Research education and AP Capstone-related enrichment in a school partnership.
ConnectEd partners with Woodbridge Academy, a WASC-accredited school based in Newport Beach, California, to support research learning and AP Capstone-related enrichment.
The collaboration connects research-skills development and subject-matter guidance with a school-based academic pathway.
The partnership emphasizes the practices behind independent inquiry: reading critically, evaluating sources, developing a research question, understanding methods, documenting decisions, and communicating evidence. Support is coordinated with the school’s academic expectations and the needs of participating learners.
Activities can include methods instruction, research-literacy workshops, academic communication, and appropriate subject-matter conversations. Content and pacing are established with the school rather than presented as a separate guaranteed AP credential.
Woodbridge Academy is responsible for its school courses and the academic and administrative requirements attached to them. ConnectEd’s role is research enrichment and agreed instructional support. Official AP requirements, course authorization, assessment, and any credit recognition remain with the relevant school and awarding organizations.
For AP-related assessed work, students retain responsibility for their research decisions, analysis, and writing. External guidance follows the school’s procedures and applicable College Board rules, including the limits on expert-adviser assistance.
This partnership illustrates how research learning can be integrated with a school’s broader academic pathway.
Other institutions can adapt the form of collaboration to their own learners, curriculum, and program goals.