| Week 2 (July 28 – August 1, 2008) Click on the workshop title below to go to information about the course and the consultant.
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| CONSULTANT: CHARLOTTE CHAMBLISS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, TX 18 years in education; 17 years as an AP teacher College Board Reader for AP Studio Art since summer 2000; from 2003-2007; has served as a Table Leader; became a College Board Consultant in 2002; served as a member of the AP Studio Art Test Development Committee; since 2005, has been a College Board National Leader for Consultant Training and Endorsement; selected Booker T. Washington H.S.P.V.A. Teacher of the Year for 2000-2001; traveled to Japan in November 2001 as a participant of the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. Member of Dallas Art Education Association, Texas Art Education Association, and National Art Education Association. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS is to provide the participants with an overview of the Advanced Placement Studio Art Program, with emphasis placed on the development and strengthening of AP Studio Art courses in Drawing, 2-D Design, and 3-D Design. Participants will also have experience with hands-on studio activities designed to take back to the classroom. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE an introduction to the College Board's Advanced Placement program; a review of the College Board's mission of equity and excellence; distinguishing the three studio art portfolios – drawing, 2-d design, and 3-d design; discussion of new developments in AP – including a review of the course audit of AP studio art and the move to digital submissions; defining the three components of each studio art portfolio – quality, concentration, and breadth; ideas for developing work for the concentration and breadth components of the portfolios; grading the AP studio art portfolios – including an examination of the scoring guidelines and sample scoring session; sharing of best practices; and discussion of teacher resources – including College Board Advanced Placement materials, APcentral, books, internet sites, and museums. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING sample lessons (preferably with samples of images) to share with the group. Please bring these along as an electronic file (flash drive, CD, or email to chamananda@hotmail.com). Lessons will all be burned to CD for each participant at the end of the week. Also, basic supplies will be on hand for the studio activities, but if you have favorite brushes, pencils, pens or other media you prefer to work with, and can travel safely with, bring them along as well. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: GLADYS WOOD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second Baptist School, Houston, TX 37 years in education; 35 years as an AP teacher AP Special Recognition Award for Southwest Region of College Board; National Leader for College Board; AP consultant for Southwest Region of College Board; AP Summer Institute Leader for 9 years; Given talks for College Board International in Nicaragua as well as one-day and two-day conferences in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma; Presented Calculus topics at the First CB Private School Conference in Oklahoma this year; Given Vertical Teaming presentation in North Carolina; AP Calculus Reader 8 years and Currently BC Calculus Table Leader for last 2 years; member Houston Area Calculus Teachers Organization. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will be an overview of both the structure and content for BC Calculus with a major emphasis on the BC only topics. It will include a study of the five major components: limits, rates of change, indefinite integrals, accumulation using definite integrals, and series. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE parametric, polar, and vector functions, improper integrals, applications of integrals to density and work, logistical differential equations along with Euler’s method and slope fields; series and Taylor’s theorem with Lagrange form of the remainder. As time permits, AB calculus topics will be addressed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING a graphing calculator and any activities, special projects, worksheets, etc. that you want to share with others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: LEON SCHRAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Paul II HS, Plano, TX 30 years in education; 25 as an AP teacher Membership in Texas Computer Education Association; selected to serve on AP Computer Science Test Development Committee; authored Student Friendly Pascal; Exposure C++, Exposure Java, and Preparation for the AP Computer Science Examination (3rd, 4th, 5th); Ross Perot Excellence in Teaching Award, Richardson ISD Teacher of the Year, Texas Excellence Award for Outstanding High School Teachers, Texas Computer Educator of the Year, and College Board Advanced Placement Special Recognition Award | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will be in four areas:1) the growing issue of teaching all the A-course topics in one year; 2) a deeper look at the new GridWorld Case Study after teaching it for one year, including sharing “best practices” for A and AB assignment in this area; 3) proven strategies to prepare students for the A and AB APCS Examination; and 4) a new electronic testing approach that has been in development for the last three years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS for inexperienced teachers include introducing Object Oriented Programming, static arrays and dynamic arrays, algorithms and informal algorithmic analysis. Topics for experienced teachers include a sequence of hands-on lab assignments to learn and teach the GridWorld Case Study, working with the new Stack, Queue and Priority Queue classes, Sets, Maps and formal algorithmic analysis with Big-O notation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING materials to share. The workshop will include a designated time where teachers can share experiences of lab assignments, teaching strategies, and other useful materials. