Pre-AP Readiness Workshops: History and Social Studies

Perfect for schools interested in Pre-AP but not quite ready to implement the full program, the Pre-AP Readiness Workshops are professional learning opportunities that orient participants to the program’s design and pedagogy.

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Fostering Disciplinary Skills

Focus: Addressing three areas of focus—evaluating evidence, incorporating evidence, and explaining historical and geographic relationships—participants will:

Explore Pre-AP model lessons with essential skills and primary and secondary sources.
Collaborate and design in-person and virtual classroom activities featuring the Pre-AP shared principles and social studies areas of focus.

Format:

Workshops have a maximum of 28 participants and are facilitated by Pre-AP National Faculty.
Virtual workshops meet twice for 2.5 hours each class.
In-person workshops meet on one full day.

Fee:

Workshops are available for private purchase by a school, district, or state. The cost of virtual workshops is $2,500 for members and $2,850 for nonmembers. The cost of in-person workshops is $4,600 for members and $5,250 for nonmembers.
Membership is based on an annual fee paid by your institution. Find the membership status of your institution at Home – Membership | College Board.

See the Resources section below for the agenda at a glance.

Fostering Shared Principles

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.

Format:

Workshops have a maximum of 28 participants and are facilitated by Pre-AP National Faculty.
Virtual workshops meet twice for 2.5 hours each class.
In-person workshops meet on one full day.

Fee:

Workshops are available for private purchase by a school, district, or state. The cost of virtual workshops is $2,500 for members and $2,850 for nonmembers. The cost of in-person workshops is $4,600 for members and $5,250 for nonmembers.
Membership is based on an annual fee paid by your institution. Find the membership status of your institution at Home – Membership | College Board.

See the Resources section below for the agenda at a glance.