1. Rigorous Coursework
WCPSS

2. The District Team
Abby Stotsenberg, Sr. Administrator for HS Social Studies TBD, Sr. Administrator for HS ELA Melissa Hurst, Sr. Administrator for MS ELA Christina Zukowski, Sr. Administrator for MS Math

3. AP Capstone Leaders Your Name Your School Your Position
Why you are jazzed about being a leader of AP Capstone and AP Expansion?

4. What is the initiative?

5. Goals
Increase overall enrollment in Advanced Placement and Honors courses
Create additional opportunities and strategically sequence courses
Increase enrollment of underrepresented subgroups
Increase understanding, impact, and interest of stakeholder groups
Partner with Holly Springs High School and Holly Ridge Middle School to learn

6. Building the Pipeline
Include AP Human Geography and AP Environmental Science as entry level AP courses
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

7. 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

8. AP Capstone as a Leverage Point
Improving student literacy skills
Decreasing subgroup academic gaps
Increasing graduation rates

9. Training
AP Summits- Breaking Down Barriers and Backmapping an AP Program
AP Kickoff Event
Using AP Potential Reports- API and those who schedule as the focus audience
Increasing AP participation- HS Principals target audience
English Vertical Alignment Training open to all high schools
Fall AP Workshop – one day annual event hosted by WCPSS
AP Summer Institutes – week-long PD for teachers

10. Information from D&A Indicators of expansion:
out of 15 WCPSS students took AP Exam; increased to 1 out of 7
Since AP enrollments have increased by almost 30%
White and Asian enrollment has increased, while Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino has not increased
Females account for proportionately more AP enrollments than male counterparts

11. Targeted Pilot Work of Holly Springs HS
Strategic scheduling in Honors English I
Targeted recruitment for AP courses
Combined AP and Curriculum Nights
Incorporated AP Potential Letters
Developed an AP Department
Empowered staff to make recommendations for expansion of AP Department
Increased number of teachers to strategically develop content- specific PLTs
Planned vision and next-steps for AP Program through AP retreat
Movement towards seamless curricular articulation across grades

12. Outcomes of Targeted Work with Holly Springs HS
: 884 enrollments
: 1383 enrollments (AP test scores remained constant)
Increase of test takers:
Males 13.1%
Black 71.4%
Hispanic 13.6%

14. AP Potential Reports
Driven by PSAT results from 10th grade administration
Based on correlations from national test-taking pool
Correlations based on reading, writing, and mathematics combinations appropriate to designated AP courses
Aligned to rigors of Common Core State Standards

15. AP Potential at a WCPSS HS
Looking At 10th grade students
Group
2012 Enrollment
60% Threshold
30% Threshold
Black/African American
368 12 33
Hispanic or Latino
243 9 19

16. AP Capstone

17. AP Capstone
Program of study that combines scholarly practice with academic intensity
Seminar and research courses designed to enhance student’s ability with all courses
Admissions officers are looking for ways to distinguish between high achieving students
Programmatic approach allows students opportunity to explore areas of interest and passion

18. AP Capstone Program of study to earn AP Capstone Diploma:
Seminar course and
Research course and
Students choose four AP courses in area(s) of interest and score level 3 or higher on all AP exams
Program of study to earn AP Seminar & Research Certificate:
Research course

19. AP Capstone
Implementation in 6 WCPSS schools beginning with school year
Training and infrastructure development beginning during school year
Summer training 2015 for Seminar and 2016 for Research
Seminar courses are taught during the school year

20. Debrief the Webinar What were key points from the webinar?
What questions do you have as a result of the webinar?

21. Goals and Measureable Outcomes
Take a moment to think about what and how you may want to measure the success of implementation
You may want to reference the measuring up report in the agenda

22. Scheduling & PD
Who?
When?
Where?
How Long?
Agreement of training topics for the four days (Text Complexity, Argument Writing, and Research Methods)
Dates for the Teacher Training- HS Programs has budgeted funds to provide four subs for each of the four training dates- Yay!
Dates for the Leadership Meetings (That’s you)

23. Planning: Loose & Tights

24. Planning Protocol