High School Partners and Coordinators

The 1818 Advanced College Credit Program is proud to partner with 85 high schools across eight states ranging from public and private high schools.

We pride ourselves in being a supporters of our schools in offering substantial support to both students and faculty every year, and are dedicated to program growth, not simply in scope, but in program quality and breadth of support we offer. We’ve shown this in numerous ways including:

• Scholarship funding to all of our schools, focusing most of our funding to schools with demonstrated need.
• Continual investment in our program, including the recent hiring of staff to aide in the implementation of our largest discipline groups as well as investment in technology to support student registration and annual teaching requirements.
• College immersion opportunities for students including but not limited to access to campus library databases, campus admission tours and events, writing and arts competitions, and discipline-specific panels and lecture sit-ins.
• Continued investment in our 1818 instructors, offering numerous opportunities for professional development and grant funding for lab equipment, materials and supplies for 1818 classrooms.

Partner Application Process

SLU’s 1818 Program welcomes partner high schools of all types and enrollments. We are especially interested in partnering with schools that share in SLU’s Catholic, Jesuit educational identity, as well as schools that serve historically disadvantaged students who could most benefit from a high-quality, dual enrollment program. To apply:

1. Contact the 1818 Program director for a consultation. Call us at 314-977-1818 or email 1818@slu.edu. Our program director will take as much time as is needed to help prospective partners understand the program and its benefits in the particular context of a given high school.
2. Share the high school curriculum guide via the Institutional Partnership Application with the 1818 Program director.
3. The 1818 Program director will arrange for either an on-site or virtual visit to the prospective 1818 Program partner high school. 
4. If the 1818 Program director, in consultation with SLU faculty liaisons, determines that the prospective partner high school will be able to successfully implement the 1818 Program at the school, the director may choose to offer the prospective partner school an 1818 Partner Memorandum of Agreement (described below).
5. After signing an 1818 Partner Memorandum of Agreement, new partners work with 1818 Program staff and faculty liaisons on course selection, syllabus approval, approval of partner faculty to teach those courses, appointment of a partner coordinator at the high school and related planning. Partner participation in required orientation and professional development will always precede the offering of 1818 Program courses.

Because SLU’s ability to operate in each U.S. state is governed by the laws and regulations of each state, not all partnership requests are able to be considered. Furthermore, SLU 1818 has limited capacity to expand in certain academic discipline areas because of the need to appropriately support each academic area through the assignment of a faculty liaison. Finally, SLU 1818 invests fiscally in its partnerships, and therefore, schools with singular academic discipline area requests or with the prospect of few student enrollments may not be honored.

Partner Roles

Each school that partners with the 1818 Advanced College Credit Program has an assigned principal and coordinator to represent their school.

In some cases, typically for smaller schools, the principal may represent both roles. However, in most cases, the coordinator is a guidance counselor or administrator at the school or an 1818 Program instructor who has taught for several years in the program. 

Principal Role and Responsibilities

The high school principal plays an important role in initiating 1818 Program partnership and supporting SLU 1818 dual-credit opportunities for their students. This person should be knowledgeable about SLU 1818 and its benefits, academic policies and processes, and instructor qualifications and application. Furthermore, the principal or chief academic officer should be able to advocate for the program as an opportunity for students to prepare for post-secondary education.

Coordinator Role and Responsibilities

Each partner high school must designate an on-site coordinator who serves as the primary contact for SLU 1818 Program information. The high school coordinator is SLU’s primary contact at each partner institution and is responsible for ensuring full compliance with the 1818 policies/procedures addressed in the Program Handbook.

The SLU 1818 coordinator is expected to:

• Be knowledgeable about SLU 1818 academic policies and student standards and commit to upholding them.
• Verify and maintain the list of courses offered via SLU 1818 by ensuring accuracy in course name (both high school and SLU); term offered (yearlong, fall or summer); and approved SLU 1818 instructor name.
• Promote the SLU 1818 program to interested and qualified students.
• Advertise the high school’s affiliation with SLU 1818 on the school’s website and in the course description/curriculum guide and through communication to students and parents/guardians.
• Provide updated and accurate information to students, parents and the high school community about the high school’s partnership with the SLU 1818 program.
• Demonstrate to outside groups that it is a partner high school with SLU 1818 through brochures, guides, etc.
• Facilitate and engage students in the registration process each term.
• Verify the accuracy of class rosters and grades submitted.
• Assist students, parents, families and faculty with all 1818 Program-related questions, including those regarding tuition and payment, registration, grading, the applicability of 1818 Program courses/credits at SLU, and the acceptance of 1818 Program courses/credits at other colleges and universities. Ongoing training that supports high school coordinators will be provided.
• Attend annual professional development hosted by SLU either in-person or virtually each summer (typically early August) and winter (typically late January).
• Review course rosters for accuracy in conjunction with 1818 instructors, notifying the 1818 office of enrollment changes.
• Nominate students for course fee waivers (“scholarships”) based on their financial eligibility.
• Respond in a timely manner to SLU 1818 Program staff requests.
• Provide annual updates each spring to the SLU 1818 Program office regarding changes to the list of courses being offered at the partner high school.
• Maintain an accurate list of said courses, which records the SLU 1818 courses being offered at the partner high school each term.

The SLU 1818 coordinator role is critical to the success of the dual-credit program in the high school.