The 2010 Southwestern Regional Forum promises to be better than ever! Thanks to member feedback, we’re excited to offer a variety of program enhancements, 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
All Sessions
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
8:30–11:30 a.m.
PF1. AVID: Preparing Students "In the Middle" for College Success
Avid Preparing Students (11.2mb)
PF2. SAT Test Center Supervisor’s Workshop
PF3. Student Search Service Workshop
PF 4 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Opportunities
for Funding
PF 5 Update and Best Practices for AP® Coordinators
PF 6 School Counselors: Leadership in Action
PF 7 Federal Student Aid Reform: Implications for Students and Institutions
2:30–3:45 p.m.
A1. Plan, Commit, Succeed, Oh My!
A2. Writing Across the Content Areas: The Pathway to New Ideas
A3. AP® in the 21st century: New developments and future directions
A4. Closing the Achievement Gaps on College Readiness
A5. College and Career Readiness: Transforming Education in Texas
College and Career Readiness (975kb)
A6. The Price of Persistence: Barriers to Postsecondary Success for
Low-Income and First-Generation Students
A7. Tips from the Private University Admissions Officers
A8. The Community College Pathway to the Baccalaureate: Preparing High School Students for Transfer
4:00–5:15 p.m.
B1. The Experts Are in the Room
B2. APUSH & Pre-AP® English: Co-teaching that Works
B3. Senior Project-Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning
B4. Equity and Access for English Language Learners in AP® Courses
B5. Creating a College Going Community Using CollegeEd®
B6. Federal Student Aid Reform: Next Steps and Implications for Institutions
B7. The College Readiness Pathway
B8. Tips from the Public University Admissions Officers
B9. Is your College/University Military Friendly?
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
8:30–9:45 a.m.
C1. Transition Made Easy
C2. Clearing the Hurdles: Lessons From One District’s SpringBoard Implementation
C3. College Access Program — A Middle School Preparing Students for College
C4. Growing a Successful AP® Program Using an AVID
C5. District Reform for College Readiness
C6. How Colleges Can Use AP® for Outreach, Recruitment, and Admissions
C7. New ACCUPLACER Diagnostics: Meeting the Needs of A Compressing
P-16 World
C8. Legislative Update
1:45–3:00 p.m.
D1. Best Practices for College Planning Events
D2. Getting PSAT/NMSQT® to the Front Line
Getting PSAT to the Front Line (5.7mb)
D3. Teachers! Tear Down Those Walls: How to Implement True Team Teaching
D4. Sense and “Sensory”-bility: Visual and Verbal Enhancement of AP® Strategies in Literature and the Arts
D5. The China Bridge Delegation: Travel to China to Begin or Support Your AP® Chinese Program.
D6. Some See a Hopeless End, While Others See an Endless Hope:
The Impact of State Immigration Reform Legislation on Undocumented Students
in Oklahoma
Some See a Hopeless End (613kb)
D7. Advancing Collegiate Access and Success through Texas’ Enrollment Services Efficiency Committees
D8. Seeking the Right Fit: Making the Most of Your Recruiting Resources
D9. AP Camp for Students and Teachers: Helping Both Get a Good Start
3:15–4:30 p.m.
E1. Higher Education Access for Undocumented Students
Applying for Financial Aid Step By Step (92kb)
Applying to College Step By Step (98kb)
Dream Bills Summary (75kb)
Higher Education Access Undocumented Students (6.88mb)
E1_SB1528 Flier_Orozco2009 (141kb)
E2. The On-Line Accommodations Eligibility System
Transition Made Easy (2.5mb)
E3. Beyond the AP® Exam Manual: Sharing Ideas to Facilitate Administration
E4. Promoting Potential in Advanced-Level Courses through Vertical Teaming in Elementary School
E5. Implementing College Focused Guidance with an AP® Curriculum in a Small High School
E6. AP® Access and Equity for Traditionally Underserved Students
E7. The CollegeKeys Compact™ in Action
E8. College Board Advocacy: Turning Reports into Public Policy
E9. Beyond the Test
Beyond the Test (2.4mb)
Friday, Feb. 5, 2010
8:30–9:45 a.m.
F1. Growing Pains and Growing Gains
F2. Best Practice: Using Data to Evaluate Your AP® Program
F3. Accusations of ‘Acting White’ Placed Upon High-Achieving Black Students
F4. AP® versus Dual-Credit, Can’t We All Coexist?
AP Versus Dual-Credit Handout (192kb)
AP Versus Dual-Credit Slides (400kb)
F5. Acquiring and Using Comparative Data
F6. Writing, the Great Equalizer!
F7. Breaking Barriers: Stories from Educators and Students

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Conference Attendees
The following is a partial list of 2009 Southwestern Regional Forum attendees:
- Guidance counselors
- College counselors and advisers
- Deans/directors/associate directors of admissions
- Deans/directors/associate directors of financial aid
- Directors of college counseling or guidance
- Principals
- Vice presidents of enrollment management
- Professors
- Deans of enrollment
- Deans of students
- Presidents
- Teachers

