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What’s Working for Successful Freshman Transition Initiatives Author Mindy Bingham moderates a panel discussion at Focus on Freshmen 2010 with classroom teachers and administrators from schools with very different but equally successful Freshman Transition initiatives. You’ll hear about actual strategies used by schools—for everything from planning to implementation to assessment—and the results of their efforts. |
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 Keynote Speaker Olympic Gold Medalist Dain Blanton became the first ever African American to win an AVP Beach Volleyball tournament in 1997, winning the AVP Hermosa Beach Grand Slam before bringing home a gold medal from the Sydney 2000 Olympics. He also returned to the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, becoming the first and only male beach volleyball player to represent the United States in two Olympic Games. Dain continues to break new ground and hopes to inspire and motivate others to create opportunities for the next generation. Dain's keynote address will leave you with a powerful story you can recount for your students as a real-life example of how a vision, when coupled with energy and perseverance, leads to success. |
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 Double the Credits, Double the Fun: Freshman Transition as a Dual-Enrollment Course A partnership between Santa Barbara City College, Carpinteria High School, the Irvine Foundation, and Academic Innovations is allowing every freshman student at Carpinteria High School the opportunity to earn college credit through a class using the Career Choices curriculum. In this session we will show you how the program was implemented, discuss the many successes and challenges encountered in our first year of offering Career Choices as a dual-enrollment course, and provide supplemental lessons that you can use in your classroom. |
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 First Year Implementation of Freshman Transition with Career Choices Bossier High School may not be the largest high school in Louisiana, but the 194 students in the freshman class face challenges common to ninth graders across the country. In May 2009, the Bossier High School administration, with the support of the Bossier Parish School System, decided to enroll all freshmen in a Freshman Transition class. This session walks you through the first year of their program. |
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