Summer Institute at Saint Mary’s Hall

San Antonio, Texas

June 20-23, 2011

Where:  Saint Mary’s Hall is located at 9401 Starcrest, San Antonio, Texas.  A beautiful, campus in Northeast San Antonio provides an ideal setting for an Advanced Placement Institute.  Facilities include a dining hall, computer labs, and library.  Small classrooms insure intimate groups with personal attention.  SMH is handicapped accessible and is a non-smoking campus.  Boarding participants stay at Hill Country Inn and Suites, a motel located less than a mile from the campus. Lunch each day is provided for all participants.

Workshops:

AP Spanish Language: Consultant—Ann Mar. Topics include: using authentic materials; sources and strategies; integrating skills in preparation for formal speaking and writing tasks; thinking functionally; preparing for the informal speaking and writing tasks, integrating grammar in the course, strategies for the multiple choice listening and reading sections of the test, using technology tools for language development, and approaches to syllabus design.  Teachers will share successful activities from the past year, review and discuss published materials for AP Spanish language course, and reflect on teaching strategies for the coming year. Ann Mar teaches AP Spanish Language, Spanish 4, Spanish 2 and 9^th grade Spanish Immersion at Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. She has served as a table leader for the AP Spanish Language exam and is a College Board Endorsed AP consultant. Prior to working at Alamo Heights, she taught in the North East ISD in San Antonio. She is active in the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, serving on the local chapter board as coordinator for the National Spanish Exam.

This Workshop has been cancelled.

Pre-AP Spanish:  Consultant—Rosann Batteiger. The goal of this institute is for teachers to develop a curriculum and strategies plan for their lower level courses, so their students can begin developing the necessary skills to be successful in AP courses.  To help teachers develop a successful PreAP program we will cover the following topics:  an overview of the AP exam, the scoring process and recent changes; resources available to establish and maintain an AP program; information for developing a course syllabi using the six themes for the AP World Languages and Cultures Course; strategies for establishing and maintaining an AP vertical and horizontal team; methods and strategies for developing AP listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with the three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal and presentational; assessment strategies and rubrics; and strategies for working with a variety of learners.  Participants should bring their current textbook, scope and sequence guide or on-line link to their textbook and 30 copies of an activity to share with other participants. Rosann Batteiger has taught Spanish levels I to IV for the past 23 years at James Bowie High School in Austin, Texas and taught English as a Second Language in Mexico City for ten years.  She has served as a College Board Consultant for the past thirteen years and has been a reader for AP essays and tapes for six years.  She has also presented workshops for the Texas Foreign Language Association, Southwest Conference on Language Teaching and Region XIII Educational Service Center and is a National Board Certified Teacher.

AP Physics B:  Consultant—Dolores Gende. The goal of the Summer Institute is to help new and experienced teachers develop a successful AP Physics B course.  The Institute will focus on instructional methodologies, textbook overview, course content and scheduling, problem solving, curriculum resources, and the selection and planning of appropriate lab experiments. A highlight of this Institute will be learning how to implement technology in an active learning environment as suggested by the latest physics education research.  A special session will be devoted to an overview of the development and grading of AP Physics examinations including approaches to preparing the students for the exam. Participants are encouraged to bring labs and/or demo ideas to share with the other teachers. Scientific calculators are required for this course.  Dolores Gende has been teaching science and math for over 25 years in different countries such as Mexico, Belgium, and the Netherlands Antilles.  She has 17 years of experience teaching college-level introductory physics. She presently teaches at the Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, TX. Dolores serves as an AP Physics Table Leader and as the College Board Advisor for the AP Physics Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee.

AP Chemistry:  Consultant—Rene’ McCormick. This AP Chemistry Summer Institute incorporates an in-depth study of chemistry content with successful teaching methods and efficient pacing.  Emphasis will be placed on the components of the course that differentiate it from the usual high school chemistry course such as electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, thermodynamics and net ionic equations.  Participants will be provided opportunities to learn new technologies as they relate to classroom teaching methods and laboratory exercises.  What to Bring:  Please bring the following items when you come: A copy of your favorite classroom demonstration; Graphing calculator; any data collection devices that you use in your classroom (old CBLs, CBL 2, LabPro, LabQuest, Spark, etc.); any data collection interfaces you use or think may be “broken” or need their operating system updated; Goggles; Closed-toe shoes for the laboratory René McCormick graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor’s degree in Biology as well as a Masters of Arts in Integrated Science.  She has taught AP Biology, AP Chemistry and AP Physics B and is currently the Director of Quality and Standards for the National Math and Science Initiative based in Dallas, TX.  She has been an AP Chemistry reader as well as a member of the AP Chemistry Test Development Committee and her syllabus is currently published in the AP Chemistry Teacher’s Guide.  She pioneered the AP Chemistry program at Southlake Carroll High School in Southlake, TX before becoming the Science Content Director for Advanced Placement Strategies, Inc.  Additionally, she was Co-Project Manager and a primary author for Laying the Foundation. 

