CALCULUS AB/BC
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
U. S. HISTORY

The College of Wooster will host its twelfth annual AP* Summer Institute in June 2008. The Institute introduces the teaching methods and curriculum content needed by teachers of AP* courses for high school students. The workshops which will be presented in the Institute are: Calculus AB/BC, a combined English Language and Literature, and U.S. History.
For additional information, please contact Di Springer, Institute Coordinator, (330) 263-2129 (phone), (330) 263-2340 (fax), dspringer@wooster.edu (e-mail), Jim Hartman, Director, (330) 263-2239 (phone), hartman@wooster.edu (e-mail).

WORKSHOPS AND INSTRUCTORS
Participants in all workshops are encouraged to bring texts, lesson plans, and other materials.

Calculus AB/BC — This workshop will start with an examination of the syllabus for the AP* exam. From there, most of the major topics in the syllabus will be covered. All topics will be approached from a “reformed calculus” point of view with the use of the TI-83 or TI-89, and the new TI-Nspire graphing calculator. The term “reformed calculus” means using the Rule of Four which examines concepts from symbolic, numeric, graphic, and descriptive points of view. Emphasis will be on understanding rather than computation, and broad concepts and widely applicable methods rather than details and special tricks. The Institute will cover both the AB and BC syllabus with primary concentration in AB in addition to discussion of the AP* Audit. This workshop will be led by Jim Hartman and Mark Meuser. Dr. Hartman did his undergraduate work at Manchester College and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He has worked at Wooster since 1981, taught in the Institute since its inception, and has graded the AP* exam for seventeen years. Mark received his B.S. from Capital University and M.A. in Mathematics Education from The Ohio State University. This is Mark's first year teaching in the Institute. He has taught mathematics at Gahanna Lincoln High School for 34 years and has graded the AP* exam since 2002. (more workshop details)

English Language and Literature — Participants will review the AP* Language and Literature exams, practice evaluating the exams, and work in scoring sample exams. Other features of the workshop will include discussions of genre, epistemology, exam preparation strategies, classroom methods, as well as hands-on work with samples of student writing and presentation of developing plans for participants' own AP* classes. This workshop will be instructed by Rebecca McFarlan and William Macauley who are both in their third year as Institute instructors. Ms. McFarlan completed her Masters Degree at Xavier University, has taught English at Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati since 1988, and received the Martha Holden Jennings Master Teacher Award in 2002. Dr. Macauley received his Ph.D. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, is Director of the Program in Writing at The College of Wooster, and is on the Executive Board of the International Writing Centers Association.

U.S. History— Designed for both experienced and new AP* teachers, this workshop will provide an overview of approaches to teaching American history from several perspectives. Part of the workshop will examine ways of incorporating a race, class, and gender analysis into the teaching of the traditional American history survey course. The document-based questions will serve as the vehicle for a discussion of writing and its evaluation. In addition, strategies for balancing the dual demands of AP* teaching will also be investigated. This workshop will be instructed by Carl Schulkin and Jeff Roche. Carl, in his second year at the Institute, teaches at Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri and has been a Woodrow Wilson Teacher along with getting an award for teaching excellence. Dr. Roche, Assistant Professor of History, completed his undergraduate study at Georgia State, his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico, and is in his fourth year as an Institute instructor.

CEU CREDITS
CEU credit may be obtained for the 30 hours of instructional time.

TUITION
The tuition of $825 includes accommodation in Luce Hall on The College of Wooster campus and three meals daily, beginning with the breakfast meal on Monday, June 23, and concluding with lunch on Thursday, June 26. For commuting participants, tuition is $650, which includes a continental breakfast and lunches Monday through Thursday. Instruction will be held in the newly renovated Kauke Hall.

REGISTRATION
To register for one of Wooster’s three summer AP* workshops, submit the online application by June 1, 2008.

LOCATION
The College of Wooster is located in Wooster, Ohio, a city of 26,000, fifty-five miles southwest of Cleveland, forty miles west of Akron/Canton, and ninety miles northeast of Columbus. Located in beautiful Wayne County, Wooster is the home of several corporate headquarters, the location of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, and Wooster is twenty miles north of Ohio’s Amish country.

Wooster is easily accessible by car. Participants contemplating air travel should plan to use Cleveland-Hopkins Airport or Akron-Canton Regional Airport.

 SCHEDULE

FEE SUMMARY
$825 (boarder fee)
$650 (commuter fee)

Checks made payable to: The College of Wooster

Send registration by June 1 and payment by June 23 to:

Ms. Di Springer, Institute Coordinator
The College of Wooster
Wooster, OH 44691