April 2007 Calendar Archive

April 2-3, 2007: Home Visiting Training for Even Start. Texas Family Literacy Resource Center will conduct this training for the West and Far West Regions at a location to be announced in El Paso. For more information, contact the TFLRC.

April 4, 2007: Central GREAT Advisory Committee meeting will be held from 1:30 -3:00 pm.  This meeting will be a virtual meeting using audio conferencing.  An optional web-based conference will also be established for the meeting.  Information on how to connect to the meeting will be provided to members prior to the date.  For information about this meeting please contact Mario Mokarzel mm64@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522

April 5, 2007: Even Start Bidders’ Conference TETN. See the TEA Discretionary Grants website.

April 7, 2007: Retention Strategies Online PD Chat Training will be held from 9:00 am – 10:00 am at the Adult Education Center, 1601 24th Street, Lubbock. Trainer is Rita McSorley. Training is closed. For information contact Ms. Yolonda Moore, Adult Education Specialist, Lubbock by email ymoore@esc17.net or phone 806-281-5753. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

April 7, 2007: Multi-level ESL Online PD Chat Training will be held from 10:00 am – 11:00 am at the Adult Education Center, 1601 24th Street, Lubbock. Trainer is Sandra Schneider. Training is closed. For information contact Ms. Yolonda Moore, Adult Education Specialist, Lubbock by email ymoore@esc17.net or phone 806-281-5753. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

April 12, 2007: EL Civics 2007-2008 eGrants applications due. See the TEA Discretionary Grants website.

April 12, 2007: National Drop Everything and Read Day is a special reading celebration to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. On April 12th, families are asked to take at least 30 minutes to put aside all distractions and enjoy books together. Schools, libraries, and bookstores are planning to host events. For details, see the National Drop Everything and Read event website.

April 13, 2007: East GREAT Advisory Board Meeting will be held from 10:00am – 3:00 pm at Trinity Valley Community College, 100 Cardinal Street in the Cafeteria Meeting Room B in Athens. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

April 13-14, 2007: Bridges to Practice Training will be held at 626 Lindale, Houston and is hosted by Harris County Department of Education and Texas Association of Adult Literacy Councils. Registrants must complete all 12 hours April 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and April 14 from 8:00 to 5:00 p.m. Register online at http://wms.hcde-texas.org or call 713-692-6216 for more information.

April 14, 2007: Accent Reduction, Driver Awareness, Accountability/Data Management, GED Informational Workshop, Learning Disabilities, and Workforce Readiness will be held from 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00 pm at Education Service Center, Region VI located at 3332 Montgomery Road in Huntsville. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

April 14 , 2007: ESOL Academy I: Techniques for Teaching Adult ESOL will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Pickle Elementary School Library, 1101 Wheatley, Austin 78752. This course is for ESOL teachers who want to beef up their everyday teaching skills or are new to teaching adult ESOL. This total course will be 24 hours in length. We encourage directors and coordinators to identify ESOL teachers in their program who would benefit from this course, but teachers may self-select and enroll themselves. The instructor will be Dr. Heide Spruck Wrigley. Participants must have attended the previous sessions of the Institute to attend this session. If you have questions about the workshop, please contact Mario Mokarzel at mm64@txstate.edu, or Stan Ashlock sa07@txstate.edu, via email or toll-free at 1-877-798-5522.

April 14, 2007: Quantum Learning for Adult Education Instructors- Day 4 (Victoria) will be held at Victoria College Adult Education Center, Victoria. All Session information (including address of location). Registration is available through iLearning. If you encounter difficulties registering on line, please contact Central Registration by e-mail registration@esc20.net or by calling (210) 370-5671 or 370-5247.

