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AP/Dual Enrollment/IB
Computer Science
Gifted
Technology Integration

AP/ Dual Enrollment/ IB

What is Advanced Placement (AP), Dual Enrollment International Baccalaureate (IB)?

Advanced Placement
The Advanced Placement Program® (AP) enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school.
The program consists of college-level courses developed by the AP Program that high schools can choose to offer, and corresponding exams that are administered once a year. Students may earn college credit and/or placement for a course depending on a qualifying score on the exam.

International Baccalaureate
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) offers a continuum of international education. The programmes encourage both personal and academic achievement, challenging students to excel in their studies and in their personal development. IB offers different programs including Primary Years, Middle Years, Diploma and Career-related. Depending on the program and qualifying scores, students may earn college credit and/or placement for a course.

Dual Enrollment
Dual Enrollment is designed to prepare students for college and career opportunities leading students to postsecondary institutions for an industry recognized certification or licensure, an associate and/or higher college degree, and successful employment. Georgia has created a singular program known as Dual Enrollment for students in grades 9-12 who qualify to participate. Students may enroll on a part-time or full-time basis as a Dual Enrollment student and take college courses at their high school or on a postsecondary campus. Students will receive high school and college credit simultaneously when attending and passing approved college classes.
For information please visit GaDOE Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate and GaDOE Dual Enrollment.

research & data

Advanced Placement

Dual Enrollment

For more information regarding AP/IB, please email Gail Humble, Program Manager.
For more information regarding Dual Enrollment, please email, Molly Ream, Program Specialist.

leveraging funds

Advanced Placement
FEDERAL FUNDS:

Selecting Interventions: Allowable Federal Funding- AP/Dual Enrollment

OTHER FUNDS:
For additional information please email Gail Humble, Program Manager

Dual Enrollment
FEDERAL FUNDS:

Selecting Interventions: Allowable Federal Funding- AP/Dual Enrollment

OTHER FUNDS:

Students attending an eligible public or private high school must complete the Dual Enrollment Funding Application which can be found on GAfutures.org.
A student must have applied, been accepted and approved by the participating postsecondary institution as a dual credit enrollment student.
Dual Enrollment funding is available for the per term maximum of:
- 15 semester or 12 quarter hours and
- a maximum of three semesters or four quarters per award year

For more information regarding AP/IB, please email Gail Humble, Program Manager.
For more information regarding Dual Enrollment, please email, Molly Ream, Program Specialist.

programs & INITIATIVES

Advanced Placement

Pre-AP Training Rural Initiative - The Georgia Department of Education and the College Board have partnered in presenting a series of free workshops for selected rural districts. Workshops are designed to increase the knowledge of core subject areas for eighth, ninth and tenth grade teachers. The initiative is funded with Title IVA funds. The workshops offer focused professional development courses that will help teachers build, strengthen and reinforce students’ content knowledge and skills. While the courses are titled as Pre-AP, they are developed for ALL students to be the standard, baseline course for that subject. The goals of this project are to significantly increase the number of students who can access and complete college-level work before leaving high school; improve the college readiness of all students; provide proven professional development and training for teachers.
Gifted Endorsement Initiative - The Georgia Department of Education is committed to supporting local school districts’ efforts to meet the needs of their gifted and talented students. The Gifted Endorsement Teacher Training Initiative funds the tuition for a very limited number of teachers to earn their gifted endorsement. This initiative is focused on providing schools with few to no gifted endorsed teachers the opportunity for teachers to earn their full gifted endorsement.
APSI Training Grants - This grant assists schools and districts in training teachers at AP Summer Institutes. School districts may apply for a grant to fund AP teacher training and funding covers costs, or to partially cover costs, of training expenses including registration, travel (based on current state rate per mile), meals and lodging, if required. Grants may be awarded from a minimum of $250 to a maximum of $1600 per school.

Dual Enrollment

Dual enrollment is a state funded program that is regulated by the GA Student Finance Commission.
Professional Development is offered for all dual enrollment advisors at least twice per year in order to keep up with legislative and procedural changes.

For more information regarding AP/IB, please email Gail Humble, Program Manager.
For more information regarding Dual Enrollment, please email, Molly Ream, Program Specialist.

partners in the work

Advanced Placement

Dual Enrollment

For more information regarding AP/IB, please email Gail Humble, Program Manager.
For more information regarding Dual Enrollment, please email, Molly Ream, Program Specialist.

tools & resources

Ensuring a balance (Challenge Success Center, Stanford University)

Dual Enrollment

For more information regarding AP/IB, please email Gail Humble, Program Manager.
For more information regarding Dual Enrollment, please email, Molly Ream, Program Specialist.

school/district best practices

For more information regarding AP/IB, please email Gail Humble, Program Manager.
For more information regarding Dual Enrollment, please email, Molly Ream, Program Specialist.

professional development opportunities

Advanced Placement

Each fall, the College Readiness and Talent Development Team at the Georgia Department of Education offers professional development for new Advanced Placement teachers. To support our teachers across the state, Advanced Placement One-Day Regional Workshops are held in several regions across the state. There is no fee for the workshop, but registration is required. Each workshop is designed to support teachers who have 0-3 years of AP teaching experience; however, any AP teacher who feels a need for additional support and resources is welcome to register. Each workshop session will be led by a highly successful Georgia high school AP teacher.

