DE Process and FAQ

The reason that we've created new DE courses is to track of which college the student is getting credits at, as per new state guidelines.  The process of moving students to the DE sections remains the same.



 DE at a Passaic Public School DE on a college campus
General Process
  1. Students are enrolled in the Non-DE section of the course at the beginning of the year
  2. After the new year, teachers and school leadership determine if students can enroll in the DE section of the course by looking at their performance in the class so far.  This prevents any "bad grades" from potentially being on a student's college transcript.
  3. If students have performed well, they're moved to the DE section of the course and removed from the Non-DE section.
    If students have not performed well, they remain in the Non-DE section.
  4. Grades for both sections are entered by the teacher into the appropriate PowerTeacher Gradebook and stored each marking period.  
  5. To avoid duplicate grades: For the students who have been moved to the DE version of the course
    1. Teacher must move all grades (Q1, Q2, S1) to the new section before Q2 grades are stored
    2. After the grades have been moved, Teachers must delete all of the student's grades from the Non-DE section (Assignments and Q1, Q2, S1, and Q3, Q4, S2 and F1 if anything has been entered)
    3. ** to be updated with better directions ** Counselors must update the Q1 grade course numbers that have already been stored for students who've been moved to the DE version of the course.
  1. Students are enrolled directly into the DE section of the course in PowerSchool with a college-specific placeholder teacher assigned to the section.
  2. Students are also enrolled in the course directly at the college.  As such, even if a student performs poorly, the grade remains on their transcript.  There is no "fall back" course.
  3. Grades for this course are sent from the college to PPS at the end of the Semester.  These grades are then entered by Counselors at each school directly into Historical Stored Grades but must also be associated with the appropriate section for state reporting purposes. 
Course Naming Conventions All on-site DE courses will now have the same course number as the Non-DE versions of the course.

These courses will also be designated with a suffix to identify the college they take place at.
For example: bio_3000_db		 Courses that are taught by a teacher that is not employed by PPS or takes place outside of a Passaic School will be 6000 courses.
These courses will also be designated with a suffix to identify the college they take place at.
For example: bio_6000_db
Who is this section taught by? Passaic employed teacher Non-Passaic teacher
For the PowerSchool Section use a placeholder teacher
Where do the students attend class? At a Passaic Public School At an online or in-person post-secondary location
If we determine a student "isn't doing well" in the course at the midpoint, what should be done? The student should remain in the Non-DE section so a "bad grade" isn't permanently on their college transcript. Since there is no "fallback" course, the student remains in the DE course.

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DE Course Naming

  • All on-site DE courses will now have the same course number as the Non-DE versions of the course. 
  • All off-site DE courses do not have Non-DE versions but will have their own 6000 course numbers
  • To identify which college is providing the DE credit for the course, we've added a suffix to each course number.  See the table below:
    College Course Suffix
    BCCC xxx_xxxx_db
    FDU xxx_xxxx_df
    Kean xxx_xxxx_dk
    MSU  xxx_xxxx_dm
    NJIT xxx_xxxx_dn
    PCCC xxx_xxxx_dp
    WPU xxx_xxxx_dw
    No college
    *only for UAS    		 xxx_xxxx_dx


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DE, AP, and Honors Courses

  • As per policy 6147.1-R updated in 2023-2024, we will no longer be transferring students who don't take an AP after being enrolled in an AP course for the year to the Honors section of the course.
  • Students will stay in the AP course and receive a final grade in the AP course



Creating a new DE Course

  1. Principal sends an email to DE coordinator and appropriate content supervisor to submit a request for a new course to be created
    1. Information must include: Current course number, whether the course will be taught on or off campus, etc
  2. A content supervisor will submit the New Course Request form 
  3. Data Team will create the new course and make it available at the appropriate schools
  4. Counselors at the schools will create a section and enroll students