2009 Regional Calendar Archive
January 10, 2009: Data Detective -TEAMS for Teachers for will be held from 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM at Navarro College in Corsicana. The presenter is Denise Guckert. Session objectives are as follows:
- Understand the National Reporting System (NRS) and Federal and State Performance Measures
- Analyze TEAMS Report - Participant Roster By Class
- Calculate class retention, level completions and gains
- Develop strategies for program improvement
SESSION IS FULL. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free1-877-798-5522.
January 10, 2009: Student Retention in Adult Education will be held from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas. The presenter is Denise Guckert. In this session, we first review research from NSCALL (National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy) on adult student persistence. Initial findings outline four supports and an abundance of strategies that teachers and programs can put in place to increase adult student persistence. Participants will apply the model to a case study and then create a personal retention plan to address student motivation and retention in their own programs or classes. SESSION IS FULL. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free1-877-798-5522.
January 14, 2009: Oral Language Acquisition and the Low Level Learner: Teaching Strategies & Activities (morning session) will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Austin Community College, Highland Business Center (HBC), Room 301, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752. The presenter is Sandra Schneider. This session addresses teaching strategies and activities that enhance success in developing oral language acquisition with low level adult ESL learners. Strategies and activities designed to spark interest, participation, and confidence can help ensure student success and progress. This session will include discussion, hands-on activities, and participant sharing. Participants will leave with practical ideas and activities that can be used in the adult ESL classroom. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free 1-877-798-5522. Please register to attend Central
registration form.
January 14, 2009: Student Retention in Adult Education (afternoon session) will be held from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Austin Community College, Highland Business Center (HBC), Room 301, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752. The presenter is Denise Guckert. In this session, we first review research from NSCALL (National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy) on adult student persistence. Initial findings outline four supports and an abundance of strategies that teachers and programs can put in place to increase adult student persistence. Participants will apply the model to a case study and then create a personal retention plan to address student motivation and retention in their own programs or classes. Please register to attend: Central registration form. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free 1-877-798-5522. This workshop is now full.
January 14, 2009: Oral Language Acquisition and the Low Level Learner: Teaching Strategies & Activities (evening session) will be held from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Austin Community College, Highland Business Center (HBC), Room 214, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752. The presenter is Sandra Schneider. This session addresses teaching strategies and activities that enhance success in developing oral language acquisition with low level adult ESL learners. Strategies and activities designed to spark interest, participation, and confidence can help ensure student success and progress. This session will include discussion, hands-on activities, and participant sharing. Participants will leave with practical ideas and activities that can be used in the adult ESL classroom. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free 1-877-798-5522. Please register to attend Central
registration form.
January 14, 2009: Student Retention in Adult Education (evening session) will be held from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Austin Community College, Highland Business Center (HBC), Room 301, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752. The presenter is Mary Helen Martinez. In this session, we first review research from NSCALL (National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy) on adult student persistence. Initial findings outline four supports and an abundance of strategies that teachers and programs can put in place to increase adult student persistence. Participants will apply the model to a case study and then create a personal retention plan to address student motivation and retention in their own programs or classes. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free 1-877-798-5522. Please register to attend Central
registration form.
January 15, 2009: Teaching the GED Essay (afternoon session) will be held from 1:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Austin Community College, Highland Business Center (HBC), Room 411, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752. The presenter is Mary Helen Martinez. The GED Essay can be intimidating to many of our students as they find the writing process challenging. Students feel more confident as they undertake the essay portion of the GED Writing Exam if they can break down the writing process into smaller tasks. In this session, participants will analyze and discuss various writing strategies that will help students improve their essay portion of the GED Writing Test. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free 1-877-798-5522. Please register to attend Central
registration form.
January 15, 2009: Teaching the GED Essay (evening session) will be held from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Austin Community College, Highland Business Center (HBC), Room 411, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752. The presenter is Mary Helen Martinez. The GED Essay can be intimidating to many of our students as they find the writing process challenging. Students feel more confident as they undertake the essay portion of the GED Writing Exam if they can break down the writing process into smaller tasks. In this session, participants will analyze and discuss various writing strategies that will help students improve their essay portion of the GED Writing Test. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free 1-877-798-5522. Please register to attend Central
registration form.