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: ULRICH KLEINSCHMIDT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I.H. Kempner HS, Sugar Land, TX 21 years in education; 17 as an AP teacher Membership in National Council for Social Studies and Texas Council for Social Studies; National Training Leader for College Board; author with William Brown of Kaplan’s AP Government: 2006 and 2007 Editions; national grader for US Government and Politics since 1999; economics consultant for College Board since 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will parallel the economics requirements, scope, and sequences presented by the College Board. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE issues of supply and demand, aggregate models, business models, policy, international trade, and comparative advantage. The bulk of materials will cover macro concepts, with some emphasis on key micro topics. Graphing for both sub fields will be central. All major topics will be addressed. Teachers will learn strategies that save time and how to build a successful syllabus. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: SUSAN HOLLIER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Woodlands High School, Woodlands, TX 22 years in education; 11 years as an AP teacher Consultant for The College Board in Advanced Placement Human Geography and Pre-Advanced Placement World Geography; National Training Leader for SoapsTone; reader for the Advanced Placement Human Geography Qualifying Test; served on the TEA Lighthouse AP/TEKS Document Writing Team for Social Studies; 2002 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award from the National Council of Geographic Education; listed in Who’s Who in American Teachers; her classes have received national recognition for winning the National NewsBowl Current Events Competition and placing in the National Geography Olympiad; Houston World Affairs Council’s 2004 International Educator of the Year; recipient of The Coca-Cola Scholars’ Joseph B. Whitehead 2006 Educator of Distinction Award and the 2007 Nobel National Society of High School Scholars’ Educator of Distinction Award. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will be on helping teachers prepare to teach a one-semester college-level course in Human Geography. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDEthe systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding of the Earth’s surface, as well as its use and alteration as well as on strategies to help students prepare for the AP exam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING an atlas and examples of your best geography units or lesson plans to be used in creating practical and effective teaching units. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: ELIZABETH SMITH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plano Senior High School, Plano, TX 38 years in education; 25 years as an AP teacher Former President of Texas Foreign Language Association; former President of the American Association of Teachers of German; former Board Member of Southwest Conference on Language Teaching; member of American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages, National Education Association, and Delta Kappa Gamma. Secondary Teacher of the Year- American Association of Teachers of German 2006; 1995 Southwest Advanced Placement Special Recognition Award; Ross Perot Secondary Teacher of the Year, Plano, TX 1990; Texas Foreign Language Association German Teacher of the Year 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS is two-fold: 1) to help students know the language to be prepared for the language AP tests and 2) to train students to take the test itself and inform them as to how they will be graded. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE discussing the most current exam and how it was graded, including practice grading and using the rubrics. Participants will be given ideas on how to help students prepare for all areas of the exam and we will create materials based on literature and film which can be used in their classes. This will definitely be based on practical ideas and participants will be asked to participate actively. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING the text books you use. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: YVONNE PITTMAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seven Lakes HS, Katy, TX 22 years in education; 15 as an AP teacher Membership in National Council for the Social Studies, Delta Kappa Gamma, Association for the Supervision of Curriculum Development and Texas Council for Social Studies; College Board consultant for 9 years, AP Government Exam Reader 8 years, Social Studies Department Chairman, National AP Conference presenter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will be centered on strategies for adding rigor to the classroom. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE a writing workshop with ideas for writing the free response section of the exam, Paideia Seminar, sample lessons, reading and vocabulary instruction, compacting curriculum for the exceptional student, test preparation, and special projects. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING 20 copies of your favorite lesson. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: TERRY EDER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plano Senior High School, Plano, TX 30 years in education College Board consultant; presented at several AP Music Theory summer institutes and two-day workshops; reader for the AP Music Theory exam; developed a one-day workshop on vertical teams in music theory for the College Board; BME and MME from Texas Christian University; PhD from the University of Oklahoma. