UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications

2013 Advanced Placement Summer Institute at UT Tyler Set for July 29 – Aug. 1

May 21, 2013

Media Contact:  Hannah Buchanan
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The University of Texas at Tyler
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May 21, 2013

The 2013 Advanced Placement Summer Institute for middle and secondary school teachers will be July 29 – Aug. 1 at The University of Texas at Tyler, Dr. Michael Odell, UT Tyler Ingenuity Center executive director and AP Institute director, announced.

Hosted by the Ingenuity Center; UT Tyler East Texas Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Center and Tyler Independent School District, the 30-hour institute offers Pre-AP and AP certification training in various courses.

Cost is $425 ($475 after Monday, June 3). Registration information may be found at http://www.ingenuitycenter.org/teachers/tyler-apsi/.

Institute courses include Pre-AP Science (Middle School), Pre-AP English (Middle School) and Pre-AP Math (Middle School) as well as AP Chemistry, AP Spanish Language, AP Calculus and AP English Literature and Composition.

Attendance at all sessions is mandatory to earn a certificate of completion.

For more information, contact Betsy Rountree, AP Institute program coordinator, 903.617.6813 or brountree@uttyler.edu.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler offers excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of almost 7,000 high-ability students at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine.