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Bridging AP to CTE: Vision into Action

Learn effective methods to recruit, engage, and support students in AP courses, with a focus on linking to career pathways and ensuring success in exams. Gain insights into teaching strategies and valuable soft skills for holistic development.

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Bridging AP to CTE: Vision into Action

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  1. Bridging AP to CTE: Vision into Action Michelle Shearer 2011 National Teacher of the Year AP Chemistry Instructor, Maryland

  2. How do you recruit a broad range of students to take AP courses? How do you get them interested? How do you get them to take the risk? How do you keep them from dropping out? How do you convince them to take the AP exams? How do you ensure success on the AP exams?

  3. Strategies for recruiting CTE students to take AP courses: • AP instructors recruit classroom to classroom • posters/flyers in the hallways, cafeteria, bathrooms, linking AP to specific careers • continuous “plugs” for AP courses during instruction (i.e. “When you take AP physics…”) • create workable course schedules • student “word of mouth” • personal conferences, teacher interest in CTE students and career ambitions, “heart-to-hearts” • guest speakers, career fairs, assemblies, course selection guides “by career”

  4. “Future Link”FCPS Student Professional Development Conference • Science, Technology, Engineering, Math • Arts, Media and Communication • Business, Management and Finance • Construction and Development • Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism • Environment, Agriculture and Natural Resources • Health and Bioscience • Human Resource Services • Manufacturing • Transportation Technologies

  5. “From the moment you enter an AP classroom, you'll notice the difference—in the teacher's approach to the subject, in the attitude of your classmates, in the way you start to think.”www.collegeboard.org

  6. Study Schedule: 1st week of class Topics Class Agenda Homework Assignments

  7. Mindset: “You belong in this AP class.” • Create a shared identity: “You are...” • “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” • Highlight the need to struggle. (Guess what I got on my first college chemistry exam?) • Sell the benefits of advanced coursework. • “The classroom is my mirror.”

  8. A thought from Dr. Benjamin Carson… “…the potential of every brain is equal…”

  9. Teaching strategies • multi-sensory approach • hands-on and minds-on • “experience before content” (ABC = activity before concept, LBC = lab before content) • examples before general concepts • activities with “graduated difficulty” (ex: flashcards)

  10. engaging activities with universal appeal that spark the desire to master content

  11. “write to learn” (research notebooks, marker boards, text analysis) fill the gaps monitor social dynamics “real-world” applications of content and connections to CTE (ex: battery project) exposure to AP exam format & test “practice”

  12. Seek “extraordinary educators” • Identify teachers up to the task. (ELO position with compensation for additional time?) • Ask the right questions. (mindset, strategies, faith in students, willingness to teach study skills and fill knowledge gaps) • Allow teachers FLEXIBILITY to take risks and creatively engage students. • See beyond the AP score report. • Present a united front to parents and “sell the benefits” of advanced coursework.

  13. “Soft skills” “Life Skills” “World Skills” • Leadership • Citizenship • Integrity • Competence • Time management • Self direction • Independence • Creativity • Ingenuity • Confidence • Perseverance • Adaptability • Resilience • Determination • Discipline • Positive thinking • Collaborative spirit • Optimistic outlook

  14. “The Value of 5 Minutes” • 5 mins per day x 5 days = 25 mins per week • 25 mins per week x 4 weeks = 100 mins per month • 100 mins per month x 9 months = 900 mins per school year • 900 minutes / 90 minutes per block = 10 days of instruction… (two weeks) LOST.

  15. Ex: Did this student “belong” in AP? A female student of minority background who was hesitant to take AP chemistry struggled to pass the course and earned a “2” on the exam. (She learned from the experience, went on to pass AP biology and AP physics and is pursuing a STEM major in college.)

  16. Bridging AP to CTE requires… …a commitment to a student’s progression on the path to “college and career readiness” …even when his or her prognosis is not assured …and the steadfast belief that the skills and habits of mind learned in AP courses will ultimately translate to other areas and benefit the student in the long run. Contact information: shearer2011NTOY@gmail.com

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