Professional development for high school psychology teachers

The following list provides professional development opportunities for high school psychology teachers at the local, regional, state, and national levels. Contacts for each group or conference are included. Please note that any group using a “TOPSS” name is not formally affiliated with APA; APA provides a separate site for information on regional teaching networks for teachers. This listing was developed by the APA Summit on High School Psychology Education Working Group on Professional Development.

If you have a group you would like to add to this page, please contact TOPSS.

• State Conferences or Networks
• National Teaching/Psychology Conferences
• Regional Psychological Associations

• Alabama Teachers of Psychology (AlaTOP)
  Group currently inactive

• Psychology Friday
  Contact: Trudy Loop
  Meeting: Spring, exact dates varies

• Arizona Psychology Teachers
  There is a Google group to communicate with members
  Contact: Irene Fabig and Darcy Brodison
  Meeting: Typically meets in April

• Northern California Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (NORCALTOPSS)
  Contact: Chuck Schallhorn
  Meeting: Planning for future meetings

• Southern California Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (SCATOPSS)
  Contact: Jaclyn Parslow (Southern California)
  Meeting: Fall

• San Diego Zoo’s Summer Teacher Institutes
  Contact: San Diego Zoo
  Meeting: Typically meets June–August

• Exploratorium Teacher Institutes
  Contact: Teacher Institutes
  Meeting: Typically meets in July

• Colorado Front Range Teachers of Psychology
  Contact: Kara L. Beiswanger
  Meeting: TBD

• Mountain States Conference on the Teaching of Psychology
  Contact: Brian Burke
  Meeting: Varies

• DC/Maryland/Virginia Network
  Group currently inactive

• Duval County AP Psychology Professional Learning Community
  Contact: Mary Krieger (Jacksonville, Florida)
  Meeting: Annually

• Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology (SETOP)
  Contact: Tom Pusateri
  Meeting: Typically meets in February

• Atlanta Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (ATOPSS)
  Contact: Ryan Keefer
  Meeting: TBD

• Idaho Teachers of Psychology
  Contact: Michael Konrad
  Meeting: TBD

• Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting (MPA)
  Meeting: Typically meets in April

• Chicagoland AP Consortium Reflection and Renewal Conference
  Contact: Charlie Hart and Karla Guyton
  Meeting: Typically meets in May

• Chicago Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (CHITOPSS)
  Contact: Nancy Fenton (Lincolnshire, Illinois)
  Meeting: Varies

• Midwest Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology (MISTOP)
  Participants include community college and undergraduate faculty
  Contact: Ada Wainwright
  Meeting: Varies

• Indiana High School Psychology Teachers Association (IHSPTA)
  Contact: Amanda Harmon
  Meeting: Typically meets in September
  

• Kentuckiana Teachers of Psychology (KTOP)
  Contact: Melissa Schoenbahler
  Meeting: TBD

• Iowa Teachers of Psychology (IToP)
  Contact: Dana Melone
  Meeting: Typically meets in the spring

• Kansas City Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (KCTOPSS)
  Contact: Jennifer Schlicht (Olathe, Kansas)
  Meeting: Typically meets in November
  

• Kentuckiana Teachers of Psychology (KTOP)
  Contact: Melissa Schoenbahler
  Meeting: TBD

• Mid-Atlantic Teachers of Psychology (MATOP)
  Participants include community college and undergraduate faculty
  Contact: Diane Finley (Largo, Maryland)
  Meeting: Held annually in the fall

• DC/Maryland/Virginia Network
  Group currently inactive

• New England Teachers of Psychology (NETOP)
  No current contact

• Massachusetts Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (MASSTOPSS)
  Group currently inactive

• Michigan Psychology Teachers Network
  Contact: Robyn Mackson
  Meeting: TBD
  

• Minnesota Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (MNTOPSS)
  Contact: Mike Berndt (Sartell, Minnesota)
  Meeting: Held annually in May

• St. Louis Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (STLTOPSS)
  Contact: Jennifer Flores and Melody Barger
  Meeting: Twice per school year

• Network for rural psychology teachers
  Contact: Kari Hall
  Meeting: TBD

• Nebraska Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (NEBTOPSS)
  Contact: Lindsey Herting (Lincoln, Nebraska)
  Meeting: Typically held in the spring

• NJ/NY/PA Psychology Conference/Workshop
  Contact: Christina Luzzi
  Meeting: TBD

• Mountain States Conference on the Teaching of Psychology
  Contact: Brian Burke
  Meeting: Varies

