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College and Career Readiness

High School Conferences

Upcoming Conferences:
Information will be posted about upcoming conferences once they are confirmed

Past Conferences:
Massachusetts College & Career Readiness Leadership Summit (January 2008)
High Schools of the Future II: Lessons from Reforming Schools (October 2006)
College Knowledge? Standards for College Success (July 2006)
High Schools of the Future I: Lessons from Reforming Schools (January 2006)

Past Conferences:

College Knowledge? Standards for College Success (July 2006)

With David T. Conley, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Educational Policy Research
Professor, University of Oregon

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education sponsored a two-day seminar funded by an Advanced Placement Incentive Program grant from the United States Department of Education this summer with noted author and researcher Dr. David Conley, an expert on college readiness. This two-day session was held at the Henderson House in Weston on July 17-18, 2006.

The first day of the seminar focused on the skills students graduating from high school need in order to succeed in freshman college courses. The focus on the second day was on the step-by-step changes high school faculty can implement to ensure that their students have the required skills for college and, eventually, the workplace.

The seminar was targeted to teachers to inform their design of curriculum, assignments and grading criteria. Participants reflected upon their current teaching practices and high school curriculum and brought course syllabi to discuss and analyze in their workgroups.

Participants included teachers, guidance counselors and administrators from districts that have been enhancing curriculum and instruction through the Advanced Placement Incentive Program Grant and the State Scholars program, members of the Curriculum for College and Career Readiness Committee, and faculty from higher education who participated in this spring's National Governors Association Grant roundtables.

Presentations from the Seminar

Dr. David T. Conley -
Designing High Schools to Promote College Success

Virginia Farkas -
Designing for Intellectual Coherence
Senior Seminars Specifics & Examples

Dr. Terri Ward -
High School-College Partnerships: How to Create Them
SyllabusMaker: Developing High Quality, Standards-Referenced Syllabi
The Knowledge and Skills for University Success Standards