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Summer Institute Participants: 'Lifelong Learners'
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by Stephanie La Croix
The College Board
New York, New York
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| | Over 350 AP teachers and counselors chose to mix business with pleasure by participating in the eighth annual Hawaii International AP Summer Institute this past August. And no wonder: the host of the Institute, the Kamehameha Schools, is situated on a beautiful mountain overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the island of Oahu.
The participants represented a variety of school types from locations worldwide, traveling from California, Texas, New York, Nevada, Oregon, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Canada, Korea, Germany, China, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Fifteen sessions were held during the week, including Pre-APTM workshops in Building Success in English and History and Vertical Teaming in Math. Another highlight was the workshop series on the ABCs of AP Counseling and Administration, which is designed to assist counselors and district and school administrators in increasing student participation and achievement in AP courses, and in directing effective academic and counseling programs in both middle school and high school.
Every year, the AP Institute in Hawaii is planned and coordinated by Susan Shanahan and other AP staff in the Western Regional Office along with a committee in Hawaii composed mostly of college counselors from both private and public schools. Starting next summer, the Institute will be coordinated out of the AP International Office in New York.
The Institute has traveled from year to year between the Punahou School and the Iolani School in Hawaii. However, this year the Institute was held at the Kamehameha Schools. Amy Sato, the on-site coordinator from Kamehameha and a counselor at the school, said, "I saw this event as a wonderful venue to showcase our unique school and students to an international audience. It gave us a chance to share the aloha spirit with our visiting colleagues, both local and from around the world."
Milagros Ojermark, the AP Spanish Language consultant from Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, said of her AP Spanish Language session, "When I think of the week at Kamehameha... I am inspired and energized by [the participants'] comments, their ideas and enthusiasm. It is an honor to share an 'AP week' with them."
Carrie Sato, a social studies teacher at Kaiser High School on the island of Oahu, said, "Every year that I've attended the AP Institute, I have gained more insight into the curriculum, scholarship, and methodology of an AP course. An AP teacher actually lives the life of a 'lifelong learner' that we preach to our students."
If you would like information about attending next year's AP Summer Institute in Hawaii, contact Bernie Longboy, the assistant director of international services, at blongboy@collegeboard.org. |
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