January 2007 Calendar Archive

January 4, 2007:  IPQ’s and Lesson Plans will be held from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Education Service Center, Region 2, Room number 3-20, 209 North Water Street, Corpus Christi 78401. The instructor will be Louise Reagan. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 4, 2007: Multi-Level Instructional Strategies will be held from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Education Service Center, Region 2, Room number 3-22, 209 North Water Street, Corpus Christi 78401. The instructor will be Irene Ramos. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 4, 2007: Improving One-stop Services for Workers with Limited English Proficiency will be held from 8:30am to 11:30am with a repeat session from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Southwest Texas Junior College, Matthews Student Center, 2401 Garner Field Road, Uvalde, Texas 78801. The instructor will be Anson Green. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 4, 2007: Session #20: Delivering Workforce-Related ESL: Six Easy Steps to Program Success will be held from 8:30 am to 11:30 am with a repeat session from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Southwest Texas Junior College, Matthews Student Center, 2401 Garner Field Road, Uvalde, Texas 78801. The instructor will be Barbara Tondre. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 5, 2007: Multiple Intelligences will be held from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Education Service Center, Region 2, Room number 3-20, 209 North Water Street, Corpus Christi 78401. The instructor will be Irene Ramos.South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 5, 2007: Reading Basics will be held from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Southwest Texas Junior College, Matthews Student Center, 2401 Garner Field Road, Uvalde, Texas 78801. The instructor will be Dr. Toni Stiefer. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 5, 2007: ESL Teaching Strategies will be held from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Southwest Texas Junior College, Matthews Student Center, 2401 Garner Field Road, Uvalde, Texas 78801. The instructor will be Sandy Schneider. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 5, 2007: TEAMS Training will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Trinity Valley Community College, located at 100 Cardinal Street, Suite 108 in Athens, Texas. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

January 6, 2007: South Central Professional Development Day (Wharton County Junior College) will be held from 8:30 pm - 3:30 pm at Wharton County Junior College, Wharton (address available on iLearning). 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.

January 6, 2007: Using Multimedia to Practice ESL will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at College of the Mainland, 1200 Auburn Road. Texas City, Texas 77591. Presenter is Lauri Cherian. This training course is designed to train teachers to use multimedia in the classroom. Teachers will model the use of music, radio, TV, videos, movies, and newspapers in creative classroom activities then will assign homework activities to their ESL students to practice English through multimedia available to them in their own homes. The students will increase their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through the use of multimedia in the classroom and at home. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800115, registration number 32218, and section number CY400. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 6, 2007: Student Retention Strategies will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at College of the Mainland, 1200 Auburn Road. Texas City, Texas 77591. Presenter is Guadalupe C. Ruvalcaba. This Professional Development training will focus on critical exit points for students and ways to improve retention. Teachers will develop activities for student retention through demonstrations, role-play, and hands-on activities. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800088, registration number 32193, and section number CY381. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 6, 2007: Student Retention Strategies will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at College of the Mainland, 1200 Auburn Road. Texas City, Texas 77591. Presenter is Guadalupe C. Ruvalcaba. This Professional Development training will focus on critical exit points for students and ways to improve retention. Teachers will develop activities for student retention through demonstrations, role-play, and hands-on activities. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800088, registration number 32194, and section number CY382. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 6, 2007: TABE 9 & 10 will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at College of the Mainland, 1200 Auburn Road. Texas City, Texas 77591. Presenter is Bill Medina. TABE training addresses the principles of administering and scoring the instrument as well as providing sufficient practice for tester proficiency. Participants will be able to demonstrate mastery in administering and scoring of the TABE.Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6100012, registration number 32195, and section number CY383. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 6, 2007: TABE 9 & 10 will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at College of the Mainland, 1200 Auburn Road. Texas City, Texas 77591. Presenter is Bill Medina. TABE training addresses the principles of administering and scoring the instrument as well as providing sufficient practice for tester proficiency. Participants will be able to demonstrate mastery in administering and scoring of the TABE.Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6100012, registration number 32196, and section number CY384. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 6, 2007: More From Students, Less From Teachers (GED Emphasis) will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Dr. Shirley Ledet. In this session teachers will experience hands-on, interactive tasks designed to actively engage students in the learning process. The strategies presented will increase students’ interest in and retention of material learned. Originally developed for ESL teachers, this training offers strategies that can be adapted for ABE and GED students. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800040, registration number 32207, and section number CY393. Note: Registration is closed.

