Advanced Placement (AP)

I am a major cheerleader for the Advanced Placement program from the College Board. Over the years, I've worked to launch an AP World History course at both Pikeville High School and Rockcastle County High School for sophomores. At Rockcastle County, I also launched an AP US Government and Politics course at the freshman level. In 2022, I picked up AP US History after our former teacher of the course retired.

While the workload is very challenging, I feel like I became a better teacher by teaching AP. The standards-based grading foundations that I gained in my first few years teaching AP have led me to be much more intentional with my instruction by aligning it with good, national standards. I've taken skills in assessment and evaluation learned from AP and applied them to the general education classroom with exceptional results

The best part about the AP programs at each of my schools is that their implementation and promotion actually raised the climate of rigor at each school. We witnessed students taking AP courses at younger ages and doing very well. We even noticed a significant uptick in ACT tests taken by underclassmen and an increase in overall ACT scores at our schools. 

In the future, I look forward to teaching more Advanced Placement courses. I have the most experience with AP World History: Modern and AP US Government and Politics, but I'm also interested in growing as an AP US History teacher. 

Including those three courses, I'm open to teaching any of the following Advanced Placement courses:

• Have taught:

  • AP World History Modern 

  • AP US Government and Politics

  • AP US History 

• Would like to teach/pilot any of these courses in the future:

  • AP World History Modern 

  • AP US Government and Politics

  • AP US History 

  • AP African American Studies

  • AP European History

  • AP Human Geography 

  • AP Comparative Government and Politics 

  • AP Art History (unsure of eligibility) 

  • AP Psychology 

  • AP Computer Science Principles (can be taught by any certified high school teacher)

  • AP Research

  • AP Seminar