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Advanced Placement Courses Information
AP Policies and Procedures
AP of Instruction AP of Administration
AP Committee
Guidance Counselor
(the AP Teachers)
Academic Dean
Principal Decision Making
Bodies
Student Schedules
• 1AP course and College Now or 2AP Courses
• Special permission from the AP Committee is needed for students to add additional AP courses
Curriculum and Instruction
• AP courses are to be taught as a 1st Year college level class.
• Curriculum is designed by the teacher using the course guidelines outlined in the Collegeboard.com
course information section
• Students and teachers held accountable for high expectations for college level work
AP Examinations
• All students enrolled in an AP course will take the AP Exam in May
• AP of Instruction will complete waivers and other documentation so that the students will not have to
pay the exam fee.
Decision Making
• The AP committee, AP of Instruction, Academic Dean and Guidance Counselor are the decision
making bodies of the AP Program.
• Decisions are made according to the AP Policies and Procedures
• Decisions must be made after using the following “filters”
o Filter 1: All decisions must put the students 1st
o Filter 2: All decisions must be alignment with the school virtues and expectations for a
superior education
o Filter 3: All decisions must consider the constraints of the school—space, budget, human
resources
Summary of Policies and procedures
• Teachers must successfully complete AP course workshops/seminars provided by the
Collegeboard
• Teachers must create their syllabus and submit the syllabus for the AP Course Audit through
the Collegeboard. (Collegeboard has information on guidelines and procedures that must be
followed for syllabus submission)
• Policy on students dropping courses
o Students are given up until the 1st marking period to drop an AP course.
o If a student wished to drop an AP course after the initial deadline, the following steps
need to be taken.
The Teacher and student must have a
meaningful conversation regarding the
reasons behind the students wish to
drop a course
If the teacher and student agree that the If the teacher and student agree that the
reasoning was not valid or that reasoning is valid or that additional
additional help will be need to support help not be sufficient to support the
the student… student…
Student Remains in the Course and The AP Committee must meet to
follows through with the recommended discuss whether or not a student should
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additional support be dropped from a specific course.
Next Steps and Considerations for next year:
1. Strictly enforcing the 1AP course and College Parent Conference is then scheduled.
If there is no improvement and the
Now or 2 AP Courses policy as students are Parents, AP teacher, AP of Instruction,
student wishes to drop the course
being scheduled student, Academic Dean and Guidance
2. Begin preparation for AP courses in the 9th Counselor meet to discuss how
grade. Decision is made on
dropping the course may or may not
3. Create more course alternatives for students who whether or not to drop a
affect graduation requirements and the
are removed from AP courses student from an AP course
affect on college applications/choices
4. Creating Small AP classes or College Now