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Cultivating and Coordinating a School-wide AP Culture. Erin Thaler AP Teacher, AP Coordinator Osborne High School Marietta, Georgia. Who We Are. Osborne High School Marietta, GA Population – As of March 2010 1711 Students: 45.5% Hispanic, 41.3% Black 80% Economically Disadvantaged - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Cultivating and Coordinating a School-wide AP Culture
Erin ThalerAP Teacher, AP Coordinator
Osborne High SchoolMarietta, Georgia
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Who We Are
Osborne High SchoolMarietta, GA
Population – As of March 2010 1711 Students: 45.5% Hispanic, 41.3% Black 80% Economically Disadvantaged
No Child Left Behind – Needs Improvement, Year 5 Title I School in 2009-10 Average SAT: Critical Reading = 429, Math = 437 Newsweek Rankings
391 in Nation, 3rd in County in 2010
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Participation in AP Program
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
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Number of students Number of tests
Academic School Year
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Participation by Ethnicity
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
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Black Hispanic
Academic Year
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A Taste of Our Culture
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Tyler’s Curriculum Model
What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
What educational experiences can be provided that are likely to attain these purposes?
How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?
How can we determine whether these purposes are being attained?
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Text Study and Initial Reflection
Chevruta Study A shared partnership in learning Texts spur thought, analysis, dialogue The relationship as learning partners is far
more valuable than the completion of a task
Review the chart “Overview of Educational Philosophies” and the “Curriculum Texts for Consideration”
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Administrative Innovations
Advising Teacher as “AP Coordinator” AP Parent Night Experimental “class promotion” – 10th grade
Full-year block classes AP Section and Skill-Based Section
Paired courses as skinnies
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Reflection and Inspiration
Conjunto Discussion Collection of several Chevruta pairs who
synthesize the insight gathered in intense study
Discussion, problem-solving, innovation
Consider your school’s administrative approaches and brainstorm methods to cultivate a stronger AP culture
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Tyler’s Curriculum Model
What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
What educational experiences can be provided that are likely to attain these purposes?
How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?
How can we determine whether these purposes are being attained?
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Text Study and Initial Reflection
Chevruta Study A shared partnership in learning Texts spur thought, analysis, dialogue The relationship as learning partners is far
more valuable than the completion of a task
Review the “Learning Experiences Texts for Consideration” Reflections apply to both Instructional and
Student-Driven sections
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Instructional Initiatives
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Instructional Initiatives
Summer Intellectual Fun Voluntary Invitation to all rising Junior and Senior
AP Students
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Capstone Project for Sympartium
Essential Question:How do we demonstrate mastery of our
AP Coursework? Symposium: a formal presentation of
academic topics by scholars Party: a celebration SYMPARTIUM: A celebration and
presentation of academic topics by scholars
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Capstone Guidelines
Overview Approval Form Proposal Guide
Inspiration: Wakefield High School – Arlington, VA Sample projects
Create a Country Presidential Candidate information in Spanish The Calculus of Literature Life-size Structure of a Cell Economics of Censorship
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Sympartium Day
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Sympartium Day
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Sympartium Day
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Sympartium Day
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Sympartium Day
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Sympartium Day
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Sympartium Day
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Sympartium Day
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Reflection and Inspiration
Conjunto Discussion Collection of several Chevruta pairs who
synthesize the insight gathered in intense study
Discussion, problem-solving, innovation
Consider your school’s instructional approaches and brainstorm methods to cultivate a stronger AP culture
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Student-Driven Approach
To help ourselves and others pass the AP test
To serve a cause greater than our own and
To leave a legacy of community success
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Sin Cera Application
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Sin Cera Recognition
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Reflection and Inspiration
Conjunto Discussion Collection of several Chevruta pairs who
synthesize the insight gathered in intense study
Discussion, problem-solving, innovation
Consider your school’s student-driven approaches and brainstorm methods to cultivate a stronger AP culture
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Tyler’s Curriculum Model
What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
What educational experiences can be provided that are likely to attain these purposes?
How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?
How can we determine whether these purposes are being attained?
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Osborne AP Community Cardinal Thinkers
Model our aspirations. Offer rigorous work to ensure success.
Believe in our capabilities. Encourage interest driven inquiry.
Utilize our resources. Provide faculty time and designated student space
for students to pursue scholarship. Nurture ourselves.
Support the community and celebrate our successes.
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“Learn & Network”
“We do not expect to have other schools literally imitate what we do. A working model is not something to be copied; it is to afford a demonstration of the feasibility of the principle, and of the methods which make it feasible.”
John Dewey
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Cultivating and Coordinating a School-wide AP Culture
Erin [email protected]
AP Teacher, AP Coordinator