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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Join<span style="color:black"> us
</span>after the </span><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/assessment-teaching-learning/atl-conference-materials.aspx"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">2017 ATL Conference</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">!
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Successful Transitions to College</span><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
<span style="color:black">Symposium</span></span><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">May 6, 2016</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">8:30 – 3:30 pm</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Spokane Falls Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">At this </span><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">FREE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> event, educators will have opportunities
to explore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">professional learning through inquiry and best practices for cross-sector collaboration</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">key similarities and challenges to successful transition to college for students in ELA and mathematics</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">how best to foster independent learning; critical reading and writing; and independent problem solving skills</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">the work completed during the last three years;</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">how to promote similar work in your school district, college, or university.</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/hl3e0tBQD33m0UA63"><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Register Now</span></a><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">What</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">: This
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">capstone<span style="color:black"> event is the culmination of a three-year project focusing on the goals of decreasing the proportion of high school graduates placing into developmental courses
and increasing the proportion of college students satisfactorily completing college-level ELA and mathematics.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Who</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">: Educators from around the state are invited to join<span style="color:black">
</span>the <span style="color:black">regional educators</span> (<span style="color:black">K-12 districts, Community Colleges of Spokane, Eastern Washington University and other 4-year colleges and universities) who participated in the project.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Why</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">: To discuss strategies that promote cross-sector inquiry and professional learning in support of students’
successful transitions to college. Participants will have an opportunity to collaborate and discuss innovative ways to improve student transitions across sectors in our region.</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">How Much?
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">This event is FREE!</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Questions</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">? Contact Sean Agriss (<a href="mailto:sagriss@ewu.edu">sagriss@ewu.edu</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">This work was supported by the College Spark Community Grants Program, Eastern Washington University, the Community Colleges of Spokane, and the following school districts: Cheney, Columbia,
Deer Park, Lind-Ritzville, Mead, Spokane, and West Valley.</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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