About Us
University of Texas El Paso
The West GREAT Center is unique among the GREAT 8 in that it is located in the Far West region but it serves the West region of the state. The West region is primarily rural and extends over a large geographic area-from the northern boundary of the state in the panhandle down to the southern boundary in Presidio County. Some of the cities that are in the region are Amarillo, San Angelo, Abilene, Big Springs, Midland, Lubbock, and Odessa. The following lists some of the literacy providers in the region with their respective contact information (for a literacy provider that serves your city, go to the Directory of Literacy Providers on the TCALL site and search by city or county name):
Abilene
ISD
Merri Lynn Rideout, email: merri.rideout@abileneisd.org
Howard
College Big Spring
Tammy Alexander, email: talexander@howardcollege.edu
Howard
College San Angelo
Mike Hemmeter, email: mhemmeter@howardcollege.edu
Midland
College
Lynda Webb, email: lwebb@midland.edu
Odessa
College
John Tucker, email: jtucker@odessa.edu
Region
16 Amarillo
Cindy Todd, email: cindy.todd@esc16.net
Region
17 Lubbock
Gayla Dirks, email: gdirks@esc17.net
Yolonda Moore, email: ymoore@esc17.net
Vernita Holmes, email: vholmes@esc17.net
Presidio
ISD
Samuel Carrasco, email: scarrasco@presidioisd.net
The West GREAT Center is located at the University of Texas at El Paso and is housed in the College of Education. The staff is proud of the Center and is working diligently to serve the professional development needs of our colleagues in the west.
