“All In: Creating an
AP Culture That
Expands Access
and Raises
Performance.”
Eastern Technical High School
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Tom Evans – Principal
Harry Cook – English
Department Chair (AP English
Language)
Eastern Technical High School
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Eastern Technical High School
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Eastern Technical High School
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Eastern Technical High School
“One of America’s Best
High Schools”
•Newsweek Magazine
•U. S. News & World
Report
•Washington Post
•US Challenge School
2011-2013
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Eastern Tech is a magnet
school in the Baltimore
County Public Schools,
Baltimore County, MD
We serve approximately
1150 students in
grades 9 – 12
Eastern Technical High School
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Allied Health
 Automotive Service Technology
 Business Management and Finance
 Construction Management
 Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management
 Engineering Careers
 Information Technology (Cisco)
 Law Related Careers
 Interactive Media Production
 Teacher Academy of Maryland
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Career Majors at ETHS
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Mission Statement
Mission: The mission of Eastern Tech is to
ensure that every student meets a
rigorous standard of academic
achievement as measured by local, state,
and national criteria.
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Educators commit to:
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So that students will develop 21st Century
skills such as:
 Collaboration
 Communication
 Critical thinking
 Creative problem solving
 Technology
◦ Collaborating with parents and community
◦ Engaging students with relevance and rigor
◦ Supporting students to prepare for college/workplace
Mission Statement
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 To
prepare our students for
college and for work in a global
economy
 To disseminate best practices so
that all can benefit
We Accept Responsibility
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Policies
◦ Example: Vertical teaming to backward map
AP skills
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Personnel
◦ Example: Energetic, content masters who
are willing to give extra time
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Persistence
◦ Example: A constant focus on how we can
improve
What Makes ET’s AP Program so
Successful?
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Eastern Technical High School
Advanced Placement Performance
03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11
11-12 12-13
11.5
11.3
16.7
20.5
21.3
27.9
27.8
33.5
34.7
38.04
# of AP tests 262
taken
264
419
563
574
678
757
776
759
765
80%
83%
81%
87%
81%
84%
79%
81%
81.5%
Participation
Rate
% scoring a
3, 4, 5
51%
Race
African-Am
Asian
Hispanic
White
School %
18%
5%
3%
74%
AP %
15%
7%
3%
74%
Enrollment vs. AP Participation
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What are the benefits of
taking an AP class?
2. What are the benefits of
diversity in AP students?
3. What doors are opened by
taking AP courses?
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Questions to AP Students
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For teachers:
 Vertical teaming
 Create a strong Pre-AP program in early
grades
 Create a culture of success by celebrating
the work of all teachers
 Honest grading
 Summer jump – meetings, assignments,
contact
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AP Policies
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For students:
 Recruitment
◦ AP Potential data
◦ Personal letters from AP teachers
◦ AP Night
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No low level courses
◦ Algebra I is lowest available math course
◦ All students complete Alg. II by grade 10
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AP Policies
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For students (continued);
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Complete summer assignments
Interact electronically with teachers
Use interactive message board
Take practice exams on weekends as a
simulation
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AP Policies
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Recruit energetic, content masters who
are willing to give extra time, i.e. “Best
and Brightest”
Willingness to interact electronically with
students
Share “best practices”
Participate in professional development
Serve as AP Readers (Note: 4 on ET staff
this year)
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AP Personnel
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
National Board Certification – 7 teachers
◦ 5 earned; 2 working towards
Membership/Participation in
State/National Organizations
 Use of College Board personnel to train
and provide feedback to AP teachers
throughout the academic year
 Annual updating of syllabus
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AP Personnel
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Focus on constant improvement – “Good
to Great”
 Analyzing data – revising/adjusting
instruction
 Create a “farm team”
 Willingness to work through senior issues
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AP Persistence
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AP Exam date posted the first day of
school in each AP Classroom
 Honors level courses called “Pre-AP”
 AP skills for success identified within
curriculum of “PRE AP” courses.
 Naming classrooms after highest AP
scorers
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AP Persistence
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Promotion of AP to prospective 9th graders
 Posting class averages on exams for
students to compare performance
between AP sections
 Top AP student averages and news posted
on the school’s website and on the
internal school electronic billboard.
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AP Persistence
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT
GOALS 2012-13
MEASUREMENT ITEMS
Item to be
Measured
05-06
06-07
07-08
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
2012-13
Excellent
Good
Fair
Crisis
Pass Rate (3 or
Higher)
83%
81%
87%
81%
84%
79.5%
81.4%
90%
80%
(81.50%)
70%
<70%
Enrolled in Course
Taking Test
91%
90%
98.8%
98.2%
95%
93%
94.4%
99%
95%
90%
<90%
(89.65
%)
Matthew’s Ratio
(Tests Taken/#
Seniors)
1.32
1.99
2.12
2.35
2.5
2.86
2.39
2.5
2.25
(2.28)
2.0
<2.0
* In SY 11-12, The AP Team sought to increase the overall participation rate in AP courses (school-wide) from 33% to 35%.
The 2013 participation rate (number of students in AP Courses divided by total school population) was 38% ( 452/1188=38.04%)
Overall school-wide participation of individual students taking an AP tests (408/1188=34.34%)
Eastern Technical High School
Advanced Placement Performance
03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11
11-12 12-13
11.5
11.3
16.7
20.5
21.3
27.9
27.8
33.5
34.7
38.04
# of AP tests 262
taken
264
419
563
574
678
757
776
759
765
80%
83%
81%
87%
81%
84%
79%
81%
81.5%
Participation
Rate
% scoring a
3, 4, 5
51%
Questions and Answers
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Eastern Technical
High School
For additional information, contact
Thomas G. Evans, Principal
Harry Cook, English DC
tevans@bcps.org; hcook@bcps.org
www.easttech.org
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