TALAE Awarding $100 Stipend to First 200 Teachers or Administrators Who Obtain a Credential!!

TALAE is committed to promoting professional development for adult education teachers and administrators in the state of Texas.

The Texas Adult Education Credential project was developed in a field-based process that began in 1998 in response to a call from the field and TALAE for a credential to help professionalize adult education. The Texas Adult Education Teacher Credential Model is based on Professional Development that individual teachers select. Instructors prepare a professional development plan and submit written reflections after the implementation of knowledge or skills obtained through participation in professional development activities. The Administrator Credential was developed in a parallel process, in which Texas Administrators helped to determine both the content and the structure of the Model.

In an effort to encourage adult educators to pursue the Texas Adult Education Teacher or Administrator Credential, TALAE Board Members have committed funds to acknowledge educators’ dedication to the field of adult education. TALAE Board Members voted to provide a $100 stipend to the first 200 teachers or administrators who obtain a credential and to recognize the recipients at TALAE’s annual state conference.

Please contact the TALAE Board for more information.


List of Recipients to Date

Central Region Teachers
Lorna Harrison
Nancy Meredith
Marilyn Querejazu
Glenda Rose
Sara Reynolds
Mary Sampson
Stewart Spencer

Central Region Administrators
Beth Rolingson

Coastal Region Teachers
Dorothy Babbington
Lavenia Cole
Brenda Dunlap
Denise Johnson
Shirley Ledet
Audrey Nelson-Ricks
Patricia Solomon
Evelyn Steptoe
Sandra Stevens
Roslyn Waldron
Elizabeth Ann Wignot

Coastal Region Administrators
Brenda Dunlap
Beth Thompson

East Region Teachers
Natalie Brown
Cindi Hewlet
Pamela Stutsman

East Region Administrators
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Far West Region Teachers
Carmen Alaniz
Ana Almklov
Victor Arzate
Anwar Asad
Leticia Avila
Fanny Bernal
Sally Brandenberger
Veronica Castaneda
Olga Chacon
Mara Cohn
Angela Cornelius
Rosa Fraire
Corina Gamez
Maria C. Garcia
Dorcas Garcia-Navarro
Flor E.  Garcia-Urias
Minerva Grajeda
Laura Hansen
Manuela Hernandez
Rosalva Hernandez
Rosa Hidalgo
Cecilia Hines
Hector Jimenez
Maria Labrado
Rosanne Loya
Leonor Martinez
Maria De Jesus Martinez
Miguel Martinez
Magdalena Melchor-Ponce
Veronica Mendoza
Elizabeth Moya
David Nava
Yvonne Porras
Jorge (Luis) Rangel
Gabriela Reynaga
Maria De La Rosa
Mike Saenz
Ernesto Salcedo
Barbara Shull
Hector Trejo
Rosa Villa
Gloria Wilson
Irasema Zaragoza
Susan Zenker

Far West Region  Administrators
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North Region Teachers
Gail Burrows
Elaine Caraway
Clarice Grantt
Janis Heebner
Benita Jones
Eleanor "Ellie" Kotton
Tiffany Lee
Nelsonia "Nell" Stanley
Stephanie Tanksley
Jan Whisonant

North Region Administrators
Delia Watley

South Region Teachers
R. Shane Creel
John R. Hodges
Leah Marques

South Region Administrators
Dr. Oscar Cantu
Chris Palacios
Dan Zamora

South Central Region Teachers
Louise Actkinson
Diane Colby-Honercamp
Sonia Colon
Ellen Doyal
Marsha L. Ellis
Daniel Gonzalez
Noemi Gonzales
Stephen Heidenreichl
Madeline Hernandez-Brown
Sylvia Humes
Debbie Janysek
Tiffany Johnson
Rhonda Labor
Norma Lopez
Jennifer Osborn
Joanna Ramirez
Michelle Yolanda Smith
Jennifer Swoyer
Tony Talamantez
Taraneh (Tara) Zekavat

South Central Region Administrators
Dr. Olga Escamilla
Roxann Gleason
Debbie Janysek
Tiffany Johnson
Stacey Weaver

West Region Teachers
Tammy Alexander
Sofia Cisneros
Philomena Di Gennaro
Jeannette Lambert
Izabella Richardson
Leslie Smith
Kim Surgeon
Deborah Van Pelt
Debbie Williams

West Region Administrators
Tammy Alexander
Mary Ann Juarez