Summer 2019 AP Statistics Teacher for ATDP Secondary Division Program at Academic Talent Development Program
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UC Berkeley ATDP is looking for an instructor to teach Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics this summer. This class is for high students and is being held on the UC Berkeley campus.
About ATDP. The Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP) is UC Berkeley's summer program for high-achieving students from Kindergarten to completed grade 11. For over thirty-five years, ATDP has been offering challenging summer classes in a wide variety of disciplines. To learn more about the program, please visit ATDP’s website at ATDP.
About AP Statistics. ATDP has lesson plans from a past class of AP Statistics, which can serve as the basis for the upcoming class or be modified. There will be up to 20 students in the class. Teachers are paid through UC Berkeley's payroll department, and compensation will be $3800. Program dates: June 17 – July 26, 2019; Location: UC Berkeley campus
Advanced Placement Statistics
Tentative Class schedule: Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Grade level requirement: For students completing Grade 9 and up; completion of Grade 10 recommended.
Statistics is perhaps the most widely applicable branch of mathematics, and coursework will often use real-world data. The class is equivalent to a one-semester, introductory, non-calculus-based college course in statistics and will prepare students for the AP Statistics examination in May 2019. Guided by the AP Statistics syllabus, this course will introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. There will be four themes: exploring data, sampling and experimentation, anticipating patterns, and statistical inference. Students will use technology, investigations, problem solving, and writing as they build conceptual understanding and become fluent with the language and formulas of statistics. In class, students will use graphing calculators that have extensive statistical capabilities, and students will be expected to bring a graphing calculator with statistical capabilities to the AP exam.
Prerequisites: Completion of Algebra II with a final grade of A and a very strong math teacher recommendation. Completion of at least freshman year of high school or permission of the Director. Completion of at least sophomore year is recommended.
Applying. Please send an email with your CV attached to Carrie Brown, Assistant Director, ATDP, at CarrieBrown@berkeley.edu. We look forward to hearing from prospective instructors.
Requirements / Qualifications
Cover Letter Curriculum Vitae Statement of Teaching Philosophy Send interest email to carriebrown@berkeley.edu
BA/BS or equivalent international degree at the time of application. The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence in teaching practice and experience in the subject matter field with diverse populations.Names and contact information for three references (Letters may be requested for finalists). All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality at http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html prior to submitting their letters..
Requirements / Qualifications
Cover Letter Curriculum Vitae Statement of Teaching Philosophy Send interest email to carriebrown@berkeley.edu
BA/BS or equivalent international degree at the time of application. The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence in teaching practice and experience in the subject matter field with diverse populations.Names and contact information for three references (Letters may be requested for finalists). All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality at http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html prior to submitting their letters..
Comments and Other Information
Preferred: US teaching credential or M.A. or equivalent credential/degree in related content area at the time of application. Minimum 3 years experience working in a related field. Experience teaching K-12 academically advanced students in proposed subject matter. Experience developing and implementing student-centered or project-based curricula that successfully engages students and facilitates learning.
In addition to teaching responsibilities, duties include: holding office hours, assigning grades, writing student evaluations, advising students, attending faculty meetings, and
preparing course materials. Teachers are also required to attend a Faculty-wide meeting in May 2019; SD instructors must attend the Student/Parent orientation in June 2019.
Comments and Other Information
Preferred: US teaching credential or M.A. or equivalent credential/degree in related content area at the time of application. Minimum 3 years experience working in a related field. Experience teaching K-12 academically advanced students in proposed subject matter. Experience developing and implementing student-centered or project-based curricula that successfully engages students and facilitates learning.
In addition to teaching responsibilities, duties include: holding office hours, assigning grades, writing student evaluations, advising students, attending faculty meetings, and
preparing course materials. Teachers are also required to attend a Faculty-wide meeting in May 2019; SD instructors must attend the Student/Parent orientation in June 2019.