January 6, 2007: HELP ABE/GED will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Margaret Flint. This training emphasizes the use of computer technology to enable more effective and efficient adult literacy instruction. Teachers will learn how to use resources, such as the Internet, texts, and textbook correlations, to write and enhance adult literacy lesson plans. Each participant will be given a copy of a CD, containing 700 MB of lesson plans and other resources obtained from the Internet. The focus will be Texas Standardized Curriculum Framework. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800005, registration number 32201, and section number CY387. Note: Registration is closed.

January 6, 2007: Read All About It! Newspapers (GED Emphasis) will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston, TX 77004. Presenter is Anita McGee. Training provides participants with creative methodology for use of newspapers in the GED/ ESL classroom. Participants will develop a story bank and a picture bank. They will leave with a lesson format and a completed activity with the newspapers for use in the classroom. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800031, registration number 32202, and section number CY388. Note: Registration is closed.

January 6, 2007: STAR ABE/GED will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Doris Larry. This workshop will present Strategies , Techniques, Activities and Resources for ABE/GED teachers to use in the ABE/GED classroom to develop interactive lessons for teachers to use when preparing students for the five testing areas of the GED. The lessons are designed to appeal to various learning styles and interests. Most of the lessons are interdisciplinary. The teachers will be given a GREAT Lessons CD containing 700 MB of activities and resources for the adult education classroom. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800033, registration number 32203, and section number CY389. Note: Registration is closed.

January 6, 2007: Read All About It! Newspapers ( ESL Emphasis) will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Anita McGee. Training provides participants with creative methodology for use of newspapers in the GED/ESL classroom. Participants will develop a story bank and a picture bank. They will leave with a lesson format and a completed activity with the newspapers for use in the classroom. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800005, registration number 32206, and section number CY392. Note: Registration is closed.

January 6, 2007: STAR ESL will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Margaret Flint. This workshop will present Strategies , Techniques, Activities and Resources for ESL teachers to use in the ESL classroom to develop interactive lesson plans and the strategies and techniques needed to teach these lessons. The focus will be on developing listening, speaking, reading, writing, thinking, pronunciation, and grammar skills, all in the context of using relevant topics. The lessons are designed to appeal to various learning styles and interests. The teachers will be given a GREAT Lessons CD containing 700 MB of activities and resources for the adult education classroom. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800032, registration number 32204, and section number CY390. Note: Registration is closed.

January 6, 2007: HELP for ESL will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Doris Larry. This training emphasizes the use of computer technology to enable more effective and efficient adult literacy instruction. Teachers will learn how to use resources, such as the Internet, texts, and textbook correlations, to write and enhance ESL lesson plans. Each participant will be given a copy of a CD, containing 700 MB of lesson plans and other resources obtained from the Internet. The focus will be Texas Standardized Curriculum Framework. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800006, registration number 32205, and section number CY391. Note: Registration is closed.

January 6, 2007: More From Students, Less From Teacher ( ESL Emphasis) will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston, TX 77004. Presenter is Dr. Carolyn Ho. In this session teachers will experience hands-on, interactive tasks designed to actively engage students in the learning process. The strategies presented will increase students’ interest in and retention of material learned. Originally developed for ESL teachers, this training offers strategies that can be adapted for ABE and GED students. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800040, registration number 32200, and section number CY386. Note: Registration is closed.

January 6, 2007: Basic Computer Literacy will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Denise Guckert. This interactive PD session will use a number of resources (MS Office and web) gathered for the Literacy ESL adult learner. This hands-on training provides needed support and serves as a resource to adult education and family literacy instructors who are eager to integrate technology into their classrooms and encourage English language learner adults and families to join the digital revolution. Participants will explore a variety of links and engage in interactive exercises designed to meet the language and literacy development needs of the English Language Learner. All participants will have hands-on experience and the opportunity to have questions answered. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800112, registration number 32209, and section number CY394. Note: Registration is closed.

