AP African American Studies - Summer 2024
AP African American Studies APSI

JCPS is providing funding for 6 educators to attend the AP African American Studies APSI.

Application is due by May 24, 2024

Who: Advanced Placement Summer Institute - Ruthie Walls

What: AP Summer Institute for AP African American Studies

When: June 24-28, 2024  8:30 am - 4:30 pm CT

Where: Western Kentucky University

Why: AP African American Studies is an interdisciplinary course that examines the diversity of African American experiences through direct encounters with authentic and varied sources. The course focuses on four thematic units that move across the instructional year chronologically, providing students with opportunities to examine key topics that extend from early African kingdoms to the ongoing challenges and achievements of the contemporary moment. Given the interdisciplinary character of African American studies, students in the course will develop skills across multiple fields, with an emphasis on developing historical, literary, visual, and data analysis skills. This course foregrounds a study of the diversity of Black communities in the United States within the broader context of Africa and the African diaspora.


Considerations for application selection:
  • Current or interested teachers of the course
  • Willingness to bring back and provide professional learning to your PLCs, other AP African American Studies teachers throughout the district, or professional development for the district
  • Availability for dates and ability to complete required documents for the professional learning
  • Responses to questions on the application
The following will be provided by JCPS. We will get those selected a more details listing, but included are: 
  • Registration for the Conference 
  • Hotel 
  • Per diem for breakfast, lunch, dinner per JCPS policy for reimbursements
To attend you will need
  • Professional Leave Form
  • Complete documents for reimbursement 
  • Complete documents, organize and make travel arrangements

Email *
Name (Last, First) *
School Name *
Have you attended an AP conference before? *
Conference Commitment Requirements
The following statements acknowledge your post conference commitment.
I understand that I will need to upload my PL certificate to Vector to receive credit. *
I understand that I will need to get professional leave approved. (We will send out once participants are selected)
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I understand that I am expected to attend for the full conference. *
I understand that I will need to arrange my own transportation to attend the conference.   *
I understand that JCPS will pay for registration, hotel, and food per diem. All other expenses are the participant's responsibility.  *
The JCPS District Team will choose based applications based on the responses to the following questions.
I understand that the expectation is that I will use and share with other teachers what I learn. *
I am willing to meet with members of the district Social Studies team after the conference.
Clear selection
Based on your current practice, what are areas of practices around inquiry and AP African American Studies are looking to grow?  *
How do you anticipate this conference will help you to improve your inquiries? *
Based upon how conference goes, how do you anticipate engaging your PLC, Department, and/or District about what you learned at the conference? *
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