AP Newsletter

Dr Russell and I would like to officially welcome you back to work and we are eager to see you all on Thursday 8/13.

Since we last communicated with you a few weeks ago, we have some updated info that will help you prepare for our district wide day meeting on 8/13, next weeks start of school and the fall semester.

Topics for our newsletter:

AP District Wide Day 8/13

AP Coordinators

AP Course Contract

AP Fall Course Drop Dates

****UPDATE****APSI Billing and Certificate Submission

Advanced Learning Professional Development Hours 20-21

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Due to so many meetings taking place on 8/13, many of you will jump in and out of our AP meeting throughout the day, depending upon the other department or building meetings you might have to attend. We will video the informational portions of our meeting and then share with you.

Times and Locations for Meetings:

• PHS AP teachers will work with PHS in the morning and then join us in the afternoon from 1:00 PM -2:30 PM using the Zoom Link: Advanced Placement (AP) & Password 958232.
• CTE AP teachers - Henry Vo, Brenda Sharpless, John Poston, and Mario Cage will not join us for AP work but will be with CTE and Ms. McCoy all day.
• Fine Arts, Visual Arts, and World Languages AP teachers- you will join us for AP work from 8:30 AM-10:00 AM (Zoom Link: Advanced Placement (AP). & Password 958232) and then will transition to your other individual subject meetings with Mr. Bradford, Mr. Stennett and Ms. Sloan at 10:00 AM.
• Math, Science, English and Social Studies AP teachers - you will join us for AP work from 8:30 AM-4:00 PM using the Zoom Link: Advanced Placement (AP) & Password 958232.

District Wide Day Agenda 8/13:

With so many of you having to jump into and out of this meeting, we have created our agenda and are sharing it with you now so you can look through the information we will cover on 8/13. AP DWD Agenda 8-13

What do I need for this meeting?

Computer to join the Zoom meeting

New 2020 AP Subject CED - Updated 2020 CED's

We would like to introduce you to the individuals on your campus who assume the primary responsibility for organizing and administering the AP programs at your schools, the AP coordinators. Your coordinators work directly with you and your administrative teams to support the work of AP student join codes, exam registration, collection of exam fees, ordering and receiving tests, along with the distribution, administration, and returning of AP exam materials.

If you have not had a chance to meet your AP coordinator and administrator over Advanced Placement, please take a moment to do so.

Berkner

Coordinator- Demetra Durham

Administrator- Marcus Mince

Lake Highlands

Coordinator- Matthew Morris

Administrator- Matthew Morris

Pearce

Coordinator- Amanda Daniels

Administrator- Donna Anthony

Richardson

Coordinator- Cosondra Clay

Administrator- Michelle King

RISD encourages ALL students to enroll in available Advanced Placement (AP) classes to enhance their academic experiences. RISD strongly believes that AP courses provide enhanced academic opportunities for students that will assist them in future college-level courses. Any RISD student may enroll in as many AP classes as his or her schedule permits.

To assist our students and their families in understanding the rigors and expectations of AP classes, the District requires that students complete an AP contract. Using this link, AP/PAP Fall 2020 Contract, you will be able to access the AP contracts for the 2020-2021 school year. These forms can be provided to students and their parents digitally, they sign them digitally and then return to you.

All AP contracts should be completed and returned to AP teachers to keep on file for the 2020-2021 school year. At the end of the school year, AP teachers should destroy all 2020-2021 contract copies.

Access to the Forms:

1. Open this link and locate the form AP/PAP Fall 2020 Contract

2. Download the form using the down arrow in the upper right corner.

3. The form will download with the ability for them to be completed and signed digitally.

Due to us beginning the semester remotely and College Board mandating that students register for their AP exams by November, we have adjusted our drop timeline for AP and PAP courses at the beginning of the school year.

New Add and Drop Timeline:

September 9 – September 14, 2020: Window to drop an AP course for the fall semester. Your campus counselors will have the forms which students and their families will complete to drop an AP course.

If you would like to see what a drop form looks like, you can find one at AP/PAP Fall 2020 Contract.

Since we last spoke, TCU informed us that they will invoice each of you separately instead of sending us one final bill to pay for all RISD teachers at one time. When you receive your invoice from TCU, please do the following:

1. Send the invoice to Carolyn.Crise@risd.org

2. Carolyn will pay TCU

3. TCU receives the funds, they will release your certificate and send it to you

4. When you receive your certificate, upload a copy and submit through True North Logic for your professional development hours

During the 20-21 school year, teachers will be expected to complete a total of 18 professional development hours. Here are options as to how APSI and GT training's can be used.

• August 10- 6 hours will be earned at your home campus before school starts

• 8 hours content(non-duty) - APSI and GT training's are available for this category and are aligned with professional/student growth goals for the year.

• 2 hours Social and Emotional Learning– APSI and GT are not available for this category

• 2 hours Cultural Competency- APSI and GT are not available for this category

• Extended Learning- remaining hours can be captured in this category. Extended learning is a PD bank which allows teachers an opportunity to capture additional hours and have them available on their PD transcript for future use with TEA and reapplying for their teaching certification.

Example for APSI Hours: - (Most APSI training's are available for 30 hours.)

• When you upload your certificate to True North Logic you need to request the following:

• 8 hours content (non-duty)

• 22 hours extended learning

Example for GT Hours: - (The total number of hours will depend upon how many hours you earned.)

• Region X Pick 6 Topic 8 - 3 hours credit

• 3 hours content (non-duty)

• 3 hours of GT

Can an APSI training also be used for GT hours?

• If a teacher has never attended the initial 30 state-mandated GT hours, they can use 18 of their APSI hours for GT Days 3-5 since they are strictly for academic training purposes.

• If PAP/AP teachers have completed their initial 30 hours of GT training and only need a 6-hour update, teachers can choose from any of our 6 hour update options. An APSI cannot be used for an 6 hour update.

How do I know what kinds of GT PD hours are required each year?

• GT PD Hours FAQ - https://bit.ly/GTPDFAQ

• Summer options for GT PD hours- http://bit.ly/GTPDHOURS
  

• How to Pick GT Professional Learning Hours - https://bit.ly/PickGTPDDirections

How do I upload my certificates from APSI and GT trainings and when are they due?

• Directions to upload - http://bit.ly/2kwGzmN

• APSI certificate due September 30, 2020

• GT certificate(s) due April 16, 2021

Feel free to look back at information that was shared in previous newsletters.

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