Post-Conference Events

Accreditation Institute

Full Day | Max number of attendees: TBD

Led by experienced professionals from NACEP-accredited concurrent enrollment programs, this in-depth workshop will feature strategies for implementing NACEP’s national standards that enhance the quality of concurrent enrollment programs.

Experienced trainers from leading NACEP-accredited programs will cover the following learning objectives:

• The importance of upholding high standards to ensure the academic integrity of college courses
• Ways to engage faculty and other key stakeholders in implementing quality improvement practices
• The range of practices described by NACEP’s standards
• Strategies for conducting a self-study to align a concurrent enrollment program with NACEP’s national standards
• Types of documentary evidence necessary to assemble an exemplary accreditation application
• How to navigate NACEP’s peer-review program accreditation

Concurrent enrollment programs are encouraged to send a team of representatives, including:

• The college or university’s concurrent enrollment coordinator
• The college or university’s chief academic officer or designee
• College faculty who provide academic oversight over courses offered for concurrent enrollment, and
• Key high school partners, such as a school district superintendent, district or school-based concurrent enrollment coordinator, or high school principal, counselor or instructors

Innovative High School Tour

Full Day (9:00 am- 3:00 pm) | Max number of attendees: TBD

Since 1984, Minnesota has had the distinction of being the first state to enact substantive state policy support for dual and concurrent enrollment. Round out your visit to the Minneapolis and St. Paul area by getting out in the field. This full-day post-conference activity brings attendees to local programs to look at innovative practices in the high school programs. Connect with the education professionals doing the work to continue the state's legacy of early access to quality college courses. Includes lunch and transportation to the tour sites and to/from the conference venue.