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"Sarah Johnson is AMAZING!! I have never been so engaged in a training. Her energy and activities made the class fun. It's the kind of atmosphere I want to create in my classroom."
"The presenter was upbeat, energentic, engaged, and truly there to help us become better statistics teachers. She pushed and challenged us when necessary and also privided great, interative experiences that can be replicated in my own classroom." - Marin By the Bay participants |
Sarah M. JohnsonCheck out Sarah's website: https://smjohnson1.weebly.com/about-sarah.html
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Proud professional educator, Sarah M. Johnson, teaches Mathematics & Statistics at Grand Blanc High School in Grand Blanc, Michigan. She has been teaching AP Statistics for more than 15 years and currently serves as an AP Consultant for the Midwest Region of the College Board. Sarah has also worked as an AP Statistics Table Leader, AP Rubric Team Member, AP Reader, AP Multiple Choice Item Writer, a National Delegate to the Academic Assembly of the College Board, College Board Diversity Initiatives Advisory Panel Member, NCTM Proposal Reviewer, and as both a Consultant & Mentor with the National Mathematics & Science Initiative. Once upon a time, Sarah raised her hand in a department meeting and asked the question: “Why don’t we have this AP Stats class I heard about?” This is the last time she has raised her hand in a meeting to date. Since that day, she has been educating the masses about fighting our two enemies: bias & variability, and maintaining focus on the #1 job of any statistician-- translating statistics into
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Whether this is your first AP Statistics workshop or you’ve been teaching the course for years, this APSI is built to help you confidently navigate the NEW AP Statistics Redesigned Course Framework for 2026–2027. For experienced teachers, this is your chance to get ahead of the redesign, unpack what’s truly changing, and walk away with clear strategies (not just new acronyms and a longer to-do list). Newer teachers will find a supportive, judgment-free space where questions are welcomed, curiosity is encouraged, and no one has to whisper “wait… what’s a sampling distribution again?” under their breath to build strong foundations alongside colleagues who speak your language.
We’ll take a focused, practical look at what the redesign means for both teaching and the AP exam, including course structure, instructional emphasis, and how changes show up in assessment. Big ideas include exploring and visualizing data, sampling and experimentation, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, and statistical inference through confidence intervals and significance tests, with simulation used throughout to deepen understanding and energize instruction.
Participants will experience classroom-ready activities that work in both virtual and face-to-face settings while exploring all four major content areas of the course. We’ll also dig into real classroom details: student projects, homework and quizzes, AP Classroom, the online AP Question Bank, 10-point rubrics, and a close look at the NEW 2027 AP Exam, including structure, question design, and scoring, with special attention to the 2026 exam analysis.
Learning is supported with an introduction to Desmos, because sometimes technology really can make things easier (and prettier). Expect collaboration, laughter, practical takeaways, and maybe even a few statistical jokes that will make you groan and then secretly reuse in class.
By the end of the week, you’ll leave with new strategies, ready-to-use activities, deeper content knowledge, and a renewed excitement for teaching AP Statistics, plus the confidence to help your students become thoughtful consumers of data (and maybe even stay awake during inference).
Come join us for fun days of statistics, storytelling, and simulation — where bias and variability are the villains, and teachers leave feeling like statistical superheroes.
AGENDA
Materials Needed: 1 deck of playing cards, 1 pack of plain m&m’s, 2 dice (six-sided number
cubes), 1 graphing calculator of your choice, 5 milk chocolate hershey’s kisses
Day 1: 8:30-10:30am Synchronous Learning (Daily) Including:
● Random Introductions
● Exam Overview Information, New Course Framework
● Formula Sheet and Tables for AP exam, Changes to 2027 Exam
● The New(ish) Course and Exam Description CED, Original CED errata pages
● The Sexual Discrimination Problem (Deck of Cards) - DESMOS
● Equity and Access in AP Statistics
○ Skew the Script
○ Lessons that Matter, and this too
○ Barron’s AP Review Book
● Equity and Inclusion Resources (select 1-2):
○ Article about counselors and placement in AP Calculus (looks at Black vs. White,
Male vs. Female for different student types). Skew the Script lesson with a similar
study.
○ The Danger of a Single Story Chima Ngozi Adichie
○ The AP Lever for Boosting Access, Success, and Equity Rachel Roegman and
Thomas Hatch
○ New Analyses of AP Scores of 1 and 2, April 2021:
https://research.collegeboard.org/pdf/new-analyses-ap-scores-1-and-2.pdf
○ Short video on inclusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6SnXBKEfr2s
● Recruitment Ideas
● Video on AP Course Audit
● Sample Syllabi
10:30am-3pm Group Work, Lunch, and Asynchronous Learning (Daily) including:
● Explore AP Credit Policies by University, Student Handout
● More on the AP Course Audit
● Electronic Discussion Group
● CED Overview
● CED Scavenger Hunt
● 2026 Data Analysis FRQ
● Unit 1 overview
● ASA K-12 Membership (free)
3pm Synchronous Wrap-Up / Q&A
Day 2: 8:30-10:30am Synchronous Learning (Daily) Including:
● The Dolphin Therapy Problem (Deck of Cards)
● AP Classroom Demo
● Textbooks!
● How good is a census? A FrogTale
● Does Beyonce Write her Own Lyrics? (graphing calculator) - DESMOS
● The Last Banana (2 dice) - DESMOS
10:30am-3pm Group Work, Lunch, and Asynchronous Learning (Daily) including:
● Matching Boxplots, Histograms and Summary Statistics - DESMOS
● ASA & NY Times What’s going on in this graph?