April 14, 2007: BEST Pluswill be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Harris County Department of Education, Irvington Learning Center, 6300 Irvington Blvd, Houston 77022. Presenter is Judy Bowman. The participants will study the rationale for the BEST PLUS test and acquire sufficient mastery of the BEST Plus test to perform duties of a tester in administering, scoring, and interpreting the scores. NOTE: Participants are required to have a TAG manual. No one will be allowed to attend the session without a TAG manual. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800043, registration number 40460, and section number CY 438. Coastal Registration form. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

April 14, 2007: TABE 9 & 10 will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at the Harris County Department of Education, Irvington Learning Center, 6300 Irvington Blvd, Houston 77022. Presenter is Bill Medina. This training will provide the CTB/McGraw-Hill certification requirements on the best practices of administering, scoring, and interpreting the TABE 9/10. Each participant will receive a copy of the official TABE 9/10 training workbook. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800043, registration number 40472, and section number CY 439. Coastal Registration form. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

April 14, 2007: How to Develop ESL Receptive Skills will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon at Houston READ Commission, 5400 Griggs Road, Learning Center, Houston 77021. Presenter is Jeff Mohamed. The workshop will examine how we comprehend what we hear or read, and how teachers can help their ESL students to develop effective listening and reading skills. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800121, registration number 40829, and section number CY 443. Coastal Registration form. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

April 14, 2007: Math Refresher Online PD Chat Training will be held from 9:00 am – 10:00 am at the Adult Education Center, 1601 24th Street, Lubbock. Trainer is Richard Sedillo. Training is closed. For information contact Ms. Yolonda Moore, Adult Education Specialist, Lubbock by email ymoore@esc17.net or phone 806-281-5753. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

April 14, 2007: Methods of Teaching GED Test Areas Online PD Chat Training will be held from 10:00 am – 11:00 am at the Adult Education Center, 1601 24th Street, Lubbock. Trainer is Theresa Sands. Training is closed. For information contact Ms. Yolonda Moore, Adult Education Specialist, Lubbock by email ymoore@esc17.net or phone 806-281-5753. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

April 17, 2007: BEST Plus Administrator Training will be held from 9:00 12 noon at Austin Community College Highland Business Center, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752, Room 410. Participants must attend both days in order to receive certification. Co-facilitators will be Yolanda DeLaCruz and Denise Guckert. For information please contact Mario Mokarzel mm64@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522.

April 17, 2007: Coaching Customers on Job Retention and Earnings Gain, Presented by Jodie Sue Kelly, Cygnet Associates, 10:00 am —Noon at Education Service Center, 1314 Hines, San Antonio, TX 78208. Registration is available through iLearning If you are unable to register on line, please contact Central Registration by e-mail registration@esc20.net or by calling (210) 370-5671 or 370-5247. In this fast-paced, two-hour session, Jodie Sue Kelly will examine what post-placement services need to be available to help clients retain and advance in jobs, and will offer practical techniques for building job retention into placement as well as techniques that get results after the get the job. These three sessions are designed for: Counselors, Case Managers, Supervisors, Educators, Leaders from on-stops, and state and local Workforce Boards, Youth-serving agencies, Vocational rehabilitation and disability organizations, Ex-offender programs, Welfare to work agencies, and Others who serve individuals with barriers to employment.

April 19, 2007: BEST Plus Administrator Training will be held from 9:00 12 noon at Austin Community College Highland Business Center, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752, Room 410. Participants must attend both days in order to receive certification. Co-facilitators will be Yolanda DeLaCruz and Denise Guckert. For information please contact Mario Mokarzel mm64@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522.

April 19, 2007: Coastal GREAT Advisory Committee meeting will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 9191 Barker Cypress Road, CC 154, Cypress, Texas 77433. For information about this meeting please contact Tina Washco at tina.washco@nhmccd.edu or 281-290-5259.

April 19-20, 2007: Home Visiting Training for Even Start. Texas Family Literacy Resource Center will conduct this training for the North and East Regions at a location to be announced in the Dallas area. For more information, contact the TFLRC.

