With more than 25 years’ experience as an AP teacher, reader, and consultant, John is well versed in designing and developing curriculum using the UbD® model; implementing competency-based and evidence-centered assessments; as well as effective strategies develop critical reading and evidence-based argumentation skills.
John is the lead author of Ideas In Argument and Ideas In Literature, two skills-driven groundbreaking textbooks for AP English Courses, published by Bedford/Macmillan.
A Kentucky educator and native, John Williamson is currently the Dean of P-12 Programs at Eastern Kentucky University and Superintendent at Model Laboratory School where he also continues to teach AP English.
John’s professional career in education has afforded him many opportunities, including Vice President of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the College Board’s AP Program; superintendent, curriculum director, and AP teacher in a variety of school districts—large and small as well as rural and suburban; and ELA curriculum specialist for the Kentucky Department of Education.
John holds a PhD in Curriculum, Assessment, and Evaluation from Ecole Superieure Robert de Sorbon (Fr) and earned Master’s degrees in Educational Administration and English from Columbia University (NY) and Morehead State University (KY) respectively and an undergraduate major in English teaching from Eastern Kentucky University.
AP English Language Teachers work collaboratively to develop a lesson increasing students’ ability to write an essay incorporating a thesis incorporating a defensible position and using evidence to support a line of reasoning.
AP English Language students experiencing an effective lesson are better prepared to write a quality essay for a Question on the AP English Language Test.
