Advanced Placement Program* Summer Institute

AP Calculus AB, June 22-26, 2009               

Course Description

This session is specifically designed to help interested teachers build a successful AP Calculus AB course.  The week will include an analysis of the current curriculum, including an examination and discussion of various teaching strategies that reflect the current philosophy and goals of the course.  Included will be an overview of the AP program; suggestions for pacing and sequencing of concepts; a study of numerous AP level problems; activities with graphing calculators (including CAS systems); a review of the AP Exam including format, scoring standards and student responses; a discussion of the grading process from the perspective of an AP Table Leader; and an overview of resources and materials available to AP teachers. Participants will receive numerous materials.

What to bring:

Teachers should bring a graphing calculator with them.

Lead Consultant

Candace Smalley has taught mathematics in Moore, Oklahoma for twenty years and currently serves as the department chair for Southmoore High School, which opened in the fall of 2008.  Candace has taught the AP Calculus AB course since 1995 and the AP Calculus BC course since its inception in the district in 2000. 

Candace has served as a College Board Consultant since 1998 and is a table leader for the AP Calculus exams.  She has served on the College Board’s Southwest Region Advisory Council and the Southwest Region Conference Planning Committee.  She has been a presenter at many AP Conferences, and lead instructor at numerous AP summer institutes.  Candace was a recipient of the College Board’s 2001 Advanced Placement Special Recognition Award and also received recognition for her work with the AP program as a 2003 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement winner.

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