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AP Macroeconomics: Chat with a Content Expert
We’re set up to help! Schools can schedule both one-to-one and group Zoom chats with a content expert about offering AP Macroeconomics.
Whether you’re considering AP Macroeconomics, have committed to offering it and want practical advice on getting started, or have questions about what the course offers your students and how it supports your school’s goals, our content experts can help.
You can schedule a one-to-one Zoom chat for your own questions, or a group chat to bring teachers and school leaders into the same conversation, so everyone hears the same answers. There’s no charge and no commitment to decide anything.
You can ask the experts:
- What your school or district should consider before adopting AP Macroeconomics, including how the course aligns with your state’s standards
- How AP Macroeconomics fits in your social studies sequence, including whether to offer it as a semester course and how it relates to AP Microeconomics
- What teachers should do to prepare to teach AP Macroeconomics, and what resources are available to support a successful course launch
- How to help students draw, interpret, and reason with economic graphs across all 6 course units
- How to build students’ skills in using economic models to explain outcomes and the effects of economic changes
- What instructional shifts matter most when moving from a traditional or honors economics section to AP Macroeconomics, and how to support students who are new to advanced coursework
- What the AP Macroeconomics Exam assesses, including its 1 long and 2 short free-response questions, and how to align instruction and formative assessments to it
Meet the Content Experts for AP Macroeconomics
Get to know our AP Macroeconomics content experts and their areas of expertise. Schedule a chat—you’ll choose a one-to-one or group session and a time that works for you.
| Matt Pedlow | |
| Role: AP Macroeconomics teacher, AP Microeconomics teacher, AP reader, AP Summer Institute consultant Home State: Michigan School Setting: Suburban Expertise: School-level implementation, instructional strategies, formative assessments Schedule a Chat with Matt Pedlow |
| Matt Romano | |
| Role: AP Macroeconomics teacher, AP Microeconomics teacher, AP reader and exam leader, AP Summer Institute consultant Home State: Georgia School Setting: Suburban Expertise: Course planning and pacing, spiraling and scaffolding instruction, formative and summative assessments Schedule a Chat with Matt Romano |