Be sure and register as soon as possible for the Fall classes.

Online early registration begins on April 20, 2010 and closes on August 19, 2010.

Payment is due on August 19th at 3:00 p.m. Registration re-opnes on August 20, 2010, and extends through August 31, 2010.

You will need your Username and Password to begin the process. Y

1. Access MY SPC Login at myspc.southplainscollege.edu
2. You will login by a username and password automatically setup.
*Username: In most cases, your username will be your first initial of your first name followed by the first eleven letters of your last name and the last four digits of your SPC assigned student ID numer.
*Password: Your password will be your four digit PIN number assigned to you upon acceptance.
3. On the left side of the MY SPC Home page, click on "Student CampusConnect."
4. Click on "Click here to access CampusConnect".
5. Click on the "Registration" heading, then "Add/Drop Courses".
6. On the left, highlight semester for which you are registering, dual credit in the middle box, and scroll down to find your high school on the right.
7. Highlight your high school. High school names are listed alphabetically below the department listings.
8. Click on "List Courses".
9. Click on the "Add" button adjacent to the course(s) you wish to add. The course(s)will be added to your schedule in the top portion of the screen. If you decide to drop courses during the online registration period, you may do so by selecting the "Drop" button listed next to the course.
10. When you have added all of your course(s), click on the "Student Information" heading. Click on "Review/Pay Account" to print your class schedule and to pay your bill. Your schedule will be deleted if payment is not received by the deadline.

More dual credit forms and information can be found at the following website:

www.southplainscollege.edu

Click on: Information for...../High School Student/Dual Credit

Important Reminders:
*Make sure you have registered in the correct dual credit course(s) offered at your high school, and not on the SPC campus.
*Pay tuition and fees by required deadline.
*If you have any questions, please email one of the following individuals: ccantu@southplainscollege.edu or aruiz@southplainscollege.edu

***FALL 2010 payment deadline: August 19, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. DON'T FORGET TO PAY!!!!

Shallowater High School
2010 Fall Dual Credit Classes

ENGL 1301.441 ITV Hudelson
ENGL 2332.441 ITV Cearley
GOVT 2301.388 SHS Cole
HIST 1301.442 ITV Anderson
MATH 1314.444 ITV Moffett
SPAN 1305.388 SHS Langehennig
SPAN 2311.388 SHS Langehennig

1. Submit an Application for Admission, and a Dual Credit/Early Admission Application signed by student, parent, and school official to the Admissions and Records Office at SPC at least four weeks before the beginning of the semester in which you are planning to take classes.

2. Have your counselor submit an updated transcript showing your most recently earned high school credits.

3. Have your high school counselor submit test scores showing your Accuplacer or THEA testing results to SPC Admissions and Records office.

4. Complete Accuplacer or THEA testing if not TSI compliant. Registration at the SPC testing centers is available online at: www3.southplainscollege.edu

5. Check email regularly for acceptance notification from SPC which will also contain your username and password for logging in to the SPC website. This information will be needed to complete registration.

6. Once your receive your login information, follow the instructions for All Dual Credit Students for completing the registration process. There is also a link on MySPC in the event you forget your username and password, or do not receive one through email.

7. Follow the instructions listed on this page for dual credit registration.

1. Submit a new Dual Credit/Early Admissions Application signed by student, parent, and school official to SPC Admissions and Records Office every semester.

2. Have your counselor submit an updated transcript showing your most recently earned high school credits.

3. Have your high school counselor submit any new Accuplacer or THEA test scores to SPC Admissions and Records office.



4. Follow the instructions listed on this page for dual credit registration.

SPC Testing Schedules and Information


Students may choose to take the Accuplacer, the Quick THEA, or the THEA to satisfy TSI requirements. The Reese Testing and Learning Center offers the Accuplacer and the THEA; the Levelland Testing Center offers the Accuplacer, the Quick THEA, and the THEA.

To learn more about how to register for these tests, when and where they will be given, what forms of identification to bring and what the cost will be, go to the following website:


www.southplainscollege.edu

When you get the above homepage, click on Admission and Records – Testing Center.

Click on either the Reese Testing Center or the Levelland Testing Center, or both if you don’t mind where you test. There you will see testing dates, testing fees, pre-registration information, items to bring to the testing center, and information about the test.






Remember, TSI requirements must be met before SPC (or any public college in Texas) will allow you to register for a college course, even a dual credit class.

To find out dates and to register for the Accuplacer at the Reese Center, follow the directions below:

1. Log in to www.registerblast.com/reese
You will be directed to a page with instructions of what to bring and what not to bring to the exam.

2. Click on the blue box that says "Choose exam."

3.Click on the arrow beside the word "Accuplacer."

4. Click on the first box "TSI Approved Placement Tests - All Sections: Reading, Elementary Algebra, & Sentence Skills/TX WritePlacer Essay."

