creating a collaborative ap statistics community
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Creating a Collaborative AP Statistics Community. Mandi Kraemer Freedom High School Orlando, Florida [email protected]. My Context. Low income school, lots of ELL students Began “encouraging” AP Stats 4 years ago AP Stats population grew from 28 to 210! - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Creating a Collaborative AP Statistics Community
Mandi KraemerFreedom High SchoolOrlando, [email protected]
My Context
Low income school, lots of ELL students
Began “encouraging” AP Stats 4 years ago
AP Stats population grew from 28 to 210!
Brought challenges and opportunities
Collaboration!
What We Do
Plan lessons together
Create common assessments
Analyze data
Conduct completely non-randomized
experiments
What if I’m a loner? Orange County Public Schools District-Wide
Advanced Placement Professional Learning
Communities (OCPSDWAPPLC’s)
Initially met during pre-planning at AP Summit
Meet 3x throughout school year (Saturdays)
4-5 hours at a time
OCPSDWAPPLC’s
Share lessons
Discuss issues
Give and analyze common assessments
How to grow program
Practice Exam data
Next year: AP Exam data
What if I’m still a loner?
Internet!
Skype/Google hangouts
Look around
AP Teacher Communities (formerly
Electronic Discussion Groups)
