Blog Post by: Claudia Michael, APSI Art & Design Instructor If you Google the title of this post you will find many reasons why students and artists in general should keep a sketchbook.  In fact I urge you to search the Internet for the benefits of visual journaling, as there are a lot of good… Continue reading Why Keep a Sketchbook? Updated Pro-tips for Advanced Placement Studio Art Instructors

Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Jim Glinski.  I grew up in Gardner, MA and graduated from Gardner HS in 1966.  I earned a BA in History from Bates College and later three masters degrees.  I taught history at Xaverian Brothers HS for 41 years and served as Social Studies Chairperson for… Continue reading APSI Instructor Spotlight! – Jim Glinski

Tell us a little bit about yourself. Hello, my name is Susan Pedone.  I have been an English teacher for over 40 years and over 25 of those years involved in the AP program. I have taught both in private and public schools and for the last 20 I have been teaching in an urban… Continue reading APSI Instructor Spotlight! – Susan Pedone

Tell us a little bit about yourself. I was a high school teacher for thirty five years, teaching A.P. Biology for over 30 years. I also served as a Fitchburg State University Adjunct Professor for many years. How long have you been involved with AP courses, either teaching them yourself, as a consultant, or both?… Continue reading APSI Instructor Spotlight! – Joan Carlson

Tell us a little bit about yourself. My name is Claudia Michael. I have been an arts educator for over 35 years. My experience in the classroom includes teaching K through 12 in private and public schools. On the faculty of The New Hampshire Institute of Art and Granite State College, I have taught and… Continue reading APSI Instructor Spotlight! – Claudia Michael

The Center for Professional Studies (CPS) has offered professional development to working professionals for over a decade, collaborating with local businesses, school districts, law enforcement, non-profit service providers, and other professional groups on continuing educational needs. The CPS is able to offer a wide range of customized professional development experiences to find the best fit… Continue reading Taking Professional Development to the Next Level

Guest Blogger: Brian Palm, AP Environmental Science Consultant One of the valuable attributes of the AP Environmental Science curriculum is the fact that this course encourages and develops student skills in collecting and interpreting their own data through hands-on experimentation. The course is definitively NOT an environmental STUDIES class! The focus on experimentation is valuable… Continue reading Collecting and Using Data in Our Science Classes

Guest Blogger: Brian Palm, AP Environmental Science Consultant I have long-believed that AP Environmental Science is one of our best opportunities as high school educators to teach “systems thinking.” Instead of learning a discipline in a single silo or discipline, students in any environmental science course are consistently presented with the topics that demand a… Continue reading A Systems Approach

Studying Environmental Science at any level of education and instruction can be a discouraging slog. The news and data that regularly dots the front pages of news sites and research journals can be overwhelmingly negative. Students, their teachers, and community members don’t have to look far to find information and statistics that can paint a… Continue reading Seeing the Positive

By Guest Blogger: Karen Martin Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like A Champion 2.0, has studied and observed champion teachers who improve student achievement. In his first book and now second edition, he identifies the subtle techniques that teachers use to put students on the path to college. One of the key aspects of  champion… Continue reading Champion Teaching through High Expectations for ALL