AP Statistics – Sarah Johnson

This session AP Statistics – with Sarah Johnson is offered ONLINE during Week 1: June 15-18, 2026.  

Meet your APSI Consultant for AP Statistics

Proud professional educator, Sarah M. Johnson, teaches Mathematics & Statistics at Grand Blanc High School in Grand Blanc, Michigan. She has been teaching AP Statistics for more than 18 years and currently serves as an AP Consultant for the Midwest Region of the College Board. Sarah has also worked as an AP Statistics Table Leader, AP Rubric Team Member, AP Reader, AP Multiple Choice Item Writer, a National Delegate to the Academic Assembly of the College Board, College Board Diversity Initiatives Advisory Panel Member, NCTM Proposal Reviewer, and as both a Consultant & Mentor with the National Mathematics & Science Initiative. 

Once upon a time, Sarah raised her hand in a department meeting and asked the question: “Why don’t we have this AP Stats class I heard about?” This is the last time she has raised her hand in a meeting to date. Since that day, she has been educating the masses about fighting our two enemies: bias & variability, and maintaining focus on the #1 job of any statistician– translating statistics into English for common folk. Sarah uses simulation-based activities to ensure her students are good consumers of data (and also to keep them from sleeping in class). Her passion is helping teachers love statistics as much as she does, and she especially enjoys learning from the experiences of workshop participants! 

Sarah is married to her marine engineer / program manager husband, and they are attempting to herd cats—err raise 4 beautiful daughters (a.k.a. “Those Johnson Girls” ages 24, 16, 12, and 7).

APSI Course Description

Whether this is your first AP Statistics workshop or you’ve been teaching the course for years, this APSI is built to help you confidently navigate the NEW AP Statistics Redesigned Course Framework for 2026–2027. For experienced teachers, this is your chance to get ahead of the redesign, unpack what’s truly changing, and walk away with clear strategies (not just new acronyms and a longer to-do list). Newer teachers will find a supportive, judgment-free space where questions are welcomed, curiosity is encouraged, and no one has to whisper “wait… what’s a sampling distribution again?” under their breath to build strong foundations alongside colleagues who speak your language.

We’ll take a focused, practical look at what the redesign means for both teaching and the AP exam, including course structure, instructional emphasis, and how changes show up in assessment. Big ideas include exploring and visualizing data, sampling and experimentation, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, and statistical inference through confidence intervals and significance tests, with simulation used throughout to deepen understanding and energize instruction.

Participants will experience classroom-ready activities that work in both virtual and face-to-face settings while exploring all four major content areas of the course. We’ll also dig into real classroom details: student projects, homework and quizzes, AP Classroom, the online AP Question Bank, 10-point rubrics, and a close look at the NEW 2027 AP Exam, including structure, question design, and scoring, with special attention to the 2026 exam analysis.

Learning is supported with an introduction to Desmos, because sometimes technology really can make things easier (and prettier). Expect collaboration, laughter, practical takeaways, and maybe even a few statistical jokes that will make you groan and then secretly reuse in class.

By the end of the week, you’ll leave with new strategies, ready-to-use activities, deeper content knowledge, and a renewed excitement for teaching AP Statistics, plus the confidence to help your students become thoughtful consumers of data (and maybe even stay awake during inference).

Come join us for fun days of statistics, storytelling, and simulation — where bias and variability are the villains, and teachers leave feeling like statistical superheroes.

2026 WaltonAPSI / AP Statistics / Sarah Johnson