During this AP Biology APSI, you’ll explore the course framework, the exam, and the new AP resources that will help you plan and focus instruction—and give you feedback throughout the year on the areas where individual students need additional focus. You’ll also learn about completing the digital activation process at the start of the school year that will give you immediate access to the new resources and will help ensure that your students can register for AP Exams by the new fall deadlines. By attending this APSI, you’ll gain deeper insight into the following key takeaways, among several others: Understand the Course; Plan the Course; Teach the Course; Assess Student Progress; and Engage as a Member of the AP Community. In addition, specific attention will be paid to the following AP Classroom resources: unit guides, personal progress checks, AP teacher community, and the AP question bank.

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Kurt Smart taught AP Biology and a range of math and science classes for 11 years in both public schools in Northern California and abroad in international schools in Taiwan. He has a BS in Microbiology with a minor in Chemistry from California State University, Chico, a MS in Biology from the University of Mississippi, and a MEd from The College of New Jersey. He has been an AP Biology Reader for the past 5 years and is an AP Biology Workshop Consultant, as well as recently being trained as an AP Course Skills Consultant. Kurt is currently a STEM Instructor at Feather River College in Quincy, CA and enjoys spending his time outside of the classroom with his wife, a fellow AP Math teacher, and two children, enjoying the great outdoors of the Sierras.