I welcome the opportunity to assist you in your preparation of becoming an AP* Psychology instructor!
Twenty years of experienced AP* Psychology teaching have taught me much of what to convey to beginning teachers of AP* Psychology. After starting with a 35% passing rate in my first year, major changes were made and subsequent further refinements have helped produce passing rates as high as 95%.
I have twenty years of AP* Psychology teaching experience at Griffin HS, (Griffin, GA) and at South Forsyth (Cumming, GA) HS. both in the metro Atlanta area. In teaching the course on both the block and yearlong format, I believe that I will be able to advise both audiences. I have been recognized as STAR teacher at each school. During the school year I conduct one day workshops for the College Board in Atlanta, Florida, Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, and North Carolina. During the summers I have conducted one week Summer Institutes in the teaching of AP* Psychology in Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Bowling Green, KY and Maryville, TN on multiple occasions. I have served as an AP* reader since 1997 . I earned my BS degree in Behavioral Science from Berry College and my MED and EDS degrees from Georgia State University.
*College Board, AP, Advanced Placement Program and the acorn are registered trademarks of the College Board. Used with permission.Advanced Placement Psychology Summer Institute
My goal: to take you to a higher level of competency, wherever you are, in your understanding of Psychology and the AP* program; to offer you the tools to build your course, needed instructional materials and resources, and specific course content and curriculum.
MONDAY
I. INTRODUCTIONS
A. You-name, degree(s), college, major, what else you teach, other activities you sponsor at school
B. Your School- where you teach, demographics, state incentives other AP* classes at your school, 
interesting trivia about your school (brag &/or moan !)
C. Your AP* Course- number of classes/ students, text used, weighted/accelerated credit, semester/
yearlong in length, who will take the class (grade level, any screening of students?)
II. INSTITUTE OBJECTIVES
A. overview of the institute
B. overview of the AP* program
C. overview of AP* Psychology
D. what you want to accomplish
III. THE SYLLABUS AS A STARTING POINT
A. Why a syllabus?
B. Sample syllabi: where do you start?
Monday pm session
IV. INTRODUCTION TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
A. information retrieval workshop with primary focus on computer search techniques; internet and other possibilities
in the teaching of psychology
B. familiarization with the tools necessary to interject media into your course
TUESDAY
I. CRITICAL THINKING & WRITING IN THE AP* COURSE
A. Teaching experimental methodology and design
B. Using bad studies to promote good thinking
Tuesday pm session
I I. CHOOSING TEXTS & SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS
a qualities of a good AP* text
b. survey of various texts
III. TOUGH TOPICS
WEDNESDAY
I. THE AP* PSYCHOLOGY EXAM:CONSTRUCTION
II. THE AP* PSYCHOLOGY EXAM: GRADING
Wednesday pm session
III. Multimedia Resources: "The Brain" series; "Discovering Psychology"
IV. TOUGH TOPICS
THURSDAY
I. TOUGH TOPICS
II. OVERVIEW OF HANDOUTS
III. Yearly Calendar
Thursday pm session
I. TOUGH TOPICS
II. EVALUATION OF INSTITUTE
III. TYING TOGETHER LOOSE ENDS