January 6, 2007: BEST Plus training will be held from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (1 hr for lunch) at Technology Center Bldg.—TC 136, Midland. Trainer is Barbara Shull. The training is open to the entire West region. For additional information, contact Patty Zeigler pzeigler@midland.edu or 432-685-4566. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

January 6, 2007: Reading Strategies for Adult Learners in the Content Areas will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. 1215 N. Elm St., Denton 76201. Developing Reading Comprehension Skills is a training that offers hands-on activities which can be used in the development of basic reading skills. The session is open to all reading teachers. No prior experience required. Teachers will learn activities that can be implemented in their individual classroom settings and how these activities relate to TABE. For more information contact Monica Molinar (940) 369-0091 or Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506.

January 6, 2007: Tying Instruction to BEST Plus will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. 1215 N. Elm St., Denton 76201. In this workshop, participants will make an exploration of the BEST test to understand how their students are assessed prior to instruction and subsequently for progress, as well as how students are placed into program levels. Participants will consider what skills and functions are measured by the BEST test and how these skills and functions are supported in the program curriculum goals. Participants will then explore how their own plans for instruction can correspond more closely to these skills, functions and goals. Student Data Profiles will be studied for information that can help in assessment, back-up assessment and instruction planning. All activities will be conducted in an experiential manner to reflect good language classroom practices for adults learners. For more information contact Monica Molinar (940) 369-0091 or Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506.

January 6, 2007: Activities That Promote Oral Fluency will be held from 1:20 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.. 1215 N. Elm St., Denton 76201. A number of activities to promote oral fluency will be looked at. More importantly, a template will be developed to judge and adapt activities so that teachers can direct those activities more toward the development of oral fluency. For more information contact Monica Molinar (940) 369-0091 or Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506.

January 8, 2007: ESL Multi-Level Classroom Instructional Strategies will be held from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Adult Learning Center, 1625 Price Road, Brownsville 78521. The instructors will be Alex Baez and Carol Spiegl. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 8, 2007: ESL Multi-Level Classroom Instructional Strategies will be held from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Adult Learning Center, 1625 Price Road, Brownsville 78521. The instructors will be Alex Baez and Carol Spiegl. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 10, 2007: Multi-Level Madness in the ESOL Classroom will be held from 1-4 pm at the Austin Community College Highland Business Center, Room 301.0, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin, 78752. Participants must be registered to attend. Facilitator is Sandi Schneider. For information about logistics, please contact Mario Mokarzel mm64@txstate.edu and for information about the session, Victoria Hoffman vh10@txstate.edu.Both can be reached at 1-877-798-5522.Central registration form.

January 10, 2007: Using Multimedia to Practice ESL will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Lauri Cherian. This training course is designed to train teachers to use multimedia in the classroom. Teachers will model the use of music, radio, TV, videos, movies, and newspapers in creative classroom activities then will assign homework activities to their ESL students to practice English through multimedia available to them in their own homes. The students will increase their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through the use of multimedia in the classroom and at home. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800115, registration number 32225, and section number CY407. Note: Registration is closed.

January 10, 2007: Grammar Review for Adult Teachers will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. 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 32234, and section number CY414. Note: Registration is closed.

January 10, 2007: The ESOL Practitioner Toolkit will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Margaret Flint. This interactive session will consist of three 3-hour sessions and will use “The Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners” that was developed by the National Center for Family Literacy and the Center for Applied Linguistics. This Toolkit provides needed support and serves as a resource to adult education and family literacy instructors who are new to serving English language learner adults and families. The Toolkit provides a variety of materials to help practitioners begin to meet the language and literacy development needs of the English Language Learner. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800108, registration number 32584, and section number CY425. Note: Registration is closed.

January 10, 2007: Strategies for Multilevel GED will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Dr. Shirley Ledet. Training includes theory and strategies to use in teaching all subjects of the GED to a multi-level class. Classroom management techniques, test preparation, orientation procedures, multi-sensory lesson planning, teaching environment, and evaluation techniques will be presented. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800009, registration number 32227, and section number CY409. Note: Registration is closed.

January 10, 2007: Strategies for Multilevel GED will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Dr. Shirley Ledet. Training includes theory and strategies to use in teaching all subjects of the GED to a multi-level class. Classroom management techniques, test preparation, orientation procedures, multi-sensory lesson planning, teaching environment, and evaluation techniques will be presented. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800009, registration number 32228, and section number CY410. Note: Registration is closed.

