AP Capstone Leadership Team

December 11, 2014 Agenda Link: tinyurl.com/m7lnl53

Updates from College Board 

Scheduling Recommendations

    A/B Block if school is on 4 x 4 Block Most common pairing is AP Lang & Comp One teacher for both paired courses OR team-teaching model Class size—20-24 students 

Recruitment

    No implications if demographics don’t match Avoid making Capstone “elite program” Discouraged for 9 th graders Materials to schools in early January  Brochure    Webinar template (customizable) FAQs Press Release

Recruitment Flyer & Student Profile

Updates from College Board 

Mandatory Training

  AP Seminar—5 day summer workshop (register in April)   July 6-10 Tampa July 13-17 Spokane  July 27-31 Austin AP Research—4 or 5 day summer workshop 

Staffing

 Two teachers per school to training  AP Audit due October 1  Grading/Scoring will be significant (watch number of preps)  Same teacher can teach Seminar and Research (separate trainings required)

Updates from College Board 

AP Seminar

 No textbook required  No topic is required  Can address areas of regional interest  Must take Seminar before Research (cannot take simultaneously) 

AP Research

 Mentored experience  Thesis paper required  Can use topics from AP Seminar

Updates from College Board 

Expansion of Program?

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Offers of Assistance

 Web Conference  Local Visit  Training in summer of 2016?

Course Description (0A017X0)

Add to Description AP Seminar students are required to complete a three-part assessment which includes a team project and presentation; an individual research based essay and presentation; and the May AP Exam. All three items are combined to determine the AP score for AP Seminar.

Note: AP Seminar will not be listed in the WCPSS Program Planning Guide.

Choosing the Right Teachers

Mindset

Pairing Models  10 th Grade: AP Seminar/English II Honors  10 th /11 th Grade: AP Seminar/Argument Theory & Practice Honors (most flexible option??)  11 th Grade: AP Seminar/AP Language and Composition  Concerns about Social Studies, Science, Math pairings

Identifying & Interrupting Barriers

Implementing Support Systems

Using Data on Flash Drives  8 th Grade Reading Achievement Level  8 th Grade Math Achievement Level  8 th Grade Science Achievement Level  Math I Achievement Level  Explore  Math  Reading  Science  Composite  Plan  English  Math  Reading  Science  Composite

Team Time Please complete Google Doc linked in Agenda or here: http://tinyurl.com/o6xcjnz

Next Steps  Next meeting?  January 13 th , 15 th , 21 st , or 29 th  February 17 th , 18 th , 24 th , 25 th  Note that February 19 th is Day 2 of Argument Training  Argument Training on Thursday, February 19  Project Enlightenment  501 S. Boylan Avenue, Raleigh  Room 311  8:30-3:30