AP Spanish Language and Culture
Experience Interactive and Rewarding Professional Development
Learn AP instructional best practices and strategies that lead to student success in the classroom.
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Course at a Glance
Format:
Live-Online and Asynchronous
New & Experienced Combined
Length:
4 days, Monday - Thursday
Dates and Times:
2024 TBD
Be Notified When 2024 Registration Opens
Program Hours:
32 Contact Hours
Price:
$550 Standard Registration Fee
$600 Late Registration Fee
College Board APSI Materials
College Board APSI materials are included in your registration fee. To provide greater accessibility, we will be offering the College Board materials electronically. The cost of electronic and hard copy materials are the same.
Course Overview
This workshop is designed to enhance teacher experience with the AP Spanish Language and Culture Course and Exam. The course will provide sample materials and classroom activities to help students improve their communicative competence and prepare them for the challenges of the AP exam.
Participants will actively participate and share best practices about how to integrate the three modes of communication into instruction (Interpretive, Interpersonal and Presentational). There will also be a special focus and overview of teaching the themes of the AP Spanish Language and Culture course through the use of authentic materials and through the use of AP Classroom.
What You Will Learn
- Strategies to increase student motivation through authentic materials.
- How to navigate and help student engage with AP Classroom.
- Techniques to help students organize and improve written and spoken presentations.
- Methods to increase student participation in interpersonal communication.
- Effective grading and feedback strategies for the free response speaking and writing question to help students and to better manage your time.
- Development of cultural knowledge and understanding.
- Activities and assessments that build students’ communicative and cultural competence.
How Will You Benefit
- Examine a range of materials suitable for AP Spanish Language and Culture.
- Learn communicative methods to increase vocabulary acquisition.
- Understand how to build proficiency across the three modes of communication.
- Enhance the teaching of the reading.
- Create communicative activities for integrating all skills using authentic materials.
- Develop lessons around authentic resources.
- Integrate authentic literature in the AP Language and Culture class.
- Apply the scoring criteria to student samples.
How Online Workshops Will Work
No one wants to sit and watch a 32-hour long webinar, so we are working closely with our consultants to develop a modified course schedule that allows you greater flexibility, but still getting the knowledge and skills you need.
Live-online instruction will be conducted through Zoom while asynchronous learning assignments will be managed through Canvas, the University’s learning management system (LMS).
Once you register, we will provide you with more details on how to access the platforms as well as your materials.
To register, please visit our registration portal.
How to Register
To register, please visit our registration portal. Attendees will need to register using their College Board login credentials.
If paying by check or purchase order, CPE staff will follow up with an invoice. Please reference invoice number on check.
If you have questions or need assistance registering, please contact [email protected] or 423-425-4344.
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