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202021 Secondary School Program of Studies Tyrone Byrd, Director of Secondary Education, Teaching and Learning Program of Studies: Purpose and Goals Informs students, family members, and post secondary institutions of course offerings that

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2020‐21 Secondary School Program of Studies

Tyrone Byrd, Director of Secondary Education, Teaching and Learning

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Program of Studies: Purpose and Goals Informs students, family members, and post secondary institutions of course offerings that support the strategic plan’s focus on: while aligning to the Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning and Graduation Requirements.

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Equity Inclusion Excellence Innovation

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Process for Decision‐Making

School Staff Proposals Department of Teaching and Learning Middle and High School Principals and Directors of Counseling Executive Leadership Team School Board

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2020‐21 Areas of Focus

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Expand Curricular Pathways Improve Consistency of Access Respond to Student Interest

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2020‐21 Middle School Additions and Deletions

Middle School Additions:

  • Consistency and Formal

Adoption

  • Social Skills
  • Storytelling

Middle School Deletions:

  • Taking Charge

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High School Additions and Deletions

High School Course Additions:

  • Pathway Expansion
  • Criminal Justice
  • Cyber Security
  • Early Childhood
  • Energy and Power
  • IB Chinese B SL
  • Web Design
  • Formal Course Adoption
  • African‐American Studies
  • AP Consult
  • Student Interest
  • African‐American Literature
  • Latin‐American Studies
  • Accounting with Quickbooks
  • IB Computer Science SL

High School Course Deletions:

  • Low Student Interest
  • German IV
  • German Language & Culture, AP

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Budgetary Considerations

  • Based on staffing requests in summer and fall 2019, secondary

schools have no capacity to absorb additional courses without additional staffing.

  • Adding 12 courses at the the high school would significantly impact

staffing.

  • Offering each course for one period at each comprehensive high

school and HB Woodlawn would require an additional 9.6 FTE at the cost of approximately $912K

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Benefits of Additions

  • Entrepreneurship (Wakefield Student won $9,000 in a national

competition)

  • FBI Cyber STEM Certificate Program (94 students enrolled)
  • Cybersecurity (Career Center student won 2nd place at GMU Cyber

Competition)

  • APS will host the Annual Hour of Code – December 10, 2019
  • STEM Network being developed at 24 APS elementary schools

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Ensuring Students are Challenged and Engaged: Addressing Middle School Rigor Current Course Opportunities Opportunities for Advanced Courses

  • Mathematics: Algebra I and Geometry
  • World Languages
  • Robotics
  • Investigating Computer Science and Technology
  • World Geography
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Professional Learning Framework Professional learning opportunities focused on creating authentic, challenging, and engaging learning experiences for students:

  • Understanding Gifted Learners
  • Strategies to Engage All Learners
  • APS Critical and Creative Thinking Framework
  • Problem‐Based Learning
  • Math Workshop (Level II)
  • Document Based Question Project Pedagogy
  • C3 Framework (College, Career, and Civic Life)
  • Inquiry Design Model (IDM)

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Ensuring Students are Challenged and Engaged: Addressing Middle School Rigor

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  • Full implementation of Competency‐Based Instruction

through the use of Collaborative Learning Teams – Barbara Thompson, Arlington Community High School

  • 180 professionals enrolled in Trauma Sensitive Schools –

Wendy Carria, School Psychology and Social Work

  • IEP Goal Writing – Heather Rothenbuescher and Dr. Kelly Krug
  • Math Workshop Levels I and II, 3rd APS Math Workshop

Principals’ Institute, High School Math Institute “Building a Classroom Community”, Math Workshop Clinics (elementary), and one for secondary teachers.

Examples of Professional Learning

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  • Strategies with English Learners
  • Project Based Learning
  • Grading for Equity
  • Genius Hour
  • Block Scheduling
  • Math Instructional Strategies
  • Gifted Strategies

Swanson Middle School – Professional Learning

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Principles of Quality Teaching for English Learners (ELs)

  • Engage in Quality Interactions
  • Sustain Academic Rigor
  • Sustain a Language Focus
  • Hold High Expectations

Rigor and English Learners

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  • Evaluation of Self‐Contained Courses

– To what extent is the curriculum being taught in self‐contained environments?

  • Professional Learning

– Health and Physical Education teachers active participation, to include presenting, in Adapted Physical Education (APE) through JMU. – Encouraging special educators to participate in content‐based professional learning. – Special educator participation in curriculum development. – Utilization of digital resources to support professional learning.

Rigor for Students With Disabilities and those Requiring Intervention

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AP Network – Wakefield High School

  • 100 + student participants at their AP Summer Bridge Program.
  • Offering 26 AP courses.
  • 746 students enrolled in at least one AP class.
  • 9% Asian
  • 17% Black
  • 30% Hispanic
  • 7% Mixed
  • 37% White
  • Students average two AP class enrollments.
  • 287 students enrolled in AP Consult – Designed to support students as they

compete for AP credit.

  • Across the 1530 AP classes currently being taken, 97% have passing grades.

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Percentage of Students Enrolled in AP ‐ Ethnicity

2018 ‐ 2019

Ethnicity Percentage Enrolled in AP Asian 44.7 Black 32.1 Hispanic 25.3 Multiple 53.6 White 54.7

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2016‐17 2017‐18 2018‐19 2019‐20 Asian Black Hispanic Multiple White

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Percentage of Students Enrolled in IB ‐ Ethnicity

2018 ‐ 2019

Ethnicity Percentage Enrolled in IB Asian 53.8 Black 47.1 Hispanic 35.2 Multiple 69 White 84

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 2016‐17 2017‐18 2018‐19 2019‐20 Asian Black Hispanic Multiple White

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Percentage of Students Enrolled in DE ‐ Ethnicity

2018 ‐ 2019

Ethnicity Percentage Enrolled in DE Asian 6.6 Black 5.9 Hispanic 3.5 Multiple 5.2 White 5.9

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 2016‐17 2017‐18 2018‐19 2019‐20 Asian Black Hispanic Multiple White

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Percentage of Students Enrolled in Intensified ‐ Ethnicity 2018 ‐ 2019

Ethnicity Percentage Enrolled Intensified Asian 34.8 Black 30.8 Hispanic 22.5 Multiple 50.7 White 47.3

10 20 30 40 50 60 2016‐17 2017‐18 2018‐19 2019‐20 Asian Black Hispanic Multiple White

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Rationale for Changes to POS ‐ Summary

Continue to offer courses that prepare all APS students to meet the opportunities of their generation. Development of critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, communication, and citizenship

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2020‐21 Secondary School Program of Studies

Tyrone Byrd, Director of Secondary Education, Teaching and Learning