In Person 2024 Workshops | Week 2 | July 14-18

Instructor: M. Colleen Harrigan

This workshop offers an engaging combination of seminar discussions and hands-on activities aimed at supporting educators who are new to the AP Art and Design program. In addition to covering essential aspects of the program requirements, the sessions will delve into the complexities of the three portfolios. Participants will examine ideation techniques for creating lessons centered on the Selected Works and Sustained Investigation sections. They will also discuss flexible classroom strategies, along with the latest updates regarding AP program policies and exam grading. Together, we will differentiate the three AP Art and Design Portfolios through digital presentations and group discussions. The goal is to define each portfolio’s components—Selected Works and Sustained Investigation—and thoroughly review the curriculum framework and scoring rubrics. A mock scoring exercise will be included to reinforce understanding. Throughout the workshop, attendees will have multiple opportunities for peer dialogue, discussions, and crafting customized curricula to meet the diverse needs of participants in Drawing, 2-D, and 3-D Art and Design for optimal student success. Additionally, we will share insights on effective classroom organization and management in the AP Art and Design context, integrating both individual and group critiques, utilizing technology and research effectively, and understanding the impact of historical and contemporary art on image-making. The workshop will include numerous collaborative activities and resource development opportunities to enhance teaching practices. Regardless of prior experience with AP Art and Design, active participation is highly encouraged to foster the exchange of teaching methods and experiences among colleagues. Participants should bring basic art supplies for studio activities, along with a laptop, a sketchbook, two or three printed photographs (on standard 8.5 x 11 paper), and any favorite materials they enjoy working with. Please also bring a photo or video of your classroom space and any images of student work that you would like to share for group discussion. The primary goal is to customize the workshop to address each participant’s unique interests and needs, equipping you with the most current information to facilitate a successful Advanced Placement Art and Design classroom experience. I look forward to the opportunity for collaboration and shared learning!

Instructor: Steve Klinge

During our AP Summer Institute, we will work with each of the main areas of the English Language exam—the multiple choice questions (both the reading and the writing questions), synthesis essay, rhetorical analysis essay, and argument essay—and discuss ways to prepare our students with the skills they will need on the AP test. We will examine the Course and Exam Description book and the resources available on AP Central and in AP Classroom. We will also discuss the scoring process for the test and review the current year’s Language exam essay questions.  Prior to the course, I will share a list of essays to read so we have a set of common texts to discuss, and we will have some prep work for each day of the course, although you will have plenty of opportunities to participate in the Camp St J activities. Readings will come from a variety of pre-20th century and 20th-century / contemporary sources; although the emphasis will be on non-fiction, we will discuss the use of poetry and other fiction within the Language course. As a community of peers, we will collaborate on strategies, practice test-taking, analyze readings and share best practices. We will discuss lesson and unit planning, and participants will receive a Google folder with a wealth of resources. We will place ourselves in the position of our students and then explore how we, as their teachers, can improve their skills as writers, as thinkers, as close-readers, as test-takers. 

Instructor: Richard McCarthy

During this AP English Literature and Composition for Experienced Teachers APSI, you’ll explore the course framework, the exam, and the new AP resources that will help you plan and focus instruction—and give you feedback throughout the year on the areas where individual students need additional focus. You’ll also learn about completing the digital activation process at the start of the school year that will give you immediate access to the new resources and will help ensure that your students can register for AP Exams by the new fall deadlines. By attending this APSI, you’ll gain deeper insight into the following key takeaways, among several others: Understand the Course; Plan the Course; Teach the Course; Assess Student Progress; and Engage as a Member of the AP Community. In addition, specific attention will be paid to the following AP Classroom resources: unit guides, personal progress checks, AP teacher community, and the AP question bank.

Instructor: Andy Milbauer

During this AP Environmental Science for Experienced Teachers APSI, you’ll explore the course framework, the exam, and the new  AP resources that will help you plan and focus instruction—and give you feedback throughout the year on the areas where individual students need additional focus. You’ll also learn about completing the digital activation process at the start of the school year that will give you immediate access to the new resources and will help ensure that your students can register for AP Exams by the new fall deadlines. By attending this APSI, you’ll gain deeper insight into the following key takeaways, among several others: Understand the Course; Plan the Course; Teach the Course; Assess Student Progress; and Engage as a Member of the AP Community. In addition, specific attention will be paid to the following AP Classroom resources: unit guides, personal progress checks, AP teacher community, and the AP question bank.This workshop is for experienced AP Environmental Science teachers.  Others are welcome as well.  Throughout the week we will explore ways to teach the 9 units and 7 practices of the course through experiential learning.  This is not a PBL APSI.  This APSI provides ways to make parts of the course more experiential and tangible to the students.  It does it while allowing the teacher to follow the CED.   The goal is to promote hands-on learning with students.  We will do this by showing teachers how to bring experiences into the classroom.  We will take time to focus on the regions where each participant is teaching.   We will find things that each teacher can do with their students regardless of their location and their school’s budget.   The week will focus on discrete units each day.  The first day will explore soils and agriculture.  The second day will focus on water quality and aquatic systems.  The third day will focus on air quality, the atmosphere and energy.  The fourth day will cover material related to ecology and forestry.  The last day will conclude as we discuss urban ecology and environmental solutions. Teachers will produce a pacing guide by the end of the week.

