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Course DescriptionsPre AP* Math for Middle School Kathy Heller is a National Board Certified Teacher from North Little Rock, Arkansas. She has been teaching Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Geometry for 19 years at Lakewood Middle School. She has won numerous teaching awards at the local, state, and national level. This is her 9th year as a consultant for the College Board where she presents at regional 1-day, 2-day, and summer institutes. Pre AP* Social Studies Pre-AP Social Studies will include:
Nancy Schaefer draws from her teaching experiences in private and public schools to present ideas and strategies that work well with young adolescents. She holds B.A. and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and she currently teaches at Pulaski Academy, an independent, college-prep school in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she also serves as Department Chair of Middle School Social Studies. Nancy is a College Board Consultant in the Southwestern Region, and she has seventeen years of teaching experience at the middle school level with ten years as a Pre-AP teacher. She has presented at two AP National Conferences (2003 in Los Angeles and 2004 in Orlando), as well as AP Workshops and Summer Institutes in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Florida, Maryland, West Virginia, and Illinois. Nancy has developed curriculum for middle school social studies, and her instructional experience includes U.S. history, world cultures, economics, and English. She has membership in the National Council for Social Studies and the Arkansas Council for Social Studies, and she is a member of the Teacher Advisory Board on Economic Education at the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. Pre-AP* English (High School emphasis - grades 9 & 10) Section 1 This course will focus on providing teachers in grades 9-10 with the strategies, techniques, and tools necessary to design a high school English program that prepares students for the challenge of both AP English Language and AP English Literature. In order to do this, there must be a strong focus on writing at the ninth grade level with a corresponding strong focus on literature at the tenth grade level. Teachers will have many opportunities to practice reading, writing, thinking, and discussion strategies that will challenge students to go beyond superficial thinking about nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Participants will also receive a short course in classroom assessment design, with a particular emphasis on rubric development. The workshop will conclude with discussing possibilities related to vertical teaming. It is not necessary to bring a lesson plan to share. Teri Marshall, Ph.D., currently teaches ninth grade English and AP English Language at Saint Mary’s Hall in San Antonio, Texas, where she also serves as English Department Chair K-12 and AP English Vertical Team Leader. Next year marks thirty-four years that Teri has been an educator, and she has been a Pre-AP/AP instructor and consultant for the College Board for fifteen years. She is the primary author of the College Board’s national workshops Pre-AP: Setting the Cornerstones for the AP Vertical Team and An Introduction to the AP Program and Pre-AP Professional Development, and she is a reader for the AP English Language exam. She is an active member of several national organizations, and she served as President of the Texas Council of Teachers of English from 1997-98. In 1997, Teri received the AP Special Recognition Award for English. AP* English Literature The goal of the AP Literature course is to explore a sequence of strategies that show students how to acquire the skills found in the top scoring essays on the literature exam. Teachers will progress through a sequence of instructional strategies designed to develop essays marked by their use of concrete elaboration, perceptive interpretative commentary, and execution of effective compositional skills—clear thesis statement and topic sentences, along with unified and coherent paragraphs. Course activities will involve the modeling of daily lesson plans seeking to reinforce the strategies necessary to interpret and write about all aesthetic forms of writing. These instructional judgments have been created as a result of Dr. Degen’s experience as an AP grader of four years, his eighteen years of teaching experience, and his experience as a graduate student, matriculating through an M.A. in English, M.Ed., and Ph.D. in English. Michael E. Degen, Ph.D., in his eighteenth year as an educator, currently teaches Pre-AP, AP Literature, and English III at Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, Texas. He has presented nationally for NCTE and ASCD, state conventions in Texas and Kentucky, and numerous College Board conferences and institutes. Additionally, he has read for the AP Literature exam for four years. Furthermore, he is the author of two books: Crafting Expository Argument and Prospero’s Magic. Additional information can be found at http://www.jesuitcp.org/facultypages/Mdegen/Default.htm Pre AP* English for Middle School Section 1 Participants in this section will use film to excite students about literary analysis, find easier ways to grade writing, and discuss ways to build and maintain a working vertical team. The goal will be to think in terms of pushing middle school students to achieve more. Discussion will also focus on some new ways to deal with grammar and how to walk students through annotation, including how to find good passages. Mostly, participants will build a network of colleagues and gain new ideas from interaction with them. Teachers should come prepared to work hard, think a lot, and rejuvenate for next year! Participants should be familiar with some classic middle school novels, such as The Call of the Wild, Walk Two Moons, and The Pearl. Also bring a large supply of sticky notes, paper, and favorite writing utensils. Ayn Grubb received her B.S. degree in language arts education from the University of Oklahoma in 1989 and her M.A. degree in English from New Mexico State University in 1992. Since then she has challenged eighth graders and tenth graders with a brand of English that’s not always titled “Pre-AP,” but which always asks students to