Information & Resources

• Overview of changes and curriculum framework for each world language subject changing in the 2011–12 academic year:
• AP French Language and Culture
• AP German Language and Culture
• Overview of changes in AP World History planned for the 2011–12 academic year.
• Historical periodization for the course
• Course themes
• Historical thinking skills
• Revised AP Vertical Teams^® guides available in the College Board Store, updated to align with the revised AP courses and exams:
• AP World Languages and Cultures
• AP History and Social Sciences
• Revised AP Vertical Team workshops available, updated to align with the revised AP courses and exams:
• Pre-AP^®: Setting the Cornerstones™ for the AP Vertical Team
• Pre-AP: Topics for AP Vertical Teams in World Languages and Cultures
• Pre-AP: Topics for AP Vertical Teams in History and Social Sciences

Recommended Action for Teachers

• Read the relevant pages and curriculum framework for any AP subjects you teach.
• Send any questions you have about the revised curriculum, exam or timeline
  for the changes to the AP Program, via Contact Us.
• Make an appointment with your department chair or principal to discuss the upcoming changes:
• Print any details from the website needed for your conversation, such as course information, exam information, curriculum framework, timeline, resources and professional development.
• Identify resources or support you believe you will need to prepare for the 2011–12 academic year.
• Meet with your Vertical Team to discuss the implications of the revised curriculum and resources you might need to prepare for the launch of the revised courses.
• The College Board AP Vertical Teams Guide for AP World Languages and Cultures, and AP History and Social Sciences have been updated to align with the revised curriculum.
• The College Board AP Vertical Team workshops for World Languages and Cultures, and History and Social Sciences have been updated to align with the revised curriculum.

Information & Resources

• Updates on any new developments and information available about the 2011–12 revised courses.
• Updates on the AP Course Audit process for courses changing in the 2011–12 academic year.
• Curriculum framework for AP World History.
• AP Summer Institute registration information available on AP Central^® and updated weekly.
• Free online tutorials on the curriculum framework for the revised AP courses and exams.
  
• AP French Language and Culture Tutorial
• AP German Language and Culture Tutorial
• AP World History Tutorial

Recommended Action for Teachers

• Review any updates on new developments and information available about the process.
• Read the curriculum framework for any AP subjects you teach (if you haven't already).
• Send any questions you have about the revised curriculum, exam or timeline for the changes to the AP Program, via Contact Us.
• Make an appointment with your department chair or principal to discuss the upcoming changes:
• Review the AP Course Audit process you will need to complete prior to the 2011–12 academic year.
• Complete the free online tutorial reviewing the curriculum framework of a revised AP course for any subjects you teach.

Information & Resources

• Updates on any new developments and information available about the 2011–12 revised courses.
• AP Summer Institutes for AP French, AP German and AP World History will include an informational session reviewing the changes to those courses and exams.

Recommended Action for Teachers

• Address any recommended actions from previous periods not yet completed.

Information & Resources

• Updates on any new developments and information available about the 2011–12 revised courses.
• Curriculum framework for any AP science course changing in the 2012-13 academic year.
• Update on the planned launch of changes to the AP science courses.

Recommended Action for Teachers

• Make an appointment with your department chair or principal to discuss the upcoming changes:
• Review the AP Course Audit process you will need to complete prior to the 2011–12 academic year.
• Consider classroom instructional strategies, throughout this academic year, that encourage the pedagogical changes required for the revised AP course for next year.
• Consider professional development needs you may have about the pedagogical implications for teaching the revised curriculum.
• Meet with your AP Vertical Team to continue efforts to vertically align the district's curriculum for your subject area:
• Begin to spiral skill building into courses to prepare students for future enrollment in AP, thereby ensuring that all students can have equitable access to AP.
• Read the curriculum framework for any AP science subjects you teach.

• Review updates about planned changes to the AP science courses.

Information & Resources

• Updates on any new developments and information available about the 2011–12 revised courses.
• Revised course description for the AP courses changing in the 2011–12 academic year.
• Resources to support teachers in developing their syllabus become available at the AP Course Audit site in February.  

• AP Summer Institutes registration information available on AP Central^®, starting Jan. 15, 2011.

Recommended Action for Teachers

• Make an appointment with your department chair or principal to discuss the upcoming changes:
• Review the AP Course Audit process you will need to complete to ensure that your AP course is authorized for the 2011–12 academic year.
• Review the professional development workshop schedule and determine what professional development needs you have prior to the launch of the changes in the 2011–12 academic year, if any.
• Review the AP Course Audit materials for your course and begin developing your syllabus.
• Submit your AP Course Audit materials by June 1, 2011, to ensure inclusion in the initial November 2011 AP Course Ledger.

Information & Resources

• Updates on any new developments and information available about the 2011–12 revised courses.
• Five-day AP Summer Institutes for AP French, AP German and AP World History are aligned with the revised 2011–12 courses and exams.
• AP French, AP German and AP World History professional development workshop registration available on AP Central beginning Aug. 1, 2011. Workshops will focus on pedagogy.
• Launch of a full practice exam for each course and exam changing in the 2011–12 academic year.

Recommended Action for Teachers

• Read the updated course description for any AP subjects you teach and ensure your classroom plans incorporate any changes.
• Review the full practice exam for any AP subjects you teach and ensure your classroom plans incorporate any changes.
• Review the AP Course Audit materials for your course and begin developing your syllabus.

• Ensure your plans for the 2011–12 academic year reflect the revised course and exam for AP French, AP German or AP World History.
• Review the practice exam and compare to questions on the current AP Exam. Consider how these different types of questions will support more effective and deep teaching and learning.

Information & Resources

• All 2011–12 publications regarding AP French, AP German and AP World History will be based on the revised courses and exams.
• One-day workshops for AP French, AP German and AP World History focus on the revised 2011–12 courses and exams.

Recommended Action for Teachers

• Begin teaching the revised curriculum
  for AP French, AP German or AP
  World History.
• Finish the AP Course Audit process if you have not already done so — Jan. 31, 2012, is the final submission deadline for the 2011-12 academic year.

Information & Resources

• All 2011–12 publications regarding AP French, AP German and AP World History will be based on the revised courses and exams.

Recommended Action for Teachers

• Prepare students for the administration
  of the revised AP Exams in AP French,
  AP German and AP World History in
  May 2012.
• Ensure your AP Course Audit materials are submitted before Jan. 31, 2012.