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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.

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AP Summer Institutes

Learn more about these summer workshops, which offer the most thorough professional learning available for AP educators.

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AP Participant Grants

Each year, College Board awards grants for qualifying teachers to attend an AP Summer Institute.

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. 

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AP Workshops

AP offers both public online workshops and privately hosted workshops to help you plan and focus your instruction.

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. 

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AP Community

AP teachers, coordinators, and administrators can connect in this collaborative online space.