January 10, 2007: GED Language Arts and Social Studies will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Doris Larry. This interactive session will provide teachers with activities and resources to enhance GED language arts and social studies instruction. The use of active learning techniques will be emphasized and practiced. The importance of language skills for all life-skills will be emphasized. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800096, registration number 32236, and section number CY416. Note: Registration is closed.

January 10, 2007: GED Language Arts and Social Studies will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. atJanuary 4, 2008 Houston, TX 77004. Presenter is Doris Larry. This interactive session will provide teachers with activities and resources to enhance GED language arts and social studies instruction. The use of active learning techniques will be emphasized andpracticed. The importance of language skills for all life-skills will be emphasized. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800096, registration number 32237, and section number CY417. Note: Registration is closed.

January 10, 2007: How to Teach Vocabulary to ESL Learners will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon and repeated again from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Jeff Mohamed. The workshop will examine what is involved in learning vocabulary items in a second language, and how teachers can best facilitate vocabulary learning by their students. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800118, registration number 33892, and section number CY432. Note: Registration is closed.

January 11, 2007: The ESOL Practitioner Toolkit will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Margaret Flint. This interactive session will consist of three 3-hour sessions and will use “The Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners” that was developed by the National Center for Family Literacy and the Center for Applied Linguistics. This Toolkit provides needed support and serves as a resource to adult education and family literacy instructors who are new to serving English language learner adults and families. The Toolkit provides a variety of materials to help practitioners begin to meet the language and literacy development needs of the English Language Learner. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800108, registration number 32583, and section number CY424. Note: Registration is closed.

January 11, 2007: BEST PLUS Training will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. 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. 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 32235, and section number CY415. Note: Registration is closed.

January 11, 2007: Grammar Review for Adult Teachers will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. 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 32233, and section number CY413. Note: Registration is closed.

January 11, 2007: Using Multimedia to Practice ESL will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Lauri Cherian. This training course is designed to train teachers to use multimedia in the classroom. Teachers will model the use of music, radio, TV, videos, movies, and newspapers in creative classroom activities then will assign homework activities to their ESL students to practice English through multimedia available to them in their own homes. The students will increase their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through the use of multimedia in the classroom and at home. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800115, registration number 32226, and section number CY408. Note: Registration is closed.

January 11, 2007: GED Math and Science will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Wendell Webster. This interactive session will provide teachers with activities and resources to enhance GED math and science instruction. The use of active learning techniques will be emphasized and practiced. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800097, registration number 32231, and section number CY411. Note: Registration is closed.

January 11, 2007: GED Math and Science will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Wendell Webster. This interactive session will provide teachers with activities and resources to enhance GED math and science instruction. The use of active learning techniques will be emphasized and practiced. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800097, registration number 32232, and section number CY412. Note: Registration is closed.

January 11, 2007: Communication at the Workplace will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon and repeated again from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Doris Larry. This session will provide adult education teachers with an interactive training that incorporates best practices into the importance of clear, concise and correct communication skills in the workplace. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800069, registration number 32238, and section number CY418. Note: Registration is closed.

January 12, 2007: Using Music and Song in the ESL Classroom will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Lauri Cherian. The workshop will examine some major principles involved in developing students' listening skills. The presenter will then demonstrate how to plan lessons which use popular songs as a basis for practicing listening comprehension and free speaking. The participants will have an opportunity to discuss and practice planning lessons based on songs. At the end, they will receive sample lesson materials for use with their students. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800111, registration number 32239, and section number CY419. Note: Registration is closed.

January 12, 2007: Working with Multilevel ESOL Classes will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Margaret Flint. This Professional Development training will focus on the characteristics of the multilevel ESOL class, ways to make multilevel classes rich and productive, and how to adapt instructional materials and activities for the multilevel class. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800082, registration number 32240, and section number CY420. Note: Registration is closed.

January 12, 2007: Basic Computer Literacy will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Jill Kaeser. This interactive session will use a number of resources (MS Office and web) gathered for the Literacy ESL adult learner. This hands-on training provides needed support and serves as a resource to adult education and family literacy instructors who are eager to integrate technology into their classrooms and encourage English language learner adults and families to join the digital revolution. Participants will explore a variety of links and engage in interactive exercises designed to meet the language and literacy development needs of the English Language Learner. All participants will have hands-on experience and the opportunity to have questions answered. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800112, registration number 32242, and section number CY422. Note: Registration is closed.

