After
graduating from the University of Washington in Seattle
(1973), Bill Bond spent his first 5 years teaching Chemistry at Morwell Technical
School in Australia (1973-1978). For the past
26 years, Bill has been a High School Chemistry teacher at Snohomish High
School in Washington
State where he served as
science department chair. During the 1985-86 school year he was a Fulbright
exchange teacher to London, England and in 1988, received his Masters Degree
in Science Education from the University
of Washington.
Bill has been responsible
for writing questions for the Advanced Placement* Chemistry Exam as a member of the
Test Development Committee (1996-1999), and has been an exam grader (“Reader”) for
10 years. Bill has presented over 50 AP* Chemistry Workshops and Institutes
throughout the U.S., Canada
and overseas as a consultant for the College Board*, and is the principal author
of “A Teachers Guide to Advanced Placement* Chemistry” (2000). Bill won the
Siemens Advanced Placement* Award (1999), was a Dreyfus Fellow with the Woodrow
Wilson Foundation (1990) and has had his Chemistry research published in
“Analytical Chemistry” (1996). Bill has been a member of the Academic Council
for the Western Region of the College Board (2001-2004), and served on the
Development Committee for Advanced Placement* Science Vertical Teams (2001-2004).
Most recently, Bill was selected and trained
as a National Leader in AP* Chemistry for the College Board. Among many duties,
National Leaders are responsible for the training and evaluation new College
Board* presenters (2005-2006).
Bill’s
hobby is restoring his 1937 Studebaker car!
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Program, Pre-AP, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College
Board. Used with permission.
