Brief course description for AP Calculus AB:

This session is specifically designed to help interested teachers build a successful AP Calculus AB course.  The week will include an analysis of the current curriculum, including an examination and discussion of various teaching strategies that reflect the current philosophy and goals of the course.  Included will be an overview of the AP program; suggestions for pacing and sequencing of concepts; a study of numerous AP level problems; activities with graphing calculators (including CAS systems); a review of the AP Exam including format, scoring standards and student responses; a discussion of the grading process from the perspective of an AP Reader; and an overview of resources and materials available to AP teachers. Participants will receive numerous materials. Teachers should bring a graphing calculator with them.

Biographical sketch:

Candace Smalley has taught mathematics at Westmoore High School in Moore, Oklahoma for nineteen years and has recently been named the department chair for the new Southmoore High School which will open in the fall of 2008.  Candace has taught the AP Calculus AB course since 1995 and the AP Calculus BC course since its inception in 2000. 

Candace has served as a College Board Consultant since 1998 and is a reader for the AP Calculus exams.  She has served on the College Board’s Southwest Region Advisory Council and the Southwest Region Conference Planning Committee.  She has been a presenter at many AP Conferences, and lead instructor at numerous AP summer institutes.  Candace was a recipient of the College Board’s 2001 Advanced Placement Special Recognition Award and also received recognition for her work with the AP program as a 2003 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement winner. 

Updated 12/6/07