Summer training for teachers

Sec. 7. (a) Teachers who are assigned to teach an advanced course may participate in summer training institutes offered by the College Board.

(b) For a teacher to be eligible for a stipend under section 8 of this chapter, the training in subsection (a) must do the following:

(1) Provide teachers of advanced placement and teachers who instruct preadvanced placement courses with the necessary content knowledge and instructional skills to prepare students for success in advanced placement courses and examinations and other advanced courses.

(2) Provide administrators, including principals and counselors, with professional development that enables them to create strong and effective advanced placement programs in their respective schools.

(3) Provide middle school, junior high school, and high school teachers with advanced placement vertical team training and other preadvanced placement professional development that prepares students for success in advanced placement.

(4) Support the implementation of an instructional program for students in grades 6 through 12 that provides an integrated set of instructional materials, diagnostic assessments, and teacher professional development in reading, writing, and mathematics that prepares all students for enrollment and success in advanced placement courses and in college.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-22.2-7.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.20-2007, SEC.3.