How Pre-AP Can Benefit Your School

Read about its advantages for your students, teachers, and staff.

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Thinking About Adding Pre-AP?

Begin by understanding five benefits built into the Pre-AP Program.

Opportunity for all students

Pre-AP offers grade-level instruction for every student. Research shows that even students who start the school year below grade level can reduce the gap and benefit from the Pre-AP approach

Why We Created Pre-AP

Increased success with AP

Pre-AP courses are back mapped from College Board AP courses so students get a head start on the content and skills they’ll need to succeed in AP, college, and careers.

Pre-AP and AP

Empowerment for teachers

Pre-AP respects teachers’ knowledge of their subject—and their students. That’s why, instead of a rigid curriculum, Pre-AP offers a focused framework, engaging model lessons, classroom assessments, and other instructional support—so teachers have the flexibility to do what works for their students.

Instructional Support

Best-in-class professional learning

Pre-AP offers a robust menu of professional learning, in-person or online, to fully prepare teachers and leaders for the content, design, and pedagogy of the Pre-AP Program.

Professional Learning

Proof of commitment

When a school completes its Course Audit and offers Pre-AP courses, it signals its commitment to preparing all of its students for success in high school—and beyond.

Commitments

Success Stories

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Jubilee Christian Academy

School leaders share how thoughtful preparation (for students, teachers, and parents) coupled with cross-grade planning led to immediate benefits for students and laid the foundation for successful implementation of Pre-AP® across grades 7-10.

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North East Carolina Prep

Phillip Lampron, a school principal, shares how the Pre-AP focus on grade-level work, engaging shared principles, and connections to Advanced Placement® (AP) helped students succeed.

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Cabot Freshman Academy

Leaders at the Cabot Pubic School District and the Cabot Freshman Academy share how Pre-AP has encouraged student collaboration and critical thinking in their 9th-grade students, as well as teacher co-planning.

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Bloom Township High School District 206

Cynthia Gonzales, director of College Career Readiness and Interventions, shares her district’s experience with Pre-AP as a way to encourage consistency, given the high student mobility rate.

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Highland High School District

Melinda Murphy, a school principal, shares her district’s experience with Pre-AP as a way to provide consistency across courses so that, no matter the teacher, students in the same course would have access to the same learning outcomes.

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American International School of Jeddah (AISJ)

Leaders at the American International School of Jeddah (AISJ) share how Pre-AP courses provided equitable access to rigorous coursework that prepared all scholars at the school for AP courses and beyond.

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Spoto High School

Dr. Jazzrick Haggins, Principal, shares how Pre-AP has impacted school and student performance.

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