Summer Institute

at

Saint Mary’s Hall

San Antonio,

Texas

July 5-9, 2010

Registration Form

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Where:  Saint Mary’s Hall is located at 9401 Starcrest, San Antonio, Texas.  A beautiful, wooded 60-acre 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.  Breakfast will be provided at Saint Mary's Hall for all participants staying at Hill Country Inn. The Saint Mary’s Hall Summer Institute is a College Board endorsed conference.

Workshops:

AP Spanish Language: Consultant—Ann Mar.  Participants will review the Claims and Evidence document for the 2007 AP Spanish Language exam and explore strategies to prepare students to demonstrate targeted skills. 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 Texas. She has served as a reader and table leader for the AP Spanish Language exam and is a College Board Endorsed AP consultant. She regularly presents AP workshops, school district in-service, and sessions at national and area conferences on topics such as teaching reading comprehension strategies, creating role play activities for fluency-building, developing writing skills across levels and Vertical Teaming in world languages. 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 co-coordinator for the National Spanish Exam.

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.

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 and 8^th grade Robotics. She has been consulting for College Board since 2007 in Pre-AP Science and Science Vertical Teams, and is currently a Consultant Mentor.

Pre-AP Math (High School):  Consultant—Debbie Preston. The goal of the course is to have teachers work together to experience and share ways to uncover the meaning and use of the concepts and basic skills needed for success in high school pre-AP mathematics. A variety of 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. Some of the topics covered will be the rule of four, functions, limits, rates of change, accumulation, optimization, assessment, and vertical teams. Participants should bring their own graphing calculators, and should come prepared to share a strategy or short (5-10 minutes) activity that they have found to be successful in their own classrooms, along with copies and materials needed. Debbie Preston has taught math at Keystone School for the past 21 years, teaching every level from 6^th grade to Calculus BC.  In 1993 she was one of 50 teachers selected to attend the Woodrow Wilson National Foundation’s high school institute, “The Mathematics of Change.”  She received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching in 1998 and the Tandy Technology Scholar Award in 1999.  Last year the College Board recognized Keystone’s 2005 Calculus BC scores were the best in the nation for small schools.

Pre-AP Math for Middle School: Consultant—Katherine Duren. Teaching Pre-AP means going beyond the minimum to prepare students for success in AP Mathematics.  The Pre-AP Middle School Mathematics Institute will provide lots of ideas on how to structure and enrich your current curriculum.  We will also look at the "hidden curriculum" of middle school, vertical teaming and assessment.  Topics to be covered will include: pre-AP philosophy, problem solving, daily and unit planning, and classroom management.  Participants will receive a packet full of problems and activities, and favorite strategies and resources will be shared. Katherine Duren has teaching experience in both elementary and secondary mathematics and is a lead consultant for The College Board in Pre-AP Math.  She has presented at numerous state and national conferences and currently teaches middle school math at St. Stephens School in Austin, Texas.

AP English Language: Consultant— CONTACT _Con-42BAD26B1B2 Teri Marshall This summer course will focus on providing participants with the strategies, techniques, and content necessary to design a college-level course in rhetoric and argumentation.  Participants will learn key strategies for critical reading and analysis of nonfiction, including the key aspects of employing the Aristotelian Triad and the canons of rhetoric.  Since the primary purpose of the course is to emphasize academic writing as well as reflective writing, participants will receive several ideas for different kinds of writing exercises and writing assignments, with a focus on the Toulmin model of developing an argument.  Since students are required to complete a researched argument as part of the successful completion of the AP English Language course, participants will examine the difference between a traditional research paper and the researched argument, and discuss possible topics.  AP English Language students need many opportunities to discuss and clarify the challenging nonfiction reading with which they will be presented; therefore, summer participants will have some hands-on experiences with discussion techniques such as jigsaw and carrousel discussions.  A simulated reading of the 2010 questions will be conducted, and participants will receive sample student papers and strategies for using those samples for instructional purposes.  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.  Next year marks thirty-one years that Teri has been an educator, and she has been a Pre-AP/AP instructor and consultant for the College Board for thirteen years.  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.

AP English Literature: Consultant—Pat Sherbert. The purpose of Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition is to provide the able, motivated senior an opportunity to do college-level work in high school.  Since these students will be petitioning for college credit through the Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Examination given each May, the content of this course is closely aligned with English course offerings in universities and colleges.  In this open forum, new and experienced AP teachers will review and contribute practical methods for teaching genre literature.  Teachers will use the 2009 AP English Literature Released Exams to review multiple approaches to writing and to analyze close reading techniques.  Using selected authors from the sixteenth century to contemporary times, participants will experience how to generate materials that are non-survey.  All material will reflect the importance of understanding the literary genre of fiction, non-fiction, verse, and drama.  Pat Sherbert has been an Oklahoma teacher for over thirty years, Pat taught AP Literature and Composition and coordinated the district Advanced Placement Program that she initiated in Broken Arrow Schools and continued for Tulsa Public Schools.  She is a former member of the Southwest Regional Advanced Placement Advisory Council and of the National and Regional Academic Council.  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 continues as a Consultant-Reader for Educational Testing Services AP Language and Composition and read for the SAT II.   For six years, she was a member of the Reading Leadership Team for Language and Composition Exam as the Assistant Chief Reader and the Alternate Exam Question Leader.   She served on a panel for the College and University Writing Program for Administrators to promote an open dialogue with the WPA and The College Board concerning Advanced Placement English in college compositions programs.  During 2006-07, Pat served on a SHREB High Schools That Work Assessment Specialist Panel to identify the content objectives for the framework in reading.   Pat currently lives in Dallas where she is the Advanced Placement Director of English Programs for the National Math and Science Initiative. 

