Schedule of Events
Live, Online Professional Development Workshops
This year we offer the AP® community a rich selection of workshops to support the AP course revisions as well as timely and important topical sessions. We add additional workshops on a regular basis — so be sure to come back and check this page often!
- AP Art History: Connections Among Art Works Across Time
- AP Biology: Overview of the Course
- AP Calculus: A Friendly Introduction to Infinite Series
- AP Chemistry: Using the Curriculum Framework to Support Student Success
- AP English Literature: The Mirror and the Window — Using Visual Texts to Analyze, Interpret and Understand Poetry
- AP Environmental Science: El Nino & La Nina
- AP Latin: Overview of the Course
- AP Psychology: Physiological Psychology
- AP Spanish Language and Culture: Using the Curriculum Framework
- AP Studio Art: Related Works from One Idea
- AP Studio Art: Working in Vertical Teams
AP Environmental Science: El Nino & La Nina
About the event
During this interactive online workshop, participants examine how Earth operates within, and as part of, a series of interconnected systems, and how changes in one system can have global ramifications. We identify important interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere which contribute to the phenomena that we know as El Niño and La Niña. The discussion includes identification of factors which distinguish weather and climate and look at energy-transfer interactions in global air and oceanic circulation patterns. The impact of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, on both the atmosphere and the oceans of the earth is highlighted by using specific examples of changes to the weather patterns around the globe. Resulting alterations in marine and terrestrial ecosystems are shown, as well as with the phenomena that occur during a La Niña event. Handouts are included.
About the content expert
Dean Goodwin
Dean Goodwin is currently the Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-Based Education, and the Director of Marine and Environmental Science at Christchurch School, Va. He has taught at both the university and high school levels. Dean has served on the AP Environmental Science Development Committee, been a Question Leader at the AP Reading and authored a Teacher's Guide for AP Environmental Science. He has also written a book on global warming titled Global Warming for Beginners.
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AP Latin: Overview of the Course
About the event
During this live, interactive online workshop participants build background knowledge of the new AP Latin Curriculum Framework, develop understanding of the structure of the redesigned course and reflect on and assess how current instructional strategies and practices can or cannot apply. They discuss strategies for helping students develop proficiencies in the specific skills delineated in the revised Curriculum Framework. Participants come away from the workshop with a solid understanding of the skills and knowledge required to succeed in the revised AP Latin course and on the exam. Handouts and resources are provided.
About the content expert
Jill Crooker
Jill Crooker has been teaching at the high school and college levels for four decades. She has taught Latin level 1 through AP, Pre-AP Strategies and Spanish. Jill has served on and chaired the SAT Subject Test Latin Committee and is a longtime College Board consultant. She has published numerous articles on educational topics including Latin essay writing, national standards for classical languages and AP Latin, and AP Vertical Teams.
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AP Studio Art: Related Works from One Idea
About the event
During this interactive, online workshop, participants explore a variety of systematic approaches for identifying a topic and developing a body of related works from one idea, concept or theme for the AP Studio Art Portfolio. Each of the approaches is developmentally sequenced to enable students to experiment and explore ideas for the Concentration section of the portfolio. Participants engage in a series of activities for each level of development of a central concept. The methodology is designed to stimulate individual creative responses while developing the student's voice through the exploration process. Handouts are included.
About the content expert
Patricia Winnard
Patricia Winnard has taught art for 38 years and AP Studio Art for 22 years and currently teaches at Heritage Hall Upper School in Oklahoma City. She is an AP Studio Art Reader and is a College Board consultant. During her career she has received the AP Outstanding Recognition Award and was named Teacher of the Year, finalist for Oklahoma State Teacher of the Year, Oklahoma Art Teacher of the Year, Secondary Art Teacher of the Year, Western Region Art Teacher of the Year, and finalist for National Art Teacher of the Year. Last year Patricia was selected to participate in the Robert Rauschenberg Project in Washington DC, and this year she was selected as one of the 2010 Cambridge University Who's Who Among Executive and Professional Women in Teaching and Education.
