AP institutes

Summer Institute

Advanced Placement® (AP®) Summer Institutes provide the most intensive professional development available for AP® educators. Summer institute attendees engage in thirty or more hours of content-rich training designed to strengthen how they teach their AP® courses. Any recent changes to AP® will be addressed at the AP® Summer Institutes. College Board endorsed consultants will guide attendees through resources such as course outlines; content-specific handouts; and student samples, scoring guidelines, and commentary from the most recent AP® exams.

2025 West Virginia Advanced Placement Summer Institutes

More details about an AP Summer Institute session focusing on AP Seminar as an English 10 credit will be posted by Friday, February 14.

Week One

Location: Capital High School, Charleston, WV
Dates: Tuesday, June 24 - Friday, June 27, 2025

Sessions

• African American Studies
• Art & Design
• Biology for New AP Teachers
• Biology for Experienced AP Teachers
• Calculus AB
• Chemistry for New AP Teachers
• Chemistry for Experienced AP Teachers
• English Language
• English Literature
• Environmental Science
• Human Geography
• Music Theory
• Physics I
• Precalculus
• Psychology
• Spanish Language & Culture
• Statistics
• U.S. Government & Politics
• U.S. History

Week Two

Location: Online
Dates: Tuesday, July 8 – Friday, July 11, 2025

Sessions

• Art & Design
• Calculus AB
• Calculus BC
• English Language for New AP Teachers
• English Language for Experienced AP Teachers
• English Literature for New AP Teachers
• English Literature for Experienced AP Teachers
• European History
• Physics II
• Psychology
• Statistics
• U.S. Govt & Politics
• U.S. History for New AP Teachers
• U.S. History for Experienced AP Teachers
• World History: Modern

Registration for both AP Summer Institutes will be available here in January 2025.

New and Experienced Sessions:

Teachers who have taught the AP course for three or fewer years must attend the specified session for new AP teachers. Teachers who have taught the course for four or more years should attend the session for experienced AP teachers. Experienced AP teachers may attend the sessions for new teachers if a basic course refresher is needed. However, new AP teachers may not attend the experienced sessions.

Sessions not specified new or experienced are open to both new and experienced AP teachers of that course.

2025 Registration Fees:

• WV teachers: $50
• Out-of-state teachers: $700

Lodging

WV teachers living at least 50 miles from the institute location qualify for lodging under the WVDE direct-billed room block.

AP Courses Not Listed on the 2025 Schedule

WV teachers who must attend courses not listed on the schedule may be eligible to attend an APSI session in another location. Contact Karen Linville at Karen.Linville@k12.wv.us for more information.

AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A will be provided through CodeWV. Registration details will be available on this page at a later date.

Fall Institute

The West Virginia Department of Education provides the Advanced Placement® (AP) Fall Institute for teachers of various AP courses. Fall Institute sessions are led by College Board-endorsed instructors and help teachers enhance their skills and content knowledge. Special focus is given to course updates, AP exam review, and Instructional Planning Reports.