A Note from New England Region Interim VP Bob Alig
Dec. 2011
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Interim VP Bob Alig |
Greetings! As we head into the new year, the New England Regional Office staff hopes you’re making plans for a great opportunity to connect with experts across the country and colleagues throughout the region.
The 2012 New England Regional Forum, always one of the best attended meetings of the region’s professionals, will be held Jan. 31–Feb. 1 at the beautiful Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.
The two-day event will feature a diverse lineup of workshops and experts designed to help you become more effective in your job. Whether you’re a teacher, counselor or administrator, you’ll find opportunities to network with peers and discuss strategies and best practices that will help you take home valuable insights and practical tools.
We’re especially proud to announce the Forum’s keynote speaker, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, since 1992. Under his leadership, the school has become a powerhouse in math, science and engineering — achievements that led to Dr. Hrabowski being featured in November on the renowned CBS news program, 60 Minutes. Click here to view.
Dr. Hrabowski serves as a consultant to the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, and he’s won election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He might be best known outside the education world for being a child-leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Ala., where he was born. Dr. Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary, 4 Little Girls, on the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.
We hope you’ll come hear his compelling story as he talks about raising academically successful African American men and women. It’s one of many reasons to join us at the Forum. Click here for more information, and remember to register by Jan. 3 for early-bird rates.
We’d also like to celebrate successes already being achieved in the New England Region, which was well represented among the 367 school districts across the U.S. and Canada honored by the College Board by being placed on the Second Annual AP Honor Roll. Massachusetts led the way for New England, with 30 honor roll school districts that simultaneously increased access to Advanced Placement® course work while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams.
You can find a list of all the Honor Roll school districts here. Make sure you congratulate your colleagues when you join them in Boston!
Until then, have a great holiday season.
Bob
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