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My name is Scott Meikle and I am excited to be your College Board facilitator for this session. I have been a teacher in the Clark County School District (Las Vegas, NV) for the past 20 years. For the past 15 years, I have taught AP US Government, AP Comparative Government, and AP Economics (both Micro and Macro). In addition to those classes, I have also served as an AP reader, district AP PLC Leader, and have taught PDE classes focused on Pre-AP rigor for my school district.
I am a big believer in the AP program, especially for the opportunities it provides for students who are traditionally overlooked, are attempting to be first generation college students, are attempting to earn financial assistance through a stronger transcript, or students who simply want to challenge themselves. I also enjoy working with other teachers as there is always great conversation with an exchange of new ideas. Working within small groups where we all have a common goal is one of the best ways to improve as teachers and to serve our students and their specific needs. I look forward to working with you and hope you find our sessions enjoyable, helpful, and productive. |
SCOTT MEIKLE
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Teachers can expect to gain more practical knowledge, practice, and experience with the following elements of AP Macroeconomics:
AGENDA (subject to change based on participants’ needs)
Monday - Day 1
Tuesday – Day 2
Wednesday - Day 3
Thursday - Day 4
Teachers can expect to gain more practical knowledge, practice, and experience with the following elements of AP Macroeconomics:
- Equity and Access for the AP Program
- The Course and Exam Description (Focus and practice with each topic)
- Strategies for Success
- Task Verbs, activities for teaching, activities for review, activities for assessment, class/group activities, and how to remediate specific students.
- Task Verbs, activities for teaching, activities for review, activities for assessment, class/group activities, and how to remediate specific students.
- AP Classroom
- Data Analysis (Instructional Planning Report)
- Semester/Full Year Planning
- FRQs (How to Write/How to Grade)
- Planning Your Course
AGENDA (subject to change based on participants’ needs)
Monday - Day 1
- Introduction/Housekeeping (Selected and required topics)
- Take the Test (Interactive, small group activity)
- Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Tuesday – Day 2
- FRQs (How to write and score)
- Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle
- Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination
Wednesday - Day 3
- Class Management/AP Classroom (Grading, use of AP Questions - types, styles, etc. -, and planning your course)
- Unit 4: Financial Sector
- Unit 5: Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies
Thursday - Day 4
- Last Day Miscellanea (Data from College Board, textbooks, and Micro/Macro in one year?)
- Unit 6: Open Economy - International Trade and Finance
- Presentations of Sample Activity
- Wrapping it Up (Exam Considerations - weighting/approaches/scoring)