Appendix AScott County High School AP Program

Board Proposal

Due to the efforts of all AP Teachers, our Administration, Central Office, the Board of Education, and the NMSI Grant, Scott County High School’s Advanced Placement program has developed into one of the state’s top AP Programs. We are extremely proud that we have adopted a philosophy of open enrollment and that we encourage all our students to take the most rigorous courses available to them. The NMSI Grant has provided substantial funding for math, science, and English AP Courses; however, our school-wide culture and growth in ALL courses has been affected by our participation in this grant. As we look ahead to the future, without continued financial support from NMSI, we feel there are 3 components most important for continued success and growth of the SCHS Advanced Placement Program:

  1. AP Saturday Study Sessions
  2. Support for Exam Fees
  3. Teacher Training

AP-Data

Year / Total AP Enrollments / Total Exams Taken / Total Qualifying Scores / Take Rate / Pass Rate / Pass Rate by Enrollment
2004 / 263 / 126 / 60 / 0.479087 / 0.47619 / 0.228137
2005 / 310 / 179 / 76 / 0.577419 / 0.424581 / 0.245161
2006 / 326 / 186 / 94 / 0.570552 / 0.505376 / 0.288344
2007 / 345 / 208 / 63 / 0.602899 / 0.302885 / 0.182609
2008 / 469 / 274 / 140 / 0.584222 / 0.510949 / 0.298507
2009 / 510 / 384 / 231 / 0.752941 / 0.601563 / 0.452941
2010 / 718 / 580 / 353 / 0.807799 / 0.608621 / 0.491643
2011 / 800 / 677 / 420 / 0.84625 / 0.620384 / 0.525
2012 / 875 / 755 / 444 / 0.86285 / 0.58807 / 0.50742
2013 / 1,051 / 814 / 480 / o.774500 / 0.589680 / 0.48010

We currently offer these Advanced Placement courses:

1.Psychology

2.U.S. History

3.World History

4.European History

5.US Government/Politics

6.English Literature and Composition

7.English Language and Composition

8.French

9.Spanish

10.German

11.Japanese

12.Biology

13.Chemistry

14.Environmental Science

15.Physics B

16.Physics C

17.Calculus AB

18.Calculus BC

19.Statistics

20.Studio Art

21.Music Theory

AP Saturday Study Sessions – Essential Component for Success

Social Studies / English / Math / Science / Electives
Total Enrollments / 410 / 310 / 157 / 124 / 47
Food/Prize Budget / $2,050 / $1,550 / $785 / $620 / $235
Number of Consultant s Needed / 13 / 10 / 5 / 4 / 6
AP Consultant Fees / $5,200 / $4,000 / $2,000 / $1,600 / $2,400
Consultant Lodging and Food / $1,625 / $1,250 / $625 / $500 / $750
Total: / $8,875 / $6,800 / $3,410 / $2,720 / $3,385

*Minimum Saturday Study Session cost (1 for each AP Subject) = $25,190

Support for Exam Fees – Essential Component for Success

We would love to continue offering reduced exam fees for all students and all subjects or, at least, for students taking multiple exams. We feel financial support is essential for encouraging students to take all the exams for the all the AP courses they take.

Advanced Placement Exam Fee per course = $89

Reduced cost of NMSI supported math, science, and English exams over the last 4 years = $45 ($44 of each exam covered by NMSI)

Real Example:

Student A has 5 AP classes her senior year.

Cost of exam fees without financial support equals $445.

Cost of exam fees with school support are $225.

1,051 enrollments x $44 per exam = $46,244 (cost if all exams were supported financially)

Providing half of all exam fees may be unrealistic, so we would like some commitment to helping those taking multiple exams.

Pre-AP/AP Teacher Training : Essential Component for Success

Teacher training is essential to increasing rigor in the classroom. Our teachers need 2 types of training.

LTF (Laying the Foundation) = Pre-AP Training; this training links all lessons directly to the Common Core Standards and helps all teachers, including special ed., to increase rigor. It is aligned vertically with AP.

APSI (Advance Placement Summer Institute) = AP Training; this is required for any teacher teaching an AP course; teachers must also have syllabus audited by the AP College Board.

This is a chart of trainings that teachers have requested. The cost reflects only the registration fees (travel expenses not included and could be covered by the school).

Subject / Teachers to be Trained / Year / Year / Year / Cost
2012-2013 / 2013-2014 / 2014-2015 / Total Cost of Registration
English / Manlief (LTF) / Yes / Yes / $1,750
Fiechter (LTF) / Yes / $875
Murphy (LTF) / Yes / Yes / Yes / $2,625
Wilson (APSI) / Yes / $875
Math / Robinson (LTF) / Yes / Yes / Yes / $2,625
Bruins (LTF) / Yes / Yes / Yes / $2,625
Adkins (LTF) / Yes / Yes / Yes / $2,625
Gifford (APSI / Yes / $550
Oppelt (APSI) / Yes / $550
Science / Summers (LTF) / Yes / Yes / $1,750
Bernal (LTF) / Yes / Yes / Yes / $2,625
Brinkman (LTF) / Yes / Yes / Yes / $2,625
Holt (APSI) / Yes / $550
Spears (APSI) / Yes / $550
Fox (APSI) / Yes / $550
Social Studies / Faulkner (APSI) / Yes / $550
Sunda (APSI) / Yes / $550
Hamilton (APSI) / Yes / $550
Walsh
(APSI) / Yes / $550
Special Ed. / Cook (LTF) / Yes / Yes / Yes / $2,625
Bowling (LTF) / Yes / Yes / Yes / $2,625
Total Cost for Training per yr. / $15,125 / $8,750 / $7,000 / $31,200/3 yrs.

*If we can provide the essential teacher training above, we will have 79% of our core subject teachers trained in Pre-AP or AP, thus implementing more rigorous standards for all students.

Appendix B ______High School AP Proposal

Rational for the proposal and the 3 areas for which we are requesting financial support.
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AP Data

Year / Total AP Enrollments / Total Exams Taken / Total Qualifying Scores
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
AP Courses currently offered and/or additional courses we would like to offer.
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AP Saturday Study Sessions – Essential Component for Success

Social Studies / English / Math / Science / Electives (Languages; Art; Music)
Total Enrollments
Food/Prize
Budget ($5 per student)
Number of Consultants Needed (Ratio 30-1)
AP Consultant Fees ($400 per day)
Consultant Lodging and Food (See Contract)
Total:
*Minimum Saturday Study Session cost (total cost for 5 combined areas above) =

Support for Exam Fees – Essential Component for Success

A cost for a student taking 5 AP exams is $445.

Pre-AP/AP Teacher Training: Essential Component for Success

Teacher training is essential to increasing rigor in the classroom. Our teachers need 2 types of training: Pre-AP and AP.
1.
2.
Subject / Teachers to be Trained / Year / Year / Year / Cost
2014-2015 / 2015-2016 / 2016-2017 / Total Cost
English
Math
Science
Social Studies
Special Ed.
Total Cost for Training per Year

*If we can provide the essential teacher training above, we will have 79% of our core subject teachers trained in Pre-AP or AP, thus implementing more rigorous standards for all students.

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