2012 Annual Meeting and Legislative Work Conference

1. 2012 Annual Meeting andLegislative Work Conference SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

2. How are SREB states working together to address the nursing shortage? a) Documenting the demand for nurses and nurse educators b) Forming workforce development teams c)Sharing online nursing courses through SREB’s Nurse Educator Consortium d) Participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Campaign for Nursing Regional Action Coalitions SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

3. How are SREB states working together to address the nursing shortage? a) Documenting the demand for nurses and nurse educators b) Forming workforce development teams c)Sharing online nursing courses through SREB’s Nurse Educator Consortium d) Participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Campaign for Nursing Regional Action Coalitions SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

4. Who is working with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to recruit exceptional principals for a pilot of the Certification of Accomplished Principals assessment? a) The Electronic Campus b)Learning Centered Leadership Program c)High Schools That Work d) The TeacherCenter.org SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

5. Who is working with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to recruit exceptional principals for a pilot of the Certification of Accomplished Principals assessment? a) The Electronic Campus b)Learning Centered Leadership Program c)High Schools That Work d) The TeacherCenter.org SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

6. Learning-Centered Leadership Program SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

7. What program allows residents to earn a specialized college degree not available in their home states? a) The Regional Contract Program b) The Academic Common Market c)The College Completion Initiative d) Go Alliance SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

8. What program allows residents to earn a specialized college degree not available in their home states? a) The Regional Contract Program b) The Academic Common Market c)The College Completion Initiative d) Go Alliance SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

9. Which program is researching smartphone apps to help students navigate the path to college? a) High Schools That Work b) The Education Technology Cooperative c)Go Alliance b and c None of the above – what a crazy idea! SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

10. Which program is researching smartphone apps to help students navigate the path to college? a) High Schools That Work b) The Education Technology Cooperative c)Go Alliance b and c None of the above – what a crazy idea! SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

11. Go Alliance and Education Technology Cooperative SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

12. Which topic is NOT covered by the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education? a) College credits taken by high school students b) College enrollment of foreign students c) Percent of state/local spending for elementary/secondary education d) Time- and credits-to-degree for part-time college transfer students e) None of the above SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

13. Which topic is NOT covered by the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education? a) College credits taken by high school students b) College enrollment of foreign students c) Percent of state/local spending for elementary/secondary education d) Time- and credits-to-degree for part-time college transfer students e) None of the above SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

14. What is the emphasis of SREB’s work with the Math Design Collaborative? a) To develop a special math course for vocational students b) To approach teaching math for understanding c) To redesign Algebra I d) To help teachers stress math procedures, reasoning and understanding math concepts SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

15. What is the emphasis of SREB’s work with the Math Design Collaborative? a) To develop a special math course for vocational students b) To approach teaching math for understanding c) To redesign Algebra I d) To help teachers stress math procedures, reasoning and understanding math concepts SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

16. Math Design Collaborative SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

17. Who met with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in April and briefed his executive staff? a) Dave Spence on college completion b) Cheryl Blanco on high school to college transition c) Gene Bottoms on career pathways programs d) Leslie Fetzer, National Online Teacher of the Year, about teaching for students with disabilities SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

18. Who met with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in April and briefed his executive staff? a) Dave Spence on college completion b) Cheryl Blanco on high school to college transition c) Gene Bottoms on career pathways programs d) Leslie Fetzer, National Online Teacher of the Year, about teaching for students with disabilities SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

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20. Which of the following is NOTa benefit to states that participate in the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program? a) States can award more honorary degrees b) States save money because minority Ph.D. candidates finish twice as fast c) State universities and research labs can recruit from an online directory of minorities who hold doctoral degrees d) More minority faculty in classrooms can encourage more African-American and Hispanic undergraduates to complete their degrees SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

21. Which of the following is NOT a benefit to states that participate in the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program? a) States can award more honorary degrees b) States save money because minority Ph.D. candidates finish twice as fast c) State universities and research labs can recruit from an online directory of minorities who hold doctoral degrees d) More minority faculty in classrooms can encourage more African-American and Hispanic undergraduates to complete their degrees SouthernRegionalEducationBoard

22. SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program SouthernRegionalEducationBoard