High School Instructors
Resources
Before you teach - approval, sections, syllabus
Instructor Handbook, 2026–27 (PDF)
New Instructor Application (PDF)
Requesting Your Course Sections (DOCX)
Uploading Your Syllabus in myHSCP
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (PDF)
Enrolling your students - every term
Student Enrollment Guide (PDF)
Parent/Guardian Consent Form (PDF)
Student Status Codes: Quick Reference (PDF)
Grading and end of term
Submitting Grades in Pathway (PDF)
Training and program news
Roles and Qualifications
Our coordinators and instructors work together to provide dual credit courses to more than 60 high schools in Missouri and Kansas.
All HSCP Instructors must have a Master's degree. For the course they will teach, they need to be qualified in that content area, and to meet that: their Master's is in that field, or they hold at least 18 graduate-level credit hours in it, or the UMKC faculty coordinator approves them on their credentials, as outlined by the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. Approval of specific courses and respective dual credit instructors is based on credentials and recommendations of the department chair.
- Dual Credit Instructors (DCI) have met all graduate-level qualifications. This allows them to grade the UMKC common assessment and input semester grades directly into Pathway.
- Collaborative Teaching with Faculty Instructors (CTF) have a Master's degree and are working toward full qualifications. The faculty coordinator is the teacher of record, so planning, grading and some teaching are collaborative. The high school instructor provides daily student support in the classroom. The faculty coordinator grades and enters semester grades in Pathway in collaboration with CTF.