More than 200 teachers are back in
the classroom this week. They’re taking part in the West
Virginia Center for Professional
Development’s Advanced Placement Summer Institute taking place this week at Capital High School
in Charleston
Karen Linville, the director of AP
Programs, said in the last decade the institute has blossomed. Back in 2004
they were averaging fewer than 100 teachers per institute and only had classes
available for four or five subjects. Fast forward to today and Linville said
there’s a big change.
“This week we are providing 19 AP classes, 4
pre-AP classes and we have just over 200 teachers participating this week
alone,” Linville said.
The summer institutes will serve
more than 2,000 teachers across West
Virginia
“We are seeing an increase in the
number of teachers who have never taught AP who are coming. They might not be
teaching AP currently. They’re looking at what they might be doing in a few
years.”
Linville said a lot of that has to
do with continuing to expand the programs they offer. For the first time,
pre-AP classes are on the agenda.
“It’s a way for the teachers to get
the students accustomed to what’s expected in AP so when they get to AP. They
have a higher success rate because they’ve been doing that all along,”
explained Linville.
Those pre-AP classes will be
available for students in 6-12 grade.
The institute got underway on
Tuesday and runs through Friday.
