Pre-Conference Workshop, June 16, 2015
Led by Peggy Pride,
AP Economics College Board Consultant
AGENDA
4:00 p.m.
Registration
4:30
Welcome
4:45
Orientation to AP Economics
Course Descriptions
6:00
Dinner
6:45
Course Syllabus
Textbook
The Test
7:45
Common Pitfalls
8:00
Adjourn
Day 1: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
AGENDA
7:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30
Welcome. Let’s Get Acquainted.
Barb Flowers, Economic Education Coordinator
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
9:30
Common Errors in the 2015 AP Macroeconomics Exam
Art Raymond, Professor of Economics, Muhlenberg College
Chief Reader for the Advanced Placement® Program in Macroeconomics
10:45
Break
11:00
AP Macroeconomics Exam Questions
Eva Johnston, Senior Economic Education Specialist
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Mark Bayles, Senior Economic Education Specialist
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15
Common Errors in the 2015 AP Microeconomics Exam
Michael Brody, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
Co-Chair, AP Microeconomics Development Committee
2:30
Break
2:45
AP Microeconomics Exam Questions
Eva Johnston
Mark Bayles
4:00
Break
4:15
AP Specialists Panel
Art Raymond
Michael Brody
Peggy Pride, AP Economics College Board Consultant
Rodney Gerdes, Oakville High School, St. Louis, MO
5:00
Reception
Day 2: Thursday, June 18, 2015
AGENDA
7:30 a.m.
Check-In, Informal Conversation and Continental Breakfast
8:30
Economic Efficiency
Michael T. Owyang, Research Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
9:30
Teaching Strategies
10:15
Break
10:30
Teaching about Market Structures
Felix Kwan, Economics Professor
Maryville University
11:30
Lunch
12:15 p.m.
Phillips Curve
Peggy Pride
1:15
Sample Questions and Scoring Guidelines
Eva Johnston
Mark Bayles
3:00
Break
3:15
Resources from the Fed
3:45
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Dan Thornton, President
D.L. Thornton Economics LLC
5:00
Reception
Day 3: Friday, June 19, 2015
AGENDA
7:30 a.m.
Check-In, Informal Conversation and Continental Breakfast
8:30
Money Market
Guillaume Vandenbroucke, Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
9:30
Break
9:45
Exchange Rates
Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria, Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
11:00
Teaching Strategies
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15
Economists Panel
Michael T. Owyang
Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria
2:00
FRED Demonstration
Mark Bayles
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
3:00
Wrap-up and Adjourn