2024 AP Best Practices Conference
The Will to Learn:
How to Cultivate Student Motivation without Losing Our Own
May 21st, 2024 at
GVSU’s LV Eberhard Center
Presented by Advanced Education Consultants
with BFW Publishers and The College Board
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dave Stuart Jr
Title: The Will to Learn: How to Cultivate Student Motivation without Losing Our Own
Student demotivation is experienced as pain — for students, for us, for everyone. But here's the good news: student demotivation is not inevitable. It's not “a sign of the times”; it's not “kids these days;” it's not “because of COVID.”
Instead, it's a symptom of the fact that modern education has lost touch with several key realities:
Every one of our AP students wants to want to learn, every AP classroom in the world can be both productive and humane—achievement and wellness aren’t opposed to one another but instead are friends. As AP teachers, you and I have an outlandish (though not omnipotent) influence on the degree to which students in our classrooms experience the will to learn, and the most powerful strategies for cultivating student motivation are far from complicated.
A RECAP OF 2023!
2024 Attendees can expect the following...
• Morning breakout sessions focused on BEST PRACTICES and facilitated by high-level AP teachers and leaders.
• Specific morning sessions sponsored by the College Board for AP Coordinators, Curriculum Directors and Principals to learn about new 2024 requirements and resources. (AP Precalculus or AP African American Studies as examples).
Dave Stuart Jr. - Keynote Address
Afternoon roundtable discussions organized by AP subject area.
And don’t forget...
• Conference participants will be eligible for 5 SCECH hours for attending.
• This has been intentionally scheduled the Tuesday after all AP Exams are over for the 2024 year.
• Cost is only $175, which includes breakfast, snacks, and lunch.
2024 Schedule
7:30 – 8:15 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 – 9:10 AM Breakout Session A
9:10 – 9:30 AM Break
9:30 – 10:25 AM Breakout Session B
10:45 – 11:45 AM Keynote Speaker: Dave Stuart Jr: The Will to Learn
12:00 – 12:45 PM Lunch
12:45 – 2:15 PM Subject Area Sessions
WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE SESSIONS?
Morning sessions are a more formal, traditional learning environment.
If you are interested in providing a learning session for your colleagues, please visit here.
Afternoon sessions are a more relaxed, but still dynamic learning environment. We will meet with professionals who teach the same subject as us, led by a group-moderator.
Professional Learning Groups: Biology, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Chemistry, Economics, English Language, English Literature, Environmental Science, European History, French, German, Government, Latin, Psychology, Physics, Spanish, Statistics, Studio Art, US History, World History and more…
These sessions are round table work sessions. All participants are given the opportunity to share specific formative and summative strategies, classroom activities, and any items that are designed to model the rigor of their subject area. Everyone walks away with something new!
The group moderator is usually an experienced AP teacher who, many times, has been a reader for the subject and can facilitate placement within the curriculum and discussions around all valuable resources.
some words from past attendees…
“I walked away with actual solid techniques I can use for poetry and incorporation of visual art.”
“It is one of my favorite days of the year!”
“Very useful and well presented. Practical... just what I was after.”
“I really appreciate the time we are given to collaborate.”
“These people are devoted and caring teachers who readily share so we can all learn.”
Past Speakers include…
Andrew Sharos : Creating a Culture of High Achievement
Andrew is a former history teacher, current high school administrator and the author of two Amazon best-selling books, All 4s and 5s and Finding Lifelines. His keynote speeches and consulting work focuses on creating cultures of high achievement, building relationships, and best practices in the classroom. In 2014, his students achieved the highest AP scores in the state of Illinois. in 2018, he received College Board's Distinguished Service Award for significant contributions to the AP community.
“There is something for everyone. ”