Get back on track with credit recovery courses
Credit recovery courses are offered on an 8- to 9-week schedule with start and end dates that allow students to complete a semester credit in approximately half the time of a traditional schedule. Credit Recovery is designed using an approach that combines IDLA content and teachers with a district-led, targeted intervention program. IDLA provides the course content, a web-based learning management system to deliver content and instruction, teachers, and internal support staff to districts. Districts provide local personnel to support students with targeted intervention support (such as placement guidance, support, and monitoring), individualized support, physical and/or virtual technical access to courses, and transcription of credits. Credit recovery courses address all required Idaho State Standards and are NCAA-approved.
How is credit recovery
different from cohort or flex courses?
- Credit Recovery courses are organized into eight weekly units. Students complete learning activities throughout each unit, followed by a required unit assessment. Learning activities make up 60% of the final grade, while the eight unit assessments account for the remaining 40%. Unlike Cohort and Flex courses, there is no final exam or final project.
- Daily attendance is required. Attendance is based on completing the assigned daily coursework. Students who do not meet the daily work expectations are marked absent for that day. Site coordinators may excuse absences by communicating with the IDLA teacher. Students who accumulate 12 unexcused absences will be withdrawn from the course.
- Credit Recovery also includes a district-supported intervention model. IDLA provides the online curriculum, certified teachers, and instructional support, while the student’s school provides local intervention, progress monitoring, technical access, and credit transcription. This partnership helps ensure students receive both academic instruction and the local support needed to successfully recover credit.
