Learning to the Power of Three: AP, IB, and Dual Credit

1. Learning to the Power of Three: AP, IB, and Dual Credit Mel Coryell Donna Cracraft Bill Gulde Judith Libby

2. About Us • Advancing Academic Excellence (AAE) • Our high schools: Lawrence North, North Central, and Pike

3. About You • AP-only or two or more programs? • Teacher? Coordinator? Administrator?

4. Presentation Overview • The Benefits of Combined Programs • The Data: What AAE has learned • Activity: Comparing AP, IB, and dual credit • The Implementation: How to Go About Combining Your Courses

5. The Benefits of Combined Programs

6. The Benefits of Combined Programs • Combined credits for students: http://ud.iub.edu/fs_ap_ib.php • Differences in testing styles • Scheduling flexibility • Differentiated instruction • IB recruitment

7. The Benefits of Combined Programs • Increased rigor • Data points and evidence for Continuous Improvement • Strong AP-preparatory courses and vertical alignment • Improved marketability

8. The Data: What AAE has learned

9. The Data: What AAE has learned • Advancing Academic Excellence (AAE) • Data - 2010 Graduates • The American Student Achievement Institute directs the AAE initiative as an intermediary for the Lumina Foundation for Education. Additional information may be found at www.asainstitute.org/aae

10. The Implementation: Advice for Combining Programs • Our Schools’ Course Combinations • How to Go About Combining Your Courses • Professional Development • Student Support

11. Course Combinations • English - Combine IB with the two-year 11/12 AP sequence • Math - All three programs combine (AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Calc BC) • Science - Combine all three programs, with modification (Chemistry, Biology, Physics)

12. Course Combinations • Visual Arts - Combine AP Studio Art with IB ArtTheater - Combine dual credit and IB • Music - Combine AP and IB (with modification) • Social Studies - Combine all three programs for Psychology, History of the Americas, and History of Europe (AP Psychology, AP US History, AP World History, AP European History)

13. The Implementation: How to Go About Combining Your Courses • Create a Subject Vertical Team comprised of your AP/IB and DC teachers and all PRE-AP teachers for each course/subject. • The Subject Vertical Team gathers all cumulative assessments (AP/IB/DC exams and assessments) and lists all skills and knowledge the students need to know to receive an acceptable score. This can take a half day and needs to be very comprehensive. • The team can then divide the instruction, review and mastery of skills and knowledge among the pre-courses as well as the AP course itself. Many of the same skills and knowledge are on the AP/IB/DC exams. Those specific skills and knowledge for an individual exam need to be identified and labeled. • The Subject Vertical Team should include middle school pre-instruction teachers if possible.

14. The Implementation: How to Go About Combining Your Courses • The Vertical Teams need to meet to identify what skills need to be “reinforced” in other classes. (Cross Curricular Common Instruction) • The Subject Vertical Team should create a flow chart for a course description book or handout. • Vertical Team Leaders, AP/IB Coordinator, Guidance Dept. Chair and Principal should work together to coordinate a smooth flow of curriculum and necessary scheduling.

15. The Implementation: How to Go About Combining Your Courses • Each counselor should be made aware of the flow charts to be able to instruct students on the appropriate Pre-courses. • If some differentiated instruction is necessary for an AP/IB/DC course, then the work load must stay equal so as to not favor one group of students over another. • Use other AP/IB schools’ programs and flow charts for ideas to create your own.

16. The Implementation: Advice for Combining Programs • Professional Development • Student Support

17. Questions? • Judith Libby libby@asainstitute.org • Bill Gulde wgulde@msdwt.k12.in.us • Donna Cracraft ddcracra@pike.k12.in.us • Mel Coryell melodycoryell@msdlt.k12.in.us