Sean Bayliss began teaching AP Art History at Arlington High School, near Poughkeepsie, NY, in 2006. A Reader of students’ examinations since 2010, he served on College Board’s AP Art History Development Committee from 2016 to 2020. Trained as a presenter of AP Summer Institutes in 2015, he became AP Art History’s Lead Consultant in 2020, hosting meetings with the other consultants, and recording videos on topics to be covered asynchronously in workshops. He has served on College Board’s Arts Advisory Committee and continues to write questions for the AP Art History Examination. Teaching studio art classes at Arlington since 2004, he also continues to exhibit his own artwork. He received an MFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts and a BA in Political Science from Williams College.
Sean Bayliss is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.
Sarah Socolofsky currently teaches all levels of French at Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins, Colorado. She has been teaching French at the high school level for 26 years and is the chair of her department. She has been an AP exam reader for the past 11 years and is the lead French consultant. Sarah recently developed the materials for the new AP Mentoring program for French teachers and is currently the lead AP French mentor.mShe is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Excellence in Teaching Award for Colorado and the Southwest Region, the University of Northern Colorado Teacher of the Year, and a national AATF award. She is a frequent presenter at local and regional conferences as well as a contributor to her district’s initiatives to realign curriculum and create end of level exams. Sarah earned her BA in French Language and Literature from Colorado State University and her MA in Special Education from the University of California, Riverside. In her free time, Sarah loves to garden, read, take long walks with her dogs and children, travel and spend time in the Colorado sunshine.
Phil Blessman received his Bachelor’s and Master‘s in Physics from Northwestern University and the University of Illinois before earning a Master’s in Educational Leadership from Columbia University, New York. Phil has been teaching Physics for the past 29 years, including all versions of AP Physics since 1999, and he has served as an AP Physics Reader and Table Leader since 2010.
I graduated from University of Texas Pan American (now called University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. I have been teaching for 17 years, 15 of those years teaching AP Calculus AB/BC. My Calculus adventures started at Southside High School, located in San Antonio, Texas. I was lucky enough to have won Teacher of the Year in the spring of 2014. In 2016 I transitioned to Young Women’s Leadership Academy, also located in San Antonio, where I have been ever since. I have also had the privilege of being an AP Reader for the last 7 years which has made me a much better educator. Throughout my entire career I’ve always had awesome hard-working students who value education. Teaching the youth is my purpose. I hope to inspire you to be the best teacher you can be for your kids.
Maureen Burke has been a Spanish teacher in the World Languages Department at Dulaney High school in Baltimore County, MD for more than 25 years. Prior to that, Maureen taught Spanish at LaLiberte Junior High in Raynham, MA for 4 years. Maureen also worked as an adjunct professor at CCBC in Essex, MD from 2018-2020. Maureen has taught AP Spanish Language and Culture since 2002 and has served as an AP Spanish Language exam Reader and Table Leader since 2004. Maureen has been an AP Spanish workshop presenter and curriculum writer in Baltimore County Public schools for the past 17 years. Since 2020, Maureen has given APSIs and workshops for College Board as an AP Spanish consultant. In addition to teaching AP Spanish, Maureen has taught all levels of Spanish from grades 7-12 as well as Spanish 101 at the community college level. Maureen holds a B.A. in History and Spanish from Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA and an M.A. in Education from Cambridge College in Cambridge, MA. She has also completed 33 graduate credits at the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. In her free time, she enjoys biking, swimming, gardening, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.
Maria Gloria Borsa teaches AP Italian Language and Culture and AP Spanish Literature and Culture at Bellaire High School for the Houston Independent School District.
Julie Wakefield taught Geography at McQueen High School in Reno, NV for 25 years – 15 of those AP Human Geography. She started her course with one student teaching after school and on weekends and it has grown to over 100 students a year and throughout the district to more than 6 other high schools. Julie is now semi-retired from the high school classroom but is teaching Geography courses at the local community college and university and is the Professional Development Coordinator for NCGE (National Council for Geographic Education).
Jonathan Ferrante is a College Board consultant for AP World History: Modern. He is a National Board-Certified teacher who has taught social studies for 28 years, including two years in New York City and over 20 years on Long Island. For the past 23 years he has taught at Smithtown High School West. Mr. Ferrante has been teaching AP World History since its inception in 2002 and has served numerous times as an AP exam reader, table leader and early table leader. In preparation for the recent changes to the AP World History: Modern course, Mr. Ferrante has participated in a project to design a syllabus for the College Board and contributed several lessons in the new APSI World History: Modern Workbook. He has also contributed to the development of the new Pre AP-World History course. As a question writer and reviewer for Cengage Publishing, he contributed to the Voyages in World History and The Earth and Its Peoples textbooks. He has also served on the Teaching Committee for the World History Association. Along with teaching at Smithtown High School West, he is also an adjunct assistant professor at Suffolk County Community College where he teaches history of religion.
Jen Schlicht (Slish) teaches Intro to Psychology, AP Psychology, and Dual Enrollment Psychology at Olathe South High School in the Kansas City area. Jen served as both Member-at-Large and Chair of the TOPSS Committee which represents high school psychology teachers within the American Psychological Association. During the Covid shutdowns, Jen co-hosted several “Tea with TOPSS” sessions where she interviewed well known psychologists, including Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and Dr. Philip Zimbardo via Zoom, incorporating questions from participants. At the AP reading, Jen has served as a reader, early table leader, and most recently as a question leader. In 2022, Jen was an invited master teacher to present a 3 day workshop for the APA/APF/OSU Workshop for Teaching Psychological Science.