AP Mini Workshops

In-person fall workshops for all AP educators.

Date/Time: September 30, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Event: Achieving AP Access for All Workshop
Description: An in-person state-wide professional learning community for all AP educators to discuss AP equity.
City: Artesia, NM
Location: Artesia Public Schools District Office, 301 Bulldog Blvd, Artesia, NM 88210
Register for the September 30 session.

Date/Time: October 8, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Event: Achieving AP Access for All Workshop
Description: An in-person state-wide professional learning community for all AP educators to discuss AP equity.
City: Las Cruces, NM
Location: Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3600 Arrowhead Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88011
Register for the October 8 session.

Date/Time: October 14, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Event: Achieving AP Access for All Workshop
Description: An in-person state-wide professional learning community for all AP educators to discuss AP equity.
City: Las Vegas, NM
Location: New Mexico Highlands University, 1005 Diamond St, Las Vegas, NM 87701
Register for the October 14 session.

Date/Time: October 16, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Event: Achieving AP Access for All Workshop
Description: An in-person state-wide professional learning community for all AP educators to discuss AP equity.
City: Albuquerque, NM
Location: APS Berna Facio Professional Development Center, 3315 Louisiana Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
Register for the October 16 session.

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
AP Cross-Curricular Workshops:
A.M. 1/2 Day Sessions: (8:00–11:00 a.m.)
Location: Online
Event Title: AP Developing Evidence-Based Written Arguments: Presenter Shawn Coughlon
Event Title: AP Course Skills and Practice: Presenter Jessica Jarboe
Event Title: AP Analyzing Contexts & Situations: Presenter’s bio coming soon!
Register for the January 21 morning session.

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
AP Cross-Curricular Workshops:
P.M. 1/2 Day Sessions: (Noon–3:00 p.m.)
Location: Online
Event Title: AP Designing Investigations & Experiments: Presenter Courtney Mayer
Event Title: AP Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data
Register for the January 21 afternoon session.

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Full Day Sessions: (8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.)
Location: Online
Event Title: AP Computer Science A
Event Title: AP Statistics
Event Title: AP African American Studies
Register for the January 21 full-day session.

AP Analyzing & Interpreting Quantitative Data: Presenter Stephen Barbarossa

Stephen Barbarossa has been teaching AP Calculus at Kennedy Catholic High School in Washington State since 2015. He is grateful to work with motivated students who are perseverant problem-solvers, and he leverages a variety of teaching strategies, including dialogue-heavy direct instruction, visualizations, and games and activities, to help students develop an understanding of and appreciation for calculus.

Stephen is a college board-endorsed workshop consultant for AP Calculus and AP Precalculus; a college board mentor for new and experienced AP Calculus teachers, and a reader for the AP Calculus AB and BC exams. Stephen is passionate about helping educators understand and appreciate how they can collaborate with teachers of other disciplines to help their students develop skills that underlie many subjects. To support educators in that endeavor, Stephen has regularly presented in-person and online AP cross-curricular skills workshops, and he has collaborated with the University of Notre Dame’s Science and Religion Institute to develop cross-curricular and interdisciplinary lesson plans for educators who teach science and theology at the high school level.

AP Computer Science: Presenter R. Travis Burton

R. Travis Burton holds a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University and a Master’s degree in Education from the University of North Texas. After leaving a career in the private sector as a project manager, Mr. Burton became a computer science teacher at Samuel Clemens High School in Schertz, Texas. As a large school, by Texas standards, Samuel Clemens High School educates students from a variety of backgrounds. At Samuel Clemens, Mr. Burton had found success teaching this diverse group of students the fundamentals of computer programming, among other subjects such as cyber security, AP Art History, and AP Statistics. He then moved to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area to teach computer science at the School for the Talented and Gifted.

Mr. Burton is an active participant in the AP community; he is a CP SC A item writer for ETS and regularly attends the AP Computer Science A Reading, most recently held in Kansas City, Missouri, to collaborate with his peers and stay current with the trends of the AP CS A Exam. In addition to conducting national and international professional development, Mr. Burton presented as a “Master Teacher” at the Computer Science Teachers Summit at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, CA.

AP Developing Evidence-Based Written Arguments: Presenter Shawn Coughlon

Shawn Coughlon is a full-time classroom teacher at Lubbock High School in Lubbock, Texas. He teaches AP English Language and Composition and the AP Seminar component of the AP Capstone Diploma Program. He has been teaching Advanced Placement courses since 2010. He has served as a reader for AP English Language and Composition and as a reader, table leader, early table leader, and sample selector for AP Seminar. He is an endorsed College Board Advanced Placement Professional Learning Consultant for AP Seminar, AP Course Skills and Practices, and Developing Evidence-Based Written Arguments. He is designated as a Master Teacher by the Texas Education Agency, and he is also a National Board Certified Teacher.

AP Course Skills and Practice: Presenter Jessica Jarboe

Jessica has been a math and computer science teacher for 24 years at Milton High School in Milton, MA and is the instructional technology specialist 6-12. She was an adjunct professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She is an advocate for computer science education for all students in Massachusetts. She participated in the panel that created the Digital Literacy and Computer Science Standards and Licensure in Massachusetts. Jessica has facilitated CS professional development.

AP Designing Investigations & Experiments: Presenter Courtney Mayer

Courtney Mayer taught science courses for 27 years, including AP Environmental Science for 15 years at Churchill High School in San Antonio, Texas and currently at UT High School in Austin, Texas. She is a College Board consultant for AP Environmental Science in the Southwestern Region. She has presented all over the United States and in China. Courtney is also a College Board consultant for Analytical Reading and Writing Strategies in Science, Designing Investigations and Experiments, Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data, AP Course Skills and Practices, and is on the writing committee for the Pre-AP Biology Curriculum and a consultant for the College Board’s National Faculty and Cross-Curricular Instruction. Courtney is a reader and table leader at the AP Environmental Science reading where she scores free-response questions for thousands of students. She was honored in 2011 with the College Board’s AP Award for helping to promote and continue the mission set by the College Board.

Courtney has published 13 books, all around science topics, particularly AP Environmental Science. Courtney graduated with a degree in wildlife and fishery science from Texas A&M University in 1992 and she received her master of education in administration from Lamar University.