April 20, 2007: Grammar Review for Adult Education Teachers will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Houston Community College, 3100 Main St. Seminar A. Houston 77002. Presenter is Lauri Cherian. This Professional Development training is a basic grammar refresher for teachers, providing definitions for major parts of speech and identification of sentence structure. It is an interactive presentation and will provide teachers with practical activities to use in the adult education classroom. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800087, registration number 40474, and section number CY 440. Coastal Registration form. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

April 20, 2007: Learning Disabilities will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Angelina College located at 3500 South First Street in the Technology & Workforce Building, Room 140 in Lufkin. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

April 20, May 4, and May 17, 2007: Adult Student Persistence Study Circle will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Houston Community College, 3100 Main Street, Seminar B, Houston, 77002.  Registration is limited.  You must attend all three sessions. If you are interested in attending this Study Circle, please contact Tina Washco for more information at tina.washco@nhmccd.edu.

April 21, 2007: South Central Professional Development Day (San Antonio) will be held at Education Service Center, Region 20-Conference Center, San Antonio. All Session information (including address of location). Registration is available through iLearning. If you encounter difficulties registering on line, please contact Central Registration by e-mail registration@esc20.net or by calling (210) 370-5671 or 370-5247.

April 21, 2007: BEST Plus Scoring Refresher Toolkit will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at College of the Mainland, 1200 Amburn Rd. LRC Bldg. Rm. 279, Texas City 77591. Presenter is Judy Bowman. This training is designed to recalibrate certified BEST Plus test administrators. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own strengths and weaknesses regarding administration and accurate scoring of the BEST Plus. Participants will practice using the scoring rubric to provide justification for scoring each of the three language aspects. After practice, participants will complete a BEST Plus scoring calibration assessment. Each participant must bring his/her own TAG(Test Administrator’s Guide) and their own Scoring Refresher Workbook. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800128, registration number 42875, and section number CY 449. Coastal Registration form. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

April 21, 2007: BEST Plus Refresher Training will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at College of the Mainland, 1200 Amburn Rd. LRC Bldg. Rm. 279, Texas City 77591.  Presenter is Judy Bowman. This training is designed for additional practice before the BEST Plus Toolkit Calibration training or as corrective training for remediation following unsuccessful completion of the BEST Plus Toolkit training. CAL certified test administrators will review objectives, content areas and question types of the BEST Plus oral interview, review the scoring rubric, review appropriate test administration procedures, and practice scoring the test. Each participant must bring his/her own TAG (Test Administrator’s Guide). Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800110, registration number 42876, and section number CY 450. Coastal Registration form. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

April 21, 2007: Using the Newspaper in ESL training will be held from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (6 hr. training) at the Adult Basic Education Center, Abilene ISD, 1929 South 11th St. Abilene. Trainer is Ms. Claire Valier. Due to limited space, this training is for Abilene ESL teachers only. For site information contact Ms. Marilyn Flournoy, Adult Basic Education, Abilene, Texas, 325-671-4419. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

April 21, 2007: Read All About It – Using the Newspaper in the Adult Education/GED Classroom training will be held from 9:30 am – 2:30 pm at the Adult Basic Education Center, Abilene ISD, 1929 South 11th St. Abilene. Trainer is Ms. Susan Pittman. Due to limited space, this training is for Abilene teachers only. For site information contact Ms. Marilyn Flournoy, Adult Basic Education, Abilene, Texas, 325-671-4419. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

April 21, 2007: BEST Plus Refresher Training will be held from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. At Pickle Elementary School Library, 1101 Wheatley, Austin, 78752.  Denise Guckert will facilitate and you must be a certified BEST Plus Test Administrator to attend.   For information contact Mario Mokarzel at mm64@txstate.edu or toll-free 1-877-798-5522.  Central registration form.

April 21, 2007: Math Workshop-Strategies for Teaching Word Problems will be held at Kyle Learning Center 21393 North IH-35, Kyle, Texas from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm for teachers of ABE, GED, ESOL. Participants will learn how to "demystify" math and word problems by building on the existing math abilities of students, how to focus on problem-solving, reasoning, and understanding rather than memorization or computational skills, and how to teach math as a "web" of integrated skills rather than as a linear sequence. Workshop is for ABE, GED, or ESL teachers. Melanie Mayeaux from Houston will be the presenter/facilitator. You must register to attend. Central registration form. If you have questions about the workshop, please contact Mario Mokarzel at mm64@txstate.edu or toll free at 1-877-798-5522.  

