Meet the College Board Endorsed Consultant for AP Physics 2, Jim Vander Weide
Jim Vander Weide is a Physics teacher at Hudsonville High School in 
Hudsonville, MI and has been teaching for over 25 years. He has served as an AP Reader (AP Physics test grader) from 2004-2017, was a Table Leader (in charge of a group of readers) from 2009-2014, and a Question Leader (in charge of several Table Leaders and their teams) from 2015-2017 and for the 2020 online reading. In addition, Jim was a member of the AP Physics C Test Development Committee from 2011-2014 and is currently writing questions for the 2026 AP Physics C: Mechanics exams. He has participated in reviewing modules for the College Board, writing labs for the current lab manual that is available through the College Board, and recorded some of the AP Daily videos available in AP Classroom. In addition, he has worked with the College Board articulating the AP Physics C curriculum and was a member of the Instructional Design Team for Physics 1, which helped develop the Physics 1 Workbook that was released in 2019. Jim was also involved with NMSI (National Math and
Science Initiative) where he ran student study sessions, teacher training sessions, and reviewed materials for the NMSI workshops. He also helped develop a 3-week course for the NYC Summer Enrichment Program through NMSI. From 2020 to 2022 Jim was involved with developing physics lessons for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality offered through the company Holopundits, Inc. Jim earned his Master’s in Physics Education in 2002 with an emphasis in Physics Education Research (PER) and since then has been working to improve his inquiry-based teaching style.