Professional Learning by College Board–Endorsed Providers
College Board endorses education organizations that offer AP Computer Science A curricula. These providers also offer professional learning to teachers who will use their curriculum.
Implementing AP Computer Science A with an out-of-the-box curriculum and getting teacher training from the provider who supplies the curriculum may be a good solution for your school.
College Board Professional Learning
College Board offers both face-to-face and online professional learning for new and experienced AP teachers as well as AP coordinators. Led by experienced instructors, AP professional learning provides educators with the support and training needed to successfully teach an AP course.
AP Summer Institutes
June–August
AP Summer Institutes are offered online and in-person, with 30+ hours of content-rich training on the course and exam, leveraging AP resources, and strengthening teaching and learning. Participant grants are available for qualifying teachers.
AP Online Workshops
September–April
Online workshops include live and on-demand sessions led by experienced AP educators. Ideal for new teachers, you’ll learn about the AP course, exam, and AP Classroom resources.
AP Teacher Support Sessions
Fall and Spring
Join these small, online group sessions led by expert AP teachers. Sessions are available for specific AP subjects, and you can choose from three session topics during the school year.
Teacher Webinars
Teaching and Assessing
Teaching and Assessing AP Computer Science Principles gives you online access to videos of master educators modeling key instructional strategies and resources to help implement these strategies in your classroom.
To access the training:
- Sign in at myap.collegeboard.org.
- Click the Go to AP Classroom link for AP Computer Science Principles.
- Click on the Overview page under Course Resources, then select the More tab.
- Click the Professional Learning link. The Teaching and Assessing course will open in a new browser tab.
AP Community
Once you sign in to this online space and join the community for your AP course, you can:
- Share real-time strategies, ask questions, and collaborate with teachers worldwide.
- Search, add, and rate teacher resources with your peers in the resource library.
- Follow daily or weekly digests to keep up with your community, wherever you are. Select all discussions or just the topics and discussion threads you choose to follow. You can also reply to discussion posts through email.