World History
I have been grading different AP exams for well over a decade and have found it one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional life. Yes it does get hard the fourth and fifth day of grading the same exam over and over (well some subjects like US train you in two), but the rewards are many. I have a national network of friends whose collective brains I pick throughout the year, learn how to master an AP rubric and generally enjoy the places where we grade (San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Lincoln, Daytona Beach). Perhaps the best thing, and the reason I go is so I can help my students "beat" the AP exam. I must also say I am very efficient in grading throughout the year as being a grader has greatly improved my speed and the ability to find the exact mistakes the kids are making (which unlike the real AP exam I mark).
If you are interested, apply here by the end of September. If you decide to go and they generally look for people in their third year - but last year government took people who had taught fewer - you will have your plane, hotel and food paid for the week and you will get an "honorarium." You will spend your first day learning the rubric, the grade for five full days and part of the a sixth one. You work from 8 to 5 with two 15 minute breaks and an hour lunch. Even if you think it would be miserable, I think you owe it to your students to try it once.
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World History
Become an AP Grader
If you are interested, apply here by the end of September. If you decide to go and they generally look for people in their third year - but last year government took people who had taught fewer - you will have your plane, hotel and food paid for the week and you will get an "honorarium." You will spend your first day learning the rubric, the grade for five full days and part of the a sixth one. You work from 8 to 5 with two 15 minute breaks and an hour lunch. Even if you think it would be miserable, I think you owe it to your students to try it once.
- Become An Ap Reader
This week I am in Salt Lake City grading AP Comparative exams. In the past I have also graded AP US History and AP US Government. Honestly the sound of grading a bunch of exams every day doesn't seem to excite lots of people, but every...
- Ap Summer Institutes
The best summer institute I have ever attended starts on June 10th in Salt Lake City where I will be grading AP US Government exams, but I have gone to a number of great summer institutes (World, US, Comparative and US Government) over the years and always...
- Become An Ap Grader
When I tell people that I grade exams their first reaction is to say that grading is the worst part of their job, so why would anyone want to go. Well 1) I am a much better teacher because of the work I have done as an AP grader in two different...
- Using Google Drive To Grade Assignments & Collaborate With Colleagues
Today two of the teachers in my department printed out essays that were turned in digitally and sheepishly said to me that they just could not grade them online. About five or six years ago I was with them, but I am not one to give in easily. I...
- School's Not Out All Summer!
Some of my students just took their state exam today and others took their AP one last week, but our last day for students is not until June 15th (at which point I will be grading AP exams). This summer I am working with our online campus so, as...