The CAPE Bonavista initiative aims to expand access to Advanced Placement (AP) social studies courses for students in rural Newfoundland through online distance education. It began as a pilot project offering AP European History to 3 students across 2 schools. Lessons learned showed an asynchronous online model can work for AP courses if students are independent and highly motivated learners. The initiative plans to expand AP course offerings across the Vista School District and eventually province-wide to improve equity of access to advanced social studies options for rural students.

1. Centre for
Advanced Placement
Education on the
Bonavista Peninsula

2. Agenda
What is CAPE Bonavista?
Why CAPE Bonavista?
AP Social Studies in Newfoundland
The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
Pilot AP European History
Lessons Learned

3. What is CAPE
Bonavista?

4. What is CAPE Bonavista?
A group of teachers and administrators
within the Vista School District,
primarily based out of Discovery
Collegiate
An online centre for Advanced
Placement education studies, with a
concentration on the AP Social Studies
courses

5. Why CAPE
Bonavista?

6. Why CAPE Bonavista?
Similar opportunity in
intermediate programme
Concentration on
Mathematics and Science in
secondary programme
Little opportunity for
Social Studies, particularly
advanced options

7. Why CAPE Bonavista?
Intermediate Secondary
Science / Science Mathematics Social Studies
Mathematics /
Social Studies
1 course 11 courses 12 courses 9 courses
per year
4 (8) credits 4 (8) credits 4 credits

8. Why CAPE Bonavista?
AP Mathematics AP Social Studies
and Science
Art History
Macroeconomics
Calculus AB
Microeconomics
Calculus BC
Human Geography
Statistics
Comparative Government and Politics
Biology
United States Government and Politics
Chemistry
European History
Environmental Science
United States History
Physics B
World History
Physics C
Psychology
8 Courses
10 courses

9. Why CAPE Bonavista?
68% of schools in Newfoundland are rural
schools (77% when District 10 is excluded)
Approximately half of large schools are
located in District 10
Over half of the AP Students in
Newfoundland are located in District 10

10. Advanced Placement
in Newfoundland

11. Advanced Placement in Newfoundland
District 1 - 62
1398 student District 2 - 0
enrolments in District 3 - 55
4000-level District 4 - 248
District 5 - 12
courses District 6 - 23
District 7 - 88
District 8 - 115
District 9 - 125
District 10 - 711
District 11 - 1

12. Advanced Placement in Newfoundland
Accounting (College) Literature and
Art History Composition
Biology Mathematics
Chemistry Music Theory
Computer Science Physics
European History Psychology
Fish/Wildlife Biology Studio Art
(College)
14 different subject
French
areas

13. Advanced Placement in Newfoundland
1999 College Board Exams
Art History - 3 candidates
Biology - 8 candidates
Chemistry - 6 candidates
English Literature and Composition - 9 candidates
European History - 2 candidates
French Language - 21 candidates
Calculus AB - 10 candidates
Music Theory - 8 candidates
Physics B - 4 candidates

14. Advanced Placement in Newfoundland
AP Mathematics Offered in
and Science Newfoundland
Calculus AB Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Statistics
Biology Biology
Chemistry Chemistry
Environmental Science
Physics B Physics B
Physics C
8 Courses 4 Courses

15. Advanced Placement in Newfoundland
AP Social Studies Offered in Newfoundland
Art History Art History
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Human Geography Not available until 2000-01 school year
Comparative Government and Politics
United States Government and Politics
European History European History
United States History
World History Not available until 2001-02 school year
Psychology Psychology
10 courses 3 courses

16. Advanced Placement in Newfoundland
AP Mathematics AP Social Studies
and Science
Calculus AB Art History
304 students 19 students
Biology European History
252 students 3 students
Chemistry Psychology
213 students 163 students
Physics B
78 students
847 students
185 students

17. BREAK

18. CAPE Bonavista
Initiative

19. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
In many instances, smaller
rural schools can only offer the
standard curriculum
Distance education and the
WWW provide schools the
opportunity to go beyond the
standard curriculum without
devoting teacher allocation

20. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
AP Biology
Vista District Digital taught from Clarenville High
Intranet (VDI) Clarenville High - 2
Mustgravetown High - 7
Our Saviour King Academy - 1
Swift Current - 1
Joint venture of the Centre
for TeleLearning and Rural
AP Mathematics
Education and the Vista taught from Musgravetown High
School District Clarenville High - 6
Distance education project Mustgravetown High - 8
Southwest Arm Academy - 2
using AP Mathematics and
Science courses
AP Physics
Funded by Industry Canada taught from Centre (St. John’s)
Clarenville High - 2
St. Michael’s - 2

21. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
As seen with the VDI,
distance education projects
via the WWW were the
missing piece in the puzzle
to provide some equity
between rural and urban
schools
With this in mind, a Social
Studies based project was
born.

22. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
The CAPE Bonavista Digital Learning
Initiative for Rural Adult Learners
The CAPE Bonavista Initiative is a project which will develop
an asynchronous model of distance education via the World-
Wide Web. The delivery model will be investigated initially
in a small rural setting (the geographic region covered by the
Regional Economic Development Zone 15) and later on a
provincial basis. This delivery model will use the College
Board's Advanced Placement Social Studies courses as its
curriculum.

23. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
Year 1 - Vista District Year 2 - Vista District
AP Comparative Government AP Comparative Government
and Politics and Politics
AP European History AP European History
AP Human Geography AP Human Geography
AP United States Government AP Macroeconomics
and Politics AP Microeconomics
AP United States History AP United States Government
and Politics
AP United States History
AP World History

24. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
Year 3 - Districts 1-9 Year 4 - Province-wide
AP Comparative Government AP Comparative Government
and Politics and Politics
AP European History AP European History
AP Human Geography AP Human Geography
AP Macroeconomics AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics AP Microeconomics
AP United States Government AP United States Government
and Politics and Politics
AP United States History AP United States History
AP World History AP World History

25. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
Delivery Model
Through WebCT & MS Netmeeting
Asynchronous
Independent
School Visits
Progress meetings

26. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
Partnerships
Centre for TeleLearning
and Rural Education
Memorial University of
Newfoundland
National Capital Freenet
STEM~Net
Vista School District
Office of Learning
Technologies
Merrill Lynch Canada

27. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
Potential Sources
of Funding
Canada Millennium
Partnership Programme
Community Learning
Networks Initiative
Rural Partnership
Initiative

28. The CAPE Bonavista Initiative
Community Learning Networks Initiative
Developmental Phase Project Phase
Letter of intent Business plan
$25,000 funding Potential $300,000 of
Creation of partnerships funding over 3 years
Professional
development

29. AP European
History Pilot

30. AP European History Pilot
AP European History
The goals of this course are for students to gain knowledge of
basic chronology and major events and trends from
approximately 1450 to the present and to develop an
understanding of some of the principle themes in modern
European History, an ability to analyze historical evidence, and
an ability to analyze and express historical understanding in
writing.
Students who take this course and achieve a level 3 or higher on
the AP exam are eligible for six 2nd year credit hours at
Memorial University of Newfoundland.

31. AP European History Pilot
Course
This thirty week course is a study of the social, economic, cultural, intellectual, political and
diplomatic history of Modern Europe and its place in the history of the world from the fall of
Constantinople to the fall of the Berlin wall and the Soviet Union. The course will be taught
at a level and rigor equivalent to that required of students in a college freshman or
sophomore Modern European History course.
The course objective is to develop an understanding of the major periods, ideas, movements,
trends, and themes that characterize European history from approximately 1450-the high
Renaissance-to the present. Students develop the ability to analyze historical evidence and
express understanding and analysis in writing. We try to prepare our students to be
successful at undertaking university-level work.
The course will corresponds to recent trends in history curricula at the undergraduate level
and will prepare students for the College Board examination in European History given in
the Spring. A primary goal for the scholars in the course will be to achieve a high score on
the Advanced Placement Exam in mid May. It is understood that all students electing this
course will take the Advanced Placement Exam in Modern European History.

32. AP European History Pilot
Taught from Students
Discovery Collegiate
3 students
Discovery Collegiate - 2
First-year teacher
Clarenville High - 1
Instructor’s 8th
16-18 credits/student
course on a 5X8
Student #1 - 16 credits
timetable Student #2 - 17 credits
Student #3 - 18 credits
No class time provided
for instruction

33. Lessons Learned

34. Lessons Learned
Delivery Model Students
An asynchronous model is Must be independent
workable using the AP Social learners
Studies curriculum
Must be highly
Online materials must be motivated
supplemented with printed
materials (in addition to the Source of motivation
textbook) must be self-
School visits by the instructor or motivation
an in-school supervisor are
necessary for keeping students
“up-to-date”

35. Centre for Advanced
Placement Education on
the Bonavista Peninsula
HTTP://www.ncf.ca/cape/