PSYCHOLOGY
This has been very interesting year to be teaching! What a great time to attend an AP Psychology workshop! Many of us have been through a lot: switching to online teaching and dealing with the dramatic changes to our school schedules caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. My goal for this workshop is to RELIEVE STRESS and help us all get ready to make the 2021-22 school year a great one for us and our AP Psychology students.
Materials:
● Make sure you have a copy of the College Board AP Psychology CED (either the physical binder or the digital)
● Have access to your AP Classroom, if possible
● We will use Zoom to communicate (video conferences) so a laptop or tablet that you are comfortable using and a stable internet connection is important!
● Yu can find copies of all the activities, resources, in my Google Drive, which I will provide a link to as we get closer to our workshop.
● Will we also be using Google Classroom and Google docs/slides to share documents.

● Break – 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
● 12:30 – 3:00 pm* – Divide time between small group work (small groups set their own schedule - responsible for getting a group task done by the end of each day) & individual work on a project you choose.
● 3:00-3:30 pm* – End of day check-in (all group, Zoom chat)
• 9:00-10:00 Big CED topic for the day (an aspect of the CED we should all notice and incorporate into our planning (including AP Classroom demos, interpreting data from the Instructional Planning report)
• 10:00-11:00 Content/Skills topic of the day (one of the units of the CED - demonstrations/activities tied to psych vocab, pedagogy advice)
• 11:00 – 11:30 Get ready for group work - establish your goal for the day, explain how to “turn it in”
• 11:30 – 12:30 pm Break
•12:30 – 3:00 Afternoon is left for group & individual project work. Groups will establish their own schedules (combo of synchronous & asynchronous) - have something to “turn in” by the end of their work time. You’ll also need to divide this time to work on your own individual project (the one you chose at the beginning of the workshop)
•3:00 – 3:30 End of day check-in (all group, Zoom chat)
*Friday’s session will conclude at noon.
Topics:
Monday July 26:
• What will our week look like? Group work and your personal choice project
• Discussion: Structuring your AP Psychology Course. Tour of the CED & planning sheets.
• Unit 1 Scientific Foundations
• Group work: how will you use the CED for your course planning? Looking through the whole CED. Overall class organization. How will you order your units? Pacing/curriculum guides? What will your “workflow” be for your class?
• On your own:
• Decide on your personal choice project: what do you want to get done by the end of our week?
Examples of projects:
■ AP review materials for students to use before the exam
■ Overall pacing/curriculum guide for your course
• The AP Psychology test: what’s the Multiple-choice section all about?
• AP classroom: what it is and how can it be used
• Unit 2 Biological Bases of Behavior
• Group work: how do you, or will you, use AP Classroom? What resources will you use to make assessments and get your students practice with multiple choice items?
• On your own: start work on your personal choice project. Update Kristin about any changes in your plans.
• The AP Psychology test: what’s the FRQ section all about? (you’re a reader!)
• Unit 5 Cognitive Psychology
• Group work: How do you, or will you, teach students how to write FRQ’s?
• On your own: work on your personal choice project. Make sure to let Kristin know if you have any questions.
Thursday, July 29:
• Unit 3: Sensation & Perception
• Group work #1: by now you’ve seen many (many!) psychology activities/demonstrations. How do you plan on using activities and demonstrations in your class? What are some of your favorites? List on your slide & if possible, upload a copy into our Google drive (Great ideas from APSI participants! AP Seminars Silicon Valley).
• Group work #2: What are your favorite teaching resources? What are the things you can’t live without? Do you have favorite websites? Books? Films? Motivational ideas? Assessments? Class starters? Discussion techniques? Games? etc. etc. etc. Discuss and share with your group, then create a list to share.
• On your own: finalize work on your personal choice project & add your slide to Day Four.
Friday, July 30
• Show off your stuff! Sharing your personal choice projects
• The exam is over…now what?
• Goodbyes! Final questions, tearful farewells!