AP Precalculus – Chasen Smith

This session: AP Precalculus with Chasen Smith is offered

ONLINE during Week 1: June 15-18, 2026.

Meet your APSI Consultant for AP Precalculus

Chasen Smith 

Chasen Smith is a Senior Lecturer of Mathematics at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA, where he has taught for  the past 13 years. He teaches core courses, including Calculus I, II, and  III, as well as mathematics content courses for pre-service elementary  and middle grades teachers. At Georgia Southern, he also serves as the coordinator of the Eagle Undergraduate Mathematics Conference and  the annual invitational Georgia Southern Mathematics Tournament, which hosts approximately 800 middle school and high school students each year. 

Chasen recently completed his second three-year term on the national Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Committee on Undergraduate Student Programming, where he co-organized the Undergraduate Student Poster Sessions at the Joint Mathematics Meetings and the Undergraduate Student Paper Sessions at MAA MathFest from 2016 to 2022. 

Chasen has been an AP Calculus Reader for the College Board since 2016. He has been a College Board-endorsed AP Calculus Workshop Consultant since the beginning of 2022. Chasen is a member of the Mathematical Association of America, the Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Georgia Association of AP Math Teachers, and the Georgia Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.

 At this APSI, participants will:

• Explore each section of the course and exam description, including the unit guides, while making connections to the course curricular requirements

• Begin to develop a course plan by unit and topic that incorporates the full scope of your AP course into your school’s academic calendar

• Examine formative and summative assessment items to identify content and skill pairings that are the targets of these assessments and create lesson plans to reinforce content and skill connections

• Practice applying the scoring guidelines from the most recent AP Exam to samples of student work

• Identify student strengths and weaknesses using data available through AP Classroom and Instructional Planning Reports

• Explore ready-to-use strategies, instructional materials, and pedagogical tools pertinent to the content and skills required for success in your AP course

• Develop meaningful connections within the AP community

You’ll explore these AP resources in-depth: Unit Guides, Topic Questions, Progress Checks, Question Bank, Instructional Planning Reports, Syllabus Development Guides, Sample Syllabi, and the AP Community.