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Pre-Advanced Placement Teacher’s Summer Institute
Course Descriptions:
Pre-AP Strategies for English - Middle School
Consultant: Kristina Janeway
Practice Pre-AP and AP strategies through hands-on lessons for all facets of middle school and high school English/Language Arts. Spend quality time on the smooth integration of these ideas into existing lesson plans while learning to incorporate these techniques into student writing. Discover techniques to get varied sentence structure in student writing by understanding the basic concepts of syntactical analysis through several assorted activities. Find out how to help students understand the nuances of tone and style as it relates to the author’s purpose in diction, expanded vocabulary, and syntax to improve student voice in writing. Facilitate analysis and higher analytical cognitive skills in your students while having fun but not by reinventing the wheel. A comprehensive resource list will be provided.
Consultant Information:
Kristina Janeway is a Pre-AP English teacher at Terra Vista Middle School for Frenship I.S.D. in Lubbock Texas. She has had fourteen years experience working with gifted and talented as well as Pre-AP and AP students in the West Texas Area. She has written curriculum for grades seven through twelve, designed an academic vocabulary course for the high school, and designed a SAT/ACT course for seventh graders that covers all tested content areas. Kristina has presented at numerous conferences and Advanced Placement Summer Institutes while working as a consultant for the College Board for the last four years. Kristina is currently working on Master’s degree in Education Administration and is a Mentor in the Teacher Advancement Program.
Pre-AP Strategies for History - 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. The development of these skills is the focus of this Summer Institute. The week begins with the affective skills students need to establish as a foundation for cognitive development. The institute continues with the application of the affective skills to each teacher's specific curriculum with the goal of the student's ability to write effective essay exams. This ensures that Institute participants will be able to go back to their campuses and comfortably incorporate the activities and ideas from day one.
Pre-AP Strategies for English - High School
Consultant: Patricia Conquest
This course will acquaint participants with activities, strategies, and techniques that will help prepare students for the challenges of upper-level AP courses. Attendees will have opportunities and practice with reading, writing, and discussion strategies that will foster deeper analysis and critical thinking. In addition, participants will work with ways to modify AP materials and develop scoring guides and rubrics that better meet Pre-AP abilities. This course is targeted toward the inexperienced (two years or less Pre-AP classroom teaching experience) high school Pre-AP teacher who wants activities that will provide a foundation for AP Language and Literature expectations.
What participants should bring:
- High lighters
- Post-it notes
- A poem, short story, or novel used in your class
- A successful 10 min (max) lesson, idea, or best practice to share (please bring 30 copies)
Consultant Information:
Recently retired, Pat Conquest has taught a wide variety of levels and courses in her 35 years in the classroom, the last 13 of which included the sophomore Pre-AP area. Active as a College Board consultant in the areas of SAT and Pre-AP, Pat presents at on-and two-day conferences as well as summer institutes. She considers herself a lifelong learner, a student along with her students and participants.
After 35 years of teaching nearly every grade level from 7-12 + courses reanging from Study Skills to SAT Prep to on-level and Pre-AP, Pat Conquest retired from the classroom, but not the profession. She still remains actively involved with students and teachers through the UTeach program at UT-Austin, College Board presentations and summer institutes, and independent-contract work with publishing companies. A self-described 'workshop addict,' she firmly believes that learnign and sharing should never stop.
Pre-AP Strategies for Spanish - High School
Consultant: Alma Gonzalez
Topics and activities:
- Overview of the four sections of the exam - listening, reading, spelling, and writing
- Useful strategies and activities for developing and maintaining a successful AP program
- Application of the new grading rubrics
- Integration of literature, music, culture videso and online resources
What participants need to bring:
- Thirty copies of your favorite activity, project, video or ancillary materials to share
Consultant Information:
Alma Gonzalez teaches AP Spanish Language and Literature at Gladys Porter High School in Brownsville, Texas, where she has also taught at the University of Texas-Brownsville for the last 11 years. She has been a consultant for the College Board for three years and an AP Spanish reader for the past nine. Presently she serves as a table leader.
Pre-AP Strategies for Science - Middle School
Consultant: Trish Jarrot
This course is designed with both experienced and novice teachers in mind. We will explore teaching philosophy, the developmental stages of learners in the middle school classroom, hands-on lab activities, assessment, and technology. Be prepared for interactive demos and exploration of labs ready to use in the classroom.
Participants should wear comfortable clothing. Field trips may be scheduled if time/environment permits, so hats, sunglasses, sunscreen, walking shoes, etc. are encouraged.
Participants should bring the following:
- A lab example to share with other participants in the session
- Best practices to share
Consultant Information:
Trish Jarrott received a B.S. in Elementary Education (1-8), with a specialization in Life/Earth Science from The University of Texas at Austin in 1997. She taught for 10 years at Kealing Middle School, Austin Independent School District (A.I.S.D.), where she earned a secondary certification in Health (6-12). While at Kealing she taught both 7th and 8th grade science in the Comprehensive, Honors, Pre-AP, and Magnet Programs. She has conducted several summer camps for A.I.S.D.’s Young Scientists at UT Austin, in preparation for their years at Kealing. Most recently, she worked at The University of Texas at Austin as a Program Coordinator for the Environmental Science Institute, focusing on Outreach and Education. She was eager to return to the classroom and began working at Covington Middle School, A.I.S.D., in January, where she teaches 6th and 8th grade science. She has been consulting for the College Board for four years and three years with Advanced Placement Strategies. When she’s not working, she loves spending time with her husband and daughter in their home town of Austin, Texas.