Concurrent Enrollment courses can include both liberal arts or career and technical courses.

Approved Concurrent Enrollment Courses

A high school wanting to offer a course not listed on the approved concurrent enrollment course list should work with Jennifer Hewerdine, Dean of Academic Services, Support, and Innovation. Jennifer's contact information is:

• Jennifer.hewerdine@rctc.edu
• 507-280-5081

The annual high school schedule links contain the concurrent enrollment high school partnerships with RCTC. The following information is provided: Course, Course Title, Course ID, Semester, High School Partner, Number Enrolled/Max, High School Instructor, and College Liaisons.

Approved Concurrent Enrollment Courses

• Concurrent Enrollment Schedule FY25
• Concurrent Enrollment Schedule FY24
• Concurrent Enrollment Schedule FY23
• Concurrent Enrollment Schedule FY22
• Concurrent Enrollment Schedule FY21
• Concurrent Enrollment Schedule FY20
• Concurrent Enrollment Schedule FY19
• Concurrent Enrollment Schedule FY18
• Concurrent Enrollment Schedule FY17

The concurrent enrollment contract is an agreement between the college and high school partners to support the concurrent enrollment program and ensure program quality. The contract identifies the rights and responsibilities of all partners including student expectations as well as the fiscal responsibility relating to course delivery. The contract is sent to the high school administration during the month of August and should be returned no later than September 1 of the academic year.

• Liberal Arts & Sciences Courses:
  Master’s Degree in-field OR Master’s Degree with 18 credits in-field
• Career & Technical Courses:
  A mix of formal academic preparation and discipline-specific work experience in a technical field. Credentialing requirements are field specific and will vary. Please email Jennifer Hewerdine, Dean of Academic Services, Support, and Innovation at Jennifer.hewerdine@rctc.edu.

We recommend that instructors interested in applying to teach in the concurrent enrollment program should discuss their interests with their high school principal. RCTC is willing to work with teachers conditionally who do not yet meet full credentials, however, all teachers must meet minimum qualifications by September 2025.

RCTC requires all CE Teachers to have a minimum of two (2) graduate-level in-field courses successfully completed prior to receiving conditional status.

Concurrent Enrollment Application Materials to Submit:

• Concurrent Enrollment High School Instructor Application
• Resume
• RCTC Employment Application
• Official College Transcripts: Graduate and Undergraduate

Due to the sensitivity of the information, mail to Michele Altman at Rochester Community and Technical College, 851 30th Ave SE, Rochester, Minnesota 55904 or talk with your technology department about how to send documents securely via email to michele.altman@rctc.edu.

Conditional Requirements

The Higher Learning Commission has given the deadline of Fall 2025 for all concurrent enrollment teachers to meet full college credentialing requirements. RCTC’s commitment to meet the deadline ensures the Concurrent Enrollment Partnership will work with all conditional CE teachers and high school administrators on a Credential Annual Progress Report. The Credential Annual Progress Report will contain the graduate credits completed as well as a plan to complete the remaining credits prior to Fall 2025. The Report will be signed by all parties including the teacher, High School Administrator, and a representative of the RCTC Concurrent Enrollment Partnership. It will be reviewed annually for successful completion. It is the CE teacher’s responsibility to find courses and send them to Jennifer Hewerdine, Dean of Academic Services, Support, and Innovation at Jennifer.hewerdine@rctc.edu for review and pre-approval.

Full Approval

A Concurrent Enrollment teacher will be fully approved initially if they meet full credential requirements.

A Concurrent Enrollment teacher will be granted conditional status if they have a master's degree in an unrelated field (i.e. Education) AND has successfully completed at least two graduate-level in-field courses as determined by the college administration.

The college will review the applicant’s materials and will make a recommendation to approve, approve conditionally, or deny the applicant. Correspondence communicating the decision will be sent to the high school instructor and the administrator.

High School Administration should support CE teacher professional development activities. In some schools, support may be financial support for college courses taken in a concurrent enrollment instructional field, while others provide release time to attend workshops for college courses to meet NACEP standards.

Professional development is a crucial piece of NACEP requirements for all Concurrent Enrollment teachers.

1. Professional Development – Credentialing

Initial Approval (completed once at initial review)
Credential Annual Progress Report (completed annually until full credential requirements have been met)

For Concurrent Enrollment teachers on Conditional Approval, a Credential Annual Progress Report will be required. The Concurrent Enrollment Partnership will send the form to the Concurrent Enrollment teacher and their administrator for signatures.

2. New Concurrent Enrollment Program Orientation

Annual orientation for all Concurrent Enrollment teachers.

3. New Concurrent Enrollment Teacher Training

RCTC Liaisons will meet with all new Concurrent Enrollment teachers prior to the semester start to provide course-specific training.

4. Annual Discipline-Specific Professional Development

Annual discipline-specific professional development is required of all Concurrent Enrollment teachers. They will work with their liaison and the RCTC Concurrent Enrollment Partnership for NACEP acceptable options. Ongoing collegial interaction to further enhance instructor pedagogy and breadth of knowledge in the discipline.

4. Site Visits

The college liaison will visit the Concurrent Enrollment classroom at least once annually for veteran Concurrent Enrollment teachers. All new Concurrent Enrollment teachers will be visited once per course, per semester.

Minnesota State Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Program – Board Policy 3.5 https://www.minnstate.edu/board/policy/305.html
Minnesota State Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Program – System Procedure 3.5.1  https://www.minnstate.edu/board/procedure/305p1.html
Minnesota State Statute 124D.09 Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/124D.09

The Rochester Community and Technical College Concurrent Enrollment program follows the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) accreditation standards. High school responsibilities to maintain NACEP standards include:

1. providing the college with a complete application packet for concurrent enrollment teacher consideration,

2. ensuring concurrent enrollment teachers participate in the concurrent orientation (both general and discipline specific) prior to teaching a concurrent enrollment course,

3. providing the college with a syllabus for each concurrent enrollment course section offered each semester,

4. encouraging concurrent enrollment teacher participation in annual discipline specific professional development workshop provided annually by the college with their CE Liaison.

5. assisting the college in the event of concurrent enrollment teacher non-compliance in professional development and general concurrent enrollment responsibilities,

6. ensuring concurrent enrollment teachers communicate the college student handbook and campus policies to concurrent enrollment students (most will add the links to the syllabus),

7. ensuring that concurrent enrollment teachers allow at least one liaison classroom visit per course per semester or annually based on NACEP guidelines,

8. ensuring that concurrent enrollment teachers implement college department wide assignments, assessments and grading as communicated by the liaison,

9. ensuring that each concurrent enrollment teacher administers a course evaluation survey provided by the college via electronic format near the end of each semester to all concurrent enrollment students, completion of a program evaluation survey to counselors, concurrent enrollment teachers and administration as distributed by the college.