AP Update

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A/P Update

• Susan Maxey
• Advanced Academics Specialist
• Region XIII ESC
• susan.maxey_at_esc13.txed.net
• 512.919.5285

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Advanced Academics

• TEA Lighthouse
• www.tealighthouse.org
• Fall and Spring for ELA, Science, Social Studies
• Summer Math workshops
• SU066838 for MS on June 7
• SU066839 for HS on June 27

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AP/IB Campus Awards

• Campus awarded up to 100 for each student who
  scores
• a three or higher on an AP Exam
• a four or higher on the IB Exam
• Districts MUST apply to get this money by April
  21
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/gted/aaanouncements.htm
  l
• Apply even if youre not sure anyone is taking an
  exam
• Only one application per district

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AP Teacher Reimbursements

• Up to 450 in tuition reimbursement from TEA
• Five day college board endorsed AP summer
  institutes or IB training (no conferences or one
  and two-day workshops)
• Must teach a Pre-AP, AP, MYP, or IB course in the
  2006-7 school year in the 6th-12th grade
• Must be a newly trained teacher in that course
  receiving reimbursement for the first or second
  time OR previously trained teacher who has not
  received reimbursement for at least two years

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Major Guideline Revisions for the Audit

• All delivery requirements are left to the school
  so there will be no mandates regarding the
  amount of class time, schedule, double periods,
  etc.
• Only a syllabus will be submitted not sample
  exams or assignments
• The College Board will provide guidelines for
  what curricular requirements should be included
  in a syllabus and will provide an online template
  to help teachers who do not have a syllabus.

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Audit Guideline Revisions

• If a school does not have a teacher in place for
  a planned AP course, the principal can request
  Provisional Authorization
• After this first year, a new Audit form and
  syllabus must only be submitted if (a) there is a
  new teacher for the course, (b) if the school
  adds a new AP course, (c) when the AP Course
  Description and AP Exam change dramatically

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Syllabus Review

• Syllabus corroborates what you indicated is
  occurring in the classroom on the AP Course Audit
  form
• Syllabus evaluating criteria will be made public
• Each Curricular Requirement must be clearly
  evidenced on the syllabus
• Reviewers will be selected from among
  college/university professors and recently
  retired AP teachers, thereby ensuring the
  continued validity of the process
• Reviewers will judge whether the syllabus
  reflects the Curricular Requirements identified
  on the subject-specific AP Course Audit forms.

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Information for Schools

• Each school will have a password-protected
  course audit status page online. This site will
  provide the status of materials submitted. It
  will also provide the approval status. Once
  materials are approved, the school can download
  and print the license directly from the site.

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Questions

• Specific information about the Audit is available
  at http//apcentral.collegeboard.com
• Contact Carol Young at cyoung_at_collegeboard.org or
  512/632-1515
• Ask her to add you to her AP Outreach Newsletter

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AP Trivia

• Top 5 AP Exams in the US
• US History
• English Lit Comp
• English Lang Comp
• Calculus AB
• US Govt Politics
• Top 5 Exams in Texas
• English Lang Comp
• US History
• English Lit Comp
• Spanish Language
• Calculus AB

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Equity Gap of Total Students vs Total AP
Examinees In Texas

• African American Students
• 13.5 of student population
• 6.8 of AP examinees
• Latino Students
• 35 of student population
• 32.2 of AP Examinees
• Native American Students
• .3 of student population
• .5 of AP Examinees

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On the HorizonTexas Performance Standards

• www.texaspsp.org
• Guide to Success for campuses that have a 4th,
  8th, or 11th grade
• Awareness Training and Guides to Success Training
  added for Summer

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Other Stuff on the Horizon

• The Gifted/Talented Equity Project
• Coming Summer of 2006
• Assessment/selection materials and accompanying
  training materials
• CD format
• Online 30-hour training and TExES preparation
• Coming Fall of 2006

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ESC G/T Website

• http//www.esc13.net/gt/links.html
• AP Task Force Analyses of Advanced Academic
  Curriculum
• The Small School Guide for Quality Gifted
  Services
• Advanced Academics Curriculum Evaluation Tool
• GT Teachers Toolkit

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G/T Director Coordinator Contact Meetings in
2006-7

• Tuesday, 09/12/2006, 9-noon
• Wednesday, 12/13/2006, 9-noon
• Wednesday, 04/04/2007, 9-noon