January 12, 2007: How to Plan a Successful ESL Lesson will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Jeff Mohamed. The workshop will examine the different knowledge and skills involved in learning to use a second language. Attendees will practice in demonstrations of several TESOL practice activities, and will learn how to plan a successful lesson. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800124, registration number 32786, and section number CY427. Note: Registration is closed.

January 12, 2007: Getting and Keeping a Job will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Good Hope Baptist Church, 3015 N. MacGregor Way, Houston 77004. Presenter is Doris Larry. This session will provide adult education teachers with an interactive training to develop lessons that emphasize ways to analyze compatibility of personal skills to job descriptions, write resumes, and fill out applications. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800070, registration number 32241, and section number CY421. Note: Registration is closed.

January 12, 2007: BEST Plus Trainingwill be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Northeast Texas Community College, Downtown located at 209 North Madison in Mt. Pleasant. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

January 13, 2007: Math Tools for the Adult Education Teacher (Series of four trainings) This multi-day workshop was developed by the South Central Region GREAT Center to provide the adult education practitioner with research based techniques and strategies that will improve the math skills of adult learners. Research conducted in 2003 by the National Assessment of Adult Literacy found that nearly 50% of US adults have inadequate math and Numeracy skills. With these alarming statistics, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education understand the importance of providing adult educators with necessary tools to offer quality math instruction to adult learners.
Location: ESC-20 Conference Center in San Antonio.
Time: All four sessions are on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 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.

January 13, 2007: PDPW (Professional Development Planning Workshop) will be held from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm at the Bowie-Cass Adult Education Cooperative located at 3201 Lincoln Street in Texarkana. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

January 12-13, 2007: GED Reading Academy, Session 1 – Teaching Reading in the Multilevel Classroom will be held on Friday from 4:30 -7:30 pm and on Saturday from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at Socorro Community Learning Center, 313 S. Rio Vista Rd., El Paso. This academy is for any adult instructor who wants to improve reading in adults and addresses teaching reading in the multilevel classroom. This is the first of three workshops (remaining sessions will be on February 16-17 and March 16-17). Participation in all three sessions and the completion of a follow up activity is required in order to qualify for the stipend available. For training details go to our Professional Development course listings under ABE/GED and ESL sections. Limited to 25 participants. Register Online now! For additional information, please contact Mary Jo Ochoa at (915)937-1706 or at mochoa16@sisd.net.

January 13, 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 Vicki Hoffman at vh10@txstate.edu. She can be reached at 1-877-798-5522. You must register to attend. Central registration form.

