Thanks to member feedback, we’re excited to offer a variety of program enhancements to the 2010 Midwestern Regional Forum, including:
- Tailored sessions, specific to your professional focus
- More panel discussions, offering a variety of perspectives on key topics
- More opportunities to network, both with peers and cross-sector colleagues
- More inspirational speakers
Below please find the titles of compelling sessions in store as part of the 2010 Regional Forum, and you can sort by professional focus by simply clicking on the below boxes. For complete program details, including session descriptions and information about presenters, download the 2010 program book(621kb/PDF).
All Sessions
Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010
8:00–11:00 a.m. Pre-Conference Sessions
A. Meeting the Needs of Students in the AP Classroom
B. Student Search Service® and Beyond: Tools and Data for All Members of the Admissions Staff
C. Federal Student Aid Reform: Implications for Students and Institutions
Federal Student Aid Reform (818kb)
D. Pre-Conference Session for Counseling Professionals
E. College Board Tools for Community College Educators
F. Educational Advocacy: Practical Policies to Meet the Goal of
"55 by 25"
NEW PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION! SAT® Test Center Supervisor Workshop
10:15–11:15 a.m.
1. First Timers’ Session: Introducing the College Board
11:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
2. Luncheon and Opening Speaker
1:30–2:45 p.m.
3. Enrollment Management Career Development
4. Demographic Data – from a Midwestern Perspective
Demographic Data (2.2mb)
5. What Would Your Need Analyses Look Like?
6. Score Choice™: So How’s it Going?
7. A Change at the Top Impacts the Bottom Line: Living With and Responding to Change in Leadership
8. High Schools 2.0
9. Curricular Alignment: Creating Vertical Teams That Will Drive
School Success
10. PROFILE Goes Global!
3:00–4:15 p.m.
11. How Colleges and Universities Organize Themselves to Promote Student Persistence
How Colleges and Universities Organize Themselves to Promote
Student Persistence (228kb)
12. Community Colleges – Everything You Wanted to Know … But Were Afraid to Ask
13. What Does College Cost Mean?
14. What Are Your Aid Strategies? The Art & Science of Financial Aid Awarding at Midwestern Private Colleges And Universities
15. Becoming and Being a College Athlete
16. Long-Range Planning – The Route to Academic Success
17. Untapped and Underutilized: How Colleges Can Use AP Courses and Exams in the Outreach, Recruitment, and Admission Process
18. Best Practices on Giving an SAT Presentation
19. Using SpringBoard® to Achieve College Readiness for ALL Students
4:30–6:00 p.m.
20. Joint Assembly Roundtables
6:00–7:00 p.m.
21. State Receptions
Monday, Feb. 22, 2010
7:00 a.m.–7:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
7:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
22. Annual Business Meeting
9:15–10:30 a.m.
23. Stealth Applicants: Realities and Myths
24. Communication with the “Next(er)” Generation
25. How America Pays for College
How America Pays for College (559kb)
27. Best Online Practices in a Counseling Office
28. We’re All in This Together
CANCELLED — 29. College Readiness: How Can We Ensure That Our Kids
Are Ready
NEW SESSION! — School Reform and Funding Opportunities: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
30. College Board Advocacy: Turning Reports into Public Policy
31. AP® in the 21st Century: New Developments and Future Directions
NEW SESSION! School Reform and Funding Opportunities: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
10:45 a.m.–Noon
32. Using Humor in Our Work
33. Implementing Regulatory Changes in the Aid Office
34. Beyond the Freshman Year
Beyond the Freshman Year (334kb)
35. Earlier and Earlier: College Applications in the Senior Year
Earlier and Earlier (181kb)
36. To Tweet or Not To Tweet: Counseling in a Social Media World
37. Avenues for Infusing Literacy Across the Content Areas
Avenues for Infusing Literacy (966kb)
38. So Much More Than “Tech Tools”: How Participatory Media Are Transforming Learning and Teaching
39. Seeking the Right Fit: Making the Most of Your Recruiting Resources
NEW SESSION!
The Politics of Transfer
12:15 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
40. LUNCHEON and CLOSING SPEAKER
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
NEW POST-CONFERENCE SESSION!
Recruitment PLUS User’s Session
Pre-Registration is Required. Please contact Raya Martin at the Midwestern Regional Office at martin@collegeboard.org
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Conference Attendees
The following is a partial list of educational professionals who attended the 2009 Midwestern Regional Forum:
- Secondary school administrators (superintendents and principals)
- Classroom instructors (ie-AP teachers)
- School counselors
- Community college administrators
- Admissions and financial aid administrators