July 2022

In this HSA Bulletin
In the Spotlight!
Call for Content
Supplementary submission phase begins August 1
Reminder: August webinar
FAQ of the Month

In the Spotlight!
Many of you know of University of California Curriculum Integration (UCCI), the initiative housed within High School Articulation-Undergraduate Admissions at the UC Office of President. Initial funding for the UCCI initiative was administered by the California Department of Education, UC’s partner agency, from 2010 through June of 2019. Through UCCI's first program, the UCCI Institutes, staff members worked with high school academic and CTE teachers around California to develop 76 A-G-approved courses that contextualize academic work with career exploration. A second program, the UCCI Teacher Exchange Program, was developed in 2013 to help interested educators learn about and prepare to teach UCCI courses. 

This summer, in partnership with Pajaro Valley Unified School District, UCCI hosted several UCCI Teacher Exchanges over Zoom that were focused on three of its science (D) biotechnology courses, The Technology of Biology, Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology and The Science and Ethics of Biotechnology. Course materials and resources, many of which have been updated, are available at the links below. 

• Course resources for The Technology of Biology
• Course resources for Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology
• Course materials for The Science and Ethics of Biotechnology 

We want to hear from you!

The High School Articulation team wants to hear about innovative teaching and learning at California high schools, particularly in these three areas:

1. Successes and challenges you’ve experienced as you work to give your students access to A-G courses. How have you made the A-G series more equitable in your school or district?
    
2. Examples of how your institution is revising mathematics curricula in response to changing state policies and practices. What new courses or course sequences are you offering? What new practices are you implementing in response to statewide changes?
    
3. Stories about the experience and impact of offering an ethnic studies curriculum in your school or district. How was the curriculum developed? How have students responded to the curriculum?

We are interested in hearing about any other innovative work happening on your campuses. Please share it!

Kindly take a few minutes to fill out our new High School Articulation Audience Survey and let us know about your work.

If the link above doesn't work, please copy and paste the following URL into your browser: http://bit.ly/HSACallforContent..

News & Updates 

The final submission phase of the current course submission period spans August 1 through August 31. During this time, A-G list managers may resume submitting course descriptions for A-G review. Please note that under our current guidelines new course submissions that were not approved by the end of the primary phase will not be eligible for resubmission during the supplementary phase. Courses submitted and subsequently not approved during the supplementary phase are likewise ineligible for resubmission. 

If you still wish to see this course on your A-G list for 2022–23, you will need to begin a brand-new submission. The feedback is stil accessible via the original submission in the A-G Course Management Portal. You may also submit again during the 2023–24 course submission period and make the course retroactive to the 2022–23 academic year

A-G Course Management Portal (CMP) New User Orientation
August 3, 2022 from 1–2 p.m.
If you are a new or inexperienced user of the A-G Course Management Portal (CMP), this session is for you! We plan to cover the basics of using the A-G CMP and promise to leave lots of time at the end for questions and an on-demand video demo or two.

Register to attend.