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Setting-up Academic Goals

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

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.

Short Student Working Styles Discussions

To guide students in reflecting on and sharing their working preferences with a group in order to identify strategies to navigate procrastination.

Change-Maker Sessions

To expose students to professionals that make a difference and are directly related to their academic trajectory in high school.

AP Club/Committee/Focus Group

To establish a structure to leverage student voice and choice and support students’ development of non-academic skills.

Compass Points Check-In

To provide student a platform to share vital information about themselves, their worries, excitement, and questions; to create a sense of community and common ground early in the year.

Give Choices to Students

To give students choice with regard to assignments and projects so that they have a voice in what they learn and how they demonstrate their learning.

Student Group Noticing Routine

To build in the routine of students holding one another accountable for learning and presence in class.

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.

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