Pre-AP Science (Middle School):  Consultant—Lisa Tobias. The Pre-AP Science Workshop will use Physical Science concepts as the lens to highlight the advantages of a Pre-AP program, discuss content and curriculum, address the challenges of meeting the academic needs of all students, bring inquiry into the classroom, and modify instruction with Pre-AP skills in mind. Participants will perform and design labs, discuss interdisciplinary and non-traditional projects, and look at traditional and alternative forms of assessment. Technology will be emphasized throughout the week. By the end of the week, participants will have a Pre-AP skills list, classroom-ready labs, and project and assessment ideas to integrate into their classrooms.  Lisa Tobias has a BS in Biology and History from Bates College and Masters in Education from Barry University. She has been teaching Middle School Science since 2000. She currently is working at Saint Mary’s Hall in San Antonio Texas teaching 8^th grade Physical Science and 6^th grade Robotics. She has been consulting for College Board since 2007 in Pre-AP Science and Vertical Teams, and is currently a Consultant Mentor.

Pre-AP Math for Middle School: Consultant—Debbie Preston.   Teachers will work together to experience and share ways to uncover the meaning and use of the concepts and basic skills needed for success in middle school pre-AP mathematics.    Activities, strategies, and methods, including manipulatives, graphing calculators, and other tools, will be used to increase student understanding. Emphasis will be on exploration and problem solving algebraically, numerically, graphically, and verbally, since facility changing a problem's representation is often critical in revealing a method of solution. This course is targeted towards both inexperienced (2 years or less) and experienced teachers.  Debbie Preston attended Rice University and received her BS in mathematics from UTSA, and her Master of Arts degree in mathematics from the University of the Incarnate Word. She has been teaching for 26 years, 21 of which have been in AP and Pre-AP mathematics classes at Keystone School, where she chairs the Upper School Mathematics Department.   She co-authored the Instructor's Guide to accompany Paul A. Foerster's Calculus: Concepts and Applications.  A national consultant for the College Board for 15 years. Ms. Preston has been recognized as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a Radio Shack/Tandy Technology Outstanding Teacher, and was a recipient of the state-level Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching. 

AP Statistics:  Consultant—Michael Legacy. This course is designed primarily for new teachers in AP Statistics.  However, experienced teachers will find many useful things to take back to their classrooms. Much of the week will be devoted to experimental design, correlation and regression, probability models, and inference. We will discuss how to organize the course and how to use technology, simulation and data-gathering activities. Time will be spent working with activities and simulations for building sampling distributions and using randomization tests as a common theme throughout the year. At least one morning will be allocated for working in with online applets that are immensely useful for the course.

Participants are also required to bring graphing calculators with statistical capabilities. Calculator programs useful for demonstrating concepts will be shared.  The programs are all loaded on a TI-83 Silver Edition, so participants should bring a machine (at least a TI-83 Plus) that would be compatible for sharing these programs. Participants are asked to bring their current textbook, if they have one.  Michael Legacy is a past member of the AP Statistics Development Committee (2001-2005) and a former Table Leader at the Reading. He currently reads the Alternate and Overseas Exams. He has been a lead teacher at many AP Summer Institutes over the past twelve years, and is a frequent presenter at College Board conferences. Michael was the statistics content editor for the series, Laying the Foundation: Connecting to AP Mathematics funded by the O’Donnell Foundation. He has also authored the Prep for the AP Exam Guide for Yates, Moore, and Starnes’s The Practice of Statistics TI 83/89 Graphing Calculator Enhanced, 3^rd edition and is the author of the 2007 College Board AP Statistics Teacher’s Guide. Michael was honored by the Siemens Corporation as the AP Math/Science Teacher of Texas. In addition to being the pre-K -12 Math Chair, Michael teaches AP Statistics and Algebra I for 7^th grade at Greenhill School in Addison, Texas.