Instructor: Joe Mancino

This APSI is designed to help experienced teachers build on our collected wisdom and give us a space to share our most successful classroom insights. Certainly, we will reinforce our familiarity with the CED and explore how the re-designed test is scored. Because we care about our students, we will discuss ways to broaden access to AP Physics within our own schools and ways to support the students in front of us. However, the main focus of this week-long session will be on labs. I’ll bring the memorable, high impact labs my students and I love. I’ll also bring some activities and demos that help reinforce what we’re all doing in the classroom. Participants are encouraged to share their own favorites because none of us is as smart as all of us. We’ll also spend plenty of time on the more challenging parts of the AP Physics 1 course like Torque and Angular Momentum as well as Fluids. Most of all, this is an APSI about meeting your needs so please reach out as soon as possible if you have any specific outcomes you’d like to see from this session.

Instructor: Brendan Murphy

During this AP Precalculus APSI, you’ll explore the course framework, the exam, and the new AP resources that will help you plan and focus instruction—and give you feedback throughout the year on the areas where individual students need additional focus. You’ll also learn about completing the digital activation process at the start of the school year that will give you immediate access to the new resources and will help ensure that your students can register for AP Exams by the new fall deadlines. By attending this APSI, you’ll gain deeper insight into the following key takeaways, among several others: Understand the Course; Plan the Course; Teach the Course; Assess Student Progress; and Engage as a Member of the AP Community. In addition, specific attention will be paid to the following AP Classroom resources: unit guides, personal progress checks, AP teacher community, and the AP question bank.

Instructor: George Jackson

This hands-on workshop will provide participants with an overview of the Course and Exam Description of the AP Psychology course. Participants will use the College Board online resources and participate in simulated AP readings in order to analyze past AP exams and plan activities to help students develop skills and master content. Interactive demonstrations, online resources and discussions will provide participants with opportunities to learn about how to integrate new research in psychology and best practices into their teaching. Participants will leave the workshop with a course outline and engaging curriculum to cover the topics and learning objectives in the AP Psychology exam. The course will also focus on the upcoming changes to the AP Psychology curriculum and exam.During this AP Psychology for Experienced Teachers APSI, you’ll explore the course framework, the exam, and the new AP resources that will help you plan and focus instruction—and give you feedback throughout the year on the areas where individual students need additional focus. You’ll also learn about completing the digital activation process at the start of the school year that will give you immediate access to the new resources and will help ensure that your students can register for AP Exams by the new fall deadlines. By attending this APSI, you’ll gain deeper insight into the following key takeaways, among several others: Understand the Course; Plan the Course; Teach the Course; Assess Student Progress; and Engage as a Member of the AP Community. In addition, specific attention will be paid to the following AP Classroom resources: unit guides, personal progress checks, AP teacher community, and the AP question bank.

Instructor: Susan Pingel

This AP® United States History summer institute will focus on key takeaways involving Understanding the Course, Planning the Course, Teaching the Course, Assessing Student Progress and Understanding, and Becoming a Member of the AP Community.  These include exploration of the course framework, the exam structure and preparation practices, and AP digital resources — including those providing yearlong class and individual student feedback.  This session is relevant for teachers beginning their AP® United States History course and experienced AP® United States History teachers.  Strategies to help create, and rethink or reorganize your APUSH class will be demonstrated and shared throughout the week.  This includes insight into the creation and expansion of an APUSH program, selection of text and course materials, development of syllabi, pacing suggestions, lessons, and assessments.  Expect instruction on the scoring of Free-Response questions (FRQs), including short answer questions (SAQs), the document-based question (DBQ), and long essay questions (LEQs).     Please be ready to share ideas, ask questions, think broadly about your educational practice, work hard and enjoy your experience. A welcome letter, with an agenda, will be available prior to this workshop.  Looking forward to a wonderful week! 

Instructor: Jonathan Henderson

This workshop is based on the philosophy that understanding the conceptual structure of the course and the interaction of its component parts is essential to creating effective lessons and assessments in the classroom.  After briefly outlining the “architecture” of AP World History, we will consider proven lesson plans and how they serve as models for creating quality activities in the classroom. The new sequence and periodization of the course will be addressed as well. Teachers will leave with ready-to-go classroom materials, tech tools, curriculum guides, and assessment items as well as the informed ability to develop these on their own. A significant part of the week will be devoted to teaching the skills necessary for the writing component of the exam with special attention to recent changes in the scope of the course.