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Westminster Teacher Named to AP Program Development Committee
The College Board has named Betsy Heckman, head of the History Department at Westminster, as a member of the Advanced Placement Program Comparative Government and Politics Development Committee for the 2013-2014 academic year. The seven-member committee is made up of distinguished secondary and postsecondary faculty who are responsible for developing the AP Comparative Government and Politics course and examination.
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Members of the committee represent a diversity of knowledge and points of view in their fields and, as a group, are the authority when it comes to making subject-matter decisions in the exam-construction process. The committees represent a unique collaboration between high school and college educators. Once appointed, members will potentially serve on the committee for up to four academic years.
Betsy, who has been a faculty member at Westminster since 2004, has been a reader for the AP Government exam for six yearsyears. At Westminster, she holds the C. Hiram Upson Family Chair, teaches AP Comparative Government, serves as the dormitory head for Edge House, advises the school’s Model United Nations program and is the sports information director. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in international politics and economics from Middlebury College and a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Yale University. During her academic career, she also studied abroad in Australia and at Oxford University, completed the Middlebury Year Abroad in France and did a graduate internship in Scotland at the U.S. Consulate.
“I am honored to have been asked to serve on this committee and have the opportunity to work alongside teachers and professors who are incredibly knowledgeable about comparative government,” said Betsy. “Not only will this experience allow me to become familiar with the AP exam creation process, but it will undoubtedly improve my understanding of the material and help me to enrich the classroom experience for my students.”
Westminster’s academic program includes 24 AP offerings.
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