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National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula
APPENDIX C— Resources
High school psychology teachers can join APA as High School Teacher Affiliates; High School Teacher Affiliates automatically become members of the APA Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS). The mission of TOPSS is to promote the scientific nature of introductory and advanced high school psychology, to meet curricular needs of secondary school teachers, and to provide opportunities for high school students to be recognized and rewarded for their academic excellence. Benefits of teacher affiliate status with APA include access to TOPSS unit lesson plans, a yearly subscription to the Psychology Teacher Network quarterly newsletter, discounts on APA books and journals, access to online databases, discounted registration fees to the annual APA convention and to TOPSS workshops, and multiple opportunities to network with other psychology teachers and professionals. For information on joining APA as a High School Teacher Affiliate, contact the APA Membership Department at 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002, or by e-mail or telephone at membership or (800) 374-2721.
Since 1995, TOPSS has maintained a Web site (www.apa.org/ed/topss/homepage.html)
designed for high school psychology teachers. The site contains:
- Information on TOPSS, including how to join
- Items to assist teachers of psychology in their classroom planning
(e.g., TOPSS unit lesson plans, National Standards for High School Psychology
Curricula)
- Items for professional growth and development, including upcoming
workshops and conferences for high school psychology teachers
- A listing of current members of the TOPSS Committee and their e-mail addresses
- Teacher resources, including links to Web sites of interest to psychology teachers
- A Speakers Bureau to enable teachers to find and contact local psychologists
- Current and past issues of the Psychology Teacher Network newsletter
- Information on involving high school students
in research
- Information on a project to recruit ethnic
minority students into psychology
- Scholarship competitions for high school students
In addition, the following resources for teachers and interested policymakers have been compiled and are available through the APA TOPSS Web site at
http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/resources.html :
Electronic Mailing Lists (listservs)
The following lists are of particular interest to psychology teachers:
- Psych-News is designed for people interested in the teaching of psychology at the high school level. Most of the list members are high school psychology teachers, although many college and university teachers are members as well. To join Psych-News, send the message “subscribe Psych- News your name” to the address “listserv@list- serv.uh.edu”
- TIPS, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences, is designed more for teachers at the college and university level. Many high school teachers are members, but the discussions usually center on post-high school education. Please be aware that TIPS can generate a large amount of e-mail. If your service provider limits the size of your mailbox, you may not want to subscribe to TIPS. To join TIPS, send the message “subscribe TIPS your name” to the address “TIPS listserv”
- PsychTeacher is an electronic mailing list sponsored by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and designed for both the high school and the college and university level. The electronic mailing list is monitored, which means each message is reviewed before being sent to the list. To subscribe to PsychTeacher, send the message “subscribe PsychTeacher your name” to the address “PsychTeacher”
- APA TOPSS also has a listserv for high school psychology teachers.
For more information on how to subscribe to the TOPSS listserv, visit
the TOPSS Web site at http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/homepage.html.
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