Workforce Grading Policy (VCCS Policy Section 5.11)

Workforce Grading Policy

• Recognition
  • Local college boards have the authority to grant “awards of completion” for person satisfactorily completing community service and workforce development courses. Community services courses are not occupational in content and do not award CEUs. As such, grades are not required for community service courses.
  • Grades are required for workforce development course, which are occupational in content and suitable for Continuing Education Units (CEUs). CEUs do not have to be awarded
• Grading System For Workforce Development Non-Credit Courses
  • A grade of “S” demonstrates satisfactory course completion. The grade of “G: is used in unique circumstances and the discretion of the college to recognize limited subject competency. The grade of “U” is a failing grade. “I” is an interim grade or a non-punitive grade. Grades of “N” and “W” are non-punitive grades. “X” indicates that a course was completed (or taken) for content and no grade awarded.
  • No grade point credit shall be assigned to the following grades:
    • S - Satisfactory. Individual demonstrates subject competency (assignments, labs, tests, clinical, etc.) and fulfilled attendance requirements needed to pass the course. Individual is ready to progress to higher level course. CEUs can be awarded.
    • G - Progress. Optional grade used in unique circumstances and only at the discretion of the college for courses such as ESL, in which demonstration of progression toward subject competency is desired. Individual fulfilled attendance requirements but fails to demonstrate the level of subject competency needed to earn an “S” of CEUs. Individual is not ready to progress to a higher level course but would benefit from repeating the course. CEUs cannot be awarded.

    • U - Unsatisfactory.  Individual fails to demonstrate subject competency and/or fulfillment of attendance requirements needed to pass the course and to move to a higher level course. CEUs cannot be awarded.

    • I - Incomplete.  Individual, due to unavoidable circumstances, attended part but not all of a course. CEUs cannot be awarded. Courses for which the grade of “I” has been awarded must be successfully completed by the end of the subsequent semester for another grade (“S”, “U”, or “G”) to be awarded by the instructor. If “S” is awarded, CEUs can be awarded. If “U” or “G” is awarded, CEUs cannot be awarded.

    • N - No Show.  Individual neither attends nor formally withdraws from a course for which registered.

    • W - Withdrawal.  Individual formally withdraws from a course after the refund period but prior to the start of the course. 

    • X -  No Grade.  No grade awarded. Course taken for purpose of learning the subject matter and not for a grade. CEUs cannot be awarded.

• Grade Report
  • Final grades are available to students via the web or IVR systems.  These final grades are a part of students’ permanent record of non-credit activities.