AP Summer Institute

Both courses are for those who will teach the AP courses or have taught them for a few years.  Topics taught in the AB and BC curriculum will be discussed as well as the changes in the AP Calculus Curriculum Framework.

A feature will be incorporating technology in the teaching of AP Calculus.  Calculator-active questions will be discussed.  Participants should bring a graphics calculator. Mr. Stadler will use a TI-84 plus graphics calculator.

This course is for both new and experienced teachers of AP English Literature and Composition. For teachers new to the course, we will review the course curriculum requirements and the process of creating a syllabus and submitting it for the College Board Audit. Both new and experienced teachers should profit from our focus on classroom strategies for teaching poetry, fiction, and drama. We will explore methods for improving students’ composition and critical thinking skills. Also we will spend time scoring student samples and analyzing multiple-choice questions from previous AP English Literature exams. During the week, participants will develop a lesson plan to share with the other participants.

Dr. Michael Bieze has taught at Marist School in Atlanta for 33 years. He is currently a CollegeBoard mentor for the new AP Art History consultants, has served as an AP Art History Development Committee member, AP Reader, Table Leader, Exam Question Leader, conducted workshops (including online) and summer institutes across the country, represented the AP Art History program at the CollegeBoard National Conference and Workshop multiple times, written AP exam questions for over twenty years, and written several articles for the program and its website. Michael has published several works including two books on Booker T. Washington. He has a BFA in Drawing from Arizona State University, a MA in Art History from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from Georgia State University. 

Mr. Tony Cordell taught at Marist School for 34 years. He has taught AP U.S. History and has been teaching AP U.S. Government and Politics for 22 years. He has also taught seminars on current American policy and civil liberties/rights. Tony has served as an AP reader for 17 years, a table leader for 10 years, and is currently an AP consultant, conducting workshops and seminars. In addition, he is on the McGraw-Hill Advisory Board for the AP Government interactive learning project.

Dr. Louisa Moffitt has taught AP U.S. History at Marist School for the past 33 years.  She has served as an AP reader, table leader, and exam leader for the AP U.S. History reading.  She recently completed her term as assistant chief reader for this exam. In addition, she has been a member of the AP U.S. History Test Development Committee.  She is a CollegeBoard consultant and national leader for the AP U.S. History program. 

Mrs. Gigi Muirheid taught Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition at Marist School in Atlanta, GA, for 26 years. She has served as an AP reader and table leader for the grading of the CollegeBoard National Advanced Placement exams for 14 years. She presently serves as a CollegeBoard consultant, leading AP workshops across the country and summer institutes in the Southeast region. She has conducted a workshop for the College Board National Conference.

Mr. Matt Romano has taught both AP Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics since coming to Marist in 2004. He has served as an AP reader for the AP Macroeconomics exam since 2008 and has been a table leader since 2013. An endorsed CollegeBoard consultant, Matt currently serves on the CollegeBoard’s AP Macroeconomics Instructional Design Committee helping produce teacher resource materials. In addition, Matt has contributed lesson plans to the fourth edition of the Council For Economic Education (CEE) teacher resource manual and written questions for various ETS assessments on economics. After co-authoring the Fast Track to a 5 test prep manual accompanying N. Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics text, Matt consulted for the AP version of Mankiw’s 8^th Edition. Beyond teaching at Marist, Matt also teaches AP Macroeconomics to students throughout the nation via the Online School for Girls, an online consortium of girls’ schools. 

Mr. Sergio Stadler taught AP Calculus at Marist School for 39 years.  He has co-authored multiple choice questions for Louis Leithold’s Calculus textbook.  He has been an AP reader and table leader for the AP Calculus exam, authored TIP’s Advanced Placement Calculus AB manual, and an Atlanta teaching fellow at TIP’s Summer Residential Program.  He has been a CollegeBoard consultant and an instructor of summer institutes.

Mrs. Jeanette Stewart has taught at Marist School since 2004 and has served as an Advanced Placement Chemistry reader since 2009. In addition to serving as a reader, Ms. Stewart continues to be active and has served as a question writer for the redesigned AP Chemistry exam. Her work with the redesign also included piloting the new guided inquiry labs and serving as a reviewer for the AP Chemistry Guided Inquiry Lab Manual for Students. Ms. Stewart was a member of the CollegeBoard’s AP Insight committee for Chemistry. This committee was tasked with identifying challenge areas in the course, designing instructional strategies and evaluating assessments for an online platform to help improve student’s AP Chemistry scores. Ms. Stewart is also a member of the College Board’s Academic Assembly Council (AAC). The AAC advises the College Board’s board of trustees on issues related to curriculum & instruction as well as how to best provide educational opportunities to all students. A longtime member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Ms. Stewart was also a founding committee member of the ACS Government Affairs Committee, Georgia division.