Dear Colleague:

Southeast Missouri State University and Truman State University are continuing to offer five-day  Advanced Placement* Teacher Development Institutes to selected Missouri middle and secondary school teachers who wish to teach Advanced Placement* courses in their home institutions. Advanced Placement* courses enable high school students to complete college level studies during their secondary school years and to earn college credit or advanced standing at 4,000 colleges and universities nationally and internationally.

AP* Teacher Development Institutes are designed to prepare secondary school teachers to teach college level AP* courses, and to prepare their students for the AP* Examinations in a variety of disciplines. The primary focus of these institutes is pedagogy.  The secondary focus is the use of content in pedagogical settings. Each participant will earn three hours of graded (A-F) graduate credit hours and will graded in accordance with the institute syllabus. The institutes enable participants to understand and teach the AP* curriculum, to design, discuss and implement AP* pedagogical strategies, to develop resources and materials for use in AP* courses, and to develop an AP* course syllabus for use in their parent institutions.

Institutes in Biology, Calculus AB/BC (combined), Chemistry, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, Government & Politics: Comparative & United States (combined), German Language, Statistics, and World History will be offered at Lindbergh High School in St. Louis, Missouri State University. These institutes will be held between July 25-29, 2011. All institutes will be led by College Board endorsed consultants.

All AP* Teacher Development sponsored institutes are offered at no cost for tuition to qualified Missouri secondary school teachers who reside and teach in Missouri, and who apply and are selected to participate in the institutes. Participants must pay a $25 non-refundable application fee with their application.  Participants or their school districts will bear the cost of travel, housing and meals.  Fees for non-Missouri residents and teachers is $1,263.00 for three (3) graduate credit hours. To apply for an AP* Teacher Development Institute, please complete the Institute Application for Southeast Missouri State University.

You may also enroll online at http://www.semo.edu/aptd. Please note that as part of the application you must submit a non-degree credit application, and provide a letter of recommendation from your school administrator. Since enrollment is limited to twenty participants per institute, apply early to assure yourself a place in these institutes. School districts who submit multiple applications for two or more institutes will be given priority in the selection process. The deadline for all applications is May 20, 2011. Applications received after the deadline will be processed on an availability basis.

If you have any questions about these institutes or about AP* funding for students and teachers, please contact us at (573) 986-6179 or by e-mail at aptd@semo.edu.

We are looking forward to seeing you this summer.

Sincerely,

Michael Rodgers,
Director of Advanced Placement* Teacher Development

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