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AP Biology: Overview of the Course
About the event
During this interactive online workshop, teachers are introduced to the big ideas and enduring understandings of the new AP Biology course. Participants explore models and levels of scientific inquiry and the development and assessment of inquiry-based labs. We focus on the overarching topics and themes as well as strategies and activities teachers can use to help students develop the habits of mind and skills they need to be successful in the course. Sample exam questions will be shared and handouts are included.
About the content expert
Cheryl Hollinger
Cheryl Hollinger has been teaching biology at the high school and college levels for 23 years and currently teaches AP Biology at Central York High School in York, Pa. Cheryl has been a consultant with the College Board since 1997 and leads one-day workshops and Summer Institutes and serves as an AP Biology Exam Reader. Cheryl has been awarded the Outstanding Biology Teacher Award from NABT, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching (state finalist), Who's Who Among America's Teachers and the Siemens Award for Excellence in Advanced Placement Science Teaching.
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AP Art History: Connections Among Art Works Across Time
About the event
This live, interactive online workshop addresses some of the numerous ways artworks are linked, as well as how and why art and architecture change over time. Participants discuss appropriated imagery, the convergence of cultures within a given region and the concept of artistic convention vs. innovation from both formal and contextual perspectives. Related AP Exam questions from recent years are referenced. Pedagogical strategies and resources are discussed and examples are provided. Handouts are included.
About the content expert
Margaret Sharkoffmadrid
Margaret Sharkoffmadrid teaches AP Art History and Studio Art courses at Oakton High School in Vienna, Virginia. She is also an adjunct professor of art education at Marymount University and a member of the AP Art History Advisory Panel at the National Gallery of Art. Margaret was a lead teacher for Art History on the AP Arts Initiative Panel, is a College Board consultant and serves as a Table Leader at the AP Art History Reading.
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AP Calculus: A Friendly Introduction to Infinite Series
About the event
This live, interactive workshop introduces calculus teachers to content, teaching techniques and strategies, which will reduce the fear and anxiety surrounding teaching and learning "series." The focus is on series topics in the AP Calculus BC Course Description. Participants are provided with new ideas and activities to take back to the classroom. Relevant exam questions and handouts are included.
About the content expert
Caren Diefenderfer
Caren Diefenderfer has been a member of the Hollins University mathematics department for over 30 years. She was the Chief Reader for the AP Calculus program of the College Board (2004–2007). She was elected and served as chair of two Special Interest Groups of the Mathematical Association of America, SIGMAA TAHSM (teaching advanced high school mathematics) and SIGMAA QL (quantitative literacy). Additionally, Caren was a member of the steering committee for the Mathematics Across the Community College Curriculum (MAC^3) NSF grant and has been a campus consultant for numerous institutions as they implement QL programs.
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AP Chemistry: Using the Curriculum Framework to Support Student Success
About the event
During this interactive online workshop, participants learn about and discuss how the structure of the curriculum framework supports the learning objectives of AP Chemistry by providing context for exploring integrated themes and tools for accessing and improving student performance. Teachers investigate how to apply strategies for integrating elements of the curriculum framework into their lesson plans and classroom activities. This includes using essential questions, recommended contexts and skills that help lay the foundation for student success. Handouts outlining resources and classroom activities are provided.
About the content expert
John Hnatow
John Hnatow taught chemistry for 36 years at Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pa., where he also served as chairperson of the science department. John is currently an adjunct AP Chemistry instructor for AP Summer Institutes at Goucher College in Maryland. He is a professional development consultant for AP Chemistry and Pre-AP® teachers, as well as an AP Exam Table and Question Leader at the AP Reading. John has served on the AP Chemistry Development Committee. He is co-chair of the AP Chemistry Redesign Committee and serves as a member of the College Board's Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee in the role of College Board Advisor. He is also a member of the Science Academic Advisory Committee.
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AP Psychology: Physiological Psychology
About the event
During this interactive online workshop, teachers explore practical strategies for helping students understand the biological bases for human behavior, a critical focus of the AP Psychology course. Recent research studies and resources are examined in relationship to the effect of both drugs and the endocrine system on neural communication. Workshop participants explore and discuss classroom approaches that can help students understand communication in the nervous system, the impact of hormones on the body and the division of structures in the brain. Handouts include classroom activities, related free-response questions from past exams, frequently asked questions and resources.
