Still Accepting Proposals

We are still accepting proposals in the following subject areas:

• AP Art History
• AP Chinese Language and Culture
• AP Computer Science
• AP German
• AP Government and Politics: Comparative
• AP Human Geography
• AP Latin
• AP Music Theory
• Pre-AP for Administrators
• Pre-AP for Fine Arts
• Pre-AP for Math, Statistics, and Computer Science
• Pre-AP for Science
• Pre-AP for Social Science
• Pre-AP for World Languages and Cultures
• AP Spanish Literature

Thank you to all who have already submitted a proposal.

Call for Proposals

The College Board's Advanced Placement Program® and the AP® Annual Conference Steering Committee are pleased to announce that the Call for Proposals for the 2010 AP Annual Conference is now open. We invite you to participate in developing the program by submitting a proposal.

As members of the AP and Pre-AP® communities, we share a commitment to work together to ensure educational excellence for all our students. For this reason, the AP Annual Conference is shaped around the notion that AP educators learn best from each other. It is designed specifically for colleagues who value interactive learning to come together from around the world to share experiences and best practices.

The Steering Committee welcomes your submissions and favors presenters who respect and encourage the diversity of views, and who demonstrate teaching strategies that help all students to access and understand the concepts and knowledge inherent in various academic disciplines.

Session areas of interest include:

Best Practices for Teaching AP Courses

• Topics specific to all AP subjects
• Building support for the AP teachers of the 21st century
• Pre-AP topics related to teaching strategies in middle school and early high school
• Differentiated instruction

Best Practices for Building an AP Program

• Building curricula for college success
• Access and equity in the AP Program, including Pre-AP as an equity tool
• Pre-AP methods in middle school and early high school to diversify and expand an AP program
• Strategies making AP accessible to students in "nontraditional" school systems (e.g. virtual schools, block scheduling, home schooling)
• Best practices for administrators, AP Coordinators and counselors

Guidelines and Procedures

• Submit no more than two proposals, either as a main presenter or as a copresenter.
  • Obtain prior consent before you list other individuals as copresenters. As a lead presenter, you are responsible for sharing with your copresenters all information you receive from College Board staff about conference policies and logistics.
• All main conference sessions are scheduled for 75 minutes. You should plan your session to allow for sufficient Q&A time.
• Submit a proposal only if you have secured funding from your institution to attend the conference and only if you are available to present at any time on July 16 and July 17, 2010.
  • Presenters are offered a 30 percent discount on the main conference registration fee.
  • Presenters are responsible for their own travel, hotel arrangements, and expenses.

Guide to Writing Your Proposal

It is important that all potential presenters read and follow these guidelines for writing a session description and learning outcomes. Session descriptions that do not meet the criteria will not be considered.

Writing the Session Description

• Describe what participants will be doing, as opposed to what they will be receiving. (E.g., using action words such as "survey," "review," "assess," and "examine" gives the description a participant-centered focus.)
• Speak in general terms about the topic, rather than attempting to capture the entire presentation.
• Emphasize what participants will be able to do with the information and knowledge gained.
• Provide a description no longer than 80 words.

Writing Learning Outcomes

• Learning outcomes must be stated clearly and describe the actual skills participants will develop during the workshop, as well as the specific ways the skills can be applied to the participants' work.
• Learning outcomes must be measurable, tangible, and concrete; they should be observable and assessable, if needed.

Examples of acceptable learning outcomes:

• "Participants will examine a model AP program from Dalton High School, and then develop strategies for implementing best practices in their own schools and classrooms."
• "Participants will learn how to teach analysis of narrative structure through a discussion of an author's intentions."
• "By learning about different assessment methods, participants will develop the skills needed to compare the effectiveness of formative and summative assessments. Participants will then design three formative assessment activities that they can use."
• "After hearing from the panel, participants will develop strategies for identifying faith-based and academic resources in the community, and for getting parents involved in the application process in order to assist their students."

Other Considerations

Please note that proposals promoting the purchase of books, materials, and services will not be considered for the conference program. Individuals who wish to promote a product should contact Christine Schmidt at Cschmidt@collegeboard.org to discuss exhibit/sponsor opportunities.

Also, due to the need for a balanced program and time and space limitations, we will not be able to accept all exceptional proposals. If your proposal is not accepted for this year's conference, we encourage you to try again for next year's conference.

The AP Annual Conference Steering Committee will review all proposals and will notify you of its decisions in January 2010.

Questions? Please send an email to apnc@collegeboard.org.

Submit your proposal