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Pre-AP Course Audit for Course Audit Administrators

The Purpose of Pre-AP Course Audit

Before your school can be authorized to offer Pre-AP, you’ll need to complete Pre-AP Course Audit.

Completion of Course Audit is required to:

Grant teachers access to Pre-AP Classroom, including instructional materials, professional learning, and assessment tools
Authorize your school to use "Pre-AP" in its course names
Include your school in Pre-AP Course Ledger

Your Role as Course Audit Administrator

You’ll be the person responsible for approving teachers for access to Pre-AP Classroom.

That means you’ll need to be available during the summer because the Course Audit process must be completed before your school can access the online resources in Pre-AP Classroom.

Understand How to Support AP Readiness

The following actions support student preparedness for AP.

Pre-AP for All: Increase the number of students taking AP by having all students engage in Pre-AP.
Course Frameworks: Aligning instruction to Pre-AP course frameworks gives students access to the content and skills necessary for AP Success.
Assessments: Provide students practice with Pre-AP assessments that prepare them for the types of questions they'll see on AP exams.
Professional Learning: Engage teachers and instructional leaders in Pre-AP Professional learning to help them learn how to integrate Pre-AP materials and instructional practices into their daily lessons. Targeted learning opportunities for administrators help them effectively support the Pre-AP program at their schools.

Completing the Course Audit as a New Pre-AP School

Pre-AP Course Audit tasks are completed online. Course Audit administrators can get their access code from the ordering website under the Access Codes header. Course audit begins March 1 for the upcoming school year.

Your steps to completing Pre-AP Course Audit:

Get your access code by calling the AP Course Audit Help line at 877-APHELP-0 (274-3570).
Register and log in to your College Board professional account at preap.org/register. Use the access code to add AP/Pre-AP Course Audit to your account.
Complete attestations.
Ask your Pre-AP teachers to create a College Board professional account or log in to their existing account to add their course and complete the Pre-AP Course Audit form.
After a teacher has completed the Course Audit process, affirm the individual teacher as a teacher of record by approving the Course Audit submission.

Completing the Course Audit as a Returning School

If you’ve already completed an audit and been authorized by Pre-AP, your process may be as simple as renewing and confirming information in your account.

Your steps to completing Pre-AP Course Audit:

Log in to your College Board professional account.
Navigate to the Course Audit tool.
Complete attestations.
Select Renew Pre-AP Courses.
Confirm which teachers are still teaching courses from previous years (options are yes, no, or undecided). Note: You’ll only see the courses that have been ordered for the upcoming academic year.

FAQ

Can the Pre-AP and AP Course Audit administrator be the same person?

Yes, the same person can be the Pre-AP and AP Course Audit administrator, but they don’t have to be the same person.

What if my school is returning, but I’m a new Course Audit administrator? 

If your school has offered a Pre-AP program, but you’re a new Course Audit administrator, go to https://order.collegeboard.org/preap and click on Access Codes to get your Course Audit access code. Create your College Board account, and follow the steps for the renewing school Course Audit administrator.

Can a teacher also be the Course Audit administrator?

If the teacher is empowered by the school to make the attestations and approvals required by the Course Audit administrator, a teacher may be the Course Audit administrator. To do this, the individual should:

Log in to their College Board professional account.
Go to the dashboard.
Select Manage Access for Pre-AP/AP Course Audit.
Use the Course Audit access code to add Course Audit administrator access or add teacher access.

What if I have a new teacher for a course offered in previous years? 

That teacher should follow the steps for the Pre-AP teacher for new schools. Once the teacher completes their steps, they’ll appear in your queue to confirm as the teacher of record. (This includes co-teachers.)

How do instructional coaches and administrators receive access to Pre-AP Classroom if they don’t complete the Course Audit process?

Instructional coaches and administrators will use an access code for Pre-AP Classroom. The Pre-AP Coordinator can access these codes from the ordering website under the Access Codes header.