NABT / BSCS Teacher Academy

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Conclusion of the Academy Program

Since welcoming the first teacher cohort in 2012, the AP Biology Leadership Academy has supported almost 400 teachers by providing a transformative professional development experience.

In the coming months, NABT, BSCS, and HHMI BioInteractive will release a full report detailing the impacts on this innovative program.

About The Teacher Academy

The NABT / BSCS Biology Teacher Academy was an expansion of the popular BSCS / NABT AP Biology Leadership Academy. Developed to support a new generation of leaders in biology education, and the course was grounded in research and designed using the AP Biology Curriculum Framework and/or the Next Generation Science Standards..

NABT / BSCS Biology Teacher Academy helped participants:

• Strengthen how they teach their course so students learn more meaningful biology and are more interested in studying biology in the future;
• Use the practices of science to help students learn big ideas and unifying concepts of biology;
• Analyze and enhance their current curriculum materials to better reflect the AP Framework, NGSS, or appropriate Science Standards;
• Learn to use formative and summative assessment information to examine what their students understand; and
• Develop a network of fellow biology teachers that supports excellence in biology teaching.