Addison Trail world language teacher named as AP Advocates Program National Advocate Lead

Addison Trail world language teacher Judie Vitiritti-Lynch (pictured above) has taught Advanced Placement (AP)/college-level courses at the school for nearly 15 years, and she has seen firsthand the benefits students receive from enrolling in those classes.

Vitiritti-Lynch’s involvement with AP led her to become an AP Advocate in 2014-15, and she was selected as the State Advocate Lead for Illinois in 2016-17. And Vitiritti-Lynch has now been named as a National Advocate Lead for her efforts and dedication to the AP Advocates Program. Read more at https://www.dupage88.net/site/public/files/?item=5873.

Through this position, Vitiritti-Lynch will continue to:

• Build and establish a network of teachers to initiate, moderate and analyze online and in-person discussions that develop policy recommendations for supporting and expanding AP
• Share knowledge and resources with the teacher network and appropriate stakeholders
• Create and cultivate relationships with policymakers to help them better understand teacher views to present teacher-generated solutions on key state and federal AP policy and funding issues
• Collaborate with other Advocate Leads

Vitiritti-Lynch also was the first recipient of the Midwest Award for Leadership in the Teaching of the Italian Language and Culture in November 2016. Read more about that honor at https://www.dupage88.net/site/page/6162.