The APA Committee of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) is reviewing many of its teacher resources to make sure they are up-to-date. Currently, the TOPSS website features several sample academic calendars for high school psychology teachers to view as they conduct their own planning. However, these calendars were collected prior to the development of the 2022 National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula, and TOPSS would like to update them to reflect course planning.
If you are interested in submitting a sample pacing calendar for an on-level, AP, or IB psychology course for possible inclusion on the TOPSS website, please send your calendar to TOPSS by July 15. TOPSS hopes to gather samples that reflect different types of course scheduling (e.g., traditional, block schedule; and trimester, one semester, and full year). Calendars must show alignment to the current National Standards. TOPSS also encourages teachers to indicate how research methods are integrated across all units in the course.
