is no longer being offered in any schools. 

• When a course is not in keeping with the developed program of a particular curriculum area. 

• When a course repeats the content of another course within the curriculum area or another curriculum area.

 

Procedure

Following one (or more) of the guidelines for deletion listed above, the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction may recommend in writing, the deletion of a high school course from the DCM. High school curriculum assistant principals will be notified of the recommended change.

Additions

New course proposals can be submitted to the Assistant Superintendent of C&I and the Curriculum Board from August to November each year for addition to the DCM the following year (see Course Proposal Process).

 

Administrative Position:

• Deputy Superintendent of Leadership and Learning

• Chief Academic Officer

Department Director:

• Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education

References

Board Policy Reference: IH Instructional Program

Administrative Procedure Cross Reference:

• Course Proposal Process  

 

NSBA/NEPN Classification: IGE

 

Revised: May 1995
Revised: April 1996
Revised: May 1997
Revised: June 2002

Reviewed: May 2024

Revised: May 2024

 

This page was last updated on: December 9, 2009.