Robert Coad has taught AP* and Honors Art History at Hamilton High School's Humanities Magnet in Los Angeles Unified School District for the past 14 years, as well as design, drawing and Humanities courses. He presently teaches three classes of AP* Art History.

Over the last seven years, Robert has been a frequent presenter of one-day AP* Art History Workshops for the College Board Western Region and 5-day summer institutes throughout the Western Region, Canada and Columbia College's national AP* Summer Institute for the Arts (2005). Robert has presented one-day Art History Workshops at AP* National Conferences (Chicago, Los Angeles) as well as a panelist at Western Region Academic Conferences in Seattle and Anaheim. This past year Robert has presented three on-line events and workshops regarding contextual analysis for AP* Central. As a National Leader Consultant he is involved in consultant training. Robert has been a Reader for AP* Art History.

Robert is a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship recipient and has received a Humanities Teacher Leadership program award from the NEH in 2002-2003. He has National Board Certification in Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood Art (2002) and has served on the Excellence Awards Advisory Committee for the Los Angeles Educational Partnership Excellence Awards for Teaching. Robert is Mentor teacher for LAUSD at his school site.

You can e-mail Robert at robertjcoad@sbcglobal.net

The focus of this workshop will emphasize implementing and developing an AP* Art History program and addressing the needs and concerns of both experienced and new teachers to AP*. Sessions will cover critical issues relating to teaching AP* Art History in high schools, including an overview of the course outline and its demanding curriculum, pacing of the course and classroom time management, developing visual resources, selecting appropriate texts, incorporating Internet and technology resources and outlining strategies and methodologies necessary for building a successful program. A variety of instructional approaches will be presented including how to develop writing and critical thinking skills for young adult learners. There will be special emphasis on strategies for teaching "context" and comparative analysis of art works, which will be modeled by the presenter and practiced by workshop participants. There will also be sessions on preparing students for the AP* examination, test taking and review strategies with extensive review of essay grading and assessment procedures used at the AP* Reading. ETS and College Board test materials from the past three AP* exams will be used. New developments on the exam, including the Document Based Short Answer question and the emphasis on contextualizing art will also be addressed. Special emphasis will be placed on how to realistically include non-western art and relate these visual objects and structures to their cultural contexts. Specific strategies and suggestions on how to tackle the ever-expanding course curriculum and how to make connections between very diverse cultural artifacts will be discussed with slide presentations and field trips to local museums.

Monday, Day 1

The AP* Art History Course and The College Board*

8:00 - 12:00

Introductory remarks: Review of agenda and instructional materials

AP* Course Objectives and Rationale - School and District Standards

Textbook List and Web site lists

Visual Resources List and Art History Video List

Lunch
1:00 - 4:00

Curriculum Plans and Pacing of the course

Tuesday, Day 2

Teaching and learning strategies

8:00 - 12:00

Introducing Art History to high school students - the first week

Creativity and the Creative Process - Where does art come from?

Course Organization - Sample Preview Sheets

Index card sample and sample sheet

Sample Vocabulary Tests

Lunch
1:00 - 3:30

Strategies for teaching comparative analysis skills to students

Discriminating approaches for painting, sculpture and architecture

Review Sheet Samples

Wednesday, Day 3

Teaching contextual analysis -- issues, concerns and strategies

Recent developments in Art History

Strategies for including context in the AP* Art History curriculum

Modeling contextual analysis using individual works of art

Modeling presentations of context for periods of art

Field Trip to Denver Museums

Thursday, Day 4

Including art and architecture beyond the western art - strategies

8:00 - 12:00

Student Research Project Assignment

Comparison Charts - Non-western art for AP* Art History Teachers

Non-western Art Comparisons and Student Examples

Lunch
1:00 - 3:00

Preparing students for the AP* Art History exam - review strategies

AP* Comparison possibilities between periods

"What to do about painting?"

Short Answer slide comparison from 1994-2008 exams

30 Minute Essay Question from 1993-2008

Friday, Day 5

8:00 - 12:00

New developments in the AP* test

What happens at the Reading

Grading rubrics

Loose ends, summing up, course evaluation