This summer institute will provide teachers with a solid plan for having a successful Advanced Placement Psychology program. The course will cover teacher needs such as pacing, unit and lesson development, syllabus approval, activities, and available resources. The students’ needs of being able to write the new AAQ and EBQ, study for unit exams, as well as the AP test will be covered. Teachers should leave feeling confident in teaching psychology as a science and having solid content knowledge and activities for the all of the units covered in AP Psychology.
General agenda (subject to change based on participants’ needs)
Day one
Morning- Introductions, pacing, AP information, available resources, Scientific Foundations (Unit 0)
Afternoon- The AP Test, writing and grading AAQs, Statistics unit
Daily Resource- AP Psychology Resources
Day two
Morning- Unit 1 and 2 Content and Activities
Afternoon- Writing and grading EBQs
Daily Resource- Reed’s Google Drive
Day three
Morning- Unit 3 and 4 Content and Activities
Afternoon- Sharing resources.
Daily Resource- Reed’s Bookmarks
Day four
Morning- Unit 5 Content and Activities
Afternoon- Reviewing for the AP Test
