Description

The purpose of the Advanced Placement (AP) Teacher Institutes is to provide South Carolina public school teachers with the special endorsement to teach an AP course as required in S.C. Code Ann. Reg. 43-258.1 (2017). Teachers who successfully complete an AP Teacher Institute will be awarded special AP endorsement in the specific AP content area.

Program Office

Office of Assessment and Standards

Eligible Applicants

Any of South Carolina’s public or private institutions of higher education (IHEs) and any school district (or a consortium of districts) working in collaboration with a state public or private IHE are eligible to apply. For a school district to be eligible, the district must have a fully executed letter of agreement or memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an IHE to offer the institute and must include a copy of the agreement as an attachment to their application.

To be eligible, the IHE, district(s), or consortium must obtain College Board endorsement for the proposed institute(s) prior to submitting an application. The SCDE will verify the endorsement prior to making grant awards.

Total Funding Available

$190,000

Funding Detail

The SCDE anticipates awarding approximately ten grants.

Project Term

February 15, 2024, through June 30, 2024

Application Due Date

January 9, 2024

Technical Assistance Session

The Office of Assessment and Standards provided a pre-application technical assistance session on December 13, 2023. Contact Stephen Stokes at sstokes@ed.sc.gov for a link to the recording.

Documents

Request for Proposals (DOCX - 0.99MB - 11/30/23)
Online Application
Budget Report (XLSX - 14.5 kb - 11/30/23)

Program Office

Advanced Placement