CollegeBoard

Pre-AP is a suite of K-12 professional development resources and services. The purpose of Pre-AP is to equip all middle and high school teachers with the strategies and tools they need to engage their students in active, high-level learning, thereby ensuring that every middle and high school student develops the skills, habits of mind, and concepts they need to succeed in college. Pre-AP provides professional development to help teachers prepare all students for the challenges of college-level work, such as that found in AP courses. This is done principally in two ways

• Vertical Teaming-supporting teams of middle and high school teachers; and
• Classroom Strategies-supporting individual teachers with subject-specific approaches that can broaden access to college-level work.

Vertical Teaming

These workshops are designed primarily for new and experienced AP Vertical Teams®-groups of educators from different grade levels in a given discipline who work cooperatively to develop and implement a vertically aligned program aimed at helping students acquire the academic skills and habits of mind for success in college-level work and AP courses. They are also suitable for individual teachers. Participants engage in activities that use content to introduce and illustrate the vertical teams concept and some of its key attributes. Each activity provides time for reflection and discussion focused on the group dynamics created by the activity.

Classroom Strategies

The classroom strategies workshops provide in-depth discussions and activities for middle and high school educators. Participants will improve their understanding of content, instructional strategies, and pedagogical methods that will help their students succeed in college and rigorous high school courses, such as those offered by the AP Program

College Board Professional Development workshops are designed to ensure that participants will have a working understanding of the topics and concepts listed in each workshop description.