May 2008 Calendar Archive

May 2008

May 1, 2008: Even Start Continuation Grant Applications available. For more information, visit the TEA Grant Opportunities web site. The continuation grant applications are due June 3, 2008.

May 1-2, 2008: Training of Trainers Principles of Participatory Education will be held at Student Support Services, Rm 809, 2909 N. Buckner, Dallas 75228 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This workshop is designed to teach prospective trainers how to use the principles of participatory adult education. The training will review the philosophies of participatory adult education and improve your performance of techniques and drills. For more information contact Dorris Baker (972) 794-7361 or Stacy Milberger (Literacy Texas) (361) 648-1747.

May 3, 2008: Multiple Intelligences will be held at Education Service Center Region 20, San Antonio from 8:30 am- 3:30 pm. 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.

May 3, 2008:BEST Pluswill be held at 1066 W. Magnolia, Ft Worth from 8:30 pm to 3:30 pm. 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 Dorris Baker (972) 749-2506 or Aida Martinez (817) 852-1000.

May 9, 2008: Even Start Competitive Grant Applications Available. For more information, visit the TEA Grant Opportunities web site. The competitive grant application is due by 5:00 pm on July 8, 2008.  Awards are expected to be announced in August for a start date of September 1, 2008.

May 10, 2008: Cycle Your Way Through Reading In Three Easy Steps will be held at Education Service Center Region 20, San Antonio from 8:30 am- 11:30 pm. 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.

May 10, 2008: Adult Education 101 will be held at Education Service Center Region 20, San Antonio from 8:30 am- 11:30 pm. 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.

May 12, 2008: TETN Bidder's Conference for Even Start Competitive Grant Applications is scheduled for 9:00 AM. To attend, contact your regional Education Service Center and ask about TETN Event #30915.  For more information, visit the TEA Grant Opportunities web site.

May 13 and 14, 2008: Technology Training will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm ( 6 hrs training each day with one hour for lunch) at Midland College 3600 N. Garfield, Midland . Trainer is Ann Savino. Please contact Lynda Webb for further information 432-685-4566 or lwebb@midland.edu. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

May 14, 2008: National Leadership Excellence Academy continues with a one-hour Web cast, time to be announced. For more information on this series, contact Sheryl Jefferson at Texas LEARNS  or email Ken Appelt at TCALL

May 15, 2008: Windows® XP® Advanced Management will be held from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Kyle Learning Center, Saddle Creek Apartments, Kyle 78640. The workshop focuses on advanced searching, understanding file types and structures, using system maintenance tools, and preventing spyware and viruses. The trainer will be Denise Guckert. Participants should have attended the Central GREAT Windows® XP® File Management offered in February, 2008 OR have extensive experience organizing and searching for folders and files and using the control panel to customize XP settings. You must register to attend as space is limited. Central registration form. For information, please contact Mario Mokarzel mm64@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522.

May 15, 2008: Using the Class Roster (in TEAMS) for Program Improvement, will be held at Grayson County Community College, 6101 Grayson Dr., Denison, 75020 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Participants will learn how they can use the data from the class roster in TEAMS to improve their class performance. For more information contact Dorris A. Baker (972) 794-7361 or Donna Byrum (903) 463-8745.

May 16, 2008: South Central GREAT Center Advisory Committee Meeting will be held at San Antonio ISD, 325 Pruitt, San Antonio 78204, from 10:00 am - Noon

May 16-17, 2008: GED Academy: Writing - - Session 3: Assessing Students’ Writing. Teachers who participate in this session will be able to: develop an appropriate writing prompt that can be used to assess students’ writing at the entry level; analyze the writing samples provided by their students and identify errors in grammar, usage, and sentence structure; and develop an individualized plan to assist students in systematically improving their writing. This session will be held on Friday from 4:30 pm -7:30 pm and on Saturday from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at the Socorro Community Learning Center on 313 S. Rio Vista Rd., El Paso. This is the last of three workshops (remaining follow up session May 23). Please email farwestg@farwestgreat.org if you have any questions or call (915) 937-1725.

May 17, 2008: Portfolio Training will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (6 hr. training with one hr. for lunch) at 1001 Birdwell Lane, Howard College, Big Spring. Trainer is Tonie Badillo. Please contact Debbie Klepper for further information 432-264-5014 or dklepper@howardcollege.edu. You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

May 17, 2008: TEAMS for Teachers will be held at Education Service Center Region 20, San Antonio from 8:30 am- 12:30 pm. 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.

May 17, 2008: Texas Adult Education Content Standards will be held at Education Service Center Region 20, San Antonio from 8:30 am- 3:30 pm. 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.

May 17, 2008: GED Train-the-Trainer.will be held at Student Support Services—Rm 809, 2909 N. Buckner, Dallas 75228 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Participants will learn how to conduct specific modules of the 18-hr GED Academy. For more information contact Dorris Baker (972) 794-7361.

May 20, 2008: High Performing Teachers: Leading Students to Success in the 21st Century. This free broadcast from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Central Time is part of the U.S. Department of Education “Education News Parents Can Use” television series about ways to ensure children's educational success. Satellite coordinates for each broadcast are provided free of charge to all broadcast stations and outlets but requires pre-registration for the 2007-2008 season at http://registerevent.ed.gov.

May 21, 2008: South Project GREAT Advisory Committee Meeting will be held from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at Texas A&M University-Kingsville at Robert B. Cousins Hall, Room 118.  

May 21 - 23, 2008: Special Learning Needs Training Series conducted by Neil Sturomski and Nancie Payne concludes with this fourth of four 3-day (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily) training events. For more information on this series, contact Tracy Hendrix at Texas LEARNS or email Ken Appelt at TCALL.

May 23, 2008: Multi-Level ESL Follow-up Training will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (6 hour training with one hr. for lunch) at Abilene Adult Education 1929 South 11th Street Abilene. Trainer is Harriet Hubacker. Please contact Merri Lynn Rideout for further information 325-671-4419 or merri.rideout@abileneisd.org. Closed to West only.  You must register to attend. West Registration Form.

May 24, 2008: Multi-Level ESL for Adult Education will be held at Education Service Center Region 20, San Antonio from 8:30 am- 11:30 pm. 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.

May 24, 2008: Multi-Level ABE/GED will be held at Education Service Center Region 20, San Antonio from 8:30 am- 11:30 pm. 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.

May 29, 2008: Pathways to Partnership with Business meeting in Houston will be sponsored by Dollar General Literacy Foundation and convened by the National Coalition for Literacy in partnership with Texas Adult Education. Low literacy has a tremendous impact on the workforce competitiveness of Texas and the problem is growing. Join business representatives, adult education professionals and policy makers for presentations and dialogue about sharing strategies and best practices for working together to address this issue. To attend, RSVP by May 20 to TCALL (email tcall@tamu.edu or call 800-441-READ). Event is free and lunch is provided. The Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel has reserved rooms at the rate of $85/night. To reserve rooms for the “National Coalition for Literacy” group, call 1-888-627-8196 by May 14, 2008. For more information, please contact Jennifer Maloney, Director - National Coalition for Literacy, 301-602-6358. Meeting flyer. [ PDF, download Adobe® Acrobat® Reader ]

May 30, 2008: Teaching the Principal Documents of American Democracy. This FREE Conference for Civics and Citizenship Teachers of Adults will be hosted in Houston by Texas LEARNS on behalf of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Participants will learn about the redesigned naturalization test, the naturalization process, the history and meaning of the principal documents of American democracy, and how to prepare students for naturalization interview and test. Conference will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Harris County Department of Education Building, 6300 Irvington Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77022. Registration is limited, and will be accepted until May 20 or until the training is full. See the Conference Flyer. [PDF - download Adobe® Acrobat® Reader] For registration form, go to http://www.uscis.gov/teachertraining. If you are interested in a group order for lunch (at your own cost), email Stella Earhart at TCALL or call 800-441-READ.

May 30, 2008: 4th Annual Adult Education and Workforce Conference: On the Road to Enhancing Partnerships will be held at Education Service Center Region 20, San Antonio from 8:00 am- 4:30 pm. 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.

May 31, 2008: Professional Development Planning Workshop (PDPW) will be held from 9:00 pm – 4:00 p.m. at the Kyle Learning Center, Saddle Creek Apartments, 21393 North IH-35, Kyle 78640 (Lunch on your own). Mary Helen Martinez will facilitate. This is the initial training for teachers interested in obtaining an Adult Education Teacher Credential. The workshop will address how to enroll in the Texas Adult Education Teacher Credential and how to submit narrative reflections into State electronic database, CredITS (Credential Information Tracking System). Registration is open only to participants who are currently in TEAMS database (Federally and State funded Adult Education programs including EL Civics). For information on directions or other logistics, you may contact Mario Mokarzel mm64@txstate.edu or toll free 1-877-798-5522. Participation is limited to 20 for this workshop, first come first serve, so please register to attend: Central registration form.

May 31, 2008: Professional Development Planning Workshop will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Houston Community College, 3100 Main St., Seminar A, Houston 77002. Presenter is Brenda Dunlap. This 6-hour workshop will provide participants with an introduction to the Texas Adult Education Credential. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800027, registration number 79622, and section number CY 425. Coastal Registration form. For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu

May 31, 2008: GED Academy I, will be held at Student Support Services—Rm 809, 2909 N. Buckner, Dallas, 75228 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information contact Dorris Baker (972) 794-7361. Participants must be pre-registered.