FREE Advanced Placement® (AP®) Workshops for Teachers and Administrators

Focus: Concentrating on three key areas of Pre-AP English—reading closely, valuing evidence, and noticing language choices—participants will:

• Explore Pre-AP English 1 model lessons focusing on deep observation and analysis of texts across multiple genres.

• Collaborate and design in-person and virtual classroom activities featuring Pre-AP shared principles and English areas of focus.

Focus: Examining an engaging, learner-centered mathematics classroom through the lens of the Pre-AP shared principles and mathematics areas of focus—close observation and analysis, higher-order questioning, and evidence-based writing—participants will:

• Connect the Pre-AP shared principles and mathematics areas of focus to a safe, collaborative, learner-centered classroom.

• Collaboratively plan learner-centered mathematics activities that support student engagement through implementation of the Pre-AP shared principles and mathematics areas of focus.

Focus: Actively engaging in a model lesson that emphasizes analytical reading and writing, participants will practice using Pre-AP shared principles to promote understanding of content-area text and scientific reasoning and justification. They’ll then consider how they can apply this new learning within their own classrooms—with the goal of supporting students as discerning citizens and consumers of scientific information. Participants will:

• Connect the Pre-AP shared principles and science areas of focus to student engagement in gaining, retaining, and applying scientific knowledge.

• Collaboratively plan to support student conceptual understanding through Pre-AP shared principles and science areas of focus.

Focus: This workshop addresses the shared principles that build readiness for high school and beyond: close observation and analysis, higher-order questioning, academic conversation, and evidence-based writing. Through engagement with model lessons from the Pre-AP World History and Geography course, participants will explore how these interconnected shared principles, in partnership with the social studies areas of focus, help all students work with primary and secondary sources in the way that historians do. Participants will:

• Explore readiness through Pre-AP shared principles and social studies areas of focus.

• Analyze and participate in model lessons from Pre-AP World History and Geography.

• Collaborate and design classroom activities that build readiness and meet the needs of all learners.

Focus: This workshop is based on the idea that students who are reflective about their artistic choices become adept in building skills in their disciplines. Participants will:

• Examine the Pre-AP Visual and Performing Arts course framework, work with formative assessments, inquiry-led dialogues, and exploratory critiques.

• Learn how to get students to trace the evolution of thinking, including idea generation, ongoing revision and refinement, and presentation of their work for an audience.

• Practice classroom exercises alongside their peers and plan instruction that is designed to engage students in analysis, reflection, and metacognition.