• Suburban NY Psychology network (SuNYPsy)
  Group currently inactive

• Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations
  Contact: Marya Howell-Carter
  Meeting: Typically meets in April
• NJ/NY/PA Psychology Conference/Workshop
  Contact: Christina Luzzi
  Meeting: To be determined

• Network for rural psychology teachers
  Contact: Kari Hall
  Meeting: TBD

• Nevada Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools
  Contact: Miriya Julian
  Meeting: TBD

• Ohio Teaching of Psychology Conference (OPTC)
  Contact: Stephanie Franks

• Oklahoma Network for the Teaching of Psychology (ONTOP)
  Participants include community college and undergraduate faculty
  Contact: Shelia Kennison (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
  Meeting: Varies

• Greater Philadelphia Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (Phi-TOPSS)
  Contact: Maria Vita (Millersville, Pennsylvania); John Mohl (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)
  Meeting: TBD
• NJ/NY/PA Psychology Conference/Workshop
  Contact: Christina Luzzi
  Meeting: To be determined

• Statewide network of high school psychology teachers in Rhode Island
  Contact: Ronald Shapiro, PhD (Providence, Rhode Island)
  Meeting: Fall

• Network for rural psychology teachers
  Contact: Kari Hall
  Meeting: TBD

• Psychology Educators of Tennessee
  Contact: Online contact form available on website
  Meeting: Fall

• Texas Teachers of Psychology (TXTOP)
  Group currently inactive

• Utah Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (UTOPSS)
  Contact: Kristin H. Whitlock (Bountiful, Utah)
  Meeting: Fall

• Virginia Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (VATOPSS)
  Group currently inactive

• Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology
  Contact: Jessica Irons
  Meeting: Typically meets in June

• Mid-Atlantic Teaching of Psychology Conference
  Contact: Diane Finley
  Meeting: Typically meets in October

• DC/Maryland/Virginia Network
  Group currently inactive

• TIP Northwest
  Participants include teachers of introductory psychology at the college, high school and university levels
  Contact: Louise Chim
  Meeting: Spring

• Milwaukee Area Teachers of Psychology (MATOP)
  Contact: Kent Korek (Germantown, Wisconsin)
  Meetings: Fall and Spring

• Madison Area Teachers of Psychology
  Contact: Alyssa Paolocci
  Meeting: TBD

• The Excellence in Psychology Instruction Conference (EPIC)
  Contact: Amy Ramponi (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
  Meeting: Fall

• Network for rural psychology teachers
  Contact: Kari Hall
  Meeting: TBD

• APA Annual Convention
  Contact: convention@apa.org  or (202) 336-6020
  Meeting: July/August

• Association for Psychological Science Convention
  Contact: (202) 293-9300
  Meeting: May

• College Board Advanced Placement Summer Institutes
  Contact: College Board
  Meeting: Multiple workshops June-August

• Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institutes
  Contact: Summer Teaching Institutes
  Meeting: Multiple workshops June-August

• APA Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers
  Contact: Yvonne Hill
  Meeting: Summer

• Psychological Science Workshop for High School Psychology Teachers
  Contact: Emily Leary Chesnes
  Meeting: Summer 

• Advanced Placement (AP) Annual Conference
  Contact: College Board
  Meeting: July

• STP Annual Conference on Teaching
  Contact: Lindsay Masland
  Meeting: October

• National Council for the Social Studies(NCSS) Annual Conference
  Contact: Daria Schaffeld
  Meeting: November or December

• National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP)
  Contact: Joanne Fetzner
  Meeting: Typically meets in January

• Psychology One Conference
  Contact: Psych One
  Meeting: Summer

• New England Psychological Association (NEPA)
  Held in conjunction with the Northeast Conference for Teachers of Psychology (NECTOP)
  Contact: NEPA
  Meeting: October

• Eastern Psychological Association (EPA)
  Contact: EPA
  Meeting: March

• Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA)
  Held in conjunction with the SETOP conference as of 2017
  Contact: SEPA
  Meeting: March

• Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA)
  Contact: SWPA
  Meeting: April

• Rocky Mountain Psychological Association (RMPA)
  Held in conjunction with a teaching pre-conference
  Contact: RMPA
  Meeting: April

• Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) , Chicago, Illinois 
  Has an STP teaching strand or series of programs
  Contact: MPA
  Meeting: April

• Western Psychological Association (WPA)
  Held in conjunction with the Terman Teaching conference
  Contact: WPA
  Meeting: April