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AP Skill Building

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Setting-up Academic Goals

To help students manage their coursework in AP courses by utilizing SMART goals.

Microtracking of Goals

To support students with a routine for setting and checking goals along the path to meeting learning objectives.

Determining Priorities

To provide students with the tools they’ll need to manage the competing priorities that come with the rigor of AP coursework and their own lives.

Create a Schedule or Routine

To guide students in setting a schedule to effectively prioritize and utilize their time in AP coursework and out of school.

AP Support Sessions

To support students’ skill development beyond their regularly scheduled day.

Challenge Problems for Students

To engage students in enrichment activities that build a sense of belonging through mutual contributions from teacher and students.

Talking Circles/Fishbowl Discussions

To help students see their community as a place of significance, a place of positive change, and a place where their voices are heard. Talking Circles can be used as a platform for discussion of academic topics that are particularly challenging for students.

Peer Cohorting

To encourage collaboration, mutual support, and accountability by creating small student working groups.

What I Learned From You

To provide opportunities for students to reflect on their own learning and share how others contributed to the experience.

Integrate Storytelling

To integrate narrative texts and storytelling into content that is less approachable for some students (e.g., science and math).

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