push themselves beyond what they normally expect of themselves. In the past nine years, Mrs. Grubb has led Pre-AP English sessions at more than forty summer institutes and at countless other College Board conferences all over the country, including the AP National Conference and regional forums. Mrs. Grubb is a recipient of the 2004 Special Recognition Award from the Southwestern Regional Office of College Board. AP* Calculus AB Candace Smalley has taught mathematics in Moore, Oklahoma for twenty years and currently serves as the department chair for Southmoore High School which opened in the fall of 2008. Candace has taught the AP Calculus AB course since 1995 and the AP Calculus BC course since its inception in the district in 2000. Candace has served as a College Board Consultant since 1998 and is a table leader for the AP Calculus exams. She has served on the College Board’s Southwest Region Advisory Council and the Southwest Region Conference Planning Committee. She has been a presenter at many AP Conferences, and lead instructor at numerous AP summer institutes. Candace was a recipient of the College Board’s 2001 Advanced Placement Special Recognition Award and also received recognition for her work with the AP program as a 2003 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement winner. AP* U.S. History This week will combine content and pedagogy geared toward successful implementation of an AP U. S. History course. Teachers will receive instruction on teaching essay writing and document analysis. Teachers will receive numerous resources; please bring an eight gig flashdrive. Christine Bond-Curtright currently teaches Advanced Placement U. S. and World History at Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. She has taught AP U. S. History since 1998 and has been a College Board consultant since 2003; she is also a reader for the AP U. S. History exam. She completed her masters degree in 2002 and her National Board Certification in 2008.AP* Biology Our AP Biology session will cover all 12 experiments from the student lab book. We will also discuss major concepts in AP Biology and various strategies to help students understand these important facts. The AP exam will be reviewed and issues involving test preparation will be addressed. Technology activities, involving the use of TI calculators and CBL2’s, will also take place during the five days. At the end of our five days, the new AP teacher will leave our institute feeling more confident about teaching AP Biology in the coming year. Gary Earleywine is from Little Rock, Ark. and teaches at Mills University Studies High School. He has taught AP Biology for 18 years. In 1994, his first year as a consultant for the Southwest Region, he was the AP Biology facilitator for AP New Mexico. Gary has received numerous awards for his teaching including the Presidential Award, Outstanding Biology Teacher Award, National Wildlife Federation Conservation Educator Award, Southwest Region AP Special Recognition Award and most recently the Siemens National Award for Advanced Placement.AP* English Language This workshop is designed for new and experienced teachers of AP English Language. During the week we will focus on preparing students for the exam through practice in critical thinking strategies in reading, strategies for analysis and strategies for constructing argument. We will also look at sample essays from the 2009 Reading and examine recent changes in the English Language exam. The workshop includes practical activities and teaching units. Teachers should bring a book of non-fiction they want to teach in their classes. Sandra Coker is an experienced teacher of AP English Language and Composition and currently teaches at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas. A veteran table leader at the AP English Language and Composition reading and a College Board consultant, she conducts AP summer institute sessions and teacher development workshops both nationally and internationally. Coker recently served as a member of the committee to write and compile Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the Advanced Placement Program. This guide is among the Texas resources available to teachers as they align state curricular objectives with the goals and expectations for Advanced Placement English. She is author, along with fellow writers John Brassil and Carl Glover, of Analysis, Argument and Synthesis and of Writing the Synthesis Essay.Pre-AP* English - Section #2 (High School emphasis - grades 9 & 10) Teachers will explore ways to improve and enhance a Pre-AP English course by focusing on the following items: close reading, annotating the text, analyzing and author’s style, attacking an AP Prompt, writing multiple-choice questions, developing personal voice in writing, creative ways to teach literary analysis and creative ways to teach poetry and analysis. Ideas will be shared on how to develop lessons for major units to reflect advance placement goals. Teachers will discuss the AP language and composition and literature and composition exams and how to best relate Pre-AP goals to future student success on these exams. Teachers should bring 26 copies of a successful, fun, or interesting lesson for a five minute presentation, a saved version of your lesson on a thumb drive, East of Eden by John Steinbeck and a copy of one major work of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama that you plan to teach and that is most often taught in schools across your state. Yvonne Kaatz teaches 10th grade Pre-AP English at Dripping Springs High School in Dripping Springs, Texas. She has taught either 9th or 10th Pre-AP English for the last 19 years of her career. For the past six years, she has presented at one and two-day conferences for the College Board and for the last two years presented at week-long conferences. She also had the opportunity to present at the National Conference in 2006. Other speaking engagements include presenting for Region XIII and the University of Texas. She is currently the AP coordinator for her school and has served in other positions such as events coordinator, grade level team leader and district curriculum advisor for Austin ISD. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M with a writing specialization.
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