Courses
Courses
Music Theory
Beginning and Experienced AP* Teachers Combined
This workshop will focus on teaching strategies designed to develop student understanding of the materials and processes of music including visual and aural analysis, sight-singing, melodic and harmonic dictation, and composition. Special emphasis will be given to creating a curriculum employing techniques and activities similar to those presented in the AP Vertical Teams* Guide for Music Theory published by the College Board*. Significant critical, analytical and creative thinking skills will be fostered and the course will emphasize the synthesis of musical knowledge into usable musical understanding, especially with regard to music of the common practice period.
TERRY EDER a choral conductor and music teacher with over 30 years of experience at both the college and secondary levels, is currently the Music Theory teacher at Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas, where he teaches Beginning and AP* Music Theory. He also serves as Lead Teacher for the O’Donnell Foundation’s Advanced Placement Music Theory incentive program involving twelve high school music theory programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. He is a College Board Consultant and has presented at several Advanced Placement Music Theory summer institutes and two-day workshops. He also participates in the Reading of the AP* Music Theory exam each summer. About 80-85% of the music theory students that he has taught have received qualifying scores of 3, 4, or 5 on the AP* Music Theory examination over the past 11 years. Dr. Eder has also developed a one-day workshop on Vertical Teams in Music Theory for the College Board and has written an article on strategies for dealing with the sight singing portion of the AP* exam. He is currently a member of the College Board* AP* Music Theory Development Committee.
Art History Beginning
Beginning AP* Teachers
This Institute will address issues related to beginning, teaching and maintaining a successful AP* Art History course. We will discuss the recent directions in teaching AP* Art History, the nature of the AP* Art History exam, and the ways the exam is shaping the course. In addition, strategies for teaching works of art within their historical perspective and integrating works of art from beyond the European tradition will be explored, as these issues continue to be emphasized in the most recent exams. The concerns over "pacing" and selection of appropriate resources and textbooks will be addressed specifically. A main goal of the week will be to provide an opportunity for participants to share best teaching practices and to dialogue with fellow professionals about ways to make AP* Art History a class that truly benefits students.
Participants will walk away at the end of the week with materials they can use in the coming year and strategies that will promote student-centered learning, including enhancing visual literacy and writing about art. They will engage in a simulated reading of the essay portion of the 2006 exam and gain an understanding of the grading process. Finally, in that Chicago is rich in art and architecture, field trips will be organized allowing us to experience early 20th century architecture, the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, and the collections of the Chicago Art Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art.
CHERYL HUGHES has been teaching AP* Art History at Alta High School in Salt Lake City, Utah for the last 19 years. She received her master’s degree in Art History from the University of Utah and has been a consultant for the College Board since 1998. Cheryl has presented at College Board* National Conventions in Los Angeles, Houston, and Orlando, and leads AP* Art History Workshops and Institutes throughout the country. She was a member of the Test Development Committee from 2002 to 2006, was the primary high school author of the 2003 AP* Art History Teachers’ Guide, and a contributing author to the 2007-2008 Professional Development Publication, Special Focus: Art of the Twentieth Century. Cheryl has been a Reader, Table Leader, and Question Leader at the AP* Art History Reading since 1999, and currently serves as a National Teacher Leader for the College Board*.
Art History Experienced
Beginning and Experienced AP* Teachers Combined
This summer institute is designed for both new and experienced AP art history teachers. The schedule begins with an introduction to the AP program and its numerous benefits followed by an in-depth look at the 2009 AP art history exam. Attendees will be encouraged to participate in discussion and activities designed to review course content and devise exciting teaching strategies. Rather than providing a formulaic approach to teaching an AP art history survey course, this institute encourages teachers to customize an approach in accordance with their own personal strengths and their school’s demographics. The content of each year’s institute varies in response to pedagogical issues raised by the most recent AP exam.
DOUGLAS DARRACOTT received his BA at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and his MFA in painting and drawing at the University of North Texas. In 2001, he was selected for a Fulbright to travel and study in central and eastern Turkey. He has also served as a reader and a member of the test development committee for AP art history. During the past ten years, he has presented at workshops and summer institutes for the College Board and is the author of a teacher’s guide for AP art history to be published by the College Board in 2008. He continues to enjoy working with teachers of all backgrounds interested in art history.
Studio Art: Drawing/2-D Design Portfolios
Beginning and Experienced AP* Teachers Combined
This course will focus on the Drawing and 2-D Portfolios offered by the College Board*. With the bounty of cultural attractions Chicago has to offer, the course will provide a wide range of activities to help participants develop their AP* Studio Art programs. Examples of excellence in 2-D and Drawing will be shown in both the Breadth and Concentration Sections of the AP* Portfolios, along with ideation problems in Concentration, the new AP Vertical Teams* in Studio Art, the AP* Central website, and the Reading Process. The new AP* Studio Art Digital Submission Web application process will be presented. Discussions and handouts on best practice for digital image making, critiquing, portfolio development, published material, and lesson development will be addressed as well as hands-on activities in the classroom and in the Chicago area.
