The Program

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:



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

  PF5 Update and Best Practices for AP Coord (513kb)

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

  Applying for Financial Aid Step By Step (1.3mb)

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?

  Is Your College/University Military Friendly? (287kb)

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

  Growing a Successful AP® Program Using an AVID (2.19mb)

  Socratic Seminar Teaching-D Wood for Growing Session (91kb)

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

  Implementing College focues Guidance (1.3mb)

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

  Acquiring and Using Comparative Data (1mb)

F6. Writing, the Great Equalizer!

F7. Breaking Barriers: Stories from Educators and Students

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