“By bringing the Accounting Pilot and Bridge Project in-house at the AICPA, we now have a formalized path to recruit highly motivated, talented high school students into the accounting profession on a national level,” said AICPA CEO and president Barry Melancon. 

The program is meant to allow educated to teach courses at a higher level that would ordinarily be offered through a high school curriculum. After going through the program, high school teachers should be able to teach a course comparable to what a college student might learn in an entry-level accounting course. They will also receive support from the AICPA that includes: 

• * Support from APBP trainers
• * Access to online teaching resources
• * Daily lesson plans and assignments
• * Pre-written exams with answer keys
• * A textbook, including teacher’s notes and Power Point presentations
• * Scholarships specifically for high school students who took their accounting course from an APBP trained teacher