Todd Beach is the Lead Teacher in the Social Studies in ISD #196 where he teaches AP® European History at Eastview High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Todd is also a Lecturer in the College of Education and Human Development in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota.

Todd is a veteran Reader and Exam Leader of the AP® European History exam as well as a long-time workshop, and summer teaching institute consultant for the College Board.

From 2009 to 2014, Dr. Beach was a member of the AP® European History Test Development Committee. And, in 2010, Todd was recognized as the Minnesota Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year.