Sask DLC Learner Types

Audience for this document: Senior Leadership, Campus Admin, Front Office Staff, Student information Systems (SIS), Academic Advisors, L1, Teachers

Please note this is an evergreen document and we will be adding information. Version history is in the footer.

What is a Part-Time Student?

A part-time student is an individual who has primary registration with a local school division or school and is taking one or more online courses to supplement their in-class learning. Their registration is reflected at the time they are registered, appearing as a secondary status in the My School Sask (MSS). Funding is given to the local school division and courses are approved by the local school. This student does not receive Sask DLC support, as support is provided through the local school division. An OLF may or may not be associated with the student.

What is a Full-Time Student? (Sask under 18, Sask 18-21, Sask 22 +, Northland College Virtual, ICT, Ignite, CAP)

A full-time student is registered with the Sask DLC as their primary school and is not enrolled in any other courses at another K-12 school within the province. Their registration in MSS represents a snapshot at the time they are registered and is data-driven, including individuals of all ages, such as adults and correctional students.

"adult" student - 18+ at the start of the school year is considered an adult student. Age will determine the billing requirements.

Sask Under 18 (Full Time):

All courses must be taken through Sask DLC. If a student takes one or more courses with another school, they are classified as Secondary (see below).
We refer to these students as: Full Time or Primary
Regular session (including credit recovery) enrollments are free, but they must pay for Summer School.
Grades K-9 are first enrolled in a general Grade 1, 2, etc. course. K-9 VPs enroll with teachers after a conversation with the family.
Grades 10-12 course requests are approved by Academic Advisors.
All programming in the public catalog available.
Can write supplemental exams at the 30 level for courses that have a provincial examinations exam. Our students would take the supplemental exam through one of our accredited teachers. This exam must be during a provincial examination window.
Cannot challenge 30 level course or provincial exams.
Can challenge select grade 10 or 20 level class (note: max of 2 credits) AP 203 203-1 is the form https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/#/products/73962
Get access to all supports (AA’s, SST, EA, etc.)
Get a Sask DLC email address with Office, course specific software licensing.
Hopes and Dreams calls.
Assigned to a Homerooms.
Can request a laptop but are expected to have their own.
Must be Sask resident and cannot be out of province for more than 6 consecutive months
1. If a student moves out of province mid-year, K-9 students can continue for the rest of the year.
2. 10-12 students will finish the courses they are currently taking, but they do not get to start new courses after they move.
3. If a student moved out of province and is only a couple of credit short of a Saskatchewan grade 12 diploma, the student can pay $500/class to graduate.
If the student is in grade K-9 they need Campus Admin approval to take a 10-12 course.
Must adhere to course end dates.
If a student re-enrolls in a course and their work is in Moodle, we will accept it.
Driver Education is offered by Sask DLC; however, they can also choose to take it at their local school.
Can participate in extra curr, Driver Education, graduation, and field trips at Sask DLC.
1. Can also participate in extra curr, Driver Education, and graduation at their designated funded school but not field trips.
Can be supported by an OLF from a distance with approval from School Based Admin.
1. Encouragement, timelines, communication
Must get School Based Admin approval for in-person visits as well.
Can visit Sask DLC Campuses any time. It should be arranged with the Campus Admin.
1. If the campus is in a school, the Campus Admin should also arrange with the School Based Admin and ensure proper visiting procedures are followed.
Guardians do most exam supervision (other than midterms and finals, if applicable)
Follow course activity procedures and Important Dates (i.e. Drop Deadline, etc.).
Work placements are supervised by OLF or other Sask DLC staff.
Information about Sask DLC can be found at saskDLCandME.ca
Funding goes to their closest geographic school division unless the family indicates otherwise.
1. Sask DLC will bill this division per course.
If a student is at least 16 years old they can change their preferred name, pronouns, and withdraw from school on their own.

Sask 18-21 (Young Adults)

