ASMSA Advanced BIOLOGY Plus           Registration 2022-2023
This registration form can be reached via the following URL.  We welcome you to share this URL with superintendents, principals, and teachers from other schools and districts in Arkansas: http://www.tinyurl.com/2022APBioPlusRegistration

Advanced BIOLOGY Plus is a unique opportunity for your faculty members to prepare to teach AP® Biology and increase student success on AP® exams.  Advanced BIOLOGY Plus allows an AP® Biology teacher from your district to work with ASMSA Life Science Curriculum Specialists to provide digital and on-site opportunities for your students.  Our faculty members provide all curriculum content online while working in conjunction with the assigned classroom teacher at the participating school.  Participating teachers may also request that an ASMSA biology teacher travel to your school or your teacher may bring students on a field trip to ASMSA for a biotechnology lab activity.

COST AND INFORMATION:

-There is a $100 non-refundable registration fee for the year-long program to ensure your place and help defer training costs.  This covers all training, curriculum, online access to a learning management system, a technology expansion packet for the teacher's lab or classroom, and more.

-There is no student tuition.

-Participating teachers will receive a biotechnology expansion package for their classrooms.  For example, recent participants received packages worth $300-$500 containing either an electrophoresis apparatus and an adjustable micropipette for gel loading OR molecular modeling kits OR a classroom digital technology package with access to PearDeck and Quizlet Live OR a Vernier LabQuest.  Participating teachers in these cohorts also had the opportunity to win a variety of door prizes including lab and demo kits.  The contents of future biotechnology expansion packages may or may not include the same materials, as package contents are determined by teacher requests and available funding.  

-Participation in the ASMSA Advanced Biology Plus program can be used for AP Biology certification renewal, only for teachers who have been previously certified by participation in an APSI program.  More information is available here: https://adecm.ade.arkansas.gov/ViewApprovedMemo.aspx?id=4829

-Schools may use any textbook approved by the College Board for AP Biology, although we recommend the Campbell AP Biology textbook (11th edition or later).  ASMSA has a limited number of textbooks available for lease to participating schools.  Leased textbooks must be returned to ASMSA at the end of the school year.  These are intended to be "classroom copies" and schools may only lease one textbook at a time.

-Participating districts must provide time for the assigned teacher to attend a week long summer VIRTUAL "boot camp" (June 20-24, 2022) and 2 one-day AP® Biology Professional Development sessions throughout the school year that accompany the class.  Dates for these two workshops during the school year will be determined at the summer boot camp taking everyone's schedules into account.  Meals are provided at no cost during these PD events.  Teachers attending these PD events can earn approximately 24-36 hours of quality, ADE-approved PD hours.

For questions and further information please contact:

Dr. Whitney Holden, ASMSA AP Biology Instructor
501-622-5432/holdenw@asmsa.org

Dr. Patrycja Krakowiak, ASMSA Biology Instructor
501-622-5120/krakowiakp@asmsa.org



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Participating Teacher Contact Information for Advanced BIOLOGY Plus
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Last name *
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School email address *
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School name *
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Has the participating teacher taught AP® Biology before? *
Has the participating teacher taught Pre-AP® Biology before? *
How many years of AP® Biology teaching experience does the teacher have? *
What is the degree of the biology teacher? *
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Who will be your teacher of record listed with the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE)? *
Estimated number of students who would be participating from your school? *
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VIRTUAL Teacher Boot Camp (Dates in June 2022 TBD) *
I understand that the selected teacher is expected to attend a week-long boot camp.
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I understand that the teacher at the participating school will be co-teaching the class with the ASMSA remote teacher using ASMSA-provided content and resources, in addition to other resources the participating teacher may choose.
Participating teachers will receive a biotechnology expansion pack for their classrooms. The contents of future biotechnology expansion packages are determined by teacher requests and available funding. Please select your TOP THREE choices for your biotechnology expansion pack. These are not guaranteed. You will be contacted at a later date to make an official request once the options for this year are decided and ordered. *
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