For Immediate Release 17 March 2000

PIERRE- The South Dakota Board of Regents will host an Advanced Placement Institute in computer science from July 16-26, 2000 at the Center for Public Higher Education in Sioux Falls. The institute will be offered to teachers who want to prepare high school students for the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) examination in computer science. The institute will be under the direction of Dr. Marvin Albin, Director of Sioux Falls Programs and Professor of Information Systems at DSU. The AP high school faculty instructor will be Mr. Joseph Kemoch, computer science teacher at Washington High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and experienced consultant for the College Board.

Administered by the College Board, the Advanced Placement Program gives high school students the opportunity to take courses that are equivalent to first-year college courses. The College Board does not require that the high school teachers have any special training but it does encourage teachers to attend special workshops or courses intended to assist them. The computer science institute will provide teachers with course content, teaching methods, and information on how to prepare their students for the AP examinations.

Announcements and application materials for the Advanced Placement institutes have been mailed to school board presidents, superintendents, and secondary principals. Any interested teacher should contact his or her school officials. For further information about the computer science institute contact Dr. Marvin Albin at Dakota State University at (605) 367-5380 or via Internet at albin@pluto.dsu.edu.

Seven other Advanced Placement institutes will be held this summer:

• calculus AB at South Dakota State University from June 25-30
• chemistry at Northern State University from June 11-16
• economics at the University of South Dakota from June 11-16
• English literature and composition at Black Hills State University from June 18-23
• environmental science at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from June 11-15
• physics at South Dakota State University from July 16-21
• United States history at the University of South Dakota from July 16-21

Superintendents and principals may obtain College Board materials on the AP program from Dr. Paul Gough at the Board of Regents at (605) 773-3455 or email paulg@ris.sdbor.edu. The Regent's AP policies are available on the Internet at the Board's web site www.ris.sdbor.edu.

High school teachers who enroll in the AP institutes have the option of earning two hours of graduate credit. Those who do not want to earn college credit will be charged only for materials. Those seeking credit will be required to complete specific course requirements and will be charged applicable tuition rates.