AP Coordinator WebinarMarch 7, 2012

Under Dr. Bice’s new leadership the Curriculum & Instruction Section has been divided

Advanced Placement will fall under the Instruction Section

Phyllis Rase is remaining with the curriculum section

Our new AP liaison is Cindy Freeman Her email address is cfreeman@alsde.edu Her phone number is 334.353.5321

New Contact Person at the State Department

Mock Exams

English mock exams were given on January 7 (total of 3 hours)

All AP English teachers are expected to provide 3 additional hours of tutoring with their students to finish out the 6 hours for the January 7 prep session

AP English teachers are to turn in their sign in sheets & agendas for tutoring sessions to the English content directors in order to be eligible for their Saturday Study Session stipend for January 7

Science & Math mock exams should be scheduled during AHSGE administration

Those dates should be reported on the form sent to you by T. Dunn last week

Mock Exams

AP Biology—April 2 AP Chemistry—April 3 AP Physics & Environmental Science—April 4

AP Calculus—April 10 AP Statistics—April 12

Mock Exam Reading for Science & Math

School/District is responsible for substitutes for the teachers to attend

A+ College Ready will pay teachers’ mileage A+ College Ready will pay for overnight

lodging the night prior to the reading for teachers traveling 60 miles or more one way

For teachers who must stay overnight, A+ College Ready will pay for dinner and breakfast

A+ College Ready will provide lunch for all teachers the day of the reading

AP Mock ReadingLogistical Details

Enrollment for Fall, 2012

USE DATA TO HELP GET STUDENTS INTO RIGOROUS COURSES RATHER THAN USING DATA TO KEEP STUDENTS OUT OF RIGOROUS COURSES

EXPLORE data should be used to appropriately place 9th grade students into pre-AP courses

PLAN data should be used to appropriately place 11th (and 12th) grade students into AP classes

All schools should make a diligent effort to educate parents about the benefits of Advanced Placement and other rigorous courses

You are welcome to use the A+ College Ready parent meeting presentation and/or invite one of our staff members to come speak with your parents

A+ College Ready expects that enrollment in AP classes will grow

around 15% per year

Please let A+ College Ready know if you are planning to offer additional AP courses in the 2012 – 2013 school year

Teachers who will teach these new courses should be registered for APSI

Offering New AP MSE Classes, Fall 2012

Online Course Offerings Available to A+ CR Schools, Fall 2012

Your students can register for these courses via ACCESS A+ College Ready is working with ACCESS to provide

these courses with an A+ College Ready trained teacher First priority for enrollment will be for A+ CR students Courses are AP Physics B, AP Computer

Science, and AP Statistics A+ College Ready will pay a portion of the exam fee

for these students and they will be eligible for the $100/qs

Their exam scores will count toward the school goal

If you do not offer the following courses at your school. . .

2012 AP Exams

March 30 is the priority deadline for ordering AP Exams from the College Board

Once you create your order, you (or your district or school financial person) can create a Purchase Order to the College Board and request your money for exams from the State AP Grant Award

You will be receiving an email from T. Dunn asking you to report the current enrollment of each of your classes and the number of exams that you order for each class

Logistical Information

You have received an email with instructions for students who are eligible to retake certain courses

Highly motivated AP Biology or AP Chemistry students are eligible to take the AP Environmental Science exam without taking the course

In order for A+ College Ready to contribute to the exam fee for these students they must agree to and participate in 6 hours of tutoring for the exam

Each teacher who provide the tutoring MUST have a separate contract for this work in order for the teacher & the student to be eligible for the $100/qs

If these conditions are met, A+ College Ready will contribute $50/exam toward each of these students’ exams

Exam Retakes or AP Environmental Science Exams for students who have

not taken the course

It is IMPERATIVE that AP exams be administered by an individual who clearly understands how the AP exam is to be given, i.e. amount of time on each section, whether or not calculators are allowed, etc.

There should be NO announcements or interruptions during the AP examination

It is the responsibility of the AP coordinator to make certain that all AP exams are administered properly. The AP Coordinator does not have to administer each exam but should go over the testing guidelines with each test administrator.