We refer to these students as: Full Time, Full Time Young Adults, or Primary
Regular session (including credit recovery) enrollments are free, but they must pay for Summer School.
Course requests are approved by an Academic Advisor.
All programming in the public catalog available.
If age 19+: students can challenge provincial exam for 100% final mark. The student must have already graduated. They can support their exam preparation through resource bank open access.
Can write supplemental exams at the 30 level for courses that have a provincial examinations exam. Our students would take the supplemental exam through one of our accredited teachers. This exam must be during a provincial examination window
Get access to all supports (AA’s, SST, EA, etc.)
Get a Sask DLC email address with Office, course specific software licensing.
Do not get hopes and dreams calls
Not in Homeroom.
Must be Sask resident and cannot be out of province for more than 6 consecutive months
1. Students that move out of province can finish the courses they are currently taking, but they do not get to start new courses after they move.
2. If a student graduated from a Saskatchewan School and is living out of province, they are permitted to take 1 course with a tuition fee.
3. If a student moved out of province and is only a couple of credit short of a Saskatchewan grade 12 diploma, the student can pay $500/class to graduate.
Must adhere to course end dates.
If a student re-enrolls in a course and their work is in Moodle, we will accept it.
Driver Education is offered by Sask DLC; however, they can also choose to take it at their local school.
Can participate in extra curr, driver education, graduation, and field trips at Sask DLC.
1. Can also participate in extra curr (check on eligibility), Driver Education, and graduation at their designated funded school but not field trips.
Can visit Sask DLC Campuses any time. It should be arranged with the Campus Admin.
1. If the campus is in a school, the Campus Admin should also arrange with the School Based Admin and ensure proper visiting procedures are followed.
Adults (19 years or 18 years and out of school for 1 year) can waive pre-requisites
Follow course activity procedures.
Work placements are supervised by OLF or other Sask DLC staff.
Quarter funding goes to their closest geographic school division unless the family indicates otherwise.
1. Sask DLC will bill this division per course.
Students can change their preferred name, pronouns, remove a guardian(s), and withdraw from school on their own.

Sask 22+

Adult Learner
Pay for courses. Course requests are approved by Academic Advisor, which then sets it to WAITING_PAYMENT. Access granted after payment is received.
Get Academic Advisor support but no other school-based support.
Some programming difference:
1. Broadcasts are not available
2. Can challenge provincial exams for 100% final mark
3. Cannot take dual credits if enrolled at the post-secondary school.
Can write supplemental exams at the 30 level for courses that have a provincial examinations exam. Our students would take the supplemental exam through one of our accredited teachers. This exam must be during a provincial examination window.
Must provide their own device.
Get a Sask DLC email address with Office, course specific software licensing.
Do not follow course activity procedures.
Do not get Hopes and Dreams calls.
Not in Homerooms.
Must adhere to course end dates.
Must be Sask resident and cannot be out of province for more than 6 consecutive months
1. If they move out of province, they can finish the courses they are currently taking, but they do not get to start new courses after they move UNLESS they have graduated, in which they can take 1 course.
2. If a student graduated from a Saskatchewan School and is living out of province, they are permitted to take 1 course with a tuition fee.
If a student re-enrolls in a course and their work is in Moodle, we will accept it.
Can attend Sask DLC graduation but cannot attend a brick and mortar.
Can visit Sask DLC Campuses any time. It should be arranged with the Campus Admin.
1. If the campus is in a school, the Campus Admin should also arrange with the School Based Admin and ensure proper visiting procedures are followed.
Pre-requisite requirements do not apply to adults.
Work placements are supervised by OLF or other Sask DLC staff.

Sask DLC ICT Funded

ICT stands for Immigration and Career Training.
Students must be at least 22 years old and apply for funding through ICT.
All bullets in Sask 22+ profile apply except:
1. Sask DLC bills ICT based on the school year’s funding agreement. Each year Sask DLC and ICT define a max. number of students eligible for funding.
2. Students get one full calendar year, they can work over the summer without teacher support, and if they finish a course during summer the mark will be uploaded in September.
Students can visit the Sask DLC Campus.
Course requests are approved by Sask DLC.
For more information, please contact Brian Johnston

Sask DLC Ignite

See Sask DLC ICT Funded except:
1. Funding comes from Ignite.
2. Students attend a location in Regina which comes with MENTOR support.
Courses requests are approved by Sask DLC.
For more information, please contact Brian Johnston

Sask DLC CAPs

CAPs (Corrections and Policing)
These students are inmates physically located at correctional institutions across the province.
There are two types of students in this affiliation: funded students, and ones that got credits.
Courses are print-based and are not available beyond this program.
Funding is provided by the Ministry of Corrections for a decided upon number of students. Once funding is received, we can provide as many credits as students obtain regardless of the number students, we got funding for.
Students get one full calendar year, they can work over the summer and get support from the teachers in their correctional facility, and if they finish a course during summer the mark will be uploaded in September.
For more information, please contact Brian Johnston

Federally Funded Students at First Nations Controlled Schools Need Dayna

Same as Secondary School Based Students.
Verbal or written payment approval will be provided by the band office prior to a student beginning a course.
More Information to come in updated versions.

