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AP World Language Two Year Cycle. February 22 nd , 2011. AP World Language Content Team. Karin Awve – German Teacher, West Hope Bautista – Spanish Teacher, West Colleen Dardis – Spanish Teacher, East Margaret Patrias – Spanish Teacher, West Fiona Rowe – French Teacher, East
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AP World Language Two Year Cycle February 22nd, 2011
AP World Language Content Team • Karin Awve – German Teacher, West • Hope Bautista – Spanish Teacher, West • Colleen Dardis – Spanish Teacher, East • Margaret Patrias – Spanish Teacher, West • Fiona Rowe – French Teacher, East • Neil Sheaffer – Latin Teacher East/West • Alexandra Smith – French Teacher, West • Eva Tuinstra – German Teacher, East
Curriculum Audit • 2009-2010 School Year • Curriculum Expert – Helena Curtain • Recommendation – Strengthen our program through more rigor by implementing AP courses
What other area districts have AP world language courses? • Whitefish Bay • Shorewood • Cedarburg • Nicolet • Homestead • Greendale • Grafton • Franklin/Oak Creek
How does it support district initiatives? • District goals – All students will take an AP course • Long Range Plan – K-12 World Language Initiative. – Promotes success to achieve higher levels of proficiency and ease of language learning based on an earlier start and long-term study. • Expansion of AP offerings across the district’s content areas.
How does it differ from our current levels? • The AP program will help students become more proficient by emphasizing integrated skills and by using authentic resources. • Our current program prepares students well for university placement exams. The AP courses will prepare students for not only these exams but also the AP exam. • The AP courses will increase the students’ overall proficiency in the language and will test what they really know and can do.
How will this help students prepare for college? • According to AP Central http://apcentral.collegeboard.com “Studies have shown that the rigor of a student's high school curriculum is the single best predictor of success in college.” • AP Courses: • Cover the breadth of information, skills, and assignments found in corresponding college courses • Align with the standards and expectations offered at leading liberal arts and research institutions • Provide motivated and academically prepared students the opportunity to study and learn at the college level
Evidence of success • Keng and Dodd (2008) found that students who took AP language classes achieved higher in college, whether or not they received college credit after taking the exam. • http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/pdf/08_1789_RD.ResearchReport_Web_081230.pdf
Standards and Benchmarks • Our standards and benchmarks were revised this year to fit AP expectations. • The standards incorporative the “5 Cs” of the National and State World Language Standards: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons and Communities. • The standards are easy for high school students to understand.
Our goal • The AP program will strengthen student language proficiency through using authentic materials and integrated skills. • It will better prepare students to succeed in our 21st century global society. • It will give students greater options upon entering college.
What will our program look like? • The program will include a two-year cycle. Level 5 will be Pre-AP and Level 6 will be AP for French, German and Spanish. • The labels will not apply until the 2012-2013 school year because an AP Curriculum Audit is necessary in order to utilize the AP designation. This will be completed by January 31st, 2012.
Latin • Changes in the Latin AP program will be effective for the 2012-2013 school year. Different texts will be required. AP Latin differs from other WL AP tests. • Selections from Vergil’s Aeneid will be reduced while selections from Caesar’s De Bello Gallicowill be added. • Texts for the New Curriculum are not yet available, but will be by January 31, 2012. Text purchasing will happen then.
Process • The AP content team was formed after the 2009-2010 World Language curriculum audit. • We have met four times since October 2010. At our meetings, we worked with Beth Erenberger to develop our action plan, gather resources and review sample curricula. • Spanish teachers received AP training in October 2010. German and French teachers will receive training in March 2011.
Resources • Using a textbook evaluation rubric, we reviewed and selected resources that aligned with our standards and benchmarks and those of the AP College Board.
French Resources • Reprise – Glencoe – Grammar resource • Barron’s AP – How to Prepare for the AP French Examination – Barron – AP Test Preparation Resource • Tresors du Temps – Glencoe – Literature and Grammar resource • Les Choristes: Le journal de Clement Mathieu – Seuil – Literature (Novel) • Le Malade Imaginaire -- La Rousse – Literature (Novel)
German Resources • Handbuch zur Deutschen Grammatik- Heinle/Cengage Learning -- Grammar Text and Workbook • THEMEN AKTUELL 2&3 -- HUEBER VERLAG
Spanish Resources • Galería de arte y vida – Glencoe/McGraw Hill – Vocabulary, literature and culture resource • Abriendo paso: Gramática – Pearson/Prentice Hall -- Grammar resource • AP Spanish: Preparing for the Language Examination – Prentice Hall – Test-preparation resource
Implementation Plan • Choose materials • Develop syllabi to be approved by the college board. • Summer curriculum development • Submit materials for AP Course Audit by January 31st, 2012 • After completion of the two-year cycle, we will examine the AP scores of our students to reevaluate our program. • Training, collaboration and evaluation of course content will be ongoing.
Staff Development • One-day training during the 2010-2011 school year. • Potential school visits • Release time to write curriculum. • PLC time to develop common assessments and to evaluate student progress.
How will our program benefit all students? • There is a fee reduction for students who cannot afford the AP test. • There is a stronger curriculum in levels 1-4, which will help all students be able to achieve at a higher level. • The World Language curriculum naturally invokes multiple intelligences, including interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic and spatial. • Students with special needs are given testing accommodations.