AP Human Geography
Experience Interactive and Rewarding Professional Development
Learn AP instructional best practices and strategies that lead to student success in the classroom.
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Course at a Glance
Format:
Live-Online and Asynchronous
New & Experienced Combined
Length:
4 days, Monday - Thursday
Dates and Times:
2024 TBD
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Program Hours:
32 Contact Hours
Price:
$550 Standard Registration Fee
$600 Late Registration Fee
College Board APSI Materials
College Board APSI materials are included in your registration fee. To provide greater accessibility, we will be offering the College Board materials electronically. The cost of electronic and hard copy materials are the same.
Workshop Overview
The AP Human Geography workshop is designed to offer teachers an opportunity to become more familiar with—and better prepared to teach—the course. Each unit of the Human Geography course will be addressed through a brief analysis of the major topics, sample lessons, and additional lesson ideas. Other aspects of the workshop include the use and value of fieldwork, a discussion of textbooks and ancillary resources, and a review of questions, rubrics, and sample answers from previous examinations. A significant amount of time will be dedicated to familiarizing the participants with the changes that the College Board has implemented starting in the 2019-2020 school year. These changes are designed to provide new opportunities and resources for both teachers and students. The matter of helping the students become as well prepared as possible for the exam will be an underlying theme of the workshop. There will be some short homework assignments during the Institute.
What You Will Learn
- How to get the students thinking like geographers (thinking spatially)
- How to prepare students for both the multiple choice and FRQ questions on the exam
- How to score/group FRQs like a Reader
- How to manage the large number of topics by focusing on Big Ideas of each unit
- How to help students make connections within units and how this will help them answer “unexpected” multiple choice and FRQ questions
- How to emphasize the significance of scale throughout the course
- How to deal with the significance of vocabulary without memorization
How You Will Benefit
- Understand the nuances of AP Human Geography
- Understand the CED—the new resources available for students and teachers to help diagnose and assist needs in content or skills
- Obtain lesson ideas from the workshop instructor and from each other, and discover MANY resources to help you not have to “reinvent the wheel” in order to reach your students and keep them engaged
- Understand how to teach and assess FRQs in your classroom with authority and (some) precision (it is an art form, not a science)
- Address your concerns for the class, in order to be ready for the fall
How Online Workshops Will Work
No one wants to sit and watch a 32-hour long webinar, so we are working closely with our consultants to develop a modified course schedule that allows you greater flexibility, but still gives you the knowledge and skills you need.
Live-online instruction will be conducted through Zoom while asynchronous learning assignments will be managed through Canvas, the University’s learning management system (LMS).
Once you register, we will provide you with more details on how to access the platforms as well as your materials.
To register, please visit our registration portal.
Meet the Instructor
Rita Cron Hines
Rita Cron Hines taught Advanced Placement Human Geography from 2028 until the end of 2021 at J.M. Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky. She is now an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky.
Rita earned her A.B. in Journalism at Indiana University, Bloomington, and her M.A.T. at Bellarmine University in Louisville. Her Ed.S. degree is from the University of Louisville, and she is a doctoral candidate in educational administration at U of L at present. She was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel in 2009.
In addition to teaching APHG, Rita teaches in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and serves as the CAS coordinator for the Human Geography program. She is also an examiner for IB Paper one and served on SBDM as the Social Studies department chair for three terms. She is College Board-certified to teach APHG, AP English Language, and AP U.S. History. She was an ExCel award-winning teacher in 2008, the recipient of the 2014 Ashland Teacher of the Year Achievement, and was recently nominated for the Gilder-Lehrman National Teacher of the Year Award.
Rita has served as an AP consultant, reader, and table leader for APHG for the past ten years.
She is passionate about educating students to their fullest potential. Rita is married to Richard Hines and has two children, Courtney and Kyle, and two Siamese kitties, Frank and Riley.
How to Register
To register, please visit our registration portal. Attendees will need to register using their College Board login credentials.
If paying by check or purchase order, CPE staff will follow up with an invoice. Please reference invoice number on check.
If you have questions or need assistance registering, please contact [email protected] or 423-425-4344.
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