P L A N N I N G M E E T I N GO C T O B E R 9 , 2 0 1 4

AP CAPSTONE

THE DISTRICT TEAM

Abby Stotsenberg, Sr. Administrator for HS Social Studies

Sara Overby, Coordinating Teacher for Secondary Literacy

Melissa Hurst, Sr. Administrator for MS ELA

Christina Zukowski, Sr. Administrator for MS Math

INTRODUCTIONS

• Name• School• Role• 2 Questions

you are bringing to the meeting today

GOALS

• Increase overall enrollment in AP and Honors courses

• Increase enrollment of underrepresented subgroups

• Create additional opportunities and strategically sequence courses

• Increase understanding, impact, and interest of stakeholder groups

• Partner with Holly Springs High School and Holly Ridge Middle School to learn

BUILDING THE PIPELINE

• Include AP Human Geography and AP Environmental as entry level AP Courses [World History?]

• Create a partnership with Meredith College to increase AP professional development opportunities

• Increase funding through RttT to train pipeline teachers to vertically align our courses and purposefully build the habits of mind and skills necessary for AP success

• Use data to increase the percentage of students who are taking honors level courses

• Develop and support AP departments as a key stakeholder group to lead and advance efforts

BUILDING THE PIPELINE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

• Create recommendation guidelines to support registration process

• Develop a framework for increasing vertical alignment from middle school to high school and from elementary school to middle school

• Develop strategies for increasing time devoted to strategic math and reading instruction

• Targeted work with Holly Ridge Middle School

FUTURE PROTOCOL

REVIEW THE PROTOCOL

1. Goals Statement

2. Future Greatness (We made it “here”!)

3. Past Reality (Where we started.)

4. How we got to Great(Steps for change)

ONE SCHOOL’S JOURNEY

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REVIEW YOUR TEAM’S THINKING

• Increase overall enrollment in AP and Honors courses

• Increase understanding, impact, and interest of stakeholder groups

• Increase enrollment of under-represented subgroups

• Create additional opportunities and strategically sequence courses

WHAT’S ON YOUR LIST?

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OPPORTUNITY GAPSRIGHT TO RIGOR/AP POTENTIAL DATA

EQUITY LEADERSHIP MINDSET

Start with “Why”

See Inequities

Understand Inequities

Interrupt Inequities

RIGHT TO RIGOR OVERVIEW

STUDENT & COURSE GAPS

RIGHT TO RIGOR REPORTS

RIGHT TO RIGOR REPORTS

AP POTENTIAL REPORT

EQUITY LEADERSHIP MINDSET

Start with “Why”

See Inequities

Understand Inequities

Interrupt Inequities

Revisit at next

meeting?

NOW WHAT?

NEXT STEPS TO PREPARE FOR 2015-16

1. What needs to be accomplished … and by when?

2. At school level?

3. At Leadership Planning Team level?

4. At District level?

5. What additional information do we need?

NEXT PLANNING MEETINGS

COMING SOONDAY 1 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Content: Text Complexity

• Framed for AP Capstone Seminar Course

PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK

CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS

PD SESSION #1—TEXT COMPLEXITY

Location: Leesville Road Middle School8406 Pride Way, Raleigh, NC 27613

Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Time: 8:30-4:00

Bring a team of six (four subs provided)Register at link on the wiki

Middle School

Le

esville

Ro

ad

O’Neal Road

Country Trail

Pri

de W

ay

Park in the back of the bus parking lot (closest

to Pride Way) OR in the middle

school parking lot after 8:15.

High School

Elementary School