ECSU holds
Advanced Placement training session for area educators
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE--- Efforts are
underway to increase the number of students in area schools who are taking
Advanced Placement courses.
On June 17th
and 18th Elizabeth City State University will host 60 education administrators
and teachers from 15 counties for a two-day workshop, “Summer 2013, Building an
AP Success Culture and Pipeline,” organized by the College Board. Advanced
Placement staff will train local educators to prepare students for the rigorous
challenge of college-level AP courses and exams. The AP Program will be
introduced in these counties to help local students develop the skills they need
for college and career success.
Participating
teachers and administrators will come to ECSU from Edgecombe, Nash Counties,
Northampton, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Beaufort, Northwest Halifax, Warren
County, Hertford, Weldon City Schools, Bertie, Southeast Halifax, Martin, and
Currituck counties. The workshop will be held in the Willie and Jacqueline
Gilchrist Education and Psychology Complex. The purpose of the AP workshop is to
create a pipeline of involved administrative leaders and teachers who know how
Advanced Placement courses and exams can be used to build a college-going
culture in their schools.
ECSU
Chancellor Willie J. Gilchrist said his vision is to create a central location
(ECSU) in northeastern North Carolina where College Board staff can gather
annually to train local educators how to increase student access to AP courses
and help their students to succeed on AP Exams.
Trevor
Packer, senior vice president of the Advanced Placement Program at the College
Board, said the nonprofit organization is very grateful to Elizabeth City State
University for hosting this two-day AP training. “We hope to inform local high
school educators about how AP’s college-level courses and exams can help
students to develop the skills they need to earn a college degree and compete in
today’s highly competitive global job market.”
According to
the College Board, AP courses offer college admissions officers a consistent
measure of course rigor across high schools, districts, and states— because all
AP teachers, no matter where they are teaching, have to provide a curriculum
that meets college standards. When college admissions officers see “AP” on
students’ transcript, it demonstrates that the student has a track record of
challenging themselves and performing well in college-level courses.
Research
consistently shows that students who earn placement into advanced college
courses through their AP Exam scores perform as well as — or better than —
college students who first completed the introductory course at a college or
university. Students who succeed on AP Exams during high school typically
experience greater overall academic success in college, and are more likely to
graduate from college and earn their degree sooner than their non-AP peers. Last
year, 3,308 U.S. colleges and universities received AP scores for college
credit, advanced placement and/or consideration in the admission process, with
95 percent of those colleges and universities offering credit in one or more
subjects based on an AP Exam score of 3 or higher on a five-point
scale.
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Kesha
Williams
Director
of Media Relations| University Relations and Marketing
Elizabeth
City State University
1704
Weeksville Rd. | Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone:
252.335.3686 | Fax: 252.335.3769
Email: kdwilliams@mail.ecsu.edu | www.ecsu.edu
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