Summer Institute
Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools
2010 ACCIS Summer Institute Schedule
Agnes Scott College
June 20-23
Sunday, June 20:
Afternoon
Check in at Agnes Scott College
6:00-8:30
Dinner and Welcome Remarks Elizabeth Kiss, President of Agnes Scott College
8:30 – 11:00
Social Gathering
Monday, June 21:
7:45-8:15
Breakfast
8:30-8:45
Welcome and Introductions
8:45-10:00
Session #1 Featured Presentation:
Dr. Joseph Soares, Wake Forest University: The Power of Privilege & College Admissions Testing
10:15-11:15
Session #2 Choices:
Test Prep Panel #1 – Test Prep Perspective (What good college counselors need and should know about test prep, how it can help, who you should trust, and questions we should be asking) Jed Appelrouth – Appelrouth Tuoring (Atlanta) Matthew Pietrafetta - Academic Approach (Chicago) Charlie O’Hearn – Summit Educational Group (Newton, MA)
Financial Aid Session – A Report and Update from the Frontlines Jim Belvin – Reducing College Costs (formerly of Duke) Dave Charlow – Reducing College Costs (formerly of Columbia)
Economics and the Current Landscape of Higher Education - Scott Jaschik - Editor of Inside Higher Ed
11:30-12:30
Session #3 Choices:
Test Prep Panel #2 – College Counselors Perspective (How our school incorporates prep [or doesn’t] and how our attitude and approach has changed over the years) Webb Trenchard – Loomis Chaffee School, Anne Selvitelli – Suffield Academy, Ari Worthman – Pine Crest School, Christine Pluta - Lycee Francais de New York
Reprise of Economics and the Current Landscape of Higher Education - Jaschik
Reprise of Financial Aid Session – A Report and Update from the Frontlines – Belvin & Charlow
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:45-2:45
Session #4
How Do You Handle This? Small groups focused on discussing the specific challenges we all face day to day. -- Each discussion leader will offer different topics
Test Prep in Our Schools - How Do You Handle It?
Working with Naviance - Taking the Plunge with Electronic Submission
Getting Seniors Ready for the Emotional Transition to College
Office Dynamics - Directors, Associates, & Counselors
Building the List - Sharing the Under-Appreciated Gems
Working with Faculty - Letters of Recommendations and Other Forms of Support
Counselor Calls - How Have they Changed in Recent Years
Board Reports - How Do We Respond to the Call for Metrics?
Discussion Leaders:
Anne Naman – John Cooper School
Kassy Fritz – St. Andrew’s School
Chris Teare – Antilles School
Tom Rossi – Shady Side Academy
Susan Tree – Westtown School
Kelly Richards – St. George’s School
Darnell Heywood – Columbus Academy
3:15-10:00
Group Trip to Emory University for campus tour & dinner
Session #5:
Featured Presentation during dinner at Emory
Mark Bauerlein – Professor of English at Emory & Author of The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young American and Jeopardizes our Future
Tuesday, June 22:
7:30
Departure for Georgia Institute of Technology
8:00
Arrival & Breakfast at Georgia Institute of Technology
9:00-10:00
Session #6: Featured Presentation
Admission Directors Panel on Testing & Other Current Issues
Jean Jordan – Emory University
Lee Ann Afton – Agnes Scott College
Rick Clark – Georgia Institute of Technology
Nancy McDuff – University of Georgia
10:00-11:00
Bus Tour of Georgia Institute of Technology
11:30
Return to Agnes Scott College
12:00-1:00
Lunch
1:00-2:00
Session #7: Featured Presentation
The Movement to Challenge Standardized Tests in College Admissions
Bob Schaeffer – Fair Test
2:15-3:15
Session #8: Choices
Towards a New Understanding of Fit – Exploring a College Curriculum for Insight
Eric Monheim – Sidwell Friends
Ken Himmelman – Bennington College
When is Enough, Enough? – How the explosive growth in applicant pools, merit aid, and marketing will affect the holistic review model and the college admission process.
Tamar Adegbile – Harvard Westlake
Gavin Bradley – Pace Academy
Ali Bhanji – Potomac School
Positive Psychology and College Counseling David Bonner – King
3:30-7:00
Free time to explore Atlanta
7:00-9:00
Dinner at Agnes Scott College
9:00-12:00
ACCIS Social Gathering
Wednesday, June 23:
7:45-8:15
Breakfast
8:15-9:15
Session #9: Choices
ACCIS Sub-Committee Meetings or small group discussions
Round 2 of: How Do You Handle This? – continued discussion of:
Test Prep in Our Schools - How Do You Handle It?
Working with Naviance - Taking the Plunge with Electronic Submission
Getting Seniors Ready for the Emotional Transition to College
Office Dynamics - Directors, Associates, & Counselors
Building the List - Sharing the Under-Appreciated Gems
Working with Faculty - Letters of Recommendations and Other Forms of Support
Counselor Calls - How Have they Changed in Recent Years
Board Reports - How Do We Respond to the Call for Metrics?
9:30-11:30
Session #10:
ACCIS Meeting ACCIS Committee Reports, Business Meeting and Institute Wrap Up
12:00
Conclusion of the Institute Bus departs for optional tour to UGA, Morehouse & Spelman - (register in advance)