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will be on 1) teaching strategies designed to develop student understanding of the materials and processes of music including visual and aural analysis, sight-singing, melodic and harmonic dictation, and composition; 2) creating a curriculum employing techniques and activities similar to those presented in the Vertical Teams Guide for Music Theory published by the College Board; 3) fostering significant critical, analytical and creative thinking skills; and 4) the synthesis of musical knowledge into usable musical understanding, especially with regard to music of the common practice period. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE finding one’s place: teaching tonal form; teaching non-harmonic tones; one thing leads to another: Teaching idiomatic part-writing; alignment of K-12 curricula: Should the twain ever meet?; the score as a teaching tool; knowing the score: teaching musical analysis; making music modern: introducing students to modern music; and composition lessons from Handel, Bach, Mozart and Haydn . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING note-taking materials, music manuscript paper, your instrument, and your best singing voice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: MARK KINSEY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, TX 29 years in education; 27 as an AP teacher Memberships in American Association of Physics Teachers, Texas Section of AAPT, Texas Academy of Science, Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented; awarded Tandy Technology Teaching Award, Jesse A. Dorrington Teacher of the Year Award - Science & Engineering Fair of Houston, Senior Division, Excellence in Physics Teaching Award - Texas Section AAPT, Sigma Xi Outstanding Teacher Award - Rice/Texas Medical Center Chapter of Sigma Xi. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will be toprepare teachers to teach AP Physics features two levels: Physics B (noncalculus-based) and Physics C (calculus-based). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDEstrategies and resources including lab ideas, technology, pacing, development and grading, and AP exam trends. Previous AP exams, solutions and grading standards will be distributed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING your text book and a TI-83/84 graphing calculator. (Some will be on hand if you don't have one.) Also, if you have a syllabus or district curriculum which you follow, it would be helpful to bring these. Finally, bring a favorite demo, lab, handout which you have used or developed to share with others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: KAY MINTER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 years in education Experienced with AP, IB, and Regular psychology curriculum; College Board Consultant traveling throughout the Southwestern Region and beyond; AP Reader of psychology exams for many years; recipient of the College Board's Excellence in Teaching Award for 1996; "Teacher of the Year" at Westwood High School for 2000-2001; Southwestern Regional Coordinator for APA's Division 2-TOPSS; author of AP Instructor's Manual for a McGraw-Hill college textbook in Introductory Psychology released in January 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will be on the College Board curriculum, the AP Audit, various syllabi for one and two semester courses, textbook options, materials, and other resources to help in the AP classroom. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE sensation and perception: the ear, historical antecedents of the development of personality theories, evolutionary psychology, research methods and statistics, and neurophysiology and the biochemistry of behavior. The AP exam will be reviewed and "best practice" ideas of participants will be shared. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING highlighter, pens, and plenty of paper for note taking as well as your favorite lesson for AP Psychology with handouts for 30 people. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: RICHARD COWLES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCallum High School, Austin, TX 14 years as an educator; 3 years as an AP teacher 2002 McCallum High School Teacher of the Year; member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and American Statistical Association; served 3 years with Peace Corps in Chad; authored various lessons in AP Strategies’ Laying the Foundation Guides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS is on the four themes:Exploring Data: Describing patterns and departures from patterns; Sampling and Experimentation: Planning and conducting a study; Anticipating Patterns: Exploring random phenomena using probability and simulation; and Statistical Inference: Estimating population parameters and testing hypotheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE experimental design: concepts and vocabulary for experiments including completely randomized, blocking and matched pair; sampling design; univariate data: graphical displays, numerical representations, comparison techniques; bivariate data: understanding concepts and interpretations of linear and non-linear regression; probability: basic probability rules, random variables ; probability distributions: binomial, geometric and normal distributions; sampling distributions: law of large numbers, central limit theorem, assumptions and calculations; inference: confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for means, proportions and multiple populations; chi-square and linear regression; techniques for reviewing for AP exam, and role of technology in enhancing AP Statistics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING TI-83/84 graphing calculator and pen drive to store files. