North Carolina Schoolof Science and Mathematics

CCRESAMarch 15, 2013

NCSSM Residential Student Enrollment

• Students enrolled at NCSSM from all of NC’s 13 Congressional

Districts

• 93 of NC’s 110 counties represented on campus this year

• Residential Enrollment (Grades 11-12):

• 2012-2013 = 680 students

• 2013-2014 = 1267 applicants for 350 11th grade spaces

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Class Enrollment Formula

Mandate

• # of Bed Spaces Divided by the # of CD’s in the state 350 (available bed spaces) ÷ 13 (CD’s) = 27 approximately 27 Applicants Per CD

~and~Flexibility Allowance

• ± 2.5% of 350 = 8 Per CD 27 + 8 = 35 Maximum in a district 27 – 8 = 19 Minimum in a district

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Helping Meet STEM Educational Needs in NC

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Helping Meet STEM Educational Needs in NC

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Mathematics• Honors Calculus• AP Calculus AB• Honors Statistics• AP Statistics• Honors Precalculus Algebra• Honor Precalculus Trigonometry

Interactive Video Conference (IVC)Course Offerings (2012-2013)

Enrollment = 390 students taking 515 courses

Science• Honors Physics• Honors Genetics and Biotechnology• AP Environmental Science• Honors Forensic Science• Honors Forensic Science:

Anthropology• Honors Forensic Science: Materials

Analysis and Accident Investigation• Honors Aerospace Engineering

Humanities• AP US History• Honors African American Studies• Honors Cosmology and Culture• Mandarin Chinese I and II

Helping Meet STEM Educational Needs in NC

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Mathematics• Applied Finite Mathematics• AP Calculus AB• AP Calculus BC• Applications of Calculus/Vector

Functions• Multivariable Calculus

Online Course Offerings (2012-2013)Enrollment = 190 students taking 488 courses

Science• Advanced Physics and AP Physics B• Genetics and Biotechnology• AP Environmental Science• Forensic Science• Climate Change Biology• AP Environmental Science• Introduction to Applied Chemistry and

Engineering• Advanced Chemistry and AP

Chemistry• Medicinal Chemistry• Introduction to Computational

Science• Bioinformatics-Computational Biology

Humanities• Intro to International Relations• Intro to Western Political Thought• Science, Catastrophe and Culture• Ecocriticism: Nature in Thought and

Writing

Helping Meet STEM Educational Needs in NC • Teacher Professional Development

• 7 Statewide webinars focused on Common Core Math (300+ teachers)

• 14 Statewide math and science webinars for AIG teachers

• 3 Summer professional development sessions for Common Core Math

• Curriculum Development

• Developing Curriculum for new STEM themed schools and and Career

and Tech Ed:

• Agriscience and Biotechnology, Aerospace, Automation and Security,

Biomedical Engineering, Energy and Sustainability

• STEM @NCSSM Digital Resource Repository

• 1,000+ digital assets (videos, animations, lesson plans) created by

NCSSM and available to educators in NC and beyond

• http://www.dlt.ncssm.edu/stem/

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics