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AP Seminar: English: 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 Seminar for English language arts classrooms.

Whether you’re considering AP Seminar: English, have committed to offering it and want practical advice on getting started, or have questions about the course and how it supports your school’s goals, our content experts can help.

You can schedule a one-to-one Zoom chat or group session for your team at a time that’s convenient for you. There’s no charge and no commitment to decide anything.

You can ask the experts:

Whether AP Seminar: English satisfies your local English requirements, including course coding, alignment to your state’s English language arts (ELA) standards, and any teacher credentialing rules that apply
What teachers should do to prepare to teach AP Seminar: English, including the training required before their first year, and what resources are available to support a successful course launch
How literary texts fit into the course, whether as thematic anchor texts or as excerpts
Where instruction on the English writing types like rhetorical analysis, literary analysis, and creative or narrative writing can fit into the year
What Performance Task 1, the Team Project and Presentation, and Performance Task 2, the Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation, require across the January–April task windows
What the AP Capstone policies on plagiarism and generative AI require of students and teachers, including the checkpoints that determine whether performance tasks receive a score
What instructional shifts matter most when moving from a traditional or honors English section to AP Seminar: English, and how to support students who are new to advanced coursework
What the AP Seminar: English End-of-Course Exam assesses, and how to align instruction and formative assessments to it

Meet the Content Experts for AP Seminar: English

Meet our AP Seminar: English content experts, learn about their individual expertise, and schedule a one-to-one Zoom chat or group session.

JoEllen Santulli
	Role: AP Seminar: English teacher, AP reader Home State: Virginia School Setting: Suburban Expertise: AP Seminar as English, AP Seminar as English 10, incorporating literature in AP Seminar Schedule a Chat with JoEllen

Amber Stevener
	Role: AP Seminar: English teacher, AP reader Home State: Texas School Setting: Suburban Expertise: AP Seminar as English, AP Seminar as English II, incorporating literature in AP Seminar, scaffolding ELA instruction Schedule a Chat with Amber

Schedule a Group Session for Your Team

If your school is preparing to adopt AP Seminar: English and would like to schedule a dedicated group session for your team of school leaders or teachers, please complete this form and provide several preferred dates and times. We’ll connect you with one of the content experts listed above to answer your questions and support your planning.