A+ College Ready Administrator Webinar October 22, 2014 Working Together for Student Success!

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Mary Boehm – President Liz Walston – Director of Training Andrew Mitchell – Data and Communications Director Teri Thompson – Manager of Partner Schools and Special Projects Jenifer Glover – Finance Manager Frances Wilson – Office Manager Diann Frucci – English Content Director Kitty Morgan – Math Content Director Robert Summers – Science Content Director 3 A+ College Ready Staff

College first provides Pre-AP training during the summer for rising AP students 3 Locations – The University of Alabama – The University of Alabama at Huntsville – The university of Alabama at Birmingham Applications are live – access from A+ College Ready Website For more information: 4 College First

Award Letters – will be sent to Superintendents from ALSDE – Must be signed and returned to the ALSDE – ES-2 reimbursement form is on A+ College Ready Website Equipment request lists – Available on A+ College Ready Website, and open for submission – Must be approved by A+ College Ready prior to purchasing – Draw down funds using ES-2 Form Lead Teacher Stipends (if applicable) are available now 5 State AP Grant Award

Teacher Letters of Agreement: – All teachers have received letters of agreement – Signed agreements must be returned by November 7 Administrator Letters of Agreement: – Will go out by October 24 – Signed agreements must be returned by November 12 – Letters of Agreement lay out requirements for receiving stipends and bonuses. 6 Letters of Agreement

January 13, 2015 – Administrator Training – Birmingham, AL – Content specific to your Cohort – Strategic planning time – Best Practices round-table 7 Upcoming Trainings Opportunities

AP Science 2-Day Training: – November 7-8, 2014 – Samford University – Registration Open LTF Year 1 Training: – January 5-6 for days three and four of training APSI and Summer LTF Registration will go live in December Summer 2015 LTF Training will be regional! 8 Upcoming Teacher Trainings Opportunities

Student Study Sessions are underway! – English sessions have already begun – Math sessions start on November 8 – Science sessions start on January 24 Teachers need to be in attendance For a listing of your school’s location and specific dates, please visit our website and download the SSS Calendar – 9 Student Study Sessions

Mock Exam Schedule: – English: Saturday, January 10 – Math: Week of March 14, 21, or 28 – Science: Anytime in the month of March (preferably Saturday) – Allow at least 3 hours for administration Mock Exam Readings (Birmingham) – February 10: English Literature – February 11: English Language – April 7: Calculus and Environmental Science – April 8: Biology – April 9: Statistics, Comp. Sci. and Physics – April 10: Chemistry 10 Mock Exams

A+ College Ready is partnering with AMST and ARI – 50 middle schools were invited to participate in a pilot program – Implementation of LTF-infused curriculum should lead to better ASPIRE results – Math and English teachers in the 8 th grade were targeted These curriculum materials are available for you as well – On Content-specific teacher pages on the A+ College Ready Website How are you using your data? – College Readiness benchmarks can help you identify potential AP students 11 Laying the Foundation Pilot

Based on your feedback, we are streamlining the communications you receive – Biweekly blast – Important dates and reminders – First blast will go out by the end of this week A+ College Ready Website and social media – All important information can be found o our website Administrator survey – Thank you to all who participated! 12 Communications

AP Course Audit Approval – Submit now to College Board AP Student Data – Detailed demographic data due in January – Parent Consent form also due Develop Vertical Team Meeting Calendar – Must schedule 4 meetings per subject – Send calendar to Course Offering – Computer Science Principals – New Cohort Applications available soon – Statistics – Physics 13 Action Items

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