AP English Literature: Consultant—Randy Baker.  The APSI English Literature and Composition will focus upon various elements of an AP English Literature course—the study of prose and poetic works.  Beowulf, Chaucer, Dante, Hamlet, Oedipus, AP Comedy, The Multiple Choice Question, the Eighteenth Century and Satire, the AP Research Paper, and a simulated reading of the 2011 AP Literature Exam are just a few of the units that will be presented and discussed.  New teachers in an AP English Literature course will be introduced to the AP Course Audit and successful and hands-on strategies that they will be able to introduce immediately to their own students. Teachers should bring a best practices lesson, enough copies for 30 teachers, and be prepared to present the lesson on Thursday.   Dr. Randy Baker has been teaching English for the past 35 years.  A Nationally Board Certified Instructor, Dr. Baker has been a College Board Endorsed Consultant for 19 years.  He is chairman of the English Department at Putnam City North High School, and has been an AP Reader for 11 years.  He was recently named the recipient of the 2010 Oklahoma Medal for Excellence in Secondary Teaching.

AP English Language:  Consultant—Pat Sherbert. Advanced Placement English Language and Composition: Participants will read, analyze, and discuss a variety of literary selections for rhetorical elements: writing with a purpose, addressing and appealing to an audience, and analyzing effective textual discourse of a speaker.  The emphasis during the week will center on skills for multiple-choice strategies and writing elements for development and organization.  Participants will review strategies for making an argument and will construct and evaluate arguments.  We will discuss strategies for teaching students to understand writing assignments, create and sustain an argument, and analyze visuals as text.  Participants will review the 2011 free response questions and practice skills and techniques for the objective questions. Pat Sherbert taught AP English, Literature and Language, and coordinated the district Advanced Placement Program that she initiated in Broken Arrow Schools and continued in Tulsa Public Schools.     Since 1991, she has consulted for The College Board for Advanced Placement Institutes and Conferences and facilitated the Pre-AP:  Interdisciplinary Strategies with English and Social Studies.   Pat currently lives in Dallas where she is the Advanced Placement Director of English Programs for the National Math and Science Initiative.

AP English (High School) Consultant—Dr. Teri Marshall., 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, and discussion strategies that will challenge students to go beyond superficial thinking about poetry and prose.  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.  Each summer participant will be expected to complete 1-2 readings per night in preparation for the next day’s discussion.  Dr. Teri Marshall 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. She is the primary author of the College Board’s national workshop Pre-AP: Setting the Cornerstones for the AP Vertical Team, 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.

Pre-AP English for Middle School:  Consultant--Christian Cicoria. Participants will discuss the exploration of style, syntax, voice and word choice through mimics of quality sentences and longer pieces of prose. The group will also discuss ways to integrate student-led literary and style discussions into the middle school classroom.  Participants will discuss a variety of ways to grade writing and employ quality rubrics.  In addition, the group will discuss how to build and maintain a working vertical team, and will come to understand the necessity of the AP exam and its role in challenging middle school students to achieve more. Participants should bring one work of fiction that serves as a significant part of their curriculum.    As a teacher at Roy Miller High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, Christian Cicoria taught Pre-AP English 10 and was an integral contributor in the creation and growth of the Driscoll-Miller AP Vertical Team aligning Miller H.S. with one of its feeder schools, Driscoll M.S.  Since 2001, he has pushed, prodded and pulled eighth graders to develop their own voices as writers, to open their eyes as readers, and to expand their minds as students at Saint Mary’s Hall School in San Antonio, Texas.   At Saint Mary’s Hall, Cicoria has also done considerable work as a member of the SMH AP Vertical Team to streamline student transition from middle to high school and to raise the bar on student achievement.

