Teachers in Arkansas are recommended to attend an APSI to acquire 30 hours of training before teaching an AP Course.
The Arkansas Advanced Placement聽 (AP) Professional Development Center at the University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo is accountable to the Arkansas Department of Education concerning attendance at the AP Summer Institute. The APSI staff at UA 糖心视频logo take this responsibility seriously, so attendance at the APSI is closely monitored.聽 Certificates will only be issued for 30 hours, if the participant actually attended 30 hours. If fewer than 30 hours are attended, the participant will receive a letter (not a certificate) reflecting the actual number of hours.
Absences: 聽If a participant must miss some of the APSI time for a valid reason (i.e. a doctor鈥檚 appointment or illness), up to four hours may be made up by doing an alternative assignment: if the assignment is completed by the due date, the participant will receive the full 30 hours. Time missed over four hours cannot be made up by an alternate assignment, so the amount of time will be deducted from the 30 hour total; that number of hours will appear in the letter.
For instance, if a participant misses six hours, but the participant completes make-up work for the maximum four hours, the participant鈥檚 certificate will then show 28 hours completed.
Make up assignments must be submitted by 5:00 pm on the Friday of the APSI week.
Procedure:聽When the participant knows that he/she will need to be absent, he/she will need to contact the APSI Coordinator or Course Assistant to discuss the absence and the actions that will be taken.聽 The Course Assistant or Coordinator will discuss with the Consultant about an appropriate make-up assignment for up to four hours. The participant can decline the assignment, in which case the total hours missed will be deducted from the 30 hour total.
Online APSIs: Part of attendance in an online setting includes having your camera on and being an active participant in discussions. Our expectation is that all participants will have cameras on for the synchronous sessions.