Dual Enrollment

Dual Enrollment state-wide trainings, i.e., Nuts and Bolts of DE and Get On D.E.C.K.
Georgia School Counselor Association – GSCA – conference sessions
GA Student Finance Commission – Dual Enrollment Trainings in fall and spring

For more information regarding AP/IB, please email Gail Humble, Program Manager.
For more information regarding Dual Enrollment, please email, Molly Ream, Program Specialist.

Computer Science

What is Computer Science?

Computer Science, as defined in Georgia, is “the study of Computational Thinking, computing devices, and their impact on society”. This is much broader than programming (coding) but incorporates that popular activity into a larger framework. The fundamental characteristics are computational thinking, a systematic approach to problem solving, digital citizenship, and awareness. These are the foci in early grades. Later these foci develop into specific skills in Middle and High schools, including programming, game design, and cyber security.

For information please visit GaDOE Computer Science.

research & data

For additional information please email Bryan Cox, Program Specialist or Delda Hagin, CTAE Program Specialist.

leveraging FUNDS

FEDERAL FUNDS:

Selecting Interventions: Allowable Federal Funding- Computer Science

OTHER FUNDS:
For additional information please email Bryan Cox, Program Specialist or Delda Hagin, CTAE Program Specialist.

programs & initiatives

CS4GA

CS4GA Computer Science Capacity grant
9 CTAE CS related pathways
CTAE Middle School grant
2 AP CS courses, 2 IB CS courses

For additional information please email Bryan Cox, Program Specialist or Delda Hagin, CTAE Program Specialist.

partners in the work

International Society of Technology in Education
National Science Foundation
The Technology Association of Georgia – Education Collaborative
Computer Science Teachers Association
Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC)
The Constellations Center for Equity in Computing
Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS)
Various Universities are invested in supporting K-12 Computer Science education (Columbus State, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Augusta, Morehouse, Mercer, Georgia Southern, Clayton State, Albany State, UGA, West Georgia, Kennesaw State)

For additional information please email Bryan Cox, Program Specialist or Delda Hagin, CTAE Program Specialist.

tools & resources

For additional information please email Bryan Cox, Program Specialist or Delda Hagin, CTAE Program Specialist.

school/District best practices

Thomas County Schools (rural example)
Muscogee County Schools (small city example)
Atlanta Public Schools (big city example)
Douglas County Schools (suburban example)

For additional information please email Bryan Cox, Program Specialist or Delda Hagin, CTAE Program Specialist.

professional development opportunities

GaLearns courses (online; available through local student information system)
- Computer Science: Data
- Planning a CS Classroom
Online Professional Learning Communities (edweb, see above; contact Bryan Cox)
CTAE Summer Field of Dreams (Face-to-face; Macon, GA; contact Delda Hagin)
AP Fall Workshops (Face-to-face; contact Gail Humble)
Regional CS Summits (Face-to-face; contact Bryan Cox)
GaPSC approved CS Endorsement Programs
CS4GA PD partners

For additional information please email Bryan Cox, Program Specialist or Delda Hagin, CTAE Program Specialist.

Gifted

What is Gifted?

Georgia State Board Rule 160-4-2-.38 defines a gifted student as one who demonstrates a high degree of intellectual and/or creative ability(ies), exhibits an exceptionally high degree of motivation, and/or excels in specific academic fields, and who needs special instruction and/or special ancillary services to achieve at levels commensurate with his or her abilities. Students are assessed in four areas including mental ability, achievement, creativity and motivation to determine eligibility for the gifted program. Under Georgia law 120-2-152, students identified as gifted must be served.
SBOE Rule 160-4-2-.38 EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS requires local boards of education to develop curricula for their gifted students. In general, gifted learners differ from more typical learners: in their ability(ies) to learn at a faster rate; the capacity to find, solve, and act on problems; and their ability to manipulate complex and abstract ideas. Because gifted students do not exhibit identical behaviors and characteristics, they have different needs. It is the uniqueness of gifted learners that must serve as the basis for establishing gifted program curriculum goals.
The following principles of differentiation should be used to develop curriculum for gifted learners:

Present content that is related to broad-based issues, themes, or problems.
Increase the rigor and pace of the curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessments.
Integrate multiple disciplines into the area of study.
Allow for the in-depth learning of a self-selected topic within an area of study.
Develop productive, complex, abstract, and higher level thinking strategies and skills.
Develop research and communication skills.

For more information please visit GaDOE Gifted.

research & data

Articles on Identification of Gifted Students

Articles for Parents

Articles on Well Being of Gifted and High Achievers

Books/Periodicals

Bright, Talented, & Black: A Guide for Families of African American Gifted Learners by J. Davis
Designing Services and Programs for High-Ability Learners: A Guidebook for Gifted Education by R. Eckert and J. Robins
Excellence Gaps in Education J. Plucker and S. Peters
Gifted and Advanced Black Students: An Anthology of Critical Works by Grantham, Ford, Henfield, Troutman Scott, Harmon, Porcher, and Price
Gifted Children of Color Around the World: Diverse Needs, Exemplary Practices, and Directions for the Future Edited by: J. Davis and J. Moore III; Contributors include: B. Anderson, T. Grantham, and M. Hines, UGA
Identification: Theory and Practice of Identifying Students for Gifted and Talented Education Services Edited by S. Hunsaker
Parenting for High Potential NAGC
Teaching for High Potential NAGC
The Essential Guide to Talking with Gifted Teens: Ready-to-Use Discussions About Identity, Stress, Relationships, and More by Jean Peterson.
Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students by Thomas Hebert.