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Now in its seventh year, the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program continues to have unique success in providing promising high school students in rural, high-poverty Mississippi communities access to advanced courses they need to achieve their full potential, but which their schools otherwise may not be able to offer, due to a chronic, and worsening, shortage of qualified teachers: In the first year of GTP’s Advanced STEM Access Program (2017-2018), the program offered a single course, AP Physics 1, at 9 high schools. This year, the program offers over 80 classes at 38 high schools in four subjects—AP Physics 1, AP …
The Global Teaching Project Dinner Discussion Series provides practical guidance regarding college and career plans, and allows students to interact with top experts and accomplished leaders from a wide range of various academic and professional fields. We will hold our first Dinner Discussion on Wednesday, October 25th, from 4:00-5:00 pm (Central) with Cale Pliska, an expert on the college admissions and financial aid process. All students and families are encouraged to join the session with Mr. Pliska so that they may learn more about how to apply for college, how to pay for it, and how to prepare to succeed …
UVA Today published an article last week on our initiative to provide promising high school students in rural Mississippi communities access to the advanced STEM courses they need to achieve their full potential, but which their schools otherwise may not be able to offer. The article focuses on one of our graduates—Jalil Jiminez of Ecru, Mississippi, who is now a First Year at Virginia—as well as the UVA tutor, Marcos Gonzalez, who worked with Jalil on his AP coursework and guided him in the college admissions process. In the article, Jalil recounts his path to Charlottesville: “I think that without the Global Teaching …
Nicole Roberson serves as Executive Director of the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access, which implements the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program to provide promising high school students in rural Mississippi the opportunity to take rigorous science courses. She also serves on the faculty of the University of Mississippi School of Education, where she teaches Secondary Science Education. Nicole is a passionate educator and works tirelessly to expand educational opportunities throughout Mississippi. She was recognized earlier this year as “Best Professor” in Oxford magazine’s annual “Best of Oxford” survey. We are honored to work alongside Nicole. We recently asked Nicole a few questions about her life experiences and passions. …
College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP)® program provides exceptional high school students the opportunity to take rigorous classes in dozens of subjects, thus preparing them for college level coursework and, in many cases, allowing high school students to earn college credit at higher education institutions across the country. Last year, students took nearly 5 million AP exams, providing College Board with comprehensive data on what schools are doing, and where. Based on that data, College Board has concluded the Global Teaching Project’s achievements in expanding AP access to underserved communities are unmatched anywhere in the country. As Trevor Packer, College Board Senior Vice President, AP …
The Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program, now in its 7th year, has made remarkable progress due to the efforts of a broad community of educators, community leaders, students, and other stakeholders. Recently, several of those stakeholders wrote to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to share their experiences with the Advanced STEM Access Program. Those letters, excerpted below, hailed the Program’s achievements, and noted its promise as a model for schools seeking to mitigate disparate the educational opportunities that afflict students in rural and high-poverty communities. Trevor Packer College Board Senior Vice President, AP and Instruction [The Advanced …
Scores for the April 2023 AP exams have been released, and Global Teaching Project students who took exams in subjects offered through the Advanced STEM Access Program—AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principles, and AP Physics 1—achieved notable breakthroughs. In some cases, those students became the first ever at their schools to earn “qualifying” scores that placed them among the highest-scoring examinees in the state in those subjects. GTP’s Advanced STEM Access Program, now in its 7th year, provides promising high school students from rural Mississippi communities access to advanced STEM courses they need to achieve their full potential, but which …
An independent assessment conducted by the University of Mississippi Center for Research Evaluation (CERE) found that Physics students in the Global Teaching Project’s 2023 Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program again achieved dramatic gains in substantive understanding of course content. GTP’s Advanced STEM Access Program provides promising students from rural Mississippi communities access to advanced STEM courses they need to achieve their full potential, but which their schools otherwise may not offer. The Summer Program, a series of immersive instructional sessions held over 15 days on Mississippi State University’s Starkville campus, helps students prepare to take AP Physics 1, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Biology, and AP Statistics in the upcoming school year. …
The Global Teaching Project’s seventh annual Advanced STEM Summer Preparatory Program, held once again on Mississippi State University’s Starkville campus, achieved record enrollment as students took advantage of an expanded curriculum. Students from 22 rural high schools gathered in June for immersive instructional sessions held over 15 days, living in MSU dorms, and utilizing university classroom, research, dining, and recreational facilities. There is no charge to students, schools, or families to attend the Summer Program. GTP’s Advanced STEM Access Program provides promising students from rural Mississippi communities access to advanced STEM courses they need to achieve their full potential, but …
Global Teaching Project’s Supervisory Instructors—experienced, in-state, AP-certified teachers—are critical to the Global Teaching Project’s Advanced STEM Access Program. Supervisory Instructors provide synchronous and asynchronous instruction, lead university-based residential instructional programs, create and administer online course platforms, prepare lesson plans, and provide academic and pedagogical support to on-site teachers. Dane Peagler, a Mississippi native and Physics and Computer Science teacher, has worked with the Global Teaching Project as a Supervisory Instructor since the Advanced STEM Access Program began in 2017. Dane leads all academic aspects of the courses he oversees, including creating the structure of the course, providing instruction directly to …
The Global Teaching Project provides promising high school students from rural Mississippi communities access to AP STEM courses they need to achieve their full potential, but which their schools typically could not otherwise offer. Those AP courses—in Biology, Physics, and Computer Science—are offered as classes that are part of the regular high school curriculum, which are supplemented by various programs, including immersive, university-based instructional programs held each summer, winter, and spring, with the spring program specifically designed to prepare students for the upcoming AP exams, which are administered in May. In past years, the Spring Review program has been held …
