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July 2009 Calendar Archive

A list of local, state, and national professional development events of interest to adult & family literacy practitioners in Texas. If you know of other professional development opportunities or important dates of interest to Texas practitioners, please submit them to our Calendar Committee for consideration. For more information join one of our email discussion groups so you will always hear about the latest training opportunities. Click on "Discussion Lists" to read about these discussion lists and how to join.

July 2009

July 1, 2009: Building Community in the Culturally Diverse Classroom will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Noon, at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market Street, Houston  77020. Presenter is Liliana Black. This workshop shows how knowledge and respect for students’ cultures can engage adult learners in new ways and increase student retention. Participants will practice creative strategies to increase cultural awareness, work together, and create a community of learners. The session is geared toward ESL teachers at all levels; however, ABE/ASE teachers may find it useful as well. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800165, registration number 15507, and section number CY 607. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 1, 2009: Bringing Our Whole Selves to Teaching and Learning will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Noon, at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market Street, Houston  77020. Presenter is Lauri Cherian. The training is designed to help teachers identify and manage stressors in their lives and in the lives of their students. They will engage in a variety of activities that will promote better physical, mental and emotional well being for themselves and for their students. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800135, registration number 15534, and section number CY 609. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 1, 2009: Communication in the Workplace will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Noon, at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market Street, Houston  77020. Presenter is Margaret Flint. 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 15549, and section number CY 611. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 1, 2009: How to Manage the ESL Classroom will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market Street, Houston  77020. Presenter is Liliana Black The workshop will examine some common ESL classroom management problems, and will suggest ways of avoiding or solving these. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800122, registration number 15516, and section number CY 608. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu

July 1, 2009: Effective Ways to Use Authentic Material will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market Street, Houston  77020. Presenter is Margaret Flint. This professional development course is designed to show teachers how to utilize authentic materials in the classroom. Participants will learn ways to introduce students to the culture that surrounds them and to help them navigate through it in this interactive and activity filled session. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800164, registration number 15543, and section number CY 610. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 1, 2009: TEAMS Training for Administrators will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market Street, Houston  77020. Presenter is Bill Medina. This Professional Development session is intended for administrators and experienced data entry staff who are current TEAMS users. The focus is on accessing, understanding, and applying information collected and processed through the Texas Educating Adults Management System (TEAMS) for program improvement.  Participants will develop a lesson integrating strategies discussed. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800125, registration number 15557, and section number CY 612. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 1, 2009: How to Plan an Effective Lesson will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market Street, Houston  77020. Presenter is Audrey Nelson-Ricks. The training is designed to help ABE/ASE GED/ESL teachers focus on how to plan, develop and write effective lesson plans. Hands-on and interactive activities will be included. Participants will be allowed time to develop a lesson plan that can be implemented in the classroom. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800260, registration number 15560, and section number CY 613. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 1, 2009: BaFa BaFa will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., noon, and resuming from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Houston READ Commission, 6402 Market Street, Houston 77020. Presenters are Karen Couey and Martin Loa. In this training participants come to understand the powerful effects that culture plays in every person's life. BaFa BaFa is a simulation activity that helps participants become personally aware of the issues surrounding cultural differences by putting them into one of two created cultures and requiring interaction with the other one. The resulting misperceptions and misunderstandings become the grist for the debriefing. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800167, registration number 15781, and section number CY 615. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 7-8, 2009: BEST Plus Refresher Training: The session will be from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on both days and will take place at the Socorro Community Learning Center, 313 S. Rio Vista Rd., El Paso. Please email farwestg@farwestgreat.org if you have any questions or call (915) 937-1725. Register Online now!

July 9, 2009: Essentials of Teaching will be held from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm at Fort Worth Adult Ed Center located at 1066 West Magnolia in Fort Worth. For more information, please contact Patricia Covert at 817-852-1000 Ext. 243 or Patricia.Covert@fwisd.org.

July 10, 2009: Improve Classroom Management with Zero Preparation Activities, Follow-up Session: During this session attendees will discuss lessons learned and their completed assignments. The session will be from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The location will be announced at a later date. Attendees must participate in all three sessions and the follow-up to be eligible for the stipend. (First sessions were held June 9-11) Please email farwestg@farwestgreat.org if you have any questions or call (915) 937-1725.

