Student Teaching Class Guest Facilitator, Mercer University Atlanta, 22 September 2018
Student Teaching Class Guest Facilitator, Mercer University Atlanta, 31 March 2018
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop, Valdosta High School (Valdosta, GA), 17 October 2017
Hall County English pre-AP and AP Vertical Team Workshops for middle and high school teachers (Gainesville, GA), 23-24 June 2017
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop, Columbus High School (Columbus, GA), 17 October 2016
Improving Analysis Skills through Student-Led Discussion
Strategies and Resources for AP Literature Exam Success & Feedback from the 2016 AP Reading
Henry County Schools Professional Learning workshop, 27 July 2016
(AP Literature & Language Community of Practice)
Reading Visual Texts as Argument and Social Commentary in AP English
Georgia Department of Education Webinar, AP Literature Exam Writing, 22 June 2016
2016 AP Literature Exam FRQ 3 (intentional deception) reading feedback
Georgia Department of Education Webinar, AP Literature Exam Writing, 20 April 2016
Less is More: Support to Independence in One Year
Georgia Department of Education Webinar, AP Literature Exam Multiple-Choice, 23 March 2016
Coaching Students to Score on the AP Literature Exam Multiple-Choice Section
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop, Davidson Fine Arts (Augusta, GA), 16 October 2015
Strategies and Resources for AP Literature Exam Success
- using data to inform instruction: Socrative.com (teacher's room: LHS125)
- tracking student progress, strengths, and weaknesses: AP Exam multiple-choice log
- examining the exam: 2014 AP Literature Exam (International) list of texts
- examining the essential elements of the AP Literature course (charts)
- using AP Exam language: tone, characterization, and theme
- considering the AP Literature Exam Open Forum Chief Reader notes
- tracking student progress, strengths, and weaknesses: AP Exam free-response essay log
- analyzing College Board sample essays with highlighters (instructions for FRQ 1 & 2, FRQ 3) for 2014 AP Exam (prompts, scoring guides) samples: FRQ 1 , FRQ 2, FRQ 3
- scoring College Board sample essays for 2015 AP Exam (prompts, scoring guides)
- scaffolding for AP Exam FRQ essay success: FRQ 1 & 2 graphic organizer, FRQ 3 graphic organizer
- engaging in major text analysis (theme, characterization, symbol): graphic organizer
Henry County Schools Professional Learning workshops, 11 March 2015
Re-Inventing Assessment:
Close-Reading & Socratic Seminar with Informational Texts and Documents
Henry County Schools Professional Learning workshops, 23 February 2015
AP Literature & Language Community of Practice
- Multiple-Choice Strategies: 2013 AP English Literature Exam, 2012 AP English Language Exam, 2004 AP Language Exam passage (Wright's "The Albuquerque Graveyard"), 2007 AP Language Exam passage (DuBois's "The White World"), AP Language MC analysis assessment rubric & student samples, AP Literature MC analysis assessment rubric & student samples
- Free-Response Questions: 2014 AP Literature & Language FRQ3 samples, 2013 AP Literature & Language FRQ3 samples
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop (Metro Region), 10 October 2014
Strategies for AP Literature Exam Success
Henry County Schools Pre-Planning workshops, 29 July 2014
AP Literature Community of Practice
AP Language Community of Practice
- AP English Language Exam (2014 free-response, 2013 multiple-choice)
- close-reading and annotation (critical analysis grid, grid with thinking underlay, grid with essay template underlay)
- income inequality texts (graphs, cartoons, "Rich People, Poor People May Share Common Ancestor" from The Onion, "Nation's Poorest 1% Now Controls Two-Thirds of U.S. Soda Can Wealth" from The Onion, the roots--and effects--of income inequality TedTalk videos, U.S. Wealth Distribution video, "Tired of Inequality? One Economist Says It Will Only Get Worse" from NPR)
- Socratic seminar discussion (organizer, rubric)
Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools AP Literature workshops, 4-5 June 2014
Course Construction
Complexity
AP Exam preparation
National Council of Teachers of English conference (Boston, MA), 22 November 2013
(Re)inventing Assessment: Increasing Rigor and Engagement with Socratic Seminar
Henry County Schools Professional Learning, 5 November 2013
Common Core Shift: Focus on Informational Texts
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop (South Georgia Region), 9 October 2013
Complexity, Duality, Ambiguity: Scaffolding for Poetry and Prose Analysis
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop (South Georgia Region), 9 October 2013
Staring Into the Heart of Darkness with Students of Varied Abilities and Levels
Georgia Council of Teachers of English Conference, 22 February 2013
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop (South Georgia Region), 9 November 2012
Less is More: What to Teach in the AP English Literature Class
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop (Middle Georgia and South Georgia Regions), 5 October 2012 and 9 November 2012
Putting the Horse in Front of the Cart: Teaching Students to Write Well-Developed AP Exam Essays
Georgia Council of Teachers of English conference, 17 February 2012
Connecting Across Texts: Thematic Unit Design for CCGPS
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop (Metro Atlanta Region), 17 October 2011
Focusing on the Fundamentals: Constructing Your AP English Literature Course
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshops (North Georgia Region, South Georgia Region & Metro Atlanta Region); 7, 13, & 17 October 2011
Coaching Students to Tackle the AP Exam Multiple-Choice Section
University of Georgia English Education Student Teaching class, 22 September 2011
Assessing, and Planning, and Teaching! Oh, my!
Rockdale County Public Schools, Professional Learning for English Language Arts Teachers grades 9-12, 18 March 2011
Teaching Persuasive Writing through Advertising: Rhetorical Triangle and Counter-Argument
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop (South Georgia Region), 25 February 2011
Teaching Students to Detect Theme and Devices for Literary Analysis
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop (Metro Atlanta Region), 12 October 2010
What to Teach and When to Teach It: Structuring the AP English Literature Class
Georgia Department of Education AP Regional Workshop (Metro Atlanta Region), 3 October 2008
Teaching to the Test: Preparing Students to Write AP Literature Exam Essays
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