4-H External Credit Course Information

External 4-H Grade 11 and 12 Information

A BC Ministry of Education accepted External Course is a Ministry authorized course which is offered outside the British Columbia School System. Students receive course credit towards graduation for successfully completing an External Course. The External 4-H 11 and 12 courses are of equivalent standard to other Ministry authorized senior secondary courses. The 4-H courses can only be earned through membership and completion of requirements in the 4-H program. The end credit could be:

External 4-H Grade 11: 4 Credits

External 4-H Grade 12: 4 Credits

• Honour Pin Certification for Applied Skills

A. Requirements for Project Pin Certification for External 4-H Grade 11 Credit:
To achieve a project pin, senior 4-H members must enroll in a designated project following the completion of their junior proficiency certificate and receive four senior skill certificates in that project area. The four senior skill exams are both written and practical with 75% required to pass the exams. Senior skill requirements are as outlined in the External Credits document. The exams are to obtained from and returned to the BC 4-H head office. All leaders should ensure that they have the most recent versions of the exams. Any out of date exam submitted will be returned unmarked.

B. Requirements for Program Certification for External 4-H Grade 11 Credit:
Senior 4-H members enrolled in 4-H Clubs may present speeches, demonstrations, learn safety skills, prepare educational displays, and attend 4-H Youth Action, or Agri-Career Adventure, or Rural Urban Connections, and/or 4-H Provincial Club Week.

To complete Program certification, members must submit four certificates (maximum of one each of numbers 1. to 5. or four from 6.) to their District 4-H Awards Coordinator:

1. Public Speaking Senior Skill Certificate with a score over 75%
2. Demonstration Senior Skill Certificate with a score over 75%
3. Educational Display Senior Skill Certificate with a score over 75%
4. One provincial 4-H Conference Participation Certificate from 4-H Youth Action, 4-H Rural Urban Connections, Agri-Career Adventure, or 4-H Provincial Club Week
5. Speak and Show Senior Skill Certificate with a score over 75%
6. Four different Safety Senior Skill Certificates (two from part A and two from part B) each with a score over 75%.

Requirements for Honour Pin Certification and External 4-H Grade 12 Credit:

• Two Project pins; or
• Project Pin Certificate (A) plus Program Certificate (B) or
• One Project pin plus one Senior Management Certificate; or
• One Project pin plus one Self-determined project Certificate; or
• One Project pin plus three years of 4-H Junior Leadership

All Project pins, Program Certification and Honour pins are obtained by 4-H members through the regular senior skill exams and certificates of the BC 4-H Award Opportunities program. Once members have completed the requirements for either External 4-H 11 or External 4-H 12 course credit they can request the certificate necessary to present to their school through their District 4-H Awards Coordinator as follows:

1. 4-H member must present the 4-H senior skill or other certificates that verify completion of the requirements of the course to 4-H Awards Coordinator.
2. 4-H Awards Coordinator will send a copy of the member's award card (with 4-H member home address) and with the necessary requirements for the course on it (already verified) to the BC 4-H provincial office.
3. Youth & Community Development Specialist will issue Official Certificate with one of the following three titles, include the students name, program requirements, mark in percentage, verification, signature and date.
   • 4-H Program Certification
   • 4-H Project Pin Certification
   • 4-H Honour Pin Certification
4. 4-H member will receive the 4-H Program Certification, 4-H Project Pin Certification, or 4-H Honour Pin Certification directly to their home address.
5. 4-H member has responsibility to take the certificate to their school counsellor to receive the course credit.

The 4-H grading system is: A 86-100% B 75-85%

The school must decide whether to report the student's level of achievement as a school percent and letter grade, or as a Transfer Standing (TS) letter grade. TS have no negative or positive impact on a student's Grade Point Average (GPA).

External 4-H 11 and 12 Course Credits - 2005/2006 School Year
External 4-H 11 and 12 Course Credits - 2006/2007 School Year
External 4-H 11 and 12 Course Credits - 2007/2008 School Year External 4-H 11 and 12 Course Credits - 2008/2009 School Year

The following External 4-H 11 and 12 Course Credits have been earned during the 2010/2011 school year

For more information on how to earn 4-H 11 and 12 credit courses talk to your District 4-H Key Leader or Awards Coordinator or contact: BC 4-H
email: mail@bc4h.bc.ca