January 15, 2009: Digital Storytelling With Microsoft Photostory 3® (morning session) will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Austin Community College, Highland Business Center (HBC), Room 212, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752. Denise Guckert will facilitate. Microsoft Photostory 3®, a freely available software for Windows®), combines pictures, narration, text and video effects to create a digital story in into a Windows® Media Player video. In this hands-on session, instructors will use Photostory® to create their own digital stories by combining photos, narration, text and video effects. Please bring digital photographs of your choice on a CD-Rom or flash drive to the session! SPACE IS LIMITED TO 12. REGISTER EARLY! For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free 1-877-798-5522. This workshop is now full.
January 15, 2009: Digital Storytelling With Microsoft Photostory 3® (evening session) will be held from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Austin Community College, Highland Business Center (HBC), Room 212, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78752. Denise Guckert will facilitate. Microsoft Photostory 3®, a freely available software for Windows®), combines pictures, narration, text and video effects to create a digital story in into a Windows® Media Player video. In this hands-on session, instructors will use Photostory® to create their own digital stories by combining photos, narration, text and video effects. Please bring digital photographs of your choice on a CD-Rom or flash drive to the session! SPACE IS LIMITED TO 12. REGISTER EARLY! . For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free 1-877-798-5522. Central
registration form.
January 17, 2009: ESOL Reading Institute: Research-based Strategies for ESOL Reading, Session II of III will be held from 9 AM to 4 PM at Austin Community College, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78751, Room 411. Nationally known researcher Dr. Heide Spruck Wrigley will facilitate this Institute that is designed for experienced teachers and will focus on research to practice in teaching reading to second language readers with a special focus on comprehension strategies for intermediate level learners. Participants will explore the types of learning experiences that are most likely to promote reading proficiency and will make connections between the ideas presented in the workshop and their own practice. You must have attended Session I in order to attend this session. The final session with Dr. Wrigley April 4, 2009. Participants must agree to attend all sessions. For information, please contact Stan Ashlock, sa07@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522.
January 24, 2009: BEST Plus Administrator Training will be held from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Texas Workforce Center of Williamson County, 1611 Chisholm Trail, Suite #600, Round Rock 78681-2935 Participants will receive BEST Plus Test Administrator certification. BEST Plus Test Administrator Guides (TAGS) will be provided and participants will be certified upon completion of the 6-hour training. Denise Guckert will facilitate. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu, or toll free 1-877-798-5522. Central
registration form.
January 24, 2009: TABE Test Administration will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Central Texas College, Building 152 (Planetarium), Room 102, 6200 West Central TX Expressway, Killeen 76541. Mary Helen Martinez will facilitate. This training will review process for administering TABE assessment including correlating scale scores and using the math table. Preferably, participants will be familiar with the TABE assessment. However, participants who are new to the TABE may attend but we request that they review TABE materials at their local programs before the training. For information on directions or other logistics contact Denise Guckert dg21@txstate.edu or toll free 1-877-798-5522. Central
registration form.
February 7, 2009: ABE/ASE Academy (Session III of V) will be held virtually from 10 AM - 1 PM. Ms. Barbara Baird will facilitate. This academy began with an initial 2 day face-to-face session on November 7 & 8, 2008. The Academy provides ABE/ASE teachers with adult learning theory including brain-based instructional strategies and how to apply them in the classroom. Various classroom strategies are introduced covering reading, writing and math, and teachers have the opportunity to practice strategies in their classrooms between sessions. This session is the second of 3 virtual follow-up sessions. One more virtual web-based sessions (3 hrs) will follow on April 18, 2009. Teachers who did not attend the initial 2-day workshop are still welcome to attend! Master Teachers must attend all sessions! For additional information contact Mary Helen Martinez mm42@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522, Apply to attend this academy [Microsoft® Word]
February 27, 2009: ESOL Workforce Academy (Session III of IV) will be held from 9 AM to 4 PM in Austin, site: TBA. You must have attended Sessions I & II in their entirety in order to be eligible to attend Session III Nationally known researchers Dr. Heide Wrigley and Jim Powrie will facilitate this academy where teachers learn how to use scenario-based strategies drawn from the workplace to improve their students’ ESL workforce communication skills. Participants will also receive materials that focus on communication and literacy skills for work that can be integrated with and supplement instruction in the conventional ESL classroom. This twenty-four (24) hour course is held over four Fridays. Last session will be held April 17, 2009. Participants must attend all sessions! Registration for the ESOL Workforce Academy has closed.
