MOVE ON WHEN
READY
(Formerly Known As Dual Enrollment)
MOWR Eligibility
Enrolled in our district
No residency requirement
Meet admissions requirements and deadlines at participating postsecondary institution
Admitted as a Dual Credit Enrollment (MOWR) student at a participating
postsecondary institution
May attend more than one postsecondary institution at a time and receive awards at
both
Must be enrolled in courses listed in the approval MOWR Directory
Maintain postsecondary satisfactory academic progress
Required Enrollment
This can be done by:
1) Combination of high school and MOWR courses
2) Full time MOWR student at the college (minimum of 4 courses which would be
between 12-15+ credit hours)
Financial Considerations
Tuition costs are paid.
Mandatory Fee costs are covered.
Books are provided.
The Eligible Postsecondary Institution can charge the student Course Related Fees or
Supplies or require the student to have the required course related items.
Expenses for travel or living on campus are provided by the student.
MOWR and HOPE and Zell Miller
Scholarships
Core courses are included in the student’s HOPE high school GPA for HOPE Scholarship
and Zell Miller Scholarship eligibility determinations.
Core coursework taken as dual enrollment meets Academic Rigor requirements and
courses are given a weight of 0.5 toward HOPE Calculation. The HOPE GPA calculation
has a cap of 4.0.
Core DE courses are weighted 10 points on the local high school transcript.
College transcript begins as MOWR student.
MOWR hours do not count against HOPE hour cap.
Responsibilities of the student/parent
 Research admissions requirements at postsecondary school choices.
 Schedule and take SAT or ACT or Compass test as determined by the college for admittance.
 Apply and get accepted to the college.
 Complete the student section of the MOWR application (Part I) online.
 Contact counselor set up advisement meeting; district approval is mandatory.
 Within first 30 days of attending classes, meet with school counselor to verify postsecondary course
schedule against high school schedule.
 Keep school counselor informed of any changes – always notify school counselor within 24 hours of
withdrawing from a course (both email and phone notification required). Failure to do so will result in an
F, a 69 numeric grade on the student’s transcript for the course.
 Have PSI send official transcript with course grades to school counselor. Counselor updates IC with an
official transcript from college or technical college.
 Contact counselor for participating in MOWR for the following semester 30 days prior to end of the
preceding semester.
 Adhere to set deadlines.
MOWR Information on
GAcollege411 (GAfutures)
MOWR Course Directory
MOWR GSFC Application
The MOWR Application is completed in three sequential
steps
Section 1: The student completes a MOWR application at
www.GAcollege411.org/GAfutures online.
Section 2: The participating high school must certify the
student’s application and list the courses the student is
planning to pursue for dual credit.
Section 3: The participating postsecondary institution must
certify the student’s application and approve the
postsecondary courses for MOWR.
MOWR Enrollment Terms
Fall, Spring and Summer semesters
Summer courses for the first time in FY 2016
District Application to be
completed:
Can be
Accessed
on the
District
Website:
Additional Information
Go to the Paulding County District website http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us
Under Student Support Choose Counseling InformationThen select: Move on When Ready Dual Enrollment on the
right side
Information on the
Paulding County Website:
Summits – 2 for 2015-2016
for 9th – 11th Grade Students
◦EVENT: Paulding MOWR Summit
LOCATION: Chattahoochee Tech’s Paulding Campus
ADDRESS: 400 Nathan Dean Blvd., Dallas, GA 30132
DATE: March 1, 2016
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
Interested students and parents
should always contact the
school counselor.
There is a Dual Enrollment
specialist/counselor at each high
school.