Secondary School Based

Follow their own school division calendar.
Regular session (including credit recovery) enrollments are free for the student but paid for by the school division. Students must pay for Summer School themselves.
1. School divisions do not pay again for a Credit Recovery.
Course requests are approved by the School Based Admin or designate.
Get support like AA’s, SST, EA, etc. from their base school.
Get a Sask DLC email address with Office, course specific software licensing.
Do not get Hopes and Dreams calls.
Not in Homeroom.
Cannot request devices from Sask DLC. They get devices from their base school.
Must adhere to course end dates.
If a student re-enrolls in a course and their work is in Moodle, we will accept it.
Are supported by OLFs (where applicable).
Can visit any Sask DLC campus. If the campus is in a school, the Campus Admin should also arrange with the School Based Admin and ensure proper visiting procedures are followed.
OLFs can supervise/proctor exams.
Follow course activity procedures.
Work placements are supervised by OLF or other Sask DLC staff.
If a student needs a supplemental exam for a course not taught by the Sask DLC the cost is $150

Homebased Funded Students

Each school division has a different policy regarding how many courses they will approve for homebased students to take.
We bill the local school division for these enrollments.

Independent School Students

See secondary except:
1. The school can charge the student for taking Sask DLC courses.

Northlands College – Virtual (only!!)

Funding agreements like ITC funded. Different than the in-person Northlands College. These are funded via a yearly agreement for x number of students/classes. We register them as full time DLC. Not billed per course but by number of agreed contract students.

Additional Programs

Modified

Some programming is available to any eligible student. Some courses have both sync and async options while others are only async. See course catalog for more details.
Registration in Modified Courses requires informed consent (signed) to ensure students/parents/guardians are aware of the potential implications for post-secondary
1. Sask Under 18 & Sask 18-21 form is submitted to Campus Admin, filed in cume
2. Sask 18-21 & Sask 22+ may sign for themselves if we are confident that they understand the implications
3. Secondary school based – local school should have signed consent
4. Signed consent must be in place BEFORE the student starts the course
  - Secondary enrolments – local school should provide signed consent to Sask DLC before student starts the course
May be a recommendation made by teachers, SSTs and Campus Admin (does not require psychology assessment) but Student Supports must be a part of the conversation before the recommendation is being made as it is critical that students are only placed in Modified programming when it is appropriate (i.e. not due to attendance, behavior, etc.)

Summer School

Only some courses are available for Summer School.
1. Courses that have a work placement are not available.
2. Dual credit is not available.
Rigor is the same as regular session and students get access to the same resources.
Refund policy on website.
All students must pay for the courses. The Sask DLC does not reimburse on completion.
Credit Recovery is not available going into Summer School; however, a student could do a credit recovery for a Summer School course that was not successful.
Roughly 6 weeks long.
Students can only take one course during Summer School. The Summer School Admin can approve multiple on a case-by-case basis, once they have had completed the first summer school class
Available to all students.
SST is not available to any student.
Course Activity Procedures will follow the school guidelines.

Credit Recovery

Students get 30 days into the next term to complete the credit recovery.
Only applies at term end dates.
Not available to do over the summer.
The number of simultaneous credit recoveries is determined by Campus Admin.
No fee for students to do credit recovery for all students.
Eligibility:
1. Final mark must be 40-47%
2. The teacher must complete an online application form in conjunction with the student within 5 days of the term end date.
3. See operations manual for more details
Not available for Dual Credits.

Live Synchronous Classes

Class schedules follow the Sask DLC calendar.
Registration deadlines – 1 week into the semester.
Students attend online. Attendance is mandatory.
Delivered over Microsoft Teams.
Students must have a microphone and a web camera.
Moodle course available.
Students can transfer to async on their own or initiated by a teacher due to attendance, etc.
Sask DLC provides all resources.
Grades CANNOT be pushed to the ministry before the end of the scheduled term.

Power Engineering

Must have a complete grade 10.
4^thClass Student costs:
1. TSASK Exam A and Exam B = $100 each
2. Travel to hands on labs
3. Steam time = roughly $3000. This moves around the province each year. Students are responsible for travel and accommodation costs.
5^thClass Student Costs:
1. TSASK Exam = $100 each
2. Travel to power plants and steam truck
5^th Class Program is semesterized – students need to take Power Engineering 20L in S1 and 30L in S2.

Adult 12

7 Credits instead of 24 credits.
Students can waive pre-requisites.
Students cannot complete Special Project Credits or Volunteerism 30 for this pathway.
Students cannot do a course challenge, but they can challenge provincial exams.
Students must be 19 years old or 18 and out of school for 1 year.
We cannot presume an Adult 12 when the student is not yet eligible. Grad plans should reflect an attempt at a 24-credit pathway until student is eligible

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