department of advanced academic programs

Department of ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSDivision of CurriculumBroward County Public Schools

Cynthia ParkAdvanced Academic [email protected]

Lets talk about it!1Department of ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSDivision of CurriculumBroward County Public Schools

Cynthia ParkDirector, Advanced Academic [email protected] purpose of this conversation is to evolve a learning environment that will infuse the experience of rigor into every facet of the student experience.

2Department of Advanced academic programsWorkforce and college ready students can master AP courses and Common Core State Standards and navigate successfully across many frames of reference.

but keep in mind that AP is NOT the definition of rigor! It is ONE of the many things you might choose to do if you have the rigor habit of mind.How do we get our kids here?

3Advanced Placement ProgramAP courses are exclusive to the College BoardCollege-level courses taught in high schools by high school teachers34 courses offered in 19 subject areasIn 2010, more than 1.7 million students took 2.8 million AP ExaminationsAP teachers must submit a college-level syllabus for approval by the College Board in order for a course to carry the AP nameExams for each course are administered in May and are scored by College Board on a 1-5 scale

The Advanced Placement (AP) Program was introduced four decades ago to enable students to complete college-level studies while they are still in high school and to obtain college placement or credit, or both, on the basis of their performance on rigorous AP Examinations. from Expanding College Opportunity (p.4).

Courses range from Calculus to Studio Art, from U.S. History to French Literature.

The newest course offerings are AP Human Geography (fall 2000) and AP World History (fall 2001).

20,000 students took the new 2002 AP World History Exam in its initial appearance. This number is an all-time high for any new AP subject.

More AP students took more AP exams in more AP subjects in May 2002 than at any previous time in the College Boards history.

Advanced Placement Program$ pay off of collegeRelationship between AP and college success

The Advanced Placement (AP) Program was introduced four decades ago to enable students to complete college-level studies while they are still in high school and to obtain college placement or credit, or both, on the basis of their performance on rigorous AP Examinations. from Expanding College Opportunity (p.4).





Advanced Placement ProgramTwo week examination period in May:2003 May 5-9 & May 12-16A detailed testing schedule for 2003 is available on the back page of the AP Program Guide, 2002-2003.Go to http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/students for more information.

The AP Examination schedule rotates from year to year.

AP Examination schedules are set up to prevent the overwhelming majority of students from taking two tests on the same day.

AP Examinations are generally three hours in length. However, semester courses in the social sciences have shorter examinations, and the AP Calculus Examination is 3 hours and 15 minutes long.

All AP Examinations are composed of a multiple-choice and free-response section except the AP Studio Art Examination.

Free-response questions are graded by readers who have been rigorously trained to use the grading rubrics developed by the examination, question, and table leaders. These rubrics along with constant back-reading of free-response answers provide a high degree of reliability.

Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSOtherAccelerated Options Dual Enrollment Collegiate High Schools Private vendors who are accredited7Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS2002 AP English Literature and Composition Free-Response Question

Morally ambiguous characters characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.You must be able to think in shades of grey, argue your point, back it up with evidence, and create the concept in your own words.Download more AP exams at www.apcentral.collegeboard.com8Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSSample Common Core State StandardsSample Assessment Task

Students determine Richard Hofstadters point of view in his Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth, analyzing how both Hofstadters tone and content contribute to the eloquent and powerful contrast he draws between the younger, ambitious Lincoln and the sober, more reflective man of the presidential years. You must be able to understand other points of view and the tones/styles that accompany them, effectively support points of view, and thoughtfully describe similarities and contrasts.9Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSThese courses are forgifted kids, right? NOT.Highest subtest score possible.

10Change to percentiles or normed IQ scores on subtests to show how high this child's IQ is in one category that would enable success in AP Lit.Department of advanced academic programsHere is what the classroom looks like.

InstructionVertically alignedDevelops habit of mind Full of thoughtful discourse

11Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSWhat did you notice in the video?Are these students experiencing rigor? Why? Rigor isthe goal of helping students develop the capacity to understand content that is complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally or emotionally challenging.(Strong, R.W., Silver, H. F., and Perini, M. J., (2001). Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.)Rigor isthe EXPERIENCE of constructing MEANING in multiple literacies.Margaret Peggy Livingston, Broward County Public Schools12

13Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSTest what you are about to hear:Lens of legitimacySuperficial or successful learning?Alfred TatumRigor isthe EXPERIENCE of constructing MEANING in multiple literacies.Margaret Peggy Livingston, Broward County Public Schools14Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSRIGOR is not a course or level of instruction. Rigor is an experience that happens in the mind of the learner.Frame of Reference Necessary for Academic AchievementMY Frame of Reference

Frame of Reference Necessary for Academic AchievementMY Frame of Reference

MY Frame of Reference

Frame of Reference Necessary for Academic AchievementRIGORhappens here15Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS..I can connect MY frame of reference to the academic frame of reference necessary to ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT..Frame of Reference Necessary for Academic AchievementMY Frame of Reference



Frame of Reference Necessary for Academic AchievementRIGORhappens here16Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSWhat does this mean to the childwhos only frame of reference is his neighborhood?