5. Scroll down and click on "Continue."

6. Click on the blue arrow next to the dates and choose the date and time you want to test.

7. Add to cart.

8. Create your login and password and pay.

Helpful Websites:

Dual Credit Forms - www2.southplainscollege.edu/information-for/high-school-students/dual-credit

Online Application - poise.southplainscollege.edu/~cc adm/admapp.html

Library - www.southplainscollege.edu/library/

Testing - www.southplainscollege.edu/test/

Contact Information

Admissions/Registration/CampusConnect

Andrew Ruiz
Registrar
aruiz@southplainscollege.edu

Clarissa Cantu
Secretary to the Registrar
ccantu@southplainscollege.edu

Teresa Salinas
Associate Registrar
tsalinas@southplainscolleg.edu

Andrea Rangel
Dean of Admissions & Records
arangel@southplainscollege.edu


Payment Questions
Darlene Ellerd, Cashier
(806) 894-9611, ext. 2400
dellerd@southplainscollege.edu

Testing Center
Juli Wood, Testing Coordinator
Levelland Campus
(806) 894-9611, ext. 2367

Deborarh Caddell, Testing Coordinator
Reese Campus
(806) 894-9611, ext. 4631
dcaddell@southplainscollege.edu

Textbooks
Cody Campbell, Text Manager
(806) 894-9611, ext. 4697
cclark@southplainscollege.edu

SPC Library Resources
Ann Hebisen, Public Service Librarian
(806) 894-9611, ext. 2298
ahebisen@southplainscollege.edu

Arlene Paschel, Public Service Librarian
(806) 894-9611, ext. 2303
apaschel@southplainscollege.edu

Tech Prep Courses

South Plains Tech Prep is a program offered in your high school to allow you to go in to a technical course of study that gives you job skills in high-demand occupations. You can gain college credit by taking courses at your high school. Then the choice is yours. Go on to the community college for an Associate Degree or go straight in to the work force. Tech Prep courses of study are being offered in the fields of:

 Business Occupations
 Allied Health
 Law Enforcement
 Child Development

Students who take Tech Prep courses at SHS and enroll for six or more hours at SPC may be able to earn free college credit in certain degree programs at SPC. For example, if a student plans to major in Law Enforcement at SPC, and he/she has taken Intro to the Criminal Justice System and Crime in America here at our high school and made a B or better, SPC will award those six hours to the student. They will not have to take them at SPC, so they have earned those credits free.


Another example might be an Accounting Associate degree at SPC. We offer Accounting I and Accounting II. These two classes would count towards that degree at SPC.

We have numerous tech prep classes offered at SHS, including but not limited to, many home economics classes, BCIS I and II, Ag Power & Machinery, Accounting I and II, Cisco I and II, law enforcement classes,Auto Technician I and II, Ready, Set, Teach, Foods Production Management, Media Technology and our drafting classes. Students may check with the counselors at any time to see if a certain class is for tech prep credit.

Tech Prep credit is an excellent way to earn free college credit while in high school. Again, a student must take at least six hours from SPC to gain the credit, they must have a “B” or better in the tech prep class, and they must declare a major at SPC in the area they wish to receive the credit.

 Each tech prep course counts as one measure for the DAP program if a student earns a “B” or better.








CLEP (College Level Examination Program)

CLEP provides students the opportunity to earn credit for many lower-level courses by achieving successful scores on specified examination. Students must contact a university to obtain a testing session schedule. The phone number at Texas Tech University for the Academic Testing Services office is 742-3671 or you may e-mail testing@ttu. The website is www.depts.ttu.edu/testing


The registration fee at TT is $49.00 non-refundable to Texas Tech University. The exam fee is $50.00 to CLEP. Students should allow 2 hours for testing.

Please check the TT course catalog or with your academic advisor for information about the courses you may CLEP for your individual major. Credit by Exam tests accepted at Texas Tech can be found at
www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/catalog/ADCLEP.html

Make sure you do not already have credit through ACT or SAT scores for the CLEP exam you are interested in attempting. Also, CLEP scores do not effect your GPA.






ACT/SAT Scores

Many colleges and universities award college credit for certain classes based on high ACT/SAT scores. You will need to check with the particular college you are interested in attending to see if you are eligible for any credit based on your scores. For your information, I looked up ENGL 1301 and 1302 in the Texas Tech catalog. A student must have scored a 28 Composite ACT with a 28 or better on the English section to be considered for course credit.














Dual Credit Courses

Students may choose to take a college course offered at the local high school and earn high school and college credit simultaneously. Students must apply for admission at SPC and receive a PIN number. They must obtain permission from the principal and enroll in the course. Students must also pay for the course. The tuition changes each year, but for the 2009/2010 school year it will be $135.00 for three hours; $234.00 for six hours.

Dual credit courses do not affect a student’s high school GPA. They do not help or hurt the GPA, so they do not affect class ranking in any way.

We have not known of any classes not transferring to a particular college or university, but we always advise students and/or parents to contact the school you are planning to attend and ask about each and every class you are planning to take.

We do remind students that dual credit courses are college courses. Students will be under SPC’s attendance policy and any other policies that apply. Students must earn a “D” or better in order to gain high school or college credit. Students that miss school, even for school activities, should seriously consider whether dual credit is a good option for them.

 Each semester of a dual credit course counts as one measure for the DAP requirements.