January 13, 2007: How to Enhance Your ESL Lesson Plans will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at North Harris Community College, 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive Houston, TX 77073. Presenter is Doris Larry. This training emphasizes the use of computer technology to enable more effective and efficient adult literacy instruction. Teachers will learn how to use resources, such as the Internet, texts, and textbook correlations, to write and enhance ESL lesson plans. The focus will be Texas Standardized Curriculum Framework. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800006, registration number 32213, and section number CY395. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 13, 2007: Working with Multilevel ESOL Classes will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at North Harris Community College, 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive Houston, TX 77073. Presenter is Pam Lowe. This Professional Development training will focus on the characteristics of the multilevel ESOL class, ways to make multilevel classes rich and productive, and how to adapt instructional materials and activities for the multilevel class. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800082, registration number 32214, and section number CY396. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 13, 2007: STAR ABE/GED will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at North Harris Community College, 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive Houston, TX 77073. Presenter is Shirley Ledet. This workshop will present Strategies, Techniques, Activities and Resources for ABE/GED teachers to use in the ABE/GED classroom to develop interactive lessons for teachers to use when preparing students for the five testing areas of the GED. The lessons are designed to appeal to various learning styles and interests. Most of the lessons are interdisciplinary. The teachers will be given a GREAT Lessons CD containing 700 MB of activities and resources for the adult education classroom. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800033, registration number 32216, and section number CY398. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 13, 2007: STAR ESL will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at North Harris Community College, 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive Houston, TX 77073. Presenter is Margaret Flint. This workshop will present Strategies , Techniques, Activities and Resources for ESL teachers to use in the ESL classroom to develop interactive lesson plans and the strategies and techniques needed to teach these lessons. The focus will be on developing listening, speaking, reading, writing, thinking, pronunciation, and grammar skills, all in the context of using relevant topics. The lessons are designed to appeal to various learning styles and interests. The teachers will be given a GREAT Lessons CD containing 700 MB of activities and resources for the adult education classroom. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800032, registration number 32217, and section number CY399. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 13, 2007: Managing Your Time will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at North Harris Community College, 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive Houston, TX 77073. Presenter is Becky Ray. This PD session will provide adult education teachers with the ability to develop time management skills that focus on getting results rather than just being busy. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800072, registration number 33522, and section number CY432. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 13, 2007: Strategies for Multilevel GED Classes will be held from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at North Harris Community College, 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive Houston, TX 77073. Presenter is Cynthia McConnell. Training includes theory and strategies to use in teaching all subjects of the GED to a multi-level class. Classroom management techniques, test preparation, orientation procedures, multi-sensory lesson planning, teaching environment, and evaluation techniques will be presented. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800009, registration number 32215, and section number CY397. Registration is closed. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 13, 2007: Developing Reading Comprehension Skills will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 425 N. Granbury, Cleburne. Developing Reading Comprehension Skills is a training that offers hands-on activities which can be used in the development of basic reading skills. The session is open to all reading teachers. No prior experience required. Teachers will learn activities that can be implemented in their individual classroom settings. For more information contact Barbara Yoder (817) 202-1110 or Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506.

January 16, 23, 30, and February 6, 2007: Courage to Teach Study Group will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Sutton Even Start Program, 7402 Albacore, Houston 77074. Presenter is Dr. Glenda Smith. You must attend all four sessions and register by January 9, 2007. This Professional Development course involves the reading and discussion of Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach. The participants will read and prepare discussion notes for two chapters each week from questions provided by the instructor. Additional assignments will include journaling and writing reflections on readings. This is a 20-hour course. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800102, registration number 31485, and section number CY 380. Please contact your PD Coordinator, or E-mail tina.washco@nhmccd.edu, if you have additional questions.

January 18, 2007: BEST Plus Trainingwill be held from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at Region 19 ESC Head Start Multi-Purpose Center, 11670 Chito Samaniego, Dr. Lorenzo Garcia Room, El Paso. This training will be provided by Barbara Shull and will be focused on the administration of the assessment tool. All training participants must bring their own laptops to the training. Non-TEA funded participants must bring own BEST Plus Test Administrator Guide (may be purchased at http://www.cal.org/ for $30.00). Please forward any questions toregistration@farwestgreat.org or call (915) 937-1725.REGISTER NOW!

January 20, 2007: ESOL Academy I: Techniques for Teaching Adult ESOL will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in Austin, Texas (Site TBA). (Session 3/4, remaining sessions will be held April 14) 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 Vicki Hoffman, vh10@txstate.edu, or Stan Ashlock sa07@txstate.edu, via email or toll-free at 1-877-798-5522.

January 20, 2007: BEST Plus Training will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Panola College located at 1109 Panola, W.H. Gullette Building, Room 209, Carthage. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

January 20, 2007: Portfolio Training will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (6 hr. training with one hr. for lunch) at Odessa College-ABE-Annex B, Odessa. Trainer is Barbara Baird. Please contact John Tucker for further information 432-335-6381 or jtucker@odessa.edu. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

January 20, 2007: ESOL Academy I: Techniques for Teaching Adult ESOL will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Pickle Elementary School, 1101 Wheatley, Austin. (Session 3/4, remaining sessions will be held April 14) 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 Vicki Hoffman, vh10@txstate.edu, or Stan Ashlock sa07@txstate.edu, via email or toll-free at 1-877-798-5522.

January 20, 2007: Technology Series (Part 4 of 4) will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Kyle Learning Center, 21393 North IH-35 in Kyle. This is the fourth of four sssions for the 2006-2007 Central GREAT Technology Series.Participants who attend this session also must have attended the first three sessions. Participants will be encouraged to participate in a panel presentation for TALAE (February 20-22, 2007). If you have questions, please contact Denise Guckert at dg21@txstate.edu. For additional information on the workshop, you may also download and print the Technology Series flyer. [This is a Microsoft® Word document. Please download Word Reader from Microsoft® Word if you do not have Microsoft® Word on your computer.] If you need this flyer in another format, please contact Denise Guckert at dg21@txstate.edu. You must register to attend. Central registration form.