Students must be capable of FLUENTLY moving in and out of different frames of reference.Frame of Reference Necessary for Academic AchievementMY Frame of Reference



Frame of Reference Necessary for Academic AchievementRIGORhappens here17Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSOutliersby Malcom Gladwell Korean Air flight 801, on August 5th, 1997 plane hits the side of Nimitz Hill killing 228 of the 254 people on board pilots spoke in their cultural frame of referencesubsequent training by another airline allows for communicating across a more universal frame of reference

18Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSOutliersby Malcom Gladwell..we must learn to speak openly about cultural differences in communication (differences in frames of reference) because these differences can crash planes.19Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSThe student must be able to successfully move in and out of the frame of reference required foracademic achievement.What canYOU do?20Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSWhat canYOU do?Give children the experience of interacting in different frames of reference.then TALK about it! 21Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSwhen flying a plane...in academicsin ChinaHow should one express an opinion about an issue?The habit of communicating on the right..compared to that on the left..can crash a plane. Which works best in an academic culture?22Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS..we must learn to speak openly about the different frames of reference of our students..none are better than the other..they are just differentThe Academic Frame of Mindby Cynthia Park23Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSEncourage relationships outside of the family and the neighborhood.and TALK about them!Which set of personal relationships will lead to success?Do our schools provide this?24Department of advanced academic programsFor complex texts, find copies of texts by other authors and read what you are trying to learn from multiple voices.Which set of media should a learner interact with?How many types of TV programs, books, radio stations?25Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSLook for shades of grey in everything.then talk about it!Why is it important to embrace ambiguity?z26Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSFind the similarities and the differences in everything.then talk about it!Will it benefit the learner to understand similarities and differences? Why?27Advanced academic programsEncourage multiple, context-specific approaches to problems.then talk about what works and why!How should one resolve problems?28Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSSpeak symbolically...and talk about the multiple meanings of words and eventsLearners must understand multiple meanings and symbolic representations. Why? Does this describe our conversations with our learners?29Perhaps a fly on in the circle on the blue side....(make circle larger) and put a fly, an airplane a zipper....in the circle on the right.Department OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSAssess the stress...and adjust the thermostat accordingly

30DEPARTMENT OF ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMSWhy do I know we need this?NNAT dataRetention researchCCSS

REVISEThe Advanced Placement (AP) Program was introduced four decades ago to enable students to complete college-level studies while they are still in high school and to obtain college placement or credit, or both, on the basis of their performance on rigorous AP Examinations. from Expanding College Opportunity (p.4).





Department of advanced academic programsThe Rigor Infusion Plan32Department of advanced academic programsStep 1:Value the need for creating students with multiple frames of reference, especially the frame of reference required for academic achievement.Who must do this? Parents, students, parents-to-be, grandparents, teachers, business people, students, maintenance engineers.EVERYONE!33Department of advanced academic programsStep 2:Infuse the RIGOR EXPERIENCE into every aspect of the student experience with a carefully thought-out plan that begins PRIOR TO CONCEPTION and continues throughout development.Where should we see the RIGOR EXPERIENCE overtly inserted into curriculum? Pre-K, Family Studies courses in high school, adult ESOL, parenting courses, employers, all content areasTHE LIST GOES ON AND ON!34Step 3:Think about your discourse.Evaluating What would you do in that situation.Why?Was this a good idea Why? Convince me that you are right. Do you believe...? How would you feel if ...? What are the pros and cons of ...? Who is the better person. Why?Who will gain and who will lose.Why? Creating What would happen if. Why?If you had been ____, what would you have done differently.Why? What would a lawyer/truck-driver think of thatWhy? What could you do to create a different outcome? What new uses can you think of for?

Remembering What happened after...? Which is true or false...? What three important things happened...? Understanding Can you explain what you think about this...? Can you draw me a picture about this? What do you think they felt? Applying Do you know of another time when...? What questions would you ask of ...? What would you do if you could go there?Analyzing How is ___ similar to ___.....? Where there other possible outcomes? Why is that important.?Does everyone act in the way that __does?Can you give me an example of a similar situation in your life? 35Department of advanced academic programsStep 2 :Infuse the RIGOR EXPERIENCE into every aspect of the student experience with a carefully thought-out plan that begins PRIOR TO CONCEPTION and continues throughout development.Where should we see the RIGOR EXPERIENCE overtly inserted into curriculum? Pre-K, Family Studies courses in high school, adult ESOL, parenting courses, employers, all content areasTHE LIST GOES ON AND ON!36Department of advanced academic programsIf institutions want the opportunity to develop human beings, they must become more humane themselves. Robert H. McCabeStep 4:Create the team.Its the team that makes the difference.37Department of advanced academic programsThe TEAMTeachers and parents who engage in thoughtful, active discourse with their students during MOST of the timeTeachers with a wealth of frames of reference that they actively share with their students; Parents who value and seek out multiple frames of referenceTeachers and parents who understand the frame of reference required for academic achievementTeachers who have their OWN the frame of reference required for academic achievement.this requires CONTENT KNOWLEDGE

If institutions want the opportunity to develop human beings, they must become more humane themselves. Robert H. McCabe38Department of advanced academic programsBroward County Public SchoolsDepartment of Advanced Academic ProgramsCynthia Park754-322-2870

Homework:Engage in thoughtful discourse about rigor with a child, a parent, and an educator.EXPECT your teachers to know your student.Bring the experience of other cultures, including the academic culture, to your childs school and REQUIRE conversation.39Find a better cartoon.

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