[AAACE-NLA] FW: Texas invites you to attend Adult Ed Standards roll-out conferenceJune 24-26 in Austin

[David Collings]

Colleagues,
 
The following message is sent on behalf of Harriet Smith (hsmith at tamu.edu)
 
David 

David Collings
AAACE-NLA Moderator
david at collings.com


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From: Smith, Harriet [mailto:hsmith at tamu.edu] 
Subject: Texas invites you to attend Adult Ed Standards roll-out
conferenceJune 24-26 in Austin



Interested adult educators from other states are invited to attend the
conference

Texas ... Reaching New Standards

to be held at the Austin Convention Center June 24-26, 2007.

The Texas Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks will be unveiled at this
statewide conference at the Austin Convention Center in downtown Austin.
Welcome events and check-in will begin on the afternoon/evening of Sunday,
June 24, with the conference proper beginning Monday morning, June 25 and
concluding at 5:00 p.m. on the 26th. Speakers will include trained Standards
Specialists and two prominent national speakers.

In-state target audience includes adult education teachers, program
directors, regional professional development center staff, professional
developers who want to learn how to train others in the new Standards and
Benchmarks, as well as other state leadership and anyone interested in
learning more about implementing the Texas Adult Education Standards and
Benchmarks. 

Interested parties from other states might include state leaders,
researchers, professional developers, and practitioners involved in
standards development and implementation.

Hotel Guest rooms at state rate are being held until June 3, 2007 at 5
hotels all located within 2 blocks walking distance of the Convention
Center. Make your hotel reservations at any of the following hotels: Hilton
Austin (headquarters hotel), The Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lake,
Courtyard by Marriott Austin Downtown/Convention Center, Residence Inn
Marriott Austin Downtown/Convention Center, and the Hilton Garden Inn Austin
Downtown. Hotel information and meeting details are available here.

http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/training_regis/6-24-07taesphotel.html

 

You must register with TCALL by April 15 to attend. Registration form can
also be downloaded here.

http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/training_regis/6-24-07taespreg.doc

More information about the conference is below, or contact the Texas Adult
Education Standards Project conference coordinators: Dr. Dominique Chlup,
dchlup at tamu.edu or Dr. Lesley Tomaszewski, lesleyt at tamu.edu or call
979-458-1604.

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More about Texas' New Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks:

Since 2001, a number of adult education practitioners in Texas have been
hard at work to develop standards that accurately describe what adult
learners should know and be able to do as a result of instructional content
and delivery (standards), as well as to develop the statements of how well
learners need to be able to demonstrate levels of proficiency (benchmarks). 

In early 2004, Texas LEARNS (http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/texasLearns/) funded
the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning
(http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/index.htm) at Texas A&M University to undertake a
comprehensive, field-based process of developing the standards and bench
marks, identifying and training field testers, field-testing the standards
and benchmarks, and modifying them based on the field test outcomes. Those
stages complete, the Texas Adult Education Standards Project (TAESP -
http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/taesp/