Driving Question: How can PBL help ALL students thrive in an AP Classroom?
Day 1: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (7.5 hours)
8:00- 8:15 Welcome and Introductions
8:15-8:30 Entry Event: Ideal Graduate
8:30-8:45 Introduce the Driving Question, Goals and Outcomes
How can PBL help ALL students thrive in an AP classroom?
8:45 -8:50 Show Your Sketch
Create/share norms after this activity
8:50-8:55 PBL vs. “Doing Projects” (Martin van Buren video)
8:55 – 9:10 Introduce the Elements of High Quality PBL
9:10-9:30 Initial Know/Need to Know Groups
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-10:15 CED Scavenger Hunt
10:15-10:45 Project 1 Entry Event: Cookie Business
10:45-11:00 Introduction to the Business Canvas
11:00 -11:30 Business Ideation in Project 1
11:30 – 12:00 Hypothesis Testing Problem-Solution Fit
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Personal Finance in Project 1: Core Competencies
1:30-2:00 Project 1 PBL Implementation Guide/Connection to CED
2:00- 2:15 Project 1 Debrief with PBL Design Elements and Course Skills
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:15 Teaching with Business Cases
3:15-3:30 Year at a Glance Pacing
3:15 – 3:30 Using the PBL Platform to Inform Planning
3:30-4:15 Time to begin calendaring Project 1
4:15-4:30 Closing: Project 1 clarifying questions & debrief
Day 2: 8:00 am – 4:30 PM
8:00-8:10 Opening: Driving Question & Learning Outcomes for Day 2
8:10-8:25 Blob Bridge & Responding to Exit Slip
8:25 – 8:45 PBL Main Course review & responding to participant feedback
8:45 – 9:00 Return to “Need to Know” Groups
9:00 – 9:05 The Case for PBL and AP
9:05 – 9:15 How does PBL help with broadening access?
9:15-9:45 Introducing Assessment in PBL
9:45-10:00 Teaching to Standards Discussion
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-10:45 AP BPF Exam Overview
10:45 – 11:30 Project 1 Calendaring for Assessment
11:30 -12:00 Time to Read Project 2 PBL Implementation Guide
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00 1:15 What Keeps You Going? Prompt
1:15 -1:30 Project 2 – Main Course vs. Dessert
1:30-2:00 Project 2 Experience and Debrief
2:00 –2:30 Connect Projects 1 and 2 to AP Exam
2:30 -2:45 Break
2:45-3:15 Project 2 Case Study
3:15 – 4:00 Calendaring Project 2 & Adaptations
4:00 – 4:15 Project 2 Culminating Event
4:15-4:30 Project 2 Clarifying Questions and Closing.
Day 3: 8:00 am – 4:30 PM
8:00-8:10 Opening Question/ Day 3 Learning Outcomes
8:10-8:25 Blob Tree & Responding to Exit Slip
8:25-8:55 Role of Critique & Revisions (Austin’s Butterfly) (tie back to hypothesis)
8:55-9:25 Critical Protocol: Rose, Thorn, Bud
9:25-10:00 Project 3 and Personal Finance (Unit 3: Part 1)
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:30 Project 3: Personal Finance and Financial Statements
11:30-12:00 Time to read the Project 3 Implementation Guide
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Project 3: Culminating Event-Funding Pitch
1:30-2:20 AP Business with Personal Finance Skills (refer back to CED)
2:20-2:30 Think of a Student (diverse students, from struggling to overachiever)
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:20 Scaffolding in PBL: Planning the “Messy Middle”
3:20-4:20 Work Time/Collaboration (Calendaring of Project 3/Adaptations)
4:20-4:30 Closing & Exit Ticket
Day 4: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
8:00-8:05 Exit Ticket Feedback
8:05-8:20 Ice breaker (Blob Tree)/ Opening Question
8:20-9:00 Embedding Business Competitions within the AP Business with Personal Finance Course
9:00– 9:30 Sharing Calendars in a Small Group
9:30– 10:15 Work Time Based on Feedback
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 PBL Culture-Building Choice Breakout Groups
11:30 -12:00 Final Know/Need to Know Inventory
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:45 Looking ahead to Projects 4 and 5
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:30 Overview of Support Sessions throughout the year
3:30-3:45 Gratitude Posts
3:45- 4:00 Commitment Statements
4:00-4:30 Next Steps, Survey