Administration of AP Exams

Pre-AP Course Roll-Outs

Pre-AP English 9 Pre-AP Biology Pre-AP Algebra I Teams including A+ CR content directors, ARI, AMSTI, LTF, and AP

and pre-AP teachers from throughout the state have developed these annotated scope & sequences and teachers will be trained on their usage

A+ College Ready staff will be doing regional trainings on: May 16—Huntsville May 17—Montgomery May 18--Birmingham

We will be asking EACH of you to send your pre-AP English 9, pre-AP biology and pre-AP Algebra I (even if it is a middle school teacher) to the training on one of these dates

A+ College Ready will reimburse each participating school $70 per teacher for substitute pay and will pay teachers’ mileage

Pre-AP Courses Available for Fall, 2012

Summer Training

Auburn—June 18 – 21 Calculus AB, Computer Science, English Language,

English Literature, Biology, Physics B, and Chemistry Alabama—July 9 – 12

AP Calculus, AP Statistics Alabama—July 16 – 19

AP Calculus, AP Statistics (A+ CR teachers only), English Language (full), English Literature (full)

Register on our website www.apluscollegeready.org

Advanced Placement Summer Institute

Cohorts I and II & IMF—Only selected teachers attend APSI; A+ College Ready pays both registration & expenses (up to $550)

Cohort III—All teachers expected to attend; Registration is paid from State AP Grant Award; A+ College Ready pays expenses (up to $550)

Cohort IV non APIP—All teachers expected to attend; Registration is paid from State AP Grant Award; school/district pays expenses

Cohort IV, APIP—All teachers expected to attend; Registration & travel paid from APIP Grant Award and handled through the district

APSI Logistical Information

Schools/districts in Cohorts III and IV should create a purchase order for the University of Alabama and/or Auburn University for the teachers attending training at those sites.

You may use this PO as a back up to request money from the state AP Grant award or the APIP grant award

T. Dunn or Elizabeth Goodwyn will send a list of teachers registered at each university to each AP coordinator by the end of March

APSI Logistical Information

Year 1—week of July 30 – August 3, Birmingham area to be determined

Year 2—week of July 23 – July 27, Hewitt Trussville High School

Year 3—week of July 23 – July 27, Gadsden City High School

Registration will be on our website by April 1, 2012

Laying the Foundation Training

Cohorts I and II—have completed 3 years of LTF training; no funding allocated

Cohort III & IV non APIP--$4,500 (Cohort III) and $5,000 (Cohort IV) awarded in State AP Grant award for each school. A+ College Ready will invoice schools/districts for this amount in early April. This covers the registration fee for 7 pre-AP teachers plus any AP teacher who wishes to attend

Cohort IV APIP—A+ College Ready has contracted with SDE to provide LTF training on your behalf

IMF—A+ College Ready to provide LTF training on your behalf

LTF Logistical Information

Cohort III and IV non APIP and IMF—A+ College Ready will reimburse teachers directly for up to $300 of travel expenses

Cohort IV APIP—Districts will reimburse teachers for travel expenses with money from the APIP grant

If schools have new teachers they should attend Year 1 training

LTF Logistical Information

To be held June 11 – June 28 Monday – Thursday 8:00 AM – 12:15 Courses Offered

AP Calculus AP Biology AP Chemistry AP Language

Locations University of Alabama University of Alabama Birmingham University of Alabama Huntsville

Student Summer EnrichmentFor students enrolled in AP courses Fall, 2012

Courses are free to all A+ College Ready students enrolled in the particular course in the fall

Students are responsible for their own transportation

Student Summer EnrichmentLogistics

Equipment Purchases

A+ CR will ask each school to create its equipment purchase list as soon as the AP exams are finished

An updated inventory for AP classrooms and suggested purchases will be sent to all schools in early May

Schools will be asked to send A+ College Ready their list of needed equipment/materials/supplies to be approved before school is out

Equipment/materials/supplies should be ordered during the summer months to be available for classrooms in the fall

New equipment will be needed for new AP Biology labs

Equipment Purchases

Cohort I--$5,000 and $25/enrolled student (based on Fall, 2012 enrollment) from A+ CR

Cohorts II & III--$10,000 ($5,000 from State AP Grant Award & $5,000 for A+CR) and $25/enrolled student

Cohort IV (all schools)--$10,000 from State AP Grant Award

IMF--$10,000 from A+ College Ready

Equipment Allocations