iLearnNYC Virtual
Advanced
Placement (VAP)
Info Session
for Teachers
Limited Access to AP Courses in NYC
More than half of NYC’s high schools do not offer
Advanced Placement courses or students have
difficulty gaining access to AP courses and exams
due to:
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lack of qualified AP teachers,
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failure of underrepresented students to be identified for AP course
placement,
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overall lack of cost effective virtual learning opportunities in AP
studies.
Small Learning Communities with minimal access to variety of
course offerings,
VAP Goals
• To improve access to virtual AP courses for low-income &
minority students.
• To provide professional development to selected teachers to
develop, conduct, and support virtual advanced placement
courses
• To increase the number of virtual AP courses for the NYSED
AP repository to be shared statewide.
Grant Timeline
Jan 2013
Grant begins
April 2013– August
2014
PD by College Board, EdTech Leaders
Online & iLearnNYC
Jan. 2013 – June
2014
Implement AP courses & develop AP
courses
Establish District Policy Committee and
Critical Peer Review Committee
Summer 2014
PD for second round of cohortspending fund availability
August 2014
Grant ends
Cohort 1 Teachers
• Virtual (online or blended) AP teachers who
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seek to deepen their content knowledge
Create College Board approved AP course
Master the development of transferring AP
content to a virtual learning environment
Seek new technology tools to enhance
virtual AP courses
Cohort 2 Teachers
• AP teachers who have used the virtual
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resources available via iLearnNYC or any
other Learning Management System (LMS)
seek to strengthen their knowledge of virtual
teaching and learning
Want to customize their vendor-created
course content
Seek new technology tools to enhance
virtual AP courses
Cohort 3 Teachers
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iLearnNYC high school teachers who plan to
teach AP courses in the 2014-2015 school year
AP teachers who have not taught in a blended
or online environment or are just becoming
acquainted with virtual courses and resources
available to them through iLearnNYC
Seek new technology tools to enhance virtual
AP courses
VAP Support to Teachers
To help teachers develop rigorous AP content for
delivery in a blended or online environment
PD
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College Board
EdTech Leaders Online
iLearnNYC
Equipment
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Laptop to school for teacher use
Support
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VAP & iLearnNYC Implementation Managers
VAP PD
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College Board
o Effective Think Strategies for All Students – May 20th
o Getting Your AP Course Started - June 6th @ 1865 Broadway, New York, NY
11123 for teachers
o Summer Institute - August 26-29 @ Medgar Evers College Academy,
Brooklyn, NY 11225
EdTech Leaders Online
o Online & Blended Course Design for Cohort 1- June 12th online
o Online Instructor Training for Cohort 2 – June 19 th online
o Blended Instructor Training for Cohort 3- June 19th onliine
iLead for teachers- for all teachers – May, July & August
iLearnNYC for teachers not already trained on the programs below and the Desire
to Learn (D2L) platform– visit www.ilearnnyc.wikispaces.com for the schedule
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AVENTA
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APEX
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FLVS
Teacher Expectations
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Commit to completing program
Attend PD and meetings
Use the iLearnNYC learning environment Desire to Learn (D2L)
Use a blended or online format for teaching
Participate in evaluation process (ie.
survey/observations)
Share experience
Failure to complete program will result in
equipment return
Next Steps
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Visit the VAP Wiki at:
www.nycvap.wikispaces.com
o Register for:
 College Board May 20th & June 6th PD
 EdTech Leaders Online virtual PD for
each cohort
 iLead for Teachers PD
 iLearnNYC PD at
www.ilearnnyc.wikispaces.com
 College Board Institute August 26-29
Contacts
www.nycvap.wikispaces.com
Celine Azoulay-Lewin, Executive Director
cazoula@schools.nyc.gov
Allison Sciandra, Project Director
asciand@schools.nyc.gov
Valrie Edwards, VAP Implementation Manager
vedwards@schools.nyc.gov
917.689.7025