Haywood County Schools and Haywood Community College are partnering to create an Advanced Placement Collaboration.  The collaborative effort will capitalize on the economy of scale to increase Advanced Placement (AP) course offerings during a time that school budgets are very tight.  “In the past, we often had AP sections that did not fill because we would have a small number of students at each school register for the courses,” said Associate Superintendent Dr. Bill Nolte.  “In the AP Collaboration we will have students from Tuscola and Pisgah jointly attend selected AP classes on the Haywood Community College campus.”

In the AP Collaboration, Tuscola High School teacher Randy Pressley will teach two Advanced Placement Statistics sections during the fall semester on the Haywood Community College campus.  Shawn Sampson will teach science for Pisgah High School beginning in 2016-17.  Mr. Sampson will teach one Advance Placement Biology section and one Advance Placement Chemistry section this fall on the Haywood Community College campus.  “Mr. Pressley and Mr. Sampson both have proven success in teaching high school AP courses,” said Dr. Anne Garrett, Superintendent.  “We are so fortunate they have agreed to participate in the AP Collaboration.  Our students will benefit greatly from the collaboration and the expertise of these teachers.”

“We are happy to join with Haywood County Schools in another creative collaboration to support students,” said Dr. Barbara Parker, President, Haywood Community College.  “We believe the AP Collaboration will help the school system offer more AP sections while also giving these students access to additional free college courses at Haywood Community College.”

Haywood County Schools and Haywood Community College have a successful history of working together to provide quality educational opportunities for students.  There are currently numerous dual enrollment courses in which students have an opportunity to simultaneously earn high school credit and college credit.  These opportunities include Career Technical Education (CTE) courses as well as traditional core instructional courses like English, math, science and social studies.

Haywood Early College is the largest successful collaboration between Haywood County Schools and Haywood Community College.  The early college high school is located on the community college campus and affords students the opportunity to earn a college preparatory high school diploma and a two year college degree in five years.  The early college is completing nine years of successful operation.

Contact:  Dr. Bill Nolte, Associate Superintendent