July 10, 2009: Connecting Teachers, Students and Families will be held at Wharton County Junior College, Wharton. Additional session Information and 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

July 10, 2009: Team Building will be held at Wharton County Junior College, Wharton. Additional session Information and 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

July 10-11, 2009: FUNdamentals of Active Learning is a two-day workshop that will be held from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on July 10 and from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on July 11 at HCDE, Irvington Learning Center, 626 Lindale, Room 118, Houston 77022. Presenter is Barbara Baird. Research indicates that students learn best when actively engaged in their own learning. This highly interactive workshop is designed to provide ESL/ABE/ASE teachers with fun and engaging activities to enliven classroom teaching and learning. Through modeling and hands-on activities, teachers will learn useful teaching strategies that can be integrated into their classrooms. Participants will "learn by doing" and will be up and around participating in the different activities to learn first-hand how to facilitate and process the creative yet practical activities. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800274, registration number 17661, and section number CY617. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 11, 2009: BEST Plus will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Houston Community College, 3100 Main St, Lab BD 12 (basement), Houston, 77002. 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. Participant MaterialsNeeded: Each participant MUST bring a Test Administrator's Guide to be certified as a BEST Plus test administrator Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800043, registration number 16370, and section number CY616. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 11, 2009: TABE 9 & 10 will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Harris County Department of Education, 626 Lindale, 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 6800036, registration number 17447, and section number CY 626. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 11, 2009: BEST Literacy will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Harris County Department of Education, 626 Lindale, Houston 77022. Presenter is Bill Medina. This training is intended for anyone who administers or scores the BEST Literacy Test. Using the manual, participants will investigate proper test administration and scoring procedures, practice scoring writing samples, and acquire a basic knowledge of the content. By the end of the session participants should be able to use the writing rubric for scoring writing samples and follow the manual mandates for accurate scoring on the other sections. All participants must bring his/her own BEST Literacy Test Manual (10/06).Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800141, registration number 17442, and section number CY 619. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 14, 2009: ESL Beginning Literacy Training of Trainers will be held from 9 am to 4 pm at Salado. This training for GREAT Center and local program ESL trainers was developed by Texas LEARNS and Project GREAT in collaboration with CAELA (Center for Adult English Language Acquisition). Deadline to apply for limited spaces is May 15, 2009. For more information, contact Ken Appelt at TCALL (800-441-7323).

July 14-16, 2009: Adult Ed Administrators' Summer Institute will be held at the Stagecoach Inn in Salado. The Summer Institute is for both Adult Education Directors and EL Civics Coordinators. For advice on participation, contact your Grant Service Manager at Texas LEARNS. For information on registration or hotel, contact TCALL (800-441-READ).

July 15-16, 2009: Statewide Math Institute will be held in Salado. After successful completion of this initiative, participants will become statewide trainers in the art and science of teaching mathematics to adults. Deadline to apply for limited spaces is May 20, 2009. For more information, contact Rebecca Davis at karad00@tamuk.edu or call 361-593-4183.

July 17, 2009: Oxford University Press will sponsor two workshops presented by author Jayme Adelson-Goldstein at Houston Community College West Loop Center Auditorium, 5601 West Loop South; Houston 77081. Lunch will be provided. Attendees will receive the following publications and handouts: Oxford Picture Dictionary, 2nd Edition (2009); Vocabulary Development Handbook - an invaluable resource that provides a review of current research on vocabulary development and shows how research informs instruction; Professional Development Handbook which offers research-based teaching strategies, tasks and reproducible activities to support teachers in building a repertoire of effective instructional strategies; and an Activity Packet that provides a wealth of materials created specifically by Jayme for the workshop for you to use in your classroom. This is a collection of Jayme’s most useful and exciting classroom activities. This package has a retail value of $200! Please use the special registration forms below to register for these two trainings. (You will need Microsoft® Word to view this registration form. Please download Microsoft® Word Reader if you do not have Microsoft® Word on your computer.)

A Lexical Feast: Teaching Vocabulary Strategies Across Levels will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Noon. Vocabulary acquisition is key to our learners’ language skill development and research shows that the direct instruction of vocabulary is essential for successful acquisition. This lighthearted workshop will explore the vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) that learners at all levels can use to develop their active vocabulary. We’ll also work with practice activities that support the five stages of vocabulary acquisition within a communicative lesson: comprehension, retention, recognition out of the original context, production, and ownership. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800265, registration number 09240, and section number CY 593. Special Registration Form (Microsoft® Word document). For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu

Picturing Success in the Multilevel Classroom: Resources that Reach Across Levels will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The multilevel teaching environment requires that instructors provide synchronous instruction to learners with diverse needs and proficiencies. To meet that challenge, we need resources that will work at multiple levels and in multiple contexts. In this workshop, we’ll explore ways to use visual and audio resources to support multilevel instruction in both narrow and broad spectrum multilevel classes. We’ll also see how developing a repertoire of strategies and activities can make multilevel lesson planning less arduous! Throughout this session, you’ll have the opportunity to work with presentation strategies as well as same-level and mixed-level practice activities that can be easily adapted for use in your own classroom or professional development trainings. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800266, registration number 09242, and section number CY 594. Special Registration Form (Microsoft® Word document). For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu

July 17, 2009: Connecting Teachers, Students and Families will be held at Wharton County Junior College, Wharton. Additional session Information and 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

July 17, 2009: Team Building will be held at Wharton County Junior College, Wharton. Additional session Information and 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

July 18, 2009: TABE Plus Training will be held at Victoria Adult Education, Victoria College, 802 E. Crestwood, Victoria. Additional session Information and 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

July 20, 2009: TISESL Sales and Service and Employability will be held at Austin Learning Academy in Austin, Texas from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm.  Participation is limited to Austin Learning Academy administrators and program-designated TISESL instructor(s). Please contact Denise Guckert at dg21@txstate.edu or at 1-877-798-5522.

