During this AP English Language and Composition for New Teachers @ Hawaii APSI, you’ll explore the course framework, the exam, and the new AP resources that will help you plan and focus instruction—and give you feedback throughout the year on the areas where individual students need additional focus. You’ll also learn about completing the digital activation process at the start of the school year that will give you immediate access to the new resources and will help ensure that your students can register for AP Exams by the new fall deadlines.
By attending this APSI, you’ll gain deeper insight into the following key takeaways, among several others: Understand the Course; Plan the Course; Teach the Course; Assess Student Progress; and Engage as a Member of the AP Community. In addition, specific attention will be paid to the following AP Classroom resources: unit guides, personal progress checks, AP teacher community, and the AP question bank.
SPEAKER
TIM FREITAS
Aloha From Mr. Timothy Freitas and welcome to the Second Annual Hawai‘i Advanced Placement® Summer Institute (APSI).
Mr. Timothy Freitas is a College-Board-endorsed AP English Language and Composition consultant who has been teaching AP English Language and AP English Literature for more than 15 years. Mr. Timothy Freitas earned his BA (Writing, Rhetoric, & Communication), and a MAT (Secondary English Education). Mr. Frietas currently teaches AP English Language and Composition in Massachusetts at Whitinsville Christian School; before that he was a teacher at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School.
Mr. Freitas has presented at the AP Annual Conference (APAC) and at the NCTE Annual Conference.
Timothy has been an AP Reader, sample-selection Table Leader, AP Question Leader, and a member of the College Board’s Instructional Design Team for the current AP English Language and Composition curriculum frameworks.
Mr. Freitas is a co-author of two AMSCO Advanced Placement Edition English Language and Composition coursebooks. He has also been a consultant and professional development facilitator for multiple educational initiatives, typically working with underserved populations.
In his free time, Timothy oversees The Garden of English—a YouTube channel--that assists both students and teachers with curriculum development, lesson planning and instruction.
Timothy's most important job is being a husband and father of 5 children.
Timothy embraces the Aloha Spirit - compassion and kindness to all with whom we cross paths in our everyday lives.
Mahalo,
Timothy