The one-day AP GoPo workshop runs from 8am to 3pm with a morning break around 10am, lunch from 12pm to 1pm, and a graduation ceremony concluding the day at 2:47pm. The schedule includes infographic bellringers, sharing teacher stories, and exploring what, how, and why participants teach through thinking and doing activities. The workshop goals are to cover AP structure, government and politics content, and provide practical, useful, and inspiring takeaways for participants.
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So I’ve been a teacher for a while and I think I’ll have something to offer everyone here because I’ve taught all sorts of subjects in all kind of schools. I mean people who aren’t teachers ask me what I teach as if I just teach one thing – wouldn’t that be nice. It would be like if I asked a mail courier which house he delivers to. All my friends think I teach history. I don’t just teach history. I teach world history, US government, comparative government, US history, European history, civics, advanced civics, geography - often at the same time - and I’ve even taught ESL and English. So, yeah, I teach history. And I’m sure you’re like me, you’ve taught all kinds of stuff, to all kinds of students.
And I’ve taught in a lot of schools, and all kinds of students: urban, rural, suburban, rich, poor, Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, American, and foreign. I’ve taught at UNCSA, Career Center, Wake Forest, The Governor’s School, Robert E. Lee High school, Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
EMPOWERMENT– Every one of my 1000+ students – from Jackson Middle to UNCSA - has one thing in common. I am no longer their teacher. But if I’ve done my job well I have helped teach them to learn. The key is for students to learn to learn. That’s the empowerment part. And when I’m not doing my job right, I’m doing all the work. I’m talking and telling, and showing, and doing. But the goal isn’t for me to learn it’s for them to learn to learn. And we’ll be working towards that today. And if I’ve done my job right, I’ve empowered my students to become autonomous learners.