ASL COCOs or CO2s

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Please scroll down to see the materials and information available for K-12 American Sign Language (ASL) programs or go to the COCOs/CO2s landing page, also accessible via the graphic, for documents for other languages.

Here are the Clarifying Objectives by Course Outcomes (COCOs or CO2s) documents used for standards-based curriculum writing in North Carolina, which is done locally by individual, department, school, or district.  These documents have been compiled from the proficiency charts with student outcomes in the North Carolina World Language Standard Course of Study Links to an external site..

Notes:

  • These materials are downloadable as Word documents so that they can easily be used for curriculum writing and shared among colleagues for collaboration.

  • Each document also contains the language-specific course code(s) for the course as a reference.

  • Please use the K-12 Modern World Languages Bridging Document Links to an external site. as a guide to help teachers and administrators create a strong K-12 sequence locally for the program(s) you offer.

Elementary School (ES) Courses

Elementary language courses that build proficiency meet 90 minutes or more per week throughout the year.  These are Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES) programs.

Elementary courses that do not meet the 90 minutes per week minimum are actually Exploratory Language courses, and they use the course code 12752Z0.

Exit proficiency expectations for FLES program courses are described based on the number of years of study that students have had, and course codes are numbered accordingly:

  • ES ASL (less than 1 year of study) has course code 12802Z0

Examples: A K-5 program would use this code for the Kindergarten classes, and a grades 3 - 5 program would use it for the 3rd grade classes. 

  • ES ASL (1 year of study) is 12802Z1

Examples: A K-5 program would use this code for the 1st grade classes, and a grades 3 - 5 program would use it for the 4th grade classes. 

  • ES ASL (2 years of study) is 12802Z2

Examples: A K-5 program would use this code for the 2nd grade classes, and a grades 3 - 5 program would use it for the 5th grade classes. 

  • ES ASL (3 years of study) is 12802Z3

Examples: A K-5 program would use this code for the 3rd grade classes. 

  • ES ASL (4 years of study) is 12802Z4

Examples: A K-5 program would use this code for the 4th grade classes. 

  • ES ASL (5 years of study) is 12802Z5

Examples: A K-5 program would use this code for the 5th grade classes. 

  • ES ASL (6 years of study) is 12802Z6

Examples: A K-5 program would use this code for the 6th grade classes. 

   

Please click on the Google folder below with the ES Clarifying Objectives by Course Outcomes (COCOs or CO2s) documents to download what you need for standards-based curriculum writing.

Middle School (MS) Courses

Middle school language courses that build proficiency meet 90 minutes per week or more for at least one semester, but do not earn high school credit.

Middle school courses that do not meet the 90 minutes per week minimum or are of short duration, such as 6-week or 9-week rotations, are actually Exploratory Language courses, and they use the course code 12752Y0.

Exit proficiency expectations for middle school courses are described based on the number of years of study that students have had, and course codes are numbered accordingly:

  • MS ASL Beginning (less than 1 year of study) has course code 12802Y0

Examples: A grades 6 - 8 program would use this code for the 6th grade class(es), and a grades 7 - 8 program would use it for the 7th grade class(es). 

  • MS ASL Beginning (1 year of study) is 12802Y1

Examples: A grades 6 - 8 program would use this code for the year-long 6th grade class(es), and a grades 7 - 8 program that offers one semester per year would use it for the 8th grade class(es). 

  • MS ASL Continuing (2 years of study) is 12802Y2

Examples: A grades 6-8 program would use this code for the year-long 7th grade class(es). 

  • MS ASL Continuing (3 years of study) is 12802Y3

Examples: A grades 6-8 program would use this code for the year-long 8th grade class(es). 

Middle schools can also offer high school credit courses to their students. In ASL, Levels I - IV can be offered and are available for the Credit by Demonstrated Mastery (CDM) process Links to an external site.. Please see the details below in the High School Courses section.

Please click on the Google folder below with the MS Clarifying Objectives by Course Outcomes (COCOs or CO2s) documents to download what you need for standards-based curriculum writing.

High School (HS) Courses

High school courses are part of articulated, sequenced, language-focused programs that develop proficiency in the modern language, provide the credits students need to meet and exceed college entrance requirements, and have proficiency level outcomes for each communication mode and culture that are adjusted based on language acquisition research and language type (alphabetic, logographic, visual).

Notes:

Middle schools have flexibility to offer high school credit courses over two academic years, so that students take Part A one year and Part B the following year to receive the full credit. The course codes for those options are included in the documents below.

Community College World Language courses have been crosswalked or aligned to high school courses so that students can be scheduled appropriately into the language sequence. Please see the alignment below for ASL or the High School to Community College Alignment document Links to an external site.

  • ASL I has course code 12812X0

ASL I at a high school and ASL 111 at an early college are equivalent courses.

  • ASL II is 12822X0

ASL II at a high school and ASL 112 at an early college are equivalent courses.

Levels III - VIII are inherently advanced courses and assigned honors-level weighting per State Board of Education policy GRAD-009 Links to an external site.. These courses can be traditional language and literature curricula or be designed as courses that are linked to career and technical education, student career interests, etc. such as language for specific purpose courses, interpreter or translator certification courses, DL/I courses, or languages across the curriculum courses.

  • ASL III Honors has course code 12835X0

ASL III at a high school and ASL 211 at an early college are equivalent courses.

  • ASL IV Honors is 12845X0

ASL IV at a high school and ASL 212 at an early college are equivalent courses.

  • ASL V Honors is 12855X0

  • ASL VI Honors is 12865X0

  • ASL VII Honors is 12875X0

  • ASL VIII Honors is 12885X0

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Please click on the Google folder below with the HS Levels I - VIII Clarifying Objectives by Course Outcomes (COCOs or CO2s) documents to download what you need for standards-based curriculum writing.

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Heritage Language Programs

The North Carolina World Language Standard Course of Study Links to an external site. includes two levels of heritage language courses, or what were formerly called native speakers courses, as part of Dual & Heritage Languages. Heritage language courses are designed for students who have home backgrounds in a language other than English or come from other immersion experiences, formal or informal. 

Heritage language courses help students bridge into advanced modern language courses, such as Level IV or AP.

Using ASL as an example for visual languages in the graphic, heritage language students can enroll in ASL Heritage I and ASL Heritage II, which is an honors course because it is equivalent to a Level III modern language course in proficiency expectations. 

Upon completion of these two courses, students can proceed to ASL IV, where they will be joined by fourth- and/or fifth-year students who are studying ASL as a modern language.

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Please click on the Heritage Levels I - II Clarifying Objectives by Course Outcomes (COCOs or CO2s) documents to download what you need for standards-based curriculum writing, which include the course codes for ASL Heritage courses:

  • ASL Heritage I has course code 12892X0

  • ASL Heritage II Honors is 12905X0

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Additional Resources for Heritage Language Programs:

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