Registration Information for UA Little Rock AP Summer Institutes 2024

A new AP teacher may have experience in teaching BUT has never attended an AP Summer Institute in the specific subject area or has been trained but has taught the course for only one year.

An experienced AP teacher is one who has attended at least one AP Summer Institute in the specific subject area and has taught the course for two or more years.

Combined courses include both New and Experienced Teachers.

• Institute fee for in-state:

$525.00. English and Social Studies courses

$550.00. Math, Sciences and Art & Design courses -a lab/art fee of $25.00 included in the registration fee.

• Institute fee for out-of-state/private schools:  All private and out-of-state schools are responsible for their teachers’ registration fees.

$700.00 English and Social Studies courses

$725.00. Math, Sciences and Art & Design has a lab/art fee of $25.00 included in the registration fee.

Cancellations after May 15, 2024, will incur a $500.00 cancellation fee plus the cost of College Board materials $80.00.

No Show fee is $500.00, plus cost of College Board materials $80.00.

• Your College Board User Id and Password (if you do not have one you can easily create one by clicking on the “Create New Account” on College Board website).  ***Please use an email  that you will have access to all summer.  The system will send all emails (including certificate emails)  to the email address associated with your College Board account. ****
• Contact College Board Call Center for support: 1-866-315-6068, option 2, then option 1 (to change your name, email address or institution)
• Password resets: there is an online user/password reset under “My Account” tab on the College Board site: https://account.collegeboard.org/login/login
• Your principal’s name and email address and your AP Coordinator’s name and email address.

Once your registration is submitted, a confirmation notice will be sent to the email address on file. All correspondence will be through your email account.  If  the email confirmation is not received, the registration failed. Please resubmit.

Courses offered: AP English Language: New and Experienced, AP English Literature: New and Experienced, AP World History: Modern – Experienced, AP U.S. History: New and Experienced, AP Human Geography, AP Calculus: New and Experienced, AP Biology – New, AP Chemistry – New

Each participant will receive a digital copy of the College Board materials the week before the workshop begins.

Please Note:  This APSI is conducted entirely online, therefore access to dependable internet service is a must!

Register for June 17-20 APSI

Courses offered: AP U.S. History-New, AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language-New and Experienced, AP English Literature-New and Experienced, AP Chemistry-Experienced, AP Biology-Experienced, AP Statistics – New, AP European History, AP Precalculus,  AP Psychology.

Each participant will receive a digital copy of the College Board materials the week before the workshop begins.

Please Note:  This APSI is conducted entirely online, therefore access to dependable internet service is a must!

Register for July 8-11 APSI

Courses offered: AP Biology-Combined, AP Chemistry-Combined, AP Physics 1, AP Environmental Science, AP Art and Design-New and Experienced, AP Spanish Language, AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP Precalculus, AP Statistics- Experienced,  AP Computer Science A, and AP World History: Modern – New.

Each participant  who completes registration by 5:00 pm on July 1, 2024 will receive a physical copy of the College Board materials at the workshop. After that time (and there will be No Exceptions) you will receive a digital copy of the College Board materials. There can be no exceptions to this because of the time required to receive the physical materials.  If you miss the deadline, you can order a CED from the College Board Store for $35.00.

Register for July 23-26 APSI

On campus dorm housing is available (limited occupancy) during the week of July 23-26, 2024. For the four night stay, the cost is $175.00 with linens provided. Rooms have double beds. Check in is Monday, July 22, 3 to 5 p.m., check out is Friday, July 26, 2024 by 5:00 p.m. Breakfast is included in your dorm housing fee, Tuesday – Friday. Lunch and snacks are included in your registration fee. You are on your own for dinners. You will have an opportunity to chose dorm housing when you register for your subject content.

NOTE: On Campus dorm housing may have other camps within the same building as APSI participants.

ADE Grant Funds are available for Arkansas Public and Charter School Teachers until exhausted. Arkansas public and charter school teachers should inform their schools that they will be responsible for payment if there are not sufficient state funds to cover their costs for the Institute.

Priority Status for Arkansas AP and Pre-AP Teachers

Arkansas public and charter school teachers attending APSI 2024 for professional development training in Advanced Placement (AP) and Pre-Advanced Placement (Pre-AP) will receive funding according to the priority status below:

Priority 1: Currently employed Arkansas AP teachers never having attended an APSI.

Priority 2: Arkansas AP teachers currently teaching in a high poverty school (70% or more schools receive free/reduced lunch) and/or a school that submits data to support a gap in minority students’ access or outcomes in AP courses.

Priority 3: Currently employed Arkansas AP teachers teaching in a district that is involved in Arkansas AIMS.

Priority 4: Currently employed Arkansas AP teachers having attended an APSI more than 5 years ago(during or prior to the summer of 2018).

Priority 5: Currently employed Arkansas Pre-AP teachers never having attended an APSI.  *Note- APSI training may not be substituted for the College Board Pre-AP Program required initial training for Pre-AP teachers.

Priority 6: Currently employed Arkansas Pre-AP teachers having attended an APSI more than 5 years ago (during or prior to the summer of 2018).

*Note- APSI training may not be substituted for the College Board Pre-AP Program required initial training for Pre-AP teachers.

Priority 7: Arkansas educators who wish to become “AP Ready.”  These may be a) currently Arkansas employed educators who are not teaching AP who would like to receive the training to be ready to teach AP should the opportunity arise; OR b) Arkansas pre-service teachers who are entering their final year of an educator preparation program or who are completing their final year, but have not yet been employed by a district. For educators in this category, AP training should correlate with their intended licensure area(s). Note: There are limited seats in “AP Ready.”

*”Teachers attending AP training at UA Little Rock’s Advanced Placement Summer Institute in their subject areas satisfy the training requirement as outlined in Section 4.03 of the Arkansas Department of Education Rules for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Diploma Incentive Program.”