April 21, 2007: Technology training will be held from 8:30am to 3:30pm at the Lerma Pena Learning Center, Room 109. The instructors are Juan Carlos Rodriguez and Robert Duenez. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

April 26, 2007: TETN Training on the Enhanced eGrants Site will be conducted on Texas Education Agency's Texas Education Telecommunications Network (TETN) from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. Central Time. To attend, contact your regional Education Service Center and ask about TETN Event #24933.

April 27, 2007: BEST Plus will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Angelina College located at 3500 South First Street in the Technology & Workforce Building, Room 140 in Lufkin. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

April 27, 2007: “Exploring Learning Disabilities: A Teacher Research Project Initiative” Session 2 of 4 will be held from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. The instructors will be Alex Baez and Carol Spiegl. The location is TBA. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

April 27, 2007: TEAMS Training will be held from 9 – 12 noon at Bedichek Middle School, 6800 Bill Hughes Drive, Austin 78745. Facilitated by Terri Schiemenz. For information please contact Terri Schiemenz 512-392-1161 x337 or tschiemenz@communityaction.com

April 27-28, 2007: GED Math Academy: Teaching Math in the Multilevel Classroom Session 2 – Focus on Calculation will be held on Friday from 4:30 -7:30 pm and on Saturday from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at the Socorro Community Learning Center, 313 S. Rio Vista Rd, El Paso. This academy is appropriate for any adult instructor who wants to develop teaching strategies for preparing students for the math section of the GED. This is the second of three workshops (remaining session will be on May 18-19). Participation in all three sessions and the completion of a follow up activity is required in order to qualify for the stipend. For training details go to our Professional Development course listings under the ABE/GED section.Limited to 19 participants. Register Online now! For additional information, please contact Mary Jo Ochoa at 915-937-1706 or at mochoa16@sisd.net.

April 28, 2007: ABE/ASE Educator Academy will hold a virtual session from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, CST. You must have attended previous sessions of the Academy. If you have any questions, please contact Mario Mokarzel at mm64@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522. You must register to attend. Central registration form.

April 28, 2007: ABE/ASE Educator Academy will hold a virtual session from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, CST. You must have attended previous sessions of the Academy. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

April 28, 2007: BEST Plus & Math Tools will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Kilgore College, Longview Campus located at 300 South High Street in Longview. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

April 28, 2007: BEST Plus (Seguin ISD), will be held from 8:30 – 4:30 at  Central Texas Technology Center (CTTC), 2189 FM 758, New Braunfels, TX 78130, 800-944-7575 ext. 2181. Registration is available through iLearning. If you are unable to register on line, please contact Central Registration by e-mail registration@esc20.net or by calling (210) 370-5671 or 370-5247.

April 28 and May 5, 2007: Bridges to Practice Learning Disabilities Training will be provided by Texas Association of Adult Literacy Councils in Tyler, Texas. Participants must attend both of the two consecutive Saturday sessions from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location is the Tyler Junior College West Campus (1530 SSW Loop 323). Trainers are Amelia Gilley, Cheryl Parker, and Joshua Hayes. Registration is FREE but you must register by April 20. [Registration Form is a Microsoft® Word document.] For more information including hotel recommendations, contact Amelia Gilley (gilley@lcotyler.org or 903-533-0330.)

April 30, 2007: Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros (Day of the Child/Day of the Book). This nationwide celebration of children, families, and reading is held annually on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for every child regardless of linguistic and cultural background. For details, see the Association for Library Services to Children website.

April 30, 2007: Project-Based Learning in ESL will be held from 6:00pm – 9:00pm at East Texas Literacy Council, Wesley-McCabe Methodist Church in Longview. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net