AP Business with Personal Finance – Dr. Shauna Williams

This session AP Business with Personal Finance – with Dr. Shauna Williams is offered ONLINE in Week 1: June 15-18, 2026

Meet your APSI Consultant for AP Business with Personal Finance

Dr. Shauna Williams serves on the core development and implementation team for AP Business Principles with Personal Finance and has played an active role in shaping the course content over the past two years. Her contributions include designing instructional delivery models and strategic implementation supports to ensure successful rollout and sustainability of the course. In Summer 2025, she taught the inaugural APSI for AP Business Principles with Personal Finance, where she emphasized a problem-based learning approach that promotes sustained inquiry and effective AP classroom practice. In addition, Shauna serves on the AP Business Principles with Personal Finance Exam Development Team, collaborating to design a rigorous and high-quality assessment aligned to the new course framework.

APSI Course Description:

Connecting AP Business Learning to Real-World Application Empowering educators to bring rigorous, relevant business education into the AP classroom. Are you ready to teach an AP course that connects college-level business concepts with real-world decision making? AP Business with Personal Finance introduces students to the foundations of business while helping them develop the financial knowledge and decision-making skills they will use throughout their lives. In this course, students move beyond memorizing concepts to analyzing real businesses, evaluating financial choices, interpreting data, and defending strategic decisions. The course also integrates the National Standards for Personal Financial Education, giving students practical tools to manage their financial futures. 

This AP Summer Institute is designed as an engaging, hands-on professional learning experience that helps teachers feel confident launching and teaching the course. Over four interactive days, participants will:

• Experience project-based learning and business case study simulations used in the course

• Explore instructional strategies that build both AP content knowledge and applied business skills

• Examine assessment practices aligned with the AP framework

• Collaborate with other educators to design pacing plans, share ideas, and prepare for implementation

Participants will leave with practical classroom resources, planning tools, and a clear understanding of how to balance academic rigor with engaging, real-world learning Experiences. Whether you are new to the course or preparing to launch the program at your school, this institute will provide the support, strategies, and confidence needed to bring AP Business with Personal Finance to life for your students. 

Revised Catalog Summary

AP Business with Personal Finance connects rigorous AP academics with authentic, real-world business learning. In this AP Summer Institute, educators will explore project-based learning, business case studies, and instructional strategies designed to help students analyze real business challenges and make informed financial decisions. Participants will leave with practical resources, collaborative planning strategies, and the confidence to implement a rigorous and engaging AP experience that expands opportunity for students.