South Carolina Credit Check Tool
Overview
An organizational tool for South Carolina School Counselors, students and parents to make certain their students are meeting the graduation requirements needed to graduate from a South Carolina High School.
A School Counselor's Tool to Checking Graduation Credits
As a School Counlser one of my most important and stressful responsibilities was making certain my students were on track for graduation. The first year I worked in a school, I had 250 students on my caseload and found the task of keeping track of graduation credits a bit overwhelming. I developed this tool to help me stay organized. I made a copy for each student in my caseload and placed it in a binder beside a copy of their transcript. I used the form each year to record students' credits and to record long term goals for the student. If the student was planning on attending a four year college, I would also record the required credits he or she would need to attend a college they were considering to make certain these requirements were met as well. This tool saved me! He was a great visual to help me see how the student was making progress towards graduation and would set off red flags if a student did not earn something at the end of each year. I loved using this to keep myself organized and know other counselors would benefit from it as well. I used the South Carolina Department of Education's website to record the credits needed to graduate (https://ed.sc.gov/districts-schools/state-accountability/high-school-courses-and-requirements/). My schools were on block schedule so each semester I would record the new classes on the tool they had completed and received credit for as it related to earning graduation credits. Additionally I would share a copy of this resource with each student's parents so they could also help make certain their students were registered for the right class and were aware what their student needed to take to graduate on time.