July 21, 2009: New Teacher Academy will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Hanson-Sewell Center located at 237 College Street, Pittsburg. For more information, please contact Sue Barker at 903-434-8251 or sbarker@ntcc.edu.

July 22, 2009: Retention and Progress through Centers will be held at Wharton County Junior College, Wharton. Additional session Information and 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

July 23, 2009: Retention and Progress through Centers will be held at Wharton County Junior College, Wharton. Additional session Information and 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

July 23, 2009: Data Detective will be held from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at Sam Tasby Middle School located at 7001 Fair Oaks Avenue in Dallas. For more information, please contact Nelia Jones at 972.925.4445 or njones@dallasisd.org.

July 23, 2009: BEST Plus Refresher will be held from 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm  and 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Sam Tasby Middle School located at 7001 Fair Oaks Avenue in Dallas. For more information, please contact Nelia Jones at 972.925.4445 or njones@dallasisd.org.

July 24, 2009: BEST Plus Training will be held from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at Sam Tasby Middle School located at 7001 Fair Oaks Avenue in Dallas. For more information, please contact Nelia Jones at 972.925.4445 or njones@dallasisd.org.

July 25, 2009: TABE Testing will be held from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at Sam Tasby Middle School located at 7001 Fair Oaks Avenue in Dallas. For more information, please contact Nelia Jones at 972.925.4445 or njones@dallasisd.org.

July 25, 2009: BEST Plus will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Trinity Valley Community College located at 100 Cardinal Drive in Athens. For more information, please contact Chris Hicks at 903-675-6330 or chicks@tvcc.edu.  

July 25, 2009: BEST Plus will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lone Star College North Harris,250 N. Sam Houston Pkwy E., Greenspoint Center Room 306, Houston 77060. Presenter is Bill Medina. 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. Participant Materials Needed: Each participant MUST bring a Test Administrator's Guide to be certified as a BEST Plus test administrator. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800043, registration number 17457, and section number CY 625. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

July 27-28, 2009: Literacy Texas Annual Conference will be held in Austin Marriott South Hotel. For more information, contact TCALL at 800-441-7323 or email tcall@tamu.edu and ask to be subscribed to the LiteracyTexasLink email discussion list.

July 28 - 30, 2009: ESL Summer Institute: Get Your Students Talking! Are you looking for ideas on how to engage adult learners in conversations, interviews and discussions? Do you want to breathe new life into your classes by having students involved in drama and poetry? This 3-day workshop will present hands-on activities that will have students talking at the best of their abilities. We will demonstrate how to create simple one-question surveys that work both inside and outside of the classroom and how even beginning level students can express ideas as part of structured pair activities. Proven strategies such as Readers’ Theater can help even the shyest students find their voice. We will show how role-plays and drama can be used to engage students in problem solving and communication and how scenarios can present a jumping off point for playing with language while discussing issues important in students’ lives. The sessions will be from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day and located at the Socorro ISD - District Service Center in Training Room A at 12440 Rojas, El Paso, 79928. Attendees must participate in all three sessions and the follow-up to be eligible for the stipend. Please email farwestg@farwestgreat.org if you have any questions or call (915) 937-1725. Register Online now!

July 29, 2009: The New Approach to Content Standards will be held from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm at Hanson Sewell Center located at 237 College Street in Pittsburg, Texas. For more information, please contact Sue Barker at 903-434-8251 or sbarker@ntcc.edu.

July 30, 2009: TABE Plus Training will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Education Service Center, Region IX located at 301 Loop 11 in Wichita Falls, Texas. For more information, please contact Miriam Mas at 940-322-6928 or miriam.mas@esc9.net.

July 30, 2009: TEAMS for Teachers will be held from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm at the Hanson Sewell Center located at 237 College Street in Pittsburg.  For more information, please contact Sue Barker at 903-434-8251 or sbarker@ntcc.edu.

July 31, 2009: Reflective Practice and Credential: will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market Street, Houston, TX 77020. Presenter: Debbie Janysek. The purpose of the professional development is to introduce teachers pursuing the Credential to the Scoring Rubric and the reflective writing process. The training will consist of a detailed overview of the Credential Reflection Scoring Rubric requirements and guidance on how to write reflections that meet the performance requirements of the rubric. Participants must have previously attended a PDPW and should come to the training prepared to write about a recent PD experience. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800136, registration number 18773, and section number CY 626. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

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