Check out what’s going on in the four areas AACPS Division of Academics & Strategic Initiatives (ASI): Curriculum & Instruction (C&I); Advanced Studies & Programs (ASP); Partnerships, Development& Marketing (PDM); and Professional Growth & Development (PGD). Throughout the year, this page will feature highlights on professional development opportunities, curricular support, grant and engagement opportunities, Triple E updates, instructional strategies, awards & recognitions, Programs of Choice offerings, and family outreach events.
April 2016
“This life changing experience has been one that has not only shaped our lives, but has given us the opportunity to make a difference in our community.”
"We began this project after seeing our friends, neighbors, and colleagues, who were excelling in rigorous course loads and overflowing extracurricular schedules, were not thinking at all about their finances. They spent recklessly, didn't save, lacked a basic understanding of how the economy around them worked, and were altogether unprepared for life after high school..." --Taylor Berger, Annie Myers, Charlotte Sundel
Equity Liaison–The Job I Was Born To Do
"I absolutely love my role as an Equity Liaison. It allows me to live my passion... My hope is to spread my love for education and for impacting the lives of children, to individuals who also have similar passions." --Mabel Stoll
“My cumulative experiences in the education field have led me to a job that I love.”
"I started working for AACPS in 2009. Working for AACPS has provided me the opportunity to grow my career from a teacher to specialist." --Nicole Trader-Morgeson
Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)
Mark, Ruth Parker Eason School Dynamic display voice output communication device. Mark is an ECI student at Ruth P. Eason School. His classroom teachers, speech-language pathologists, and assistive technology specialist have worked collaboratively to provide Mark with a communication tool which best meets his needs. Mark received a [...]
Community Based Services
William, Age 3 Background & Challenges William was a typically developing infant until around age 12 months. At that time, he began to lose interest in people and started to play with only a few toys in a repetitive fashion. He was no longer smiling at his parents. His pediatrician referred [...]
“Of all my accomplishments, the most gratifying thing for me has been developing talent in students.”
"I student taught in 1972 at Glen Burnie High School and went under contract with the Anne Arundel County Board of Education as a theatre arts teacher. At the time, there were no dance classes offered in the school system, so I developed a dance curriculum for credit, taught it during the school day, and grew it into the largest dance program in a public high school in Maryland." --Dianne Rosso
Occupational Therapy
Jasmin, Age 3 Obrey Court Head Start Background & Challenges Jasmin began her Head Start experience with very few independent hygienic skills. She depended on adults to care for her most basic needs. Success Story Jasmin receives occupational therapy in her community-based program. With an adaptation, Jasmin has learned to remove [...]
April-Department of Special Education
Recognizing special education is a journey with no true finish lines, just continuous opportunities to grow in a limitless future, the Anne Arundel County Public School System and Department of Special Education has embraced the concept of responsibility, independence and contribution in its delivery of specialized instruction for students with [...]
Assistive Technology
Mo, Grade 4 Student with a Visual Impairment attending George Cromwell Elementary Mo is using a Perkins Braille Writer and BrailleNote Apex to complete a quarterly math assessment. Mo uses an assistive technology device to access the curriculum. Some of his devices are designed specifically to help people [...]
Media Specialists: The Hub at the Center of the School
The Office of Digital Media’s vision statement explains that school libraries should be “the hub of the school and [should be] innovative, vibrant, and flexible spaces, staffed with school librarians who inspire students to become tech savvy and independent life-long readers and learners.” To turn this vision into a reality, Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Office of Digital Media Services depend on their vibrant team of 126 creative, dedicated, and passionate Media Specialists.