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A Note from Interim Midwestern Region VP Fred Dietrich |
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I am delighted to be serving the Midwest Region on an interim basis. Those of you whom I've met have made me feel very much at home, offering much-appreciated advice and assistance that I am happy to accept. With access to data, services, programs and ideas, the Midwestern Regional Office staff works hard to understand your situations and to suggest solutions to reach our mutual goal - ensuring that all students are prepared for and successful in college.
Here are a few of the activities we're undertaking. The Detroit Public Schools supported the administration of the PSAT/NMSQT® to every high school sophomore and junior in October, which will lead to increased AP® participation, college aspirations, and college attendance and success. The school system is
also in the process of implementing SpringBoard® in all middle schools. |
MRO was a sponsor of the first Conference on Education Practice in Leadership in Kansas City, Mo., for community college leaders and future leaders. We have reached out to all 6,600 K-12 schools districts in the region to learn more about their needs and interests and will follow up with every respondent. Our staff has attended and presented at K-12 and higher education conferences in almost every one of the 13 states in our region this fall. And we are proud to have Chicago Public Schools as an EXCELeratorT district, one of only five in the country.
Our Program Planning Committee (led so ably by Pam Horne of Purdue University) has developed an outstanding program for the College Board's Midwestern Regional Forum, scheduled for Feb. 10-12 in Chicago. Many timely sessions and experienced presenters will be speaking - enrollment managers, financial aid officers, admissions officers, admissions officers, counselors, teachers, and school and college administrators. Featured speaker Kati Haycock, of The Education Trust, will share data and opinions not to be missed. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Detroit Initiative Boosts PSAT, AP for 100,000 Students |
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The College Board is bringing new tools and resources to Detroit Public Schools this year, beginning with SpringBoard and PSAT/NMSQT. The effort has moved quickly since the school board approached the College Board in the spring to help its 100,000 students.
"It's really one of the biggest initiatives that the Board is undertaking in the country in terms of the scope," said Hoor Bhanpuri, K-12 educational manager. "It's a large urban district that has been affected by the loss of students due to economic changes in the auto industry. When they came to us, they were looking for an organization that was well-known and offered programs that could introduce rigor into their course work."
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College Board staff worked with Juanita Clay Chambers, associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction, and other school leaders to bring more rigorous instruction and standards into Detroit classrooms. In August, teachers of sixth through eighth grades spent an intensive week in professional development, preparing to implement SpringBoard.
This fall, every 10th- and 11th-grader in the school system took the PSAT/NMSQT. School officials hope to use those scores to identify students who should consider AP courses as well. SpringBoard will be implemented in middle schools in January, said Tyrone Winfrey, a school board member.
"We want to make systematic and systemic changes," said Winfrey, who also is director of the University of Michigan-Detroit admissions office. "Our goals are to have three or four AP courses at every high school by 2011. . We are working toward dramatic change in the next five to 10 years, and these programs will be a big part of that."
The district aims to build on SpringBoard and PSAT/NMSQT and to offer a full complement of College Board resources in the next few years to strengthen students' skills in important subjects.
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State of Ohio Allocates $750K for AP |
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Ohio has recently passed legislation that appropriates $750,000 for special training for teachers of AP® courses. The intention is to better prepare Ohio students for a successful college experience by providing more teachers who are trained to offer AP courses. Known as Ohio House Bill 119, the measure requires the funds to be used in fiscal year 2009 (July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009) "for Advanced Placement (AP) Summer Institutes for 150 English, social studies and foreign language teachers and 600 science and mathematics teachers." Historically, funding in Ohio for AP programs has come mainly from outside grants, mostly federal.
"Any funds that would help us with the AP Summer Institutes will be welcomed. It is always hard to set aside the amount of money necessary to offer the full week of training," said Francie J. Nolan, supervisor of exceptional children with the Columbus (Ohio) School District and a longtime advocate for the AP program in Ohio. "This [funding] is especially important, because we not only require the week-long training for teaching AP, but have to justify this high-cost item. We have a high volume of turnover in AP teachers and need to re-train the same school subject-areas (but with different people) on an annual basis due to staff reassignments, retirements and reorganizations."
The precursor to this bill was the Amended Substitute Senate Bill 311 - also known as the Ohio Core Bill - passed in 2006 by Ohio's 126th General Assembly. The Core Bill deals with the creation of a policy related to the awarding of credit for AP Exam scores. This legislation required that, by April 2008, the Ohio Board of Regents would recommend standards for awarding course credit toward degree requirements at all public institutions of higher learning based on scores from AP Exams. All public colleges and universities in Ohio would be required to grant credit to students for passing scores on any AP Exams.
In Ohio, the board of regents sets policy for all 13 public four-year institutions and 33 community colleges in the state. With this mandate, Ohio joins only a handful of other states that have created a statewide policy for awarding credit for AP exam scores. Students and parents will be assured that all public colleges and universities in Ohio would follow AP credit and placement policy uniformly.
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2008 Midwestern
Regional Forum
Feb. 10-12, 2008
Renaissance Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Ill.
Make plans now to join us for the 2008 Midwestern Regional Forum in Chicago.
The 2008 Midwestern Regional Forum will be held in Chicago at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel. Attendees will interact with more than 500 educators from the 13 states in the Midwestern Region. Activities and discussions will be intended for faculty, counselors, admission officers, financial aid officers, and secondary- and higher-education administrators.
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| Click here for more information on regional events. |
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Welcome New
Members to Your Region
At the College Board’s Annual meeting, 313 institutions were elected as members of the College Board. |
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Click here
to view a list of new members in your region |
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Regional
Council Roster
View a list of council members in your region. |
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E-mail us your announcements.
Be sure to include your region in the subject line.
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Midwestern
Regional Office
The College Board
6111 North River Road
Suite 550 Rosemont, Ill. 60018
Phone: (866) 392-4086
Send us a message
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