January 20, 2007: GED Math & Science: Making it Real, Making it Relevant will be held from 8:30am to 11:30am at the Pharr Workforce Development Center, 1100 E. Highway 83, Pharr, TX 78577. The instructor will be Cynthia McConnell. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 20, 2007: GED Language Arts & Social Studies: Making it Real, Making it Relevant will be held from 12:30pm to 3:30pm at the Pharr Workforce Development Center, 1100 E. Highway 83, Pharr, TX 78577. The instructor will be Cynthia McConnell. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 20, 2007: ESL Teaching Styles will be held from 8:30am to 3:30pm at the Pharr Workforce Development Center, 1100 E. Highway 83, Pharr, TX 78577. The instructor will be Sandra Schneider. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 23, 2007: Courage to Teach Study Group will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Sutton Even Start Program, 7402 Albacore, Houston 77074. Presenter is Dr. Glenda Smith. This Professional Development course involves the reading and discussion of Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach. The participants will read and prepare discussion notes for two chapters each week from questions provided by the instructor. Additional assignments will include journaling and writing reflections on readings. This is a 20-hour course. (Session 2 of 4 - Previous session was held January 16.) You must have attended the previous session to participate. Additional sessions will be held January 30 and February 6. Please contact your PD Coordinator, or E-mail tina.washco@nhmccd.edu, if you have additional questions.

January 24, 2007: Texas LEARNS State Advisory Committee will meet in Austin from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For additional information, visit the Advisory Committee website.

January 26, 2007: How To Develop ESL Receptive Skills will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon at Reach Across Houston, 9808 Bauman Road, Houston 77076. 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 32219, and section number CY 401. Coastal Registration form. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 26, 2007: How to Manage the ESL Classroom will be held from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Reach Across Houston, 9808 Bauman Road, Houston 77076. Presenter is Jeff Mohamed. The workshop will examine some common ESL classroom management problems and will suggest ways of avoiding or solving these issues. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800122, registration number 32220, and section number CY 402. Coastal Registration form. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 26, 2007: Credential Project Review will be held from 9:00 am – 11:30 am at Paris Junior College, Adult Education located at 2400 Clarksville Street in Paris. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at (936) 435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net

January 26, 2007: TEAMS Training will be held from 8:30am to 3:30pm at the Adult Learning Center, 1625 Price Road, Brownsville 78521. The instructor will be Paula Cavazos. South Registration Form. For additional information, please call Jennifer Unterbrink @ 361-593-2755 or email: kajhu00@tamuk.edu.

January 27, 2007: Using Multimedia in the ESL Classroom will be held from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Lake Jackson Community Education Center, 120 Circle Way, Lake Jackson 77541. Presenter is Lauri Cherian. This training course is designed to train teachers to use multimedia in the classroom. Teachers will model the use of music, radio, TV, videos, movies, and newspapers in creative classroom activities then will assign homework activities to their ESL students to practice English through multimedia available to them in their own homes. The students will increase their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through the use of multimedia in the classroom and at home. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800115, registration number 32197, and section number CY 385. Coastal Registration form. For additional information, please email: CoastalCF@nhmccd.edu

January 27, 2007: Mini Winter Literacy Convocation 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.

January 27, 2007: Understanding TEAMS Data will be held from 9:00 am – 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

January 27, 2007: Accent Reduction will be held from 9:00 am – 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

January 27, 2007: Learning Disabilities will be held in the Brazos 1 Room from 9:00 am – 12:00 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

January 27, 2007: Determining the Workforce-Related Needs of ESL Learners—Where to Start will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. Yvonne Ewell Townview Center, 1201 E. 8th St., Dallas. This session will focus on simple ways to identify and respond to the workforce-related needs of English language learners who are working and/or looking for work. Instructors will review the benefits of workplace/workforce-related ESL instruction and examine the basic skills, knowledge, and competencies required of workers. Easy-to-use work-related surveys will be shared as well as tips on simplifying the language of authentic work-related materials . For more information contact Nelia Jones (972) 749-2541 or Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506.

