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Students are enrolled in an Alternative Education Program and successful completion of a minimum of 24 credits provides a Saskatchewan Grade 12 Transcript of Secondary Level Achievement – Alternative Education. To meet the credit requirements for graduation, students must successfully complete 11 credits from the Required Areas of Study and 13 elective courses. Career and Work Exploration, Family Studies and Life Skill courses are recommended electives to be considered in an Alternative Education Program. Electives should be based on a holistic understanding of the student and responsive to the individual’s strengths and needs. Courses may be tailored to the strengths and needs of the student.

A student enrolled in an Alternative Education Program may acquire credits from courses within the Regular Education Program but will have at least one Alternative Education course in their profile. Prerequisites that apply in the Regular Education Program remain the same in the Alternative Education Program.
The Adaptive Dimension is designed to assist students to meet the outcomes of all approved curricula, courses and programs.
The Adaptive Dimension for Saskatchewan K-12 Students.
Regular Education Programs
 Designed and approved as individual course options

Successful completion of credit requirements provides a
Regular Saskatchewan Grade 12 Transcript of Secondary Level Achievement.		 Core Curriculum Courses 10, 20, 30 100% of core provincial curriculum outcomes
Students are supported through the following key principles of a needs-based approach: inclusionary philosophies, and beliefs; responsive instruction, interventions and supports; and interprofessional collaboration. Actualizing a Needs-Based Model.
Locally Modified Advanced Courses 10A, 20A, 30A 100% of core provincial curriculum outcomes PLUS educational organization’s developed advanced outcomes
Locally Modified Basic Courses 11, 21, 31 At least 50% of core provincial curriculum outcomes PLUS educational organization’s developed outcomes
Locally Developed Courses of Study 10L, 20L, 30L Contains original outcomes not found in provincially developed curricula and designed to meet local needs that are not met in existing provincial courses
Additional Education Programs
Alternative Education Programs
 A course is adapted and recognized as an Alternative Education course. Successful completion of credit requirements provides a
Saskatchewan Grade 12 Transcript of Secondary Level Achievement –Alternative Education.		 Alternative Education Courses 18, 28 and 38 An Alternative Education course would contain less than 50 % of regular education course outcomes and/or educational organization/school developed outcomes responsive to students’ strengths and needs.

A student enroled in the Alternative Education Program may acquire a suite of credits derived from Alternative Education courses and courses in the Regular Education Program.
Functional Integrated Programs
 Developed as an individualized program

Transcript indicates completion of an approved
Functional Integrated Program		 Inclusion and Intervention Plan An Inclusion Intervention Plan provides the framework to individualize a student’s program. Areas of development are established annually, reviewed, and adjusted as to support student success.
Important consideration: students registered in this program may participate and engage in outcomes personalized to meet unique needs across various settings in school, on the land or in the community.
Time Allocations and Credit Policy (1.1) section in the Registrar’s Handbook for School Administrators.
Figure 1: An Overview of Education Programs