The document outlines a sample timeline for implementing a middle school Advanced Placement Spanish program over a 12-month period from September to June. Key steps in the timeline include establishing teams, developing placement exams and parent materials in fall, administering surveys and exams in winter, selecting students for the program in spring, and holding a summer institute for teachers. The goal is to launch the new AP Spanish program when the next school year begins.

1. The following is an example of a timeline that the Y-AP @ Verona committee could implement: <br />SAMPLE TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTING<br />THE TEXAS MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR AP* SPANISH<br />Retrieved from http://www.teamiddleschoolspanish.org/implementation/SampleProgram_ImplementationTimeline.pdf on March 1, 2010<br />SEPTEMBER<br />• Establish your middle school and high schools teams for each participating school<br />• Identify each team member’s responsibilities<br />• Make sure each team member has a thorough understanding of the program<br />• Set team meeting schedule<br />• Register to attend a one-day or two-day AP Overview Conference for LOTE during the fall<br />OCTOBER<br />• Outline specifics for the program<br />• Begin determining budget items<br />• Begin development of student survey and placement exam or evaluate placement exams<br />available for purchase<br />• Begin development of student and parent brochures<br />• Set placement testing on the calendar for February<br />NOVEMBER<br />• Finish local development of survey and placement exam or decide which publisher test to<br />purchase<br />• Plan January parent meeting<br />• Write generic parent invitation letter<br />• Complete parent brochure<br />DECEMBER<br />• Print surveys, placement exams, and parent brochures<br />• Outline process as to how surveys will be disseminated<br />• Outline process for administering placement exams<br />JANUARY<br />• Distribute surveys to identify eligible students<br />• Review surveys and identify possible course candidates<br />• Hold parent meeting to explain program<br />• Notify parents their students have been identified for program through survey<br />• Inform parents of placement testing<br />FEBRUARY<br />• Administer placement exams<br />• Select students for program<br />• Notify parents and students<br />• Establish parent/student contract for course if desired<br />• Register Spanish AP teacher(s) for summer AP institute<br />MARCH<br />• Work with counselors on student placement<br />• Research use of equipment (tape recorders/MP3 players) for testing and determine amount for<br />budget<br />• Begin planning summer institute – location, transportation, instructional materials, guest<br />speakers, field trips, etc.<br />APRIL<br />• Team meeting<br />• Work with textbook coordinator to order Spanish 4 books – free from the state if district<br />selects from approved list<br />• Determine additional program materials and instructional materials that the teachers will need,<br />plan for budget, and order instructional materials<br />• Have all summer institute materials ready for printing<br />MAY<br />• Final parent meeting of the year to discuss summer institute, transportation, etc.<br />• Determine curriculum writing team<br />JUNE<br />• Summer Institute<br />• Curriculum writing – Same as high school with MS age-appropriate activities (District may<br />choose to write curriculum during the school year)<br />AT FIRST MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF MEETING, ANNOUNCE PROGRAM TO ALL STAFF.<br />Copyright © 2006 Texas Education Agency<br />*AP, Advanced Placement Program, and Pre-AP are registered trademarks of the College Board, which does not endorse nor was involved in the production of this document.<br />