Pre-AP U.S. History for Middle School: Consultant—Joseph Eberhard. A primary focus of Pre-AP is to prepare students with the necessary skills to be successful in AP courses, specifically writing skills. There are several perceptual barriers for students when learning how to write timed, in-class essay exams. The week is structured to address the affective and cognitive skills that will overcome these barriers and result in effective essay exams.  This Summer Institute will include activities for teachers with a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, underachieving students, or students identified as “at risk”.  Teachers will practice strategies that “coach for effort”, make student organization a habit, and lessons that develop skills as well as content knowledge.  This Summer Institute will demonstrate how a Pre-AP class can retain academic rigor while addressing the increasing pressures to focus only on a standardized exam. Dr. Joseph Eberhard teaches at William Adams Middle School in Alice, Texas.  He has been in education for the past fifteen years and has been a Pre-AP instructor for the past thirteen years.  He is the Coach for the Academic Decathlon, Academic Decathlon, Academic Pentathlon (8th grade), Academic Pentathlon (7th grade), and Chess Team.  Dr. Eberhard was TAGT State Teacher of the Year in 2002, Alice ISD's Teacher of the year, ATPE's Christi McAuliffe Grant for Teaching Excellence in 2002, and 2008 Texas Academic Decathlon Coach of the Year.

AP World History:  Consultant— Christine Bond-Curtright. This week will combine content and pedagogy geared toward successful implementation of an AP World History course. Teachers will receive instruction on teaching essay writing and document analysis with a special emphasis on the changes to the AP World History exam.  Teachers will receive numerous resources; please bring an eight gig flash drive or a laptop. Christine Bond-Curtright currently teaches Advanced Placement U. S. and World History at Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, Oklahoma.  She has been a College Board consultant since 2003; she has been a reader for the AP U.S. History exam and will be reading for the AP World History exam in 2011.

For more information about this Summer Institute, contact:

Carol B. Brown

Saint Mary’s Hall, 9401 Starcrest

San Antonio, TX 78217

http://barons.smhall.org/apsi/

Phone:  210-483-9276

Fax:  210-483-9299

Email:  cbrown@smhall.org

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AP Summer Institute at Saint Mary’s Hall

June 20-23, 2011

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Workshops offered:  AP English Literature, AP English Language, Pre-AP English (High School); Pre-AP English (Middle School); AP World History; Pre-AP U.S. History (Middle School); AP Spanish Language;  Pre-AP Math (Middle School); AP Statistics; AP Physics B; AP Chemistry; Pre-AP Science (Middle School);   

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Saint Mary’s Hall is handicapped accessible, and is a non-smoking campus.  With prior notification, special dietary requirements can be accommodated.

Cost:  Tuition only ($475): includes instruction, all materials excluding Pre-AP Vertical Teams Guides, daily lunch, breaks, and river banquet and barge trip (weather permitting). 

Tuition, room, and board ($750 for double room; $850 for single room):  includes instruction, all materials, room at Hill Country Inn & Suites, full breakfast at Saint Mary's Hall (Monday through Thursday), Lunch (Monday through Thursday), and the Banquet and River Barge Ride on Wednesday evening. Other evening meals will be the responsibility of the participant.

The State of Texas will reimburse public school districts up to $450.00/teacher for 6^th- 12^th grade teachers attending approved AP or Pre-AP Institutes during the summer of 2011 who have not attended an APSI in the past 3 years.  High school teachers must be assigned to teach an AP or Pre-AP course the following school year.  Teachers must participate in all sessions in order to be eligible for State reimbursement. Teachers not meeting their obligations to attend all meetings will be personally responsible for the cost of the Summer Institute.  Other states have different reimbursement policies. The difference between state reimbursement and the cost of the conference is the responsibility of the school/district or individual teacher.  

A check or a school/district PO must accompany registration.  Registration forms without PO or check will not be processed. All checks should be payable to: Saint Mary’s Hall Summer Institute, and sent to Saint Mary’s Hall Summer Institute.  ATT.  Carol Brown, 9401 Starcrest, San Antonio, TX 78217. (Fax:  210-483-9299)    All reservations to Hill Country Inn and Suites must be handled through Saint Mary’s Hall Summer Institute.

Refunds and changes in registration:  In order to handle administrative costs, a $25.00 fee will be charged for participant and/or course changes.  Refunds for withdrawal of registration cannot be made after May 25, 2011.  Conference materials will be sent out starting in early April.  You may check the status of your registration by email:  cbrown@smhall.org.

Registration Deadline:May 25, 2011 or when workshops fill—whichever comes first. Registrations received after May 25, 2011 will be processed if there is space, but a $25.00 late registration fee will be charged. The Saint Mary’s Hall Summer Institute reserves the right to cancel workshops, which have fewer than 10 participants, enrolled.