About the content expert
Laura Brandt
Laura Brandt has been teaching both AP and high school psychology for the past 18 years. She currently teaches at Grayslake Central High School in Grayslake, Ill., as well as online through the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University. Laura is an AP consultant and has served as an AP Reader for the AP Psychology Exam for the past 11 years.
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AP Studio Art: Working in Vertical Teams
About the event
AP Vertical Teams bring the principles of excellence and equity in education to visual art programs. They accomplish this by promoting the creation of a vertically aligned curriculum designed to give more students the opportunity to participate in the academically stimulating and challenging AP Studio Art program. During this two-hour online interactive workshop, teachers learn strategies for developing an AP Studio Art Vertical Team, processes for sustaining an AP Studio Art Vertical Team, how to develop a sequential curriculum and approaches to creating and sharing lesson plans for emerging, proficient and advanced art students in drawing, 2-D design and 3-D design. Handouts are included.
About the content expert
C. Jane Harlow
C. Jane Harlow has been teaching for 42 years, and is currently the secondary art department chair for Bartlesville High School, Ok. She has been a College Board consultant for 21 years and an AP Studio Art Exam Reader for 19 years. Jane is a coauthor of the Vertical Teams Guide for AP Studio Art. She was named "National Outstanding AP Studio Art teacher of the Year" in 1995, was named Stanford's "Who's Who Among American Educators," was twice named "Who's Who Among American Teachers" and was recognized in Washington, D.C., as "Special Speaker, National AP Studio Art Poster Recognition."
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AP Spanish Language and Culture: Using the Curriculum Framework
About the event
During this interactive online workshop, participants learn about and discuss how the structure of the curriculum framework supports the learning objectives of AP Spanish Language and Culture by providing context for exploring integrated themes and tools for accessing and improving student performance. Teachers investigate how to apply strategies for integrating elements of the curriculum framework into their lesson plans and classroom activities. This includes using essential questions, recommended contexts and skills that help lay the foundation for student success. Handouts including resources and classroom activities are provided.
About the content expert
Laura Zinke
Laura Zinke has been an AP Spanish teacher for 27 years and is currently at McClintock High School in Tempe, Ariz. Laura was a member of the AP Spanish Development Committee for five years and now serves on the AP Spanish Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee. She is a Question Leader at the AP Spanish Language Exam reading and has served as a faculty consultant since 1994. Laura taught in Córdoba, Argentina as part of the Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program. She was named the Arizona Language Teacher of the Year for 2009.
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AP English Literature: The Mirror and the Window — Using Visual Texts to Analyze, Interpret and Understand Poetry
About the event
During this live online workshop, participants explore ways to engage students in critical reading of poetry by integrating visual texts in two ways. First, Jago and Shea will consider poems and visual texts that mirror one another. Then they will discuss poems and visual texts that are windows to one another -passageways whose connections are more metaphorical, perhaps requiring more imaginative leaps. The presenters will demonstrate classroom approaches that help students overcome their fear of poetry and begin to read, discuss, and write about poetry with insight. Handouts will be included.
"Students need books that mirror their own experience; books that reassure them they are not the only ones to have been bullied, not the first to lose a friend. They also need books that are windows, apertures to other worlds and other times, including the hypothetical future."
— from With Rigor for All (second edition), by Carol Jago (Heineman, 2011)
About the content expert
Carol Jago
Carol Jago has taught English in middle school and high school for 32 years. She directs the California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA and is past president of the National Council of Teachers of English. Carol is a member of the College Board English Academic Advisory Committee. She is the author of more than 10 books, has been a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and has written for many professional journals.
Renee H. Shea
Renee H. Shea is a College Board consultant, Reader and Question Leader for both the AP English Literature and Language Exams for more than 25 years. Renee served as a member of the AP English Language Development Committee and is currently on the SAT Critical Reading Development Committee. She is the author and coauthor of several books, contributes to a number of journals and other publications and served as professor of English and modern languages at Bowie State University where she was director of freshman composition.
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