Eastern Technical High School

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Eastern Technical High School

• All In  Creating an AP Culture That Expands
  Access and Raises Performance.

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Eastern Technical High School

• Tom Evans Principal
• Harry Cook English Department Chair (AP English
  Language)

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Eastern Technical High School
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Eastern Technical High School
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Eastern Technical High School

• One of Americas Best High Schools
• Newsweek Magazine
• U. S. News World Report
• Washington Post
• US Challenge School 2011-2013

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Eastern Technical High School

• Eastern Tech is a magnet school in the Baltimore
  County Public Schools, Baltimore County, MD
• We serve approximately
• 1150 students in
• grades 9 12

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Career Majors at ETHS

• Allied Health
• Automotive Service Technology
• Business Management and Finance
• Construction Management
• Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management
• Engineering Careers
• Information Technology (Cisco)
• Law Related Careers
• Interactive Media Production
• Teacher Academy of Maryland

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Mission Statement

• Mission The mission of Eastern Tech is to ensure
  that every student meets a rigorous standard of
  academic achievement as measured by local, state,
  and national criteria.

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Mission Statement

• Educators commit to
• Collaborating with parents and community
• Engaging students with relevance and rigor
• Supporting students to prepare for
  college/workplace
• So that students will develop 21st Century skills
  such as
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Critical thinking
• Creative problem solving
• Technology

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We Accept Responsibility

• To prepare our students for college and for work
  in a global economy
• To disseminate best practices so that all can
  benefit

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What Makes ETs AP Program so Successful?

• Policies
• Example Vertical teaming to backward map AP
  skills
• Personnel
• Example Energetic, content masters who are
  willing to give extra time
• Persistence
• Example A constant focus on how we can improve

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Eastern Technical High School Advanced Placement
Performance
03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Participation Rate 11.5 11.3 16.7 20.5 21.3 27.9 27.8 33.5 34.7 38.04
of AP tests taken 262 264 419 563 574 678 757 776 759 765
scoring a 3, 4, 5 51 80 83 81 87 81 84 79 81 81.5
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Enrollment vs. AP Participation

• Race School AP
• African-Am 18 15
• Asian 5 7
• Hispanic 3 3
• White 74 74

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Questions to AP Students

1. What are the benefits of taking an AP class?
2. What are the benefits of diversity in AP
   students?
3. What doors are opened by taking AP courses?

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Eastern Technical High SchoolAP Policies

• For teachers
• Vertical teaming
• Create a strong Pre-AP program in early grades
• Create a culture of success by celebrating the
  work of all teachers
• Honest grading
• Summer jump meetings, assignments, contact

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Eastern Technical High SchoolAP Policies

• For students
• Recruitment
• AP Potential data
• Personal letters from AP teachers
• AP Night
• No low level courses
• Algebra I is lowest available math course
• All students complete Alg. II by grade 10

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Eastern Technical High SchoolAP Policies

• For students (continued)
• Complete summer assignments
• Interact electronically with teachers
• Use interactive message board
• Take practice exams on weekends as a simulation

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Eastern Technical High SchoolAP Personnel

• Recruit energetic, content masters who are
  willing to give extra time, i.e. Best and
  Brightest
• Willingness to interact electronically with
  students
• Share best practices
• Participate in professional development
• Serve as AP Readers (Note 4 on ET staff this
  year)

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Eastern Technical High SchoolAP Personnel

• National Board Certification 7 teachers
• 5 earned 2 working towards
• Membership/Participation in State/National
  Organizations
• Use of College Board personnel to train and
  provide feedback to AP teachers throughout the
  academic year
• Annual updating of syllabus

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Eastern Technical High SchoolAP Persistence

• Focus on constant improvement Good to Great
• Analyzing data revising/adjusting instruction
• Create a farm team
• Willingness to work through senior issues

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Eastern Technical High SchoolAP Persistence

• AP Exam date posted the first day of school in
  each AP Classroom
• Honors level courses called Pre-AP
• AP skills for success identified within
  curriculum of PRE AP courses.
• Naming classrooms after highest AP scorers

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Eastern Technical High SchoolAP Persistence

• Promotion of AP to prospective 9th graders
• Posting class averages on exams for students to
  compare performance between AP sections
• Top AP student averages and news posted on the
  schools website and on the internal school
  electronic billboard.

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ADVANCED PLACEMENTGOALS 2012-13MEASUREMENT ITEMS

Item to be Measured 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 2012-13 2012-13 2012-13 2012-13
Item to be Measured 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 Excellent Good Fair Crisis
Pass Rate (3 or Higher) 83 81 87 81 84 79.5 81.4 90 80 (81.50) 70 lt70
Enrolled in Course Taking Test 91 90 98.8 98.2 95 93 94.4 99 95 90 lt90 (89.65)
Matthews Ratio (Tests Taken/ Seniors) 1.32 1.99 2.12 2.35 2.5 2.86 2.39 2.5 2.25 (2.28) 2.0 lt2.0
In SY 11-12, The AP Team sought to increase the
overall participation rate in AP courses
(school-wide) from 33 to 35. The 2013
participation rate (number of students in AP
Courses divided by total school population) was
38 ( 452/118838.04) Overall school-wide
participation of individual students taking an AP
tests (408/118834.34)
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Eastern Technical High School Advanced Placement
Performance
03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Participation Rate 11.5 11.3 16.7 20.5 21.3 27.9 27.8 33.5 34.7 38.04
of AP tests taken 262 264 419 563 574 678 757 776 759 765
scoring a 3, 4, 5 51 80 83 81 87 81 84 79 81 81.5
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Questions and Answers
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Eastern Technical High School

• For additional information, contact

Thomas G. Evans, Principal Harry Cook, English DC
tevans_at_bcps.org hcook_at_bcps.org www.easttech.org