1. AP Leadership Meeting November 13, 2014 3:30-5:00, Enloe HS
Abby Stotsenberg, Sr. Administrator, Social Studies
Sara Overby, Coordinating Teacher for Secondary Literacy

2. Today’s Agenda WHEN WHAT WHO HOW 10 min Welcome
Bucket Loads of Decisions
Guiding PowerPoint
Decision Map 
--AP Honor Roll of Schools
--AP Capstone Flyer plans
15 min 
AP Seminar Course 
 Mini-Presentation
20 min 
Decisions about Scheduling 
 Group Discussion
40 min 
Purposeful Recruitment 
Data to help you plan 
10 min
Argument Training
December 2, 2014 
Next Planning Meeting
When and Where

3. Bucket Loads of Decisions
District Level
School Level
Collaboration

4. Where AP Seminar Fits In

5. Course Framework

6. Course Connections
Course Connections

7. Course Curriculum Requirements
Students Do!
Explore one or more themes across multiple content areas
Explore multiple perspectives
Look through multiple lenses
Read articles, research studies, and foundational, literary, and philosophical texts
Listen to speeches and other verbal texts
Experience artistic works and performances

8. Course Curriculum Requirements
Assessment
Course
Work collaboratively to investigate a real-world or academic issue
Team Project
Team Presentation
Teacher scores the following:
Individual Research and Reflection (each Team Member)
Written Team Report
Team Multimedia Presentation and Oral Defense
Recommended Completion
February 28
Submission Deadline
April 30

9. Course Curriculum Requirements
Assessment
Course
Teacher scores the following:
Individual Written Argument
Individual Multimedia Presentation
Oral Defense
Recommended Completion
April 15
Submission Deadline
April 30
Requirement: Students must be given 30 school days to complete. Source Materials released in early January.
Work independently to design and complete a self-initiated research project
AP Source Materials
Individual Research Designs
Individual Presentations

10. Course Curriculum Requirements
Assessment
Course
All open-response
3 Short Answer
Analyze the argument of a given source or document:
Identify argument
Explain connections between claim and rationale
Evaluate the effectiveness of the evidence
2 Essays
Evaluate the effectiveness of 2 arguments on a similar issue.
Create your own argument on a topic/theme by evaluating the evidence and argument in 4 sources using varying perspectives.
Prepare for 3-hour End-of-Course Exam in May

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12. Scheduling… What are the requirements of the course?
What is our current reality?
What will need to be adjusted?
Master schedule?
Course pairings?
Additional courses?
Room locations?
Staffing?

13. Data to Help You Recruit
Whom do you target for AP Seminar?
AP Potential Lists
Poll 9th-grade Teachers
Under-represented populations—previous data
Who needs to be in the Pipeline?
Explore Reading or Math—Benchmark and above
7th and 8th EOG --Levels 5, 4, 3+
Course Grades
Passion for subject

14. To Help You Recruit
What barriers might deter qualified students from enrolling ?

15. Data to Help You Recruit
What barriers can we remove?

16. Data to Help You Recruit
What barriers can we remove?

17. Best of the Best

18. Argument Writing Day One
December 2, 2014
Crossroads II, Room 1409
Who’s on your Team?
We pay for subs
AP Leadership Planning Meeting
Dec 8, 10, 11?
Jan 6, 7?
Place?
Main Topic?