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Get ready for the 8th annual Poolside Proficiency Summer Professional Development Series!

This free, summer-long program offers flexible, on-demand learning through webinars, blogs, podcasts, and live virtual events. Earn certificates for professional learning hours while advancing your skills and connecting with peers. Building career skills has never felt so refreshing!

Dive Into the New AP® Course Project

MAY 18, 7PM ET

The new 2027 AP® Spanish exam is reshaping our approach to language and culture instruction, and the Course Project is one of its most exciting changes. In this webinar, EntreCulturas author and AP® consultant Maritza Sloan breaks down what the new AP® exam asks of students and how to bring the Course Project to life in your classroom. From topic selection and authentic materials to real cultural inquiry, Maritza walks you through every step of making this a manageable and meaningful experience for your students.
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Every Level Builds Toward AP®

JULY 16, 7PM ET

AP® readiness is built over years, not semesters, and it takes every teacher in the pool. In this Poolside Proficiency webinar, we explore what proficiency-based instruction looks like across all levels of world language learning and why the habits, skills, and mindsets students need for AP® must be cultivated long before they ever set foot in an AP® classroom. Whether you teach Level 1 or AP®, you play a vital role in every student's language journey. Dive in with us!
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Enjoy on-demand video podcasts that support and strengthen your world language teaching practice—on your own time, at your own pace.

Making Waves: Inside the New AP® Spanish Exam and APunta al futuro

In this episode, Professional Learning Director Michelle Olah and Instructional Strategist Julie Pacheco-Toye sit down with Jan Hagedorn, the Managing Editor of APunta al Futuro, Wayside’s new AP® Spanish Language and Culture program. We'll offer insights into the redesigned AP® Spanish exam, what the changes mean for teachers and students, and how the textbook was intentionally developed from the ground up to align with the new exam.

COMING SOON JUNE 18

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We Left the Pool So You Didn't Have To: Your AP® Annual Conference Recap

We packed up our pool floats and headed to the AP® Annual Conference so you could stay in your beach chair. In this Poolside Proficiency episode, former AP® teacher and Wayside Instructional Strategist Julie Pacheco-Toye joins us fresh from a full-day post-conference deep dive to share everything world language teachers need to know about the new AP® Language and Culture exams. Consider this your front-row seat to the conversation everyone is talking about.

COMING SOON AUGUST 13

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