AP Russian Professional Development Seminar

[Camelot Marshall]

The College Board and ACTR announce a Professional Development Seminar for Teachers of Russian in 2006

The College Board and the American Council of Teachers of Russian are pleased to announce the 2006 Professional Development Seminar for Teachers of Russian, to be held at Bryn Mawr College the week of July 17, 2006.

The seminar is of particular importance for American teachers of Russian who are planning to introduce the AP® Russian Language and Culture course in their schools as soon as it becomes available.

Participants will learn about the goals and practices of the Advanced Placement Program® with special emphasis on the new Russian Web-based curriculum and teacher authoring tools especially designed for the AP Russian Language and Culture course.  Teachers will also be become familiar with the design and approach to language assessment represented by the forthcoming standards-based AP Russian Language and Culture Exam, which is administered at the end of the AP course.  Upon successful completion of the seminar, participants will receive a certificate in recognition of their training and one graduate unit (4 hours) of academic credit from Bryn Mawr College.

The seminar is led by a group of peer-mentors, current teachers of Russian who have piloted the advanced Russian course in their classrooms, as well as specialists from the College Board, ACTR, and the Bryn Mawr Department of Russian.  

The 2006 Summer Seminar in Russian is supported by the College Board and ACTR. Full or partial fellowships are available to qualified U.S. teachers to attend the 2006 seminar.  Participants may also request support from their school districts or principals for assistance in covering the costs of the seminar.      

The workshop coincides with the annual Bryn Mawr Russian Language Institute, an annual summer immersion language program that provides additional opportunities for using Russian outside of the seminar sessions. 

The Professional Development Seminar is open to high school teachers interested in starting an Advanced Placement Russian Program.  

For more information and application form contact:
Camelot Marshall (marshall at americancouncils.org)
Application Deadline: June 3, 2006    
Space is limited. 



Camelot Marshall, Ph. D.
Research Specialist, Second Language Acquisition
Curriculum Development and Multimedia
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036

(202) 833-7522
(202) 833-7523 (fax)

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