Advanced Placement Summer Institute

Comes to Auburn

In July, more than 140 high school educators from across the region will descend on Auburn for the Advance Placement Summer Institute. It is the most thorough professional learning available for AP educators. The Advanced Placement program enables academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school.

“It’s a highly focused week on campus,” according to Dr Phil Chansler, Assistant Director of Professional Development and Conference Services. “High school teachers in the program learn to identify student strengths and weaknesses using data available through AP Classroom and Instructional Planning Reports.”

For more than 20 years, the Auburn University AP Summer Institute has provided intensive professional learning, with a minimum of thirty instructional hours over four days in a number of different AP subjects.  Nearly six hundred universities across the nation offer AP Summer Institutes. In Alabama, the institutes are held at Auburn and Tuscaloosa.  The Auburn University AP Summer Institute is a collaborative effort between: The College Board, the A+ College Ready Program, the Alabama Department of Education, the Auburn College of Sciences and Mathematics, and the Auburn University Office of Professional and Continuing Education.

“The AP Summer Institute is another way that Auburn University connects with communities and educators across our region,” Chansler said. 

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The Auburn University Office of Professional and Continuing Education (OPCE) is your lifelongpartner in education, offering both in-person and online programs to learners of all ages. OPCE is housed in Auburn University Outreach. 

OPCE is housed in Auburn University Outreach.

Outreach Global’s Premier

Tanzania Service-Learning Program

The Office of Outreach Global, in collaboration with the African Studies Program, recently concluded its premier Tanzania Civic Education Service-Learning Program, held from May 7 to May 18, 2024. This 12-day program had a cohort 25 individuals, including 20 Auburn University students, primarily from the AU Colleges of Engineering, Liberal Arts, Agriculture, Education and Business. 

The program began with educational sessions at the University of Dar es Salaam, where AU students learned about the history of the East African Slave Trade and engaged in discussions on the assigned novel, "Paradise". Following the university lectures and discussions, the group took a daytrip to the historic slave trade town of Bagamoyo, where they visited sites significant to the slave trade.  

Central to the program was the service-learning component, where Auburn University students collaborated with KN Youth, a USAID youth education initiative. Over two days, the Auburn University students conducted practical resume-writing workshops for around 230 Tanzanian youth. The workshops were complimented by cultural exchanges and activities, such as Tanzanian games and basketball matches. During a day trip to Zanzibar, the AU cohort visited the T-Marc training center and learned about vocational training initiatives for underserved Tanzanians, followed by visits to the Ministry of Education, the Freddy Mercury Museum, and the Stone Town and spice market. 

The Auburn University cohort also had the privilege of visiting the US Embassy Tanzania, where they met with Ambassador Battle and his team. During the visit, the group engaged in discussion about Tanzania’s developmental history, its impressive progress, and its promising future.

This Outreach Global program would not have been possible without the support of key partners, including the AU Office of the Vice President for University Outreach, the US Embassy Tanzania, USAID Tanzania, the University of Dar es Salaam, and the AU College of Liberal Arts. Their collective efforts were instrumental in making this program a reality.