Three educators from Traverse City Area Public Schools were selected to participate in the annual Reading and scoring of the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations held in June 2009. The three educators are as follows:
· Katy Shelley-Barnes, TC Central High School AP English
· Stephanie Long, TC West Senior High School AP Psychology
· Tak Ready, TC West Senior High School AP US Government
Each year the Advanced Placement (AP) Program, sponsored by the College Board, gives more that one million capable high school students an opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses and examinations and, based on their exam performance, to receive credit and/or advanced placement when they enter college.
More than 2.7 million examinations from 37 AP courses were evaluated by over 10,000 AP Readers from universities and high schools. Representing many of the finest academic institutions in the world, these men and women are some of the best high school and college educators in the United States, Canada, and abroad.
The AP Reading is a unique forum in which academic dialogue between secondary school and college educators is fostered and strongly encouraged. “The Reading draws upon the talents of the finest teachers and professors that the world has to offer,” said Trevor Packer, Vice President of the Advanced Placement program at the College Board. “It fosters professionalism, allows for the exchange of ideas, and strengthens the commitment to students and to teaching. We are very grateful for the contributions of such talented educators.”
Please contact TC Central High School at 933-3500 or TC West Senior High School at 933-7500 for more information.