Readers,
Here is a great opportunity for all of you!
Prepárate™:
EDUCATING LATINOS FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA
May 31–June 1, 2012
Hyatt Regency Miami
Miami, Fla.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Visit preparate.collegeboard.org/
The annual Prepárate™ conference brings together professionals from higher education, secondary schools, middle schools and community-based organizations. These professionals are committed to improving education for Latino students. We encourage you to share your knowledge by submitting a session proposal for Prepárate 2012.Through your participation, Prepárate will continue to empower educators to meet the needs of a growing Latino student population.
Please consider submitting a session proposal that showcases trends, new initiatives, effective strategies or best practices that affect your Latino students. We are especially interested in learning about:
• Valuable early education programs
• Raising expectations and academic achievement
• Innovative teaching strategies
• Involving parents in education
• Using data to inform instruction
• Implementing testing and accountability measures
• Creating P–20 partnerships, including the academic community with the private sector
• Leading Latino advocacy initiatives
• College programs showing academic success and persistence
• Successful academic programs overcoming budgetary challenges
• Useful higher education recruitment and retention strategies
Preference will be given to proposals for sessions that:
• Highlight programs, services or policies that improve educational access and success for all students
• Include speakers from multiple institutions and/or regions
• Foster dialogue among educators from different professional areas
• Provide research and data to support claims and document outcomes
• Share best practices and examples of what works and what doesn’t work
Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D. - Vice President of Education and Professional Development