February 28, 2009: ESOL Academy I: Techniques for Teaching Adult ESOL (Session III of IV) You must have attended the previous two sessions to attend Session III. Academy will be held from 9 AM to 4 PM at Austin Community College, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 78751, Room 411. This twenty-four (24) hour course, held over four Saturdays - and led by Dr. Heide Wrigley - is for ESOL teachers who want to “beef up” their everyday teaching skills and for newer teachers of Adult ESOL. You will learn about and practice developing new strategies, activities, and lessons that will support your students’ learning. This workshop will let you increase your repertoire of skills and make it easier to make informed decisions about what to teach and why. After participation in the Academy and engagement with the ideas presented, you will know why some activities and approaches are more effective than others in fostering second language acquisition and promoting deeper learning. Final session will April 18, 2009. For information please contact Denise Guckert at dg21@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522. Registration for the ESOL Academy I is currently full and closed.
April 4, 2009: ESOL Reading Institute: Research-based Strategies for ESOL Reading, Session III of III will be a virtual session held from 10 AM to 1 PM. Nationally known researcher Dr. Heide Spruck Wrigley will facilitate this Institute that is designed for experienced teachers and will focus on research to practice in teaching reading to second language readers with a special focus on comprehension strategies for intermediate level learners. Participants will explore the types of learning experiences that are most likely to promote reading proficiency and will make connections between the ideas presented in the workshop and their own practice. You must have attended Sessions I and II in order to participate in Session III. For information, please contact Stan Ashlock, sa07@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522.
April 17, 2009: ESOL Workforce Academy (Session IVof IV) will be held from 9 AM to 4 PM in Austin, site: TBA. You must have attended all three previous sessions in their entirety in order to be eligible to attend Session IV Nationally known researchers Dr. Heide Wrigley and Jim Powrie will facilitate this academy where teachers learn how to use scenario-based strategies drawn from the workplace to improve their students’ ESL workforce communication skills. Participants will also receive materials that focus on communication and literacy skills for work that can be integrated with and supplement instruction in the conventional ESL classroom. This twenty-four (24) hour course is held over four Fridays. Participants must attend all sessions! Registration for the ESOL Workforce Academy has closed.
April 18, 2009: ESOL Academy I: Techniques for Teaching Adult ESOL (Session IV of IV) You must have attended the previous three sessions to attend Session IV. Academy will be held from 9 AM to 4 PM in Austin, site TBA. This twenty-four (24) hour course, held over four Saturdays - and led by Dr. Heide Wrigley - is for ESOL teachers who want to “beef up” their everyday teaching skills and for newer teachers of Adult ESOL. You will learn about and practice developing new strategies, activities, and lessons that will support your students’ learning. This workshop will let you increase your repertoire of skills and make it easier to make informed decisions about what to teach and why. After participation in the Academy and engagement with the ideas presented, you will know why some activities and approaches are more effective than others in fostering second language acquisition and promoting deeper learning. This is the final session.. For information please contact Denise Guckert at dg21@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522. Registration for the ESOL Academy I is currently full and closed.
April 18, 2009: ABE/ASE Academy (Session V of V) will be held virtually from 10 AM - 1 PM. Ms. Barbara Baird will facilitate. This academy began with an initial 2 day face-to-face session on November 7 & 8, 2008 and includes three virtual web-based follow-up sessions. This session is the third and last virtual follow-up. The Academy provides ABE/ASE teachers with adult learning theory including brain-based instructional strategies and how to apply them in the classroom. Various classroom strategies are introduced covering reading, writing and math, and teachers have the opportunity to practice strategies in their classrooms between sessions. You must have attended the initial 2-day training in November in order to participate in this virtual session. Master Teachers must attend all sessions! For additional information contact Mary Helen Martinez mm42@txstate.edu or 1-877-798-5522.
