
Our Services.
We equip AP Literature educators to teach with cultural intentionality, literary rigor, and a deep sense of purpose. Whether you're just getting started or ready to reimagine your entire curriculum, our offerings meet you where you are — and move you forward.
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Personalized Literary Strategy for Culturally Intentional AP Classrooms
Need help rethinking your AP Literature curriculum — but not ready to dive into a full PD series just yet?
The Curation Call is a light-lift, high-impact consultation designed for educators and instructional leaders seeking clarity, confidence, and a curated path forward.We’ll meet for a focused strategy session to talk through your current syllabus, texts, and goals. Afterward, you'll receive a custom Curation Report — a detailed set of recommendations aligned with the AP framework and grounded in the CIE approach to literary study.
It’s the bridge between where you are and what’s possible — designed for those who want to move with intention.
What’s Included:
Pre-meeting intake form to capture your course context, goals, and constraints
60-minute virtual strategy consultation with Monique Constance
The Curation Report: A custom strategy brief with a curated CIE x AP aligned year long plan, aligned texts, instructional approaches, and suggested resources
Perfect For:
AP Literature teachers revising their syllabus
Department leads seeking expert input
Instructional coaches exploring equitable approaches
Format: Virtual Consultation + Custom Curation Report. Fee creditable toward a future CIE Lab engagement.
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The Foundational PD for Reimagining Rigor
This one-day professional learning experience introduces educators to the CIE Framework through the lens of AP Literature. You’ll explore how to align College Board expectations with culturally intentional instruction — and leave with practical strategies, planning tools, and protocols ready for immediate use.Perfect For: AP Literature teachers, instructional leaders, departments looking for alignment without overwhelm.
Format: Virtual or In-Person | One Day -
Let’s Build the Future of Your Course Together.
Our Curriculum Labs are hands-on design sessions where you’ll audit your current texts, expand the canon, and co-create AP aligned units rooted in literary praxis. You bring the vision. We bring the framework, research, and tools to make it real.Perfect For: Schools redesigning curriculum, districts expanding access, teachers ready to go deeper
Format: 2–4 Session Series | Virtual or In-Person
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Our Signature Learning Experience
This immersive professional learning arc is anchored in the genius of Zora Neale Hurston and grounded in the CIE Framework. Across workshops, co-design labs, and book studies, we explore what it means to teach differently and with purpose, joy, and critical literacy at the center.What’s Included:
Full-day anchor PD
Unit mapping intensive (Zora + companion texts)
Guided book club on Black intellectual traditions
Tools, templates, and curated resources
Format: Multi-week Program | Virtual or In-Person
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Eat. Talk. Dream. Build.
This is professional development like you’ve never experienced. This Dinner Series brings educators together for curated conversations, curated cuisine by award - winning chefs, and culturally immersive experiences designed to deepen your pedagogical practice.Options Include:
Dinner dialogues hosted by Monique Constance
Literary salons with featured texts
Verbal literacy and memory as pedagogy
Format: Custom Event | In-Person Only
Partner with us.
Schedule an initial consultation to learn more about bringing CIE Teaching and Learning Lab to your classrooms.