Statistics - New - Penny Smeltzer
Penny Smeltzer has one of the largest AP Statistics programs in the nation.
Her accomplishments include 2009 Texas Exes Outstanding Teacher, the 2008 Siemen’s Teacher Award –
national winner, 2006 District Teacher of the Year, State Farm computer gifts, and volunteer
awards from community organizations for statistical project work with businesses, the LCRA, and
the National Park Service. Seven years experience as an AP Statistics grader and grading leader
keeps her in touch with the focus of the course. In 2006 she earned the opportunity to travel to
the Galapagos Islands to research interdisciplinary environmental studies as a Toyota International
Teacher winner. You can look forward to statistical problems based on Galapagos wildlife including
powerpoints you may take back to your own students. Penny presents lively, interactive workshops
to teachers in AP Statistics, the SAT, New Teacher Survival Skills, Math & Science Integration,
and preAP mathematics.
