PLANNING MEETING OCTOBER 9, 2014 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

REVIEW YOUR TEAM’S THINKING overall enrollment Increase overall enrollment in AP and Honors courses stakeholder groups Increase understanding, impact, and interest of stakeholder groups under-represented Increase enrollment of under-represented subgroups strategically sequence Create additional opportunities and strategically sequence courses

WHAT’S ON YOUR LIST?

OPPORTUNITY GAPS RIGHT TO RIGOR/AP POTENTIAL DATA

EQUITY LEADERSHIP MINDSET Start with “Why”See InequitiesUnderstand InequitiesInterrupt Inequities

RIGHT TO RIGOR OVERVIEW

STUDENT & COURSE GAPS

RIGHT TO RIGOR REPORTS

AP POTENTIAL REPORT

EQUITY LEADERSHIP MINDSET Start with “Why”See InequitiesUnderstand InequitiesInterrupt Inequities Revisit at next meeting?

NOW WHAT?

NEXT STEPS TO PREPARE FOR 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 SOON DAY 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 School 8406 Pride Way, Raleigh, NC Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Time: 8:30-4:00 Bring a team of six (four subs provided) Register at link on the wiki

Park in the back of the bus parking lot (closest to Pride Way) OR in the middle school parking lot after 8:15.