Pre-AP English-High School: Consultant— CONTACT _Con-42BAD26B219 Ayn Grubb.   Participants in this section will practice many new strategies to help 9^th and 10^th grade students stretch and expect more of themselves through their study of literature, writing, grammar, speaking, and listening.  We will find out how to use film to excite students about literary analysis.  We will explore ways to teach grammar through literature.  We will practice some foldables, use picture books, and see what the research tells us about how our students learn.  We will think in terms of pushing our students to achieve more.  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!

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, tenth graders, and teachers to expect more of themselves.  Currently teaching 8^th grade and coordinating K-12 language arts in Broken Arrow, Grubb has led Pre-AP English sessions at more than fifty summer institutes in the past ten years and at countless other College Board conferences all over the country, including the AP Annual Conference, AP National Forum, and regional forums.  Mrs. Grubb is a recipient of the 2004 Special Recognition Award from the Southwestern Regional Office of College Board.

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.  A variety of ways to deal with grammar will also be discussed, and the group will address strategies to make students more careful readers and thinkers in regard to both fiction and non-fiction.  Be Participants should bring sticky notes and a highlighter, as well as one work of fiction that serves as a significant part of their curriculum.  Participants should be ready to work. Christian Cicoria received his B.A. degrees in English and in Political Science from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 1998 and his M.A. degree in Composition and Rhetoric from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 2000. As a teacher at Roy Miller High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, he 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—Rhonda Johnson. During the week we will be looking at strategies that will help teachers of ALL levels and abilities implement Pre-AP strategies in their classrooms, with a variety of students.  Approaches to document analysis, content literacy, effective writing and other essentials will be discussed (and practiced) with a variety of primary sources, multi-media ideas, novels, propaganda and the ever-popular political cartoons. 

Each participant will be provided with the College Board’s AP Vertical Teams Guide for Social Studies.  They should bring their best lesson plan and their most challenging unit to cover.  Be prepared to present your lesson plan and work with your colleagues to develop new ideas for your challenging units.

Rhonda Johnson has been teaching U.S. History for nine years at Union Intermediate High School, a large suburban school district in Tulsa, OK.  She has taught Pre-AP classes since the district implemented the program eight years ago.  In 2004, Rhonda was made professional development representative for her building of 100+ teachers.  In an effort to participate in and provide meaningful professional development for herself and her teachers, Rhonda began working with colleagues in her district and across the state to develop workshops that would benefit both teachers and their students.  She is a Master Teacher for the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, has presented at the Oklahoma State Department of Education Social Studies Conference in 2006 and 2007, as well as ongoing workshops within her own district.  Rhonda became National Board certified in November of 2007.

AP U.S. History:  Consultant— Matt Cone.  This course is designed for those who are new (3 years or less) to teaching AP U.S. History.  Participants will learn the “nuts and bolts” of what the AP program is and how students, teachers, schools, and parents benefit from participating in it.  Special focus will be placed on structuring the class, teaching practices, and writing and document analysis skills that students need to be successful in AP U.S. history.  Participants will explore classroom resources, including online and multimedia resources to help teachers avoid the constant temptation to lecture every day.  The course will also draw upon the resources of college faculty to enrich content understanding and build on the knowledge of the participants in order to help them go beyond the textbook in their class.  Matt Cone is the chair of the Social Studies department at Plano Senior High School where he teaches AP U.S. History and AP U.S. Government and Politics. In addition to serving as a reader and table leader for the AP U.S. History Exam, he has served as a consultant for five years and has presented at multiple AP national conferences.

U.S. Government and Politics:  Consultant—Pamela Lamb. The U.S. Government and Politics Institute is designed to help teachers organize an AP course in U.S. Government and Politics, select appropriate materials, determine course content and depth of mastery, provide techniques and strategies for teaching the course, and provide a better understanding of the AP exam (what to expect and how the free-response answers are graded). We will: examine broad content areas for units of study and suggest methods of organizing course content; examine a bibliography of materials that can be used and how to incorporate these materials effectively; demonstrate writing strategies to prepare students to write the free-response essay; and demonstrate strategies to use in the classroom. The instructor will model an AP Reading with sample essays from past AP tests, explore ways to save time, discuss motivation, and help participants determine individual action plans.Pamela K. Lamb teaches AP U.S. Government and Politics and Macroeconomics at Del Rio High School in Del Rio, Texas. She holds a B.A. in history and a M.A. in both history and political science. She has been teaching for twenty-seven years, nineteen years in AP. Ms. Lamb has served as a reader, table leader and is currently a question leader at the AP Reading. Ms. Lamb has been a workshop leader for the Southwest Regional Office of the College Board since 1994 and received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Southwest Region in 2000. She has been recognized by Who's Who Among America's Teachers in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2005. Ms. Lamb is the author of 5 Steps to a 5: AP* U.S. Government and Politics, 2007-2008 edition

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

AP Summer Institute at Saint Mary’s Hall

July 5-9, 2010

Registration Form

Workshops offered:  AP English Literature, AP English Language, Pre-AP English (High School); Pre-AP English (Middle School); AP U.S. History; Pre-AP U.S. History (Middle School); AP Spanish Language; Pre-AP Math (Middle School);

Pre-AP Math (High School); AP Physics B; Pre-AP Science (Middle School); AP U.S. Government

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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 ($465): 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 ($800 for double room; $925 for single room):  includes instruction, all materials, room at Hill Country Inn & Suites, full breakfast at Saint Mary's Hall (Monday through Friday), 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 2010 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 28, 2010.  Conference materials will be sent out starting in early April.  You may check the status of your registration by email:  cbrown@smhall.org.q

Registration Deadline: May 28, 2010 or when workshops fill—whichever comes first. Registrations received after May 28, 2010 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.