January 27, 2007: Transitioning ABE/ASE Students to Post-Secondary Education will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Yvonne Ewell Townview Center, 1201 E. 8th St., Dallas. Research has shown that obtaining a GED only has the hoped-for positive economic impact on the graduate’s life when it is the springboard to additional education or training. However, transition to post-secondary education is very difficult for most GED graduates – only 30 to 35% go on to pursue further education. This workshop will provide Adult Education teachers and administrators a basic framework for thinking about, and planning for successful transitioning of GED graduates to post-secondary education. For more information contact Nelia Jones (972) 749-2541 or Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506.

January 27, 2007: GED: Strategies for Learning Success: Adults with Special Learning Needs will be held from Yvonne Ewell Townview Center, 1201 E. 8th St., Dallas. This training will provide participants with concrete put-this-to-work-next-Monday! Ideas for helping adult learners with special learning needs achieve success in the classroom and all learning environments. Participants will learn about the Positive Pyramid for Student Success Multi-Sensory Learning, Squeeze Toys, Each One Teach One, Graphic Organizers and Mnemonics. Participants will also learn about Scotopic Sensitivity. A detailed handout will be provided. For more information contact Nelia Jones, 9972) 749-2541 or Dorris Baker 9972) 749-2506.

January 27, 2007: BEST Plus will be held from 8:00 a..m. to 3:00 p.m. Yvonne Ewell Townview Center, 1201 E. 8th St., Dallas. Participants who successfully complete this certification process will be able to give both the computer adapted and print based version of this new oral proficiency test. This test was developed by the Center for Applied Linguistics. It is an individually administered face-to-face scripted oral interview designed to assess the English language Proficiency of adult English language learners. This test can be used for program placement, progress, program evaluation and diagnosis. BEST Plus scores can be converted to SPL descriptors that align with NRS Functioning Level Descriptors. For more information contact Nelia Jones (972) 749-2541 or Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506.

January 27, 2007: BEST Plus Refresher will be held in Two sessions: 8:00-11:00 and 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. Yvonne Ewell Townview Center, 1201 E. 8th St., Dallas. BEST Plus scoring refresher is designed for adult ESL programs that use BEST Plus for assessing the oral English proficiency of adult ESL learners. This course serves as a complement to, but not a replacement for, the 6-hour BEST Plus training that all test administrators must attend before using the test. Adult ESL staff may not participate in a scoring refresher session until they have been trained to administer BEST Plus. For more information contact Nelia Jones 9972) 749-2541 or Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506.

January 27, 2007: ABE/ASE Math Strategies will be held at Region 9 ESC, 301 Loop 11, Wichita Falls 76306 from 9-12 and 1-4. This session is designed to familiarize ABE teachers with math language and problem solving strategies according to real life experiences. Participants will be better prepared to discuss operational problems with their students through:

• Understanding where numbers are used in everyday life
• Developing ability to judge the reasonableness of answers to math problems
• Becoming familiar with the language of math
• Recognizing where math occurs in everyday life
• Practicing problem solving skills
• Reviewing relationship between decimals, fractions and percents
• Playing games
• Understanding the math concept of borrowing and regrouping in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems

For more information contact Kim Sizemore (940) 322-6928 or Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506.

January 29, 2007: Central GREAT Region Advisory Committee Meeting will be held McLennan Community College, 4601 North 19th Street, in Waco. The meeting will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon. Room number to be determined. Please contact Mario Mokarzel at 1-877-798-5522 or at mm64@txstate.edu should you have any questions.

January 30, and February 6, 2007: Courage to Teach Study Group will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Sutton Even Start Program, 7402 Albacore, Houston 77074. Presenter is Dr. Glenda Smith. This Professional Development course involves the reading and discussion of Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach. The participants will read and prepare discussion notes for two chapters each week from questions provided by the instructor. Additional assignments will include journaling and writing reflections on readings. This is a 20-hour course. (Session 3 of 4 - Previous sessions were held January 16, 23.) Final session will be held February 6. You must have attended the previous two sessions to participate. Please contact your PD Coordinator, or E-mail tina.washco@nhmccd.edu, if you have additional questions.