JERRY STEFL has been teaching for the past 37 years. He divided his teaching time between Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago for 33 years and is now at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago as an Adjunct Associate Professor. Jerry also conducts workshops for C.A.P.E. (Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education). He is the Past President of the Illinois Art Education Association, a past member of the AP* Studio Art Development Committee, Western Region Secondary Chair for the National Art Education Association, lead consultant of the Studio Art AP* Vertical Tedams* Guide and developed the Pre-AP Vertical Teams* in Studio Art workshop packets. He has also been a reader and table leader for AP* Studio Art and the chair of the Visual Art team reviewing teacher training curricula for the Illinois State Board of Education. Jerry has received The Marie Walsh Sharpe Artist/Educator Fellowship, National Secondary Art Educator of the Year, Illinois Art Educator of the Year, The International Kohl Award for Exemplary Teaching, Teacher of the Year/District #230, and Teacher of the Year for Carl Sandburg High School and is a Distinguished Member of IAEA. He has conducted beginning, experienced and Pre-AP* workshops internationally and is the past Content Advisor for Studio Art at AP* Central. Jerry is also on the Executive Board and Chair of the Education Committee at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. Jerry Stefl has been involved with the National and Illinois Art Education Associations; The College Board* with the AP* Reading, Development Committee, Content Advisor of AP Central*/Studio Art, Lead Consultant for the AP Vertical Teams* Guide in Studio Art, and Consultant; taught in the public schools for 33 years; was concurrently at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago for 33 years and continues at SAIC as an Adjunct Associate Professor; and is on the Executive Board of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art as Education Chair.
BARBARA SUNDAY began her teaching career in Jamaica, West Indies, and has taught AP* Studio Art at Sentinel Secondary School in West Vancouver, Canada, for 20 years. Barb is an experienced elementary teacher, has served as a District Art Coordinator, and has lectured in Art Education at both The University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Barb has served in a variety of positions and presented workshops for BCATA, CSEA, and NAEA.
Barb has been an AP* Studio Art Reader for eight years, has given numerous AP* and Pre-AP* workshops across Canada, in the Western US Region, and internationally. She has presented week-long institutes in Detroit, San Diego, Bellevue, Hawai'i, Chicago, Las Vegas, Victoria, and Toronto. Barb has been the recipient of the NAEA Pacific Region Award Art Educator of the Year Award and the BCATA Art Teacher of The Year Award. Recently, Barb has been appointed Table Leader for the Studio Art Reading and is currently serving on the Steering Committee for the Annual National Advanced Placement Conference.
Studio Art: Drawing/2-D Design/3-D Design Portfolios
Experienced AP* Teachers
Designed for the experienced AP* Studio Art teacher, this unique combination of AP* workshops and studio work has the dual purpose of developing participants' personal artwork/research while also giving guidance to translate personal ideas and skills into the AP* classroom. Participants will investigate how best practice can be refined and brought back into the classroom for AP* students. Participants will develop strategies based on their own week long experience how to engage the AP* student while they go through the Breadth and Concentration sections of the AP* portfolio. Participants will present their work from the week and relate it to educational strategies. There will also be discussion on AP Vertical Teams*, the Reading Process, Critiquing Techniques, the AP* Course Audit, and navigating AP Central*. This is also an excellent opportunity for experienced teachers to learn more about the new AP* Studio Art Digital Submission Web application process.
A native of Dallas, Texas, CHARLOTTE CHAMBLISS received her B.F.A. (Drawing and Painting) from North Texas State University in Denton, Texas in 1984; she received her Teacher Certification in Secondary Art in 1997 from Texas A & M Commerce, Texas. Charlotte has been teaching classes in visual art at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts since 1989. She has taught AP* Art History for 17 years and AP* Studio Art for 14.
Charlotte has been a College Board* Reader for AP* Studio Art since summer 2000; from 2003 she has served as a Table Leader and, most recently, Question Leader. She became a College Board* Consultant in 2002. Charlotte has presented a variety of workshops on AP* topics for several state and national school districts, as well as at numerous AP* Summer Institutes across the country. From July 2002 through June 2006 Charlotte served as a member of the AP* Studio Art Test Development Committee. From 2005 – 2008 Charlotte was a part of the College Board* National Leader Program for Consultant Training and Endorsement, and currently serves as a Mentor in the Mentor/Mentee Consultant Development Program. Charlotte was selected Booker T. Washington H.S.P.V.A. Teacher of the Year for 2000-2001. She also traveled to Japan in November 2001 as a participant of the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program.
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