Transcript Fostering Collaboration through a District AP Council

FOSTERING COLLABORATION
THROUGH A DISTRICT
AP COUNCIL
Kim Hodge, Associate Principal, Westwood HS
NEED
Five comprehensive
high schools
 Robust AP offerings
 Desire to Increase
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Communication
 Collaboration
 Consistency
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Desire to replicate
best practices
AREAS OF FOCUS
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Increase student
participation and
performance
Data analysis
 Recruitment efforts
 Support efforts
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Increase teacher
efficacy
Support materials
 Professional
development
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LOGISTICS
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Composition
Associate Principal
 Three AP Teachers
 Key Central Office
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Meeting Schedule
Quarterly
 Outside school day
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COMMUNICATION
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Notifications
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Schoolmessenger, Website, Parent Nights, In Class PSAT presentations
Sample Documents * Marketing
Westwood Profile
 Pre-AP Brochures, AP Brochures
 Financial Aid
 Flyers to Teachers
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SCHOOL MESSENGER – EXAMPLE (E-NEWS)
Thanks for another great week at Westwood! I appreciate your continued patience and understanding as
we adjust our schedule due to the recent weather conditions. As soon as we have updated information
regarding our Orange/White calendar for the rest of the semester I will share with all of you.
Just a reminder that marking period 4 ends next Friday, February 14th. Have a great week!
IB Parent Nights - Please see here for dates of upcoming IB nights for parents and students.
Important info about AP Exam Registration - AP Exam registration began on Jan 23rd, and
endsMarch 7th. Please contact Mrs. Hodge if you have any questions. AP Exam Online Registration
Info and AP Exam Dates and AP Exam Flyer for Students
Celebrations from this past week include:
German Success at Sprachfest - Our students took 1st place in their Annual Sprachfest
competition in San Antonio last weekend!
Girl's Soccer Update - Here is the latest soccer update from Coach Framjee
Boy's Soccer Update - Here is the latest soccer update from Coach Duhon
UIL Computer Apps and Accounting - Great job students at the meet at Hendrickson HS on Feb 1st!
And as always, here is your Student Planner for the week of Feb 10th - thanks to Mrs. Schaack for
creating this for us every week!
Go Wood!
Mrs. Arterbury
AP EXAM ONLINE-REGISTRATION
Westwood High School's Advanced Placement Exam Registration
Students taking AP exams at Westwood High School must registering for exams without late fees
by 11:59 PM, Friday, Mar 7, 2014. For the 2014 AP Exams, the cost is $95.00 per exam.
Students must answer all of the questions on the following pages in order to complete the exam
registration. A confirmation page indicates that the exam registration process has
been successfully completed.
Westwood High School is excited to offer families the ability to pay their exam fees online at the
time of registration. Please be sure to have a credit card or debit card available before
beginning registration.
Late Registration begins at 12:01, Saturday, March 8, 2014
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Registrations made after 11:59 PM, Friday, March 7, 2014 will incur a $15 late fee per exam.
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Registrations made after 11:59 PM, Friday March 14, 2014 will incur a $30 late fee per exam.
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Registrations made after 11:59PM, Friday March 21, 2014 will incur a $40 late fee per exam.
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Online Student Registration Ends 11:59 Friday, March 21, 2014. All registrations must go
through Ms. Hodge in the main office.
Registrations made after 11:59PM, Friday, March 28, 2014 will incur a $55 late fee per exam.
Registrations that are not paid by 11:59 AM, Thursday, March 27, 2014 will be cancelled and
exams will not be ordered.
Please contact Ms Kim Hodge, [email protected] if you would like to register for an
exam not listed, have questions about financial assistance, or any other questions.
DATA ANALYSIS
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PSAT Meetings
College Board-AP
Potential and Letters
 SOAS Reports for both
PSAT and ReadiStep
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AP Data
 College Board
Integrated Summary
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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
AP Audit
 AP Textbooks
 AP Saturdays
 Vertical teaming –
best practices,
curriculum alignment
 Grants
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
APSI – Tiered
Approach
 AP Workshops/District
Roundtables
 AP Coordinator
Training – in district
 Becoming an AP
Reader
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PREAP/AP INSTITUTE
Use in house experts
 Cost effective option
 Conference committee
 Presenters
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District
 College Board
 Outside
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T-shirts
PREAP/AP INSTITUTE SCHEDULE
August 6, 2013
8:30 – 10:00
10:00-10:15
10:15-11:30
11:30 – 12:30
12:30 – 1:30
1:30 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:30
Opening Session (Lecture Hall)
Break
Keynote (Lecture Hall)
Lunch (on own)
Breakout Session #1
Breakout Session #2
Breakout Session #3
August 7, 2013
8:30 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:30
12:30 – 2:00
2:00-2:15
2:15-3:30
Breakout Session #4
Breakout Session #5
Breakout Session #6
Lunch (on own)
Vertical Team Planning Sessions
Break
Continue Vertical Team Planning Sessions
Audience:
MS – Middle School
HS – High School
A - Administrators
C - Counselors
Content:
General – not content specific
ELA – English/Language Arts
LOTE – World Languages
M -Math
S – Science
SS – Social Sciences
FUNDING
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APSI Training - $30,000
PreAP/AP Conference - $5000
AP Scholars Recognition - $2000
AP Saturdays - $5000
PSAT/NMSQT Sophomore
Cohort - $10,000
SpringBoard - $30,000
Continue ReadiStep 8th, PSAT
10th & 11th
Exploring ACT/SAT School Day
for 2014-2015
RESULTS
Continued funding
 Participation increase
 Performance increase
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2010-2011
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2011-2012
2012-2013
Total
Number of
Students
2496
2789
2884
Total
Number of
Exams
5673
5904
6081
Number of
Exams 3+
3862
4270
4507
While also continuing to grow dual credit and CTE p & p
QUESTIONS
[email protected]