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NC AP Partnership Webinar Series Building an Advanced Placement Program: Work Worth Doing
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Available
Beginning |
Topic |
Description/Audience |
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October
23, 2014 |
Using
Data to Inform Instruction: APIP Report/Online Score Reports |
In
this first session participants will be introduced to the NC AP Partnership,
learn the latest AP data news for the nation and North Carolina, and receive
helpful tips associated with interpreting and using AP online reports to
inform instruction. They will also learn how to use trend and year to year
data to plan lessons, identify learning gaps and adjust instructional pacing.
Participants will learn to use a template to evaluate their AP exam
scores and make data-driven curricular and instructional decisions that will
ensure that more students find success in their AP classes. Audience: AP Teachers, AP Coordinators, District
Administrators, Principals, Counselors |
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November
20, 2014 |
Equity
and Access: Using AP Potential to Support Traditionally Underserved Students |
Join us to learn
best practices utilized to support a rigorous curriculum for all. Participants
will learn how to use research and online tools to help students and families
aspire, explore, choose, and enroll in AP courses. They will identify and
develop strategies to eliminate barriers to access appropriate for the
culture of their school or district. Audience: District
Administrators, Principals, AP Coordinators, Counselors, Teachers |
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December
18, 2014 |
How to Use Cool
(FREE) Tools for Students and Schools |
The College Board offers engaging and educational websites for
you and your students. In this session, participants will learn how to
access and navigate Big Future; College Ed; My College QuickStart; and You Can Go! websites,
full of concrete details for identifying strengths, improving skill
weaknesses, improving test results, and navigating the college and career
search. Session attendees will survey these sites and identify ways not
only to use these resources, but also to introduce them for implementation by
a variety of audiences. Audience: District
Administrators, Principals, Counselors, Teachers |
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January
22, 2015 |
How to Use the
Summary of Answers and Skills (SOAS) Report to Improve Students’ Skills |
The Summary
of Answers and Skills (SOAS) report allows you to take a closer, detailed
look at your students' academic skills by providing a snapshot of student
performance on each PSAT/NMSQT test question. Presented online, the report may be downloaded and
easily shared with administrators and faculty at your school beginning in
January. Join us to learn how to link classroom activities with the skills
the PSAT/NMSQT measures: critical reading, math problem solving, and writing
skills (and focus on the skills in need of improvement). Audience:
Superintendents, Curriculum Specialists, Principals, Counselors, AP Coordinators,
District Administrators |
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February
26, 2015 |
AP
and Higher Education |
The
AP course and exam experiences take place in secondary school classrooms;
however, college faculty members work alongside AP teachers to help shape the
course and exam content and to score exams. Admission and enrollment
officials recognize the achievement of AP students, who demonstrate through
successful exam scores that they are ready for the challenge of higher
education. Attend this session to
examine how AP fits into the admission and enrollment process, learn how AP
exams are developed and scored, and review how colleges develop credit
granting policies. Participants will identify three key findings that they
can use to enhance the effectiveness of school counseling services. Audience:
Principals, Counselors, AP Coordinators, District Administrators |
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March
26, 2015 |
Last-Minute
Tips on Preparing Students for the AP Exam |
This
session addresses AP exam readiness. Participants will understand how to
access online tools that will benefit students before and during AP exam
administration. Participants will learn strategies including the constructing
and administering of practice exams as well as completing free response and
multiple choice questions. Session participants will learn intervention
strategies they can use to serve a notably diverse population in preparation
for the AP exam. Audience:
AP Teachers |
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April
23, 2015 |
Supporting
a College-Going Culture |
This webinar is designed to meet the increasing demands
that academically diverse students pose for teachers and administrators.
Supporting a college-going culture, an instructional program based on
rigorous coursework and high expectations helps to prepare all students for
college success. Participants will develop strategies to build and strengthen
the infrastructure to support students and teachers. Audience: Superintendents, Curriculum Specialists,
Principals, Counselors, AP Coordinators, District Administrators |