● AP Classroom: Deep Dive
● Monopoly Regression
● Instructional Planning Reports
● 2026 Experimental / Sampling Design FRQ
● Learning Goals for AP Statistics Curriculum (all)
● Unit 2 Overview
● What to do when Data is Nonlinear?
● Residual plots
● Unit 3 Overview
● Linear Regression m&m activity (plain m&m pack)
● Classroom Resources provided by The College Board
● Web resources for students
● List of AP Daily videos for AP Statistics
● Appropriate use of Hands-On Activities
3pm Synchronous Wrap-Up / Q&A
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Whether this is your first AP Statistics workshop or you’ve been teaching the course for years, this APSI is built to help you confidently navigate the NEW AP Statistics Redesigned Course Framework for 2026–2027. For experienced teachers, this is your chance to get ahead of the redesign, unpack what’s truly changing, and walk away with clear strategies (not just new acronyms and a longer to-do list). Newer teachers will find a supportive, judgment-free space where questions are welcomed, curiosity is encouraged, and no one has to whisper “wait… what’s a sampling distribution again?” under their breath to build strong foundations alongside colleagues who speak your language.
We’ll take a focused, practical look at what the redesign means for both teaching and the AP exam, including course structure, instructional emphasis, and how changes show up in assessment. Big ideas include exploring and visualizing data, sampling and experimentation, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, and statistical inference through confidence intervals and significance tests, with simulation used throughout to deepen understanding and energize instruction.
Participants will experience classroom-ready activities that work in both virtual and face-to-face settings while exploring all four major content areas of the course. We’ll also dig into real classroom details: student projects, homework and quizzes, AP Classroom, the online AP Question Bank, 10-point rubrics, and a close look at the NEW 2027 AP Exam, including structure, question design, and scoring, with special attention to the 2026 exam analysis.
Learning is supported with an introduction to Desmos, because sometimes technology really can make things easier (and prettier). Expect collaboration, laughter, practical takeaways, and maybe even a few statistical jokes that will make you groan and then secretly reuse in class.
By the end of the week, you’ll leave with new strategies, ready-to-use activities, deeper content knowledge, and a renewed excitement for teaching AP Statistics, plus the confidence to help your students become thoughtful consumers of data (and maybe even stay awake during inference).
Come join us for fun days of statistics, storytelling, and simulation — where bias and variability are the villains, and teachers leave feeling like statistical superheroes.
AGENDA
Materials Needed: 1 deck of playing cards, 1 pack of plain m&m’s, 2 dice (six-sided number
cubes), 1 graphing calculator of your choice, 5 milk chocolate hershey’s kisses
Day 1: 8:30-10:30am Synchronous Learning (Daily) Including:
● Random Introductions
● Exam Overview Information, New Course Framework
● Formula Sheet and Tables for AP exam, Changes to 2027 Exam
● The New(ish) Course and Exam Description CED, Original CED errata pages
● The Sexual Discrimination Problem (Deck of Cards) - DESMOS
● Equity and Access in AP Statistics
○ Skew the Script
○ Lessons that Matter, and this too
○ Barron’s AP Review Book
● Equity and Inclusion Resources (select 1-2):
○ Article about counselors and placement in AP Calculus (looks at Black vs. White,
Male vs. Female for different student types). Skew the Script lesson with a similar
study.
○ The Danger of a Single Story Chima Ngozi Adichie
○ The AP Lever for Boosting Access, Success, and Equity Rachel Roegman and
Thomas Hatch
○ New Analyses of AP Scores of 1 and 2, April 2021:
https://research.collegeboard.org/pdf/new-analyses-ap-scores-1-and-2.pdf
○ Short video on inclusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6SnXBKEfr2s
● Recruitment Ideas
● Video on AP Course Audit
● Sample Syllabi
10:30am-3pm Group Work, Lunch, and Asynchronous Learning (Daily) including:
● Explore AP Credit Policies by University, Student Handout
● More on the AP Course Audit
● Electronic Discussion Group
● CED Overview
● CED Scavenger Hunt
● 2026 Data Analysis FRQ
● Unit 1 overview
● ASA K-12 Membership (free)
3pm Synchronous Wrap-Up / Q&A
Day 2: 8:30-10:30am Synchronous Learning (Daily) Including:
● The Dolphin Therapy Problem (Deck of Cards)
● AP Classroom Demo
● Textbooks!
● How good is a census? A FrogTale
● Does Beyonce Write her Own Lyrics? (graphing calculator) - DESMOS
● The Last Banana (2 dice) - DESMOS
10:30am-3pm Group Work, Lunch, and Asynchronous Learning (Daily) including:
● Matching Boxplots, Histograms and Summary Statistics - DESMOS
● ASA & NY Times What’s going on in this graph?
● AP Classroom: Deep Dive
● Monopoly Regression
● Instructional Planning Reports
● 2026 Experimental / Sampling Design FRQ
● Learning Goals for AP Statistics Curriculum (all)
● Unit 2 Overview
● What to do when Data is Nonlinear?
● Residual plots
● Unit 3 Overview
● Linear Regression m&m activity (plain m&m pack)
● Classroom Resources provided by The College Board
● Web resources for students
● List of AP Daily videos for AP Statistics
● Appropriate use of Hands-On Activities
3pm Synchronous Wrap-Up / Q&A