This session, AP Spanish Literature & Culture with Pablo Elizaga is offered ONLINE during Week 1: June 15-18, 2026 and again ONLINE in Week 2: June 22-25, 2026.
Meet your APSI Consultant for AP Spanish Literature & Culture
Pablo Elizaga is a veteran educator with 29 years of teaching experience and more than 15 years of service with the College Board. Since 2008, he has taught AP Spanish Language and Culture and AP Spanish Literature and Culture, and he has served as an AP Reader for both exams since 2010.
Pablo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Education from the Instituto del Profesorado in Argentina (1996), a Master’s in Education from the University of Barcelona (2005), and a Master’s in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language from the same institution (2007). He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Bilingual Education.
Since 2015, Pablo has worked as a College Board–endorsed Consultant, designing and facilitating professional development seminars nationwide. He has delivered more than 40 seminars over the past ten years to hundreds of teachers, consistently earning outstanding evaluations, with an average presenter rating of 3.9 out of 4.
Pablo brings more than 20 years of experience as a high school teacher in New York City, working with student populations across the full socioeconomic spectrum—including 15 years teaching students from highly underserved communities and 7 years teaching students from highly privileged backgrounds. This experience has given him a broad, nuanced perspective on equity, access, and instructional rigor, and has equipped him with a wide range of strategies to effectively support diverse learners.
He is deeply committed to supporting educators in building meaningful, equitable, and culturally rich Spanish learning environments, and he genuinely values the collaborative work of teaching and learning alongside fellow educators.
¡Te esperamos! Read what people are saying about the AP Spanish Literature session. Also, read the course agenda. We hope to see you at the Online WaltonAPSI!
APSI Online Course Description
En algunos seminarios sólo expone el instructor, no aquí. Aquí la comunicación es en todas direcciones. En algunos seminarios se llevan a cabo una gran cantidad de actividades inconexas que entretienen, pero luego del seminario nos queda todo el trabajo por hacer solos en casa, no aquí.
This seminar is built on a truly collaborative experience. It is not a workshop where the instructor does all the talking; instead, communication flows in multiple directions, and every participant’s voice matters. Nor is it a collection of disconnected activities that may be entertaining in the moment but leave the real work for later. On the contrary, we design, analyze, and practice pedagogical strategies during the seminar itself, ensuring that every teacher leaves with tools that are immediately ready for classroom use.
Aquí nos aseguramos de que el trabajo se haga en el seminario al mismo tiempo que nos divertimos y participamos. En algunos seminarios, nos dicen qué es lo que los estudiantes deben aprender, pero no nos dicen cómo lo podemos enseñar, no aquí. Aquí la enseñanza de estrategias es clave.
Beyond addressing what students need to learn, this seminar focuses deeply on how to teach those contents in ways that are effective, dynamic, and meaningful. By the end of the course, you will have a clear and confident command of the required literary works, themes, historical periods, literary movements, and exam structure that students must master in order to achieve the highest possible scores.
Day 1 is devoted to the required reading list, course themes, exam structure, student-centered considerations such as equity and access, and effective use of AP Classroom.
Day 2 focuses on Short Answer Questions 1 and 2 from the second section of the exam, with close attention not only to what these questions require, but also to how to teach students to craft strong, appropriate responses.
Day 3 applies the same approach to Questions 3 and 4, which require full analytical essays.
Day 4 centers on the historical periods and literary movements that give coherence, meaning, and stylistic depth to the works studied throughout the year.
To meet the required 30 hours, the seminar combines synchronous work in Zoom with asynchronous independent work completed outside of Zoom. The seminar concludes with essential administrative guidance on syllabus authorization, along with time to address remaining questions after four intensive days of work.
You will finish the course exhausted—but with absolute clarity about what you need to teach, how to teach it, and how to support student success at the highest level.
If you are seeking a thorough, rigorous, and practical preparation for teaching AP Spanish Literature and Culture, this seminar is for you.
Si quieres estar en un seminario que te prepare acabadamente para enseñar el AP Spanish Literature and Culture, ven al 2026 Online WaltonAPSI este verano, no te arrepentirás. Las evaluaciones de todos los participantes anteriores han sido las que nos han alentado siempre a mantenernos en este camino.
Here are some of the reviews we have received:
- Great! He was very organized and has given us lots of teaching strategies and tools to
teach as well as tips for the exam and practices.
- Excellent workshop. Smart, precise, on time, considerate and clear.
- He is very knowledgeable. Additionally, he is a current instructor, which helps to
diagnose current problems and circumstances within the classroom. I feel this is
essential because one cannot teach without practicing what one preaches.
- He was great. Very helpful, kind and intelligent.
I would have liked for him to teach a class. I would have enjoyed seeing him teach.
He was very clear and intentional in regards to the activities, how we can do them,
teach them and then assign it to the students.
- The presenter was excellent. He might have given us more individual support or
guidance while circulating through the class during our engagement activities.
- He is very educated in the material and course. Instructional strategies provided and paralleled with the CED was very effective and resourceful.
- He is an amazing presenter. He gave us everything we need and I feel prepared and at
ease to teach the course.
- I like the pace and structure of each class. In general everything was clear, well presented and very specific. He included examples and activities we can use in class.
- The professor present the material with a variety of strategies, and cover all the aspects of the course. Very professional.
- Yes, the presenter, Pablo Elizaga, is excellent. This is the second time that I have taken the AP Spanish Literature workshop, and he is by far the better presenter.
- Mr. Elizaga is knowledgeable about the content, well prepared, and respectful. I would highly recommend his workshop for both new and experienced AP teachers. enjoyed the session very much.
- Pablo was a great presenter and was very knowledgeable on the topics.
- Pablo is such an amazing presenter. His presentation kept us very engaged throughout the 4-day workshop. He is very knowledgeable and patient. He demonstrates knowledge of content, and provides feedback to students.
- He is an excellent presenter. He is very knowledgeable and experienced. Also, he lets everybody present their criteria and doubts. He was very patient and could handle the technology pretty well.
- He is fantastic, extremely helpful, knows his material well and makes very good use of time.
- The instructor was very knowledgeable, respectful, engaging, and caring. It was a pleasure to have a professional as Mr. Elizaga on this professional development. I will recommend him to my colleagues.