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: TODD ABRONOWITZ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Paul II HS, Plano, TX 18 years in education; 16 as an AP teacher Membership in American Chemical Society; Science Teachers Association of Texas, Associated Chemistry Teachers of Texas, named Texas Chemistry Teacher of the Year, Associated Chemistry Teachers of Texas; Radio Shack National Teacher Award Winner; appeared in Top Texas Teachers as one of the top 35 educators in Texas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will be on developing teaching strategies to create a learning environment for student success on concepts needed for rigorous science courses. Emphasis will be on what is necessary to be successful on the AP Chemistry exam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE an overview of the AP program and the AP Chemistry exam, appropriate scope and sequence, differentiation between AP and Pre-AP courses, recruitment of students into Pre-AP Chemistry, multiple-choice strategies, reaction predictions, atomic structure and periodicity, bonding and VSEPR, gas laws, nuclear chemistry (and relationship to kinetics), stoichiometry. Time will be allowed for sharing best practices, for discussion of concepts in the course, and for laboratory experiments. The latter will include a simple kinetics experiment, methods for determination of molar masses, titrations, ionic reactions, etc. If time allows, other topics will be determined by the group. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING goggles, apron or lab coat, closed-toe shoes, TI graphing calculator (one will be provided if you do not have one), current syllabus/scope and sequence (if you have never taught Pre-AP Chemistry, you do not need to bring this), best practice items – favorite chemistry lesson, lab, or activity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: LORRI WINKCOMPLECK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alamo Heights HS , San Antonio, TX 14 years in education; 11 as an AP teacher Membership in National Council of Teachers of English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS will be on learning and applying strategies to teach Pre-AP skills in a manner beneficial to both teacher and student. Because of the seemingly infinite number of skills and ideas a Pre-AP English teacher is responsible for presenting, this course will narrow the focus to a manageable scope. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE the essential Pre-AP skills associated with poetry, rhetoric, vocabulary, grammar, writing, and style analysis. A portion of our time will also be dedicated to examining some creative and unconventional ways to help students develop their own voice in relationship to reading, discussing, and writing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced and inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING dividers, highlighters, colored sticky notes, and a 70-page spiral notebook. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: ALEX HEATHERLEY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calallen HS, Corpus Christi, TX 17 years in education; 11 as an AP teacher State semi-finalist for the HEB Excellence in Education awards THE FOCUS will be to introduce basic skills and habits to make students successful and help them on their way up the ladder in their AP classes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE essay writing, document analysis, critical thinking, and discussion skills, as well as activities and strategies for Pre-AP / AP geography classes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD the inexperienced teacher (2 years or less), but all levels of experience are welcome. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING a jump drive with any materials that you want to share for easy swapping and a sample of your favorite lesson plan or activity to share with the other participants. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONSULTANT: NANCY SCHAEFER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulaski Academy, Little Rock, AR 16 years in education; 11 years as a Pre-AP teacher Membership in National Council for Social Studies, Arkansas Council for Social Studies, and Arkansas Historical Association; Teacher Advisory Board on Economic Education Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE FOCUS is to assist Pre-AP teachers in developing lessons that prepare students for the challenges of AP courses in social studies. The sessions will provide opportunities for participants to learn a variety of instructional strategies that will motivate students and foster the development of skills necessary for success in subsequent history classes in high school and in college. Teachers will be active participants in the sessions and will engage in hands on activities and the sharing of ideas. Participants should come ready for an informative and intellectually stimulating week. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPICS INCLUDE settlement of the New World, American Revolution, Jefferson’s presidency, nationalism and economic expansion, and the Civil War along with ways to write a syllabus, journal writing, strategies for critical thinking, ways to take class notes, primary source analysis using APPARTS , OPTIC, and other acronyms, vocabulary cartoons and cartoon analysis, conceptual identifications, categories and generalizations, document-based questions, Socratic seminars and discussions, close reading techniques, ladders of questions, timed writings, rubrics, designing effective test questions, and interdisciplinary projects. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TARGETED TOWARD experienced, as well as inexperienced teachers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YOU SHOULD BRING one lesson or best teaching practice to share with the participants. Suggested books to read: Washington’s Spies by Alexander Rose, Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America by Steven M. Gillon, The Civil War Soldier by Ray M. Carson, and Adopted Son by David A. Clary. |