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September 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.

September 2009

September 8, 2009: Far West GREAT Center Advisory Committee Meeting will be held from 10:00 am - noon. The location is yet to be determined.

September 9-10, 2009: New Administrators' Training for new adult education co-op and EL Civics grant directors/coordinators will be held at Texas LEARNS from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. For advice on who should attend, contact your Grant Service Manager at Texas LEARNS. For registration and hotel information, contact TCALL (800-441-7323).

September 11-12, 2009: Far West Regional Training: Effective Instruction for All Adult Education Students including those with Special Learning Needs, Session 2 of 4: The content, techniques and strategies taught during this four-part training, conducted by Stacey Milberger, will provide teachers in the Far West Region with effective instructional methods for all adult education students, including those with special learning needs. This session will be held on Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Socorro ISD - District Service Center in Training Room A, 12440 Rojas, El Paso. This is the second of four (4) sessions (remaining sessions: 11/20-21; 1/29-30). Attendees must participate in all four sessions to be eligible for the training stipend.

September 12, 2009: Content Standards Training will be held from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (6 hr. training with one hr. for lunch) at Odessa College – Adult Basic Education located on 201 W. University Blvd, Odessa. Trainer is Gordon Peterson. Please contact John Tucker for further information 432-335-6381 or jtucker@odessa.edu You must register to attend. West Registration Form

September 12, 2009: Essentials of Teaching will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Education Service Center, Region VI located at 3332 Montgomery Road in Huntsville, Texas. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at 936-435-8330 or jratliff@esc6.net.

September 12, 2009: Culture and Learning in the ESOL Classroom, Session I of II will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Ruiz Branch Library, 1600 Grove Blvd., Austin 78741. The presenter is Linda Muñoz. This workshop is a 2-part session totaling 9 hours of professional development for adult ESOL instructors. This workshop will look at goals of cultural instruction as well as how culture is often learned. There will be hands on activities for teachers to do as they share with each other their own cultural experiences and values, discussing how these are similar to or different from those that their adult learners may hold, and developing strategies to both recognize similarities and bridge differences. For additional information, please contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522. Please register to attend Central registration form.

September 12, 2009: BEST Plus Test Administrator Training will be held from 9 am to 4 pm at Central Texas College, 6200 West Central Texas Expressway, Killeen, TX 76549. Room TBA. This is required training for certification to administer the BEST Plus oral interview. Wendy Taylor, presenter. For additional information, please contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522. Please register to attend Central registration form.

September 12, 2009: Content Standards will be held from 8:30 am – 3:00 pm at Ft. Worth Adult Education Center located at 1066 West Magnolia in Ft. Worth. For more information, please contact Patricia Covert Patricia.Covert@fwisd.org or 817-852-1000 Ext. 243.

September 12, 2009: TABE 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. For more information, please contact Miriam Mas at 940-322-6928 or Miriam.mas@esc9.net.

September 12, 2009: BEST Plus Training will be held from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (6 hr. training with one hr. for lunch) at 1601 S. Cleveland, Amarillo. Trainer is Debbie Van Pelt. Please contact Brittney Haas for further information 806-677-5283 or brittneyhaas.esc16.net You must register to attend. West Registration Form

September 12, 2009: Content Standards will be held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Tyler Junior College (West Campus) located at 1530 SSW Loop 323 in Tyler. For more information, please contact Resa Wingfield at 903-533-0330 or rewind6972@yahoo.com.

September 12. 2009: BEST Plus Training will be held at Education Service Center Region 20 Conference Center, 1314 Hines Ave., San Antonio 78208. 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

September 14-15, 2009: TISESL Training - Employability Component will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Presidio, Texas. Trainer is Sandi Schneider. Please contact Samuel Carrasco for further information (432)229-3275 or scarrasco@presidio-isd.net.

September 16-17, 2009: Brain Compatible Learning and Beyond will be held from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Presidio I.S.D., 100 Market Presidio. Trainer is Dr. Elva Lopez. Please contact Samuel Carrasco for further information (432)229-3275 or scarrasco@presidio-isd.net. You must register to attend. West Registration Form

September 17, 2009: Coastal Region Great Center Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting will be held at Lone Star College – Fairbanks Center, 14955 Northwest Freeway - Room 217, Houston 77040, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu

September 18, 2009: Multi-Level ESL Training Strategies will be held from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Presidio, Texas. Trainers are Carol Speigl and Alex Baez. Please contact Samuel Carrasco for further information (432)229-3275 or scarrasco@presidio-isd.net. You must register to attend. West Registration Form

September 18, 2009: EL Civics Institute will be held from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. in McAllen. The hotel will be The Hilton Garden Inn, 617 W. Expressway 83, McAllen, Texas. The institute will be held at The Hilton Garden Inn. The trainer will be Dr. Heide Wrigley. For more information, please contact Mr. Barry Johnson at kublj001@tamuk.edu or (361) 593-2755. South Registration Form. | Flyer for EL Civics Training. [Microsoft® Word document]

September 18, 2009: Geometry and Measurement will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market St, Houston 77020. Presenter: Denise Johnson. Geometry and Measurement is designed to provide teachers with creative teaching techniques for units of measurement in different systems to assess the characteristics of lines and geometric figures. The training will include a review on how to convert from metric and customary measures; interpret lines and graphs (e.g., coordinates, perpendicular, parallel, intersections, slope); analyze geometric figures (e.g., angles, congruence, Pythagorean Theorem); and solve problems (e.g., length, perimeter, area, surface area, volume, weight). Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800159, registration number 18794, and section number CY 632. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

September 18, 2009: West GREAT Center Advisory Committee Meeting will be held from 12:30 p.m. -3:30 pm at Howard College, ABE Center 1100 Martin Luther King, San Angelo 76904

September 19, 2009: EL Civics Institute will be held from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in McAllen. The trainers will be Dr. Heide Wrigley and Mr. Jim Powrie. The institute will be held at The Hilton Garden Inn, 617 W. Expressway 83, McAllen, Texas. For more information, please contact Mr. Barry Johnson at kublj001@tamuk.edu or (361) 593-2755. | Flyer for EL Civics Training. [Microsoft® Word document]

September 19, 2009: GED Content Standards Workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in Laredo. The trainers will be Mr. Robert Duenez and Mr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez. The workshop will be held at Laredo Community College in the Eloy Garcia Building, West End Washington in Laredo. For more information, please contact Mr. Barry Johnson at kublj001@tamuk.edu or (361) 593-2755. South Registration Form.

September 19, 2009: ESL Content Standards Workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in Laredo. The workshop will be held at Laredo Community College in the Eloy Garcia Building, West End Washington in Laredo. The trainer will be Ms. Sandra Schneider. For more information, please contact Mr. Barry Johnson at kublj001@tamuk.edu or (361) 593-2755. South Registration Form.

September 19, 2009: Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Adult Learners will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Houston READ Commission Training Center, 6402 Market St, Houston 77020. Presenter: Tiffany Bob. In this two-day hands-on and interactive training session, the participants will gain knowledge of critical information and strategies for teaching, assessing, and monitoring adult education students with a variety of learning needs. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800276, registration number 18797, and section number CY 633. Coastal Registration form For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

September 19, 2009: Effective Multilevel Strategies for ABE/ASE Learners (Modules 2 & 3) will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Houston Community College, 3100 Main Street, Room TBA, Houston 77002. Presenter is Margaret Flint. This interactive training focuses on appropriate lesson planning strategies, group strategies, and effective multi-level activities. It 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, and proficiency objectives of the Texas Content standards will be presented. Participants who complete all three modules will receive a copy of Teaching Large Multilevel Classes by Natalie Hess. Completion of Module One is a pre-requisite for these sessions.Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800154, registration number 23395, and section number CY 657. For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

September 19, 2009: Content Standards Training will be held from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (6 hr. training with one hr. for lunch) at 1601 24th Street, Lubbock. Trainer is Gordon Peterson. Please contact Gayla Dirks for further information 806-281-5752 or gdirks@esc17.net.You must register to attend. West Registration Form

September 19, 2009: Essentials of Teaching 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.

September 19. 2009: QUILT for Adult Education Instructors will be held at Education Service Center Region 20 Conference Center, 1314 Hines Ave., San Antonio 78208. 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

September 19. 2009: Data Quality Management Session I will be held at San Antonio ISD, San Antonio. 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

September 22, 2009: Effective Instruction for All Adult Education Students including Those with Special Learning Needs Training-of-Trainers Meeting #1 of 4 will be held at the Texas LEARNS office in Houston. Train-the-trainer participants attend the “regular” training on September 23-25 as well as this date. For more information, contact Tracy Hendrix at Texas LEARNS or Ken Appelt at TCALL.

September 23-25, 2009: Effective Instruction for All Adult Education Students including Those with Special Learning Needs Training #1 of 4 will be held at the Texas LEARNS office in Houston. This training, conducted by Neil Sturomski and Nancie Payne, national experts in the field of special learning needs, is for teachers in adult education programs. The content, techniques and strategies taught during this four-part training will provide teachers with effective instructional methods for all adult education students, including those with special learning needs. This enables teachers to provide the best classroom learning experience for ALL students. For more information, contact Tracy Hendrix at Texas LEARNS or Ken Appelt at TCALL.

September 25, 2009: Data Detective Workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Del Mar College, 485 Airport Road at Santa Elena, Corpus Christi 78408. The training will be held at the G.E.D. Center, portable building 1301 D. The trainer will be Ms. Helen Mills. For more information, please contact Mr. Barry Johnson at kublj001@tamuk.edu or (361) 593-2755. South Registration Form.

September 25, 2009: DL101: Implementing Distance Learning for Adult Education in Texas will be held from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm. at the Adult Education Center, 1800 Pope Street, Beaumont 77702. Presenter is Renata Russo. Distance education is now an option for adult education and family literacy programs in Texas. Teachers who wish use this approach are required to participate in Distance Learning 101: Teaching Adult Learners at a Distance (DL 101). This course is itself a distance course and is designed to help teachers and administrators develop a distance education plan for an approved curriculum for their program. Please use these numbers to register: CABEA 6800158, registration number 23397, and section number CY 658. Coastal Registration form. For more information, please email CoastalCF@lonestar.edu.

September 26, 2009: Culture and Learning in the ESOL Classroom, Session II of II will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Ruiz Branch Library, 1600 Grove Blvd., Austin 78741. The presenter is Linda Muñoz. This workshop is the 2nd session in a 2 part session totaling 9 hours of professional development for adult ESOL instructors. Please see workshop description above on September 12, 2009 Central GREAT training. For additional information, please contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522.

September 26, 2009: Applying Content Standards will be held from 8:30 - 11:00 am and 12:00 - 3:00 pm at Ft. Worth Adult Education Center located at 1066 West Magnolia in Ft. Worth. For more information, please contact Patricia Covert Patricia.Covert@fwisd.org or 817-852-1000 Ext. 243.

September 26, 2009: TABE 9/10 Training will be held from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at Education Service Center, Region VI located at 3332 Montgomery Road in Huntsville. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at 936-435-8330or jratliff@esc6.net.

September 26, 2009: Using Content Standards to Develop Coherent Units of Instruction will be held from 8:30 am – 11:45 am and 1:15 pm - 4:30 pm at Education Service Center, Region VI located at 3332 Montgomery Road in Huntsville. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at 936-435-8330or jratliff@esc6.net.

September 26, 2009: Classrooms That Work will be held from 8:30 am - 11:45 am and 1:15 pm - 4:30 pm at Education Service Center, Region VI located at 3332 Montgomery Road in Huntsville. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at 936-435-8330or jratliff@esc6.net.

September 26, 2009: TABE Refresher will be held from 8:30 am - 11:45 am and 1:15 pm - 4:30 pm at Education Service Center, Region VI located at 3332 Montgomery Road in Huntsville. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at 936-435-8330or jratliff@esc6.net.

September 26, 2009: English For All will be held from 8:30 am - 11:45 am and 1:15 pm - 4:30 pm at Education Service Center, Region VI located at 3332 Montgomery Road in Huntsville. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at 936-435-8330or jratliff@esc6.net.

September 26, 2009: Content Standards will be held from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at Education Service Center, Region VI located at 3332 Montgomery Road in Huntsville. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at 936-435-8330or jratliff@esc6.net.

September 26, 2009: BEST Plus Training will be held from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at Education Service Center, Region VI located at 3332 Montgomery Road in Huntsville. For more information, please contact Jim Ratliff at 936-435-8330or jratliff@esc6.net.

September 26, 2009: Student Retention for Adult Education will be held from 9 am to 1 pm at La Fuente Learning Center, 758 Springdale Road, Austin 78752. Denise Guckert will facilitate. In this session, we first review research from NSCALL (National Center for Study of Adult Learning and Literacy) on adult student persistence. Participants will apply research to a case study and create a student retention plan of action. We will also review 3 TEAMS reports useful for teachers for tracking student retention. Space is limited! For additional information, please contact Mario Mokarzel at mm64@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522. Please register to attend Central registration form.

September 28-29, 2009: TCABE State Leadership Annual Conference will be hosted by Texas Council for Adult Basic Education in Austin at the DoubleTree Hotel. For more information as plans are finalized, subscribe to TCALL’s Adult Education Administrators’ Listserv.

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