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Dear AP Human Geography Teacher:
Welcome back! We hope that you are enthused by the promise of learning and student achievement that each new school year brings. Thank you for all that you do to foster rigorous yet attainable expectations for your students. Your students are fortunate to study and learn with your guidance and expertise.
We hope you find the information in this newsletter helpful. Best wishes for every success.
November 13-15, 2009: National Council for the Social Studies, Atlanta. Join more than 3,000 of your peers from across the United States and around the world to share the most current knowledge, ideas, research, and expertise in social studies education. With the theme "Dreams and Deeds: The Civic Mission of Schools," the conference will highlight the central role of social studies in our schools: preparing young citizens to make a better world. AP Human Geography Development Committee members Liliana Monk and Sarah Bednarz will also present a session titled, "From Dreams to Deeds: Ensuring Success in AP Human Geography."
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Online AP Score Reporting for Schools |
The College Board is actively developing an online AP score delivery system for secondary schools and districts, which could be available as early as summer 2010. With online score delivery, authorized AP teachers will have direct access to student score reports, score rosters, and AP Instructional Planning Reports. This system will deliver the same score information as the current paper reports and rosters, but in a more flexible and environmentally friendly format. Users will be able to print entire reports or only selected pages, and to save reports to a local computer. Additional information about online score reporting will be e-mailed to authorized AP teachers in advance of the system's launch.
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Submit a Proposal for the 2010 AP Annual Conference |
As members of the AP and Pre-AP® communities, we share a commitment to work together to ensure educational excellence for all our students. For this reason, the AP Annual Conference is shaped around the notion that AP educators learn best from each other. It is designed specifically for colleagues who value interactive learning to come together from around the world to share experiences and best practices. We invite you to participate in developing the program by submitting a proposal by October 20, 2009. Sessions specific to AP Human Geography are particularly needed.
The AP Program is now accepting applications for AP Human Geography teachers to serve as Readers at the annual Reading, which will be held in June 2010. Check the 2010 AP Reading Calendar for exact dates and locations. The AP Reading is an energizing opportunity—an intensive collegial exchange with more than 10,000 highly skilled AP teachers and college faculty. AP Readers consistently tell us that the time spent reading, discussing, and evaluating student work alongside accomplished educators at the Reading represents the best professional development experience of their teaching careers.
Readers are provided an honorarium of $1,604, and their travel expenses, lodging, and meals are reimbursed. Readers who teach at the high-school level also receive certificates awarding professional development hours and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for their participation in the AP Reading.
Apply today!
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Annual Renewal of Authorized AP Courses
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AP teachers should ensure that previously authorized AP courses are renewed online by a school administrator for the 2009-10 school year. Teachers can check the status of their AP courses by logging into their accounts on the AP Course Audit website.
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Resources for AP Human Geography Teachers
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Visit the AP Human Geography Exam page for sample multiple-choice questions and the 2009 free-response questions, scoring guidelines, sample student responses with scoring commentary, student performance Q&As, scoring statistics, and grade distributions.
From the College Board's online store, AP Human Geography teachers can purchase the following materials:
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Professional Development Opportunities
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The College Board offers IACET-certified professional development in hundreds of locations across the United States and around the world. All participants in AP Human Geography workshops for experienced teachers will receive materials focused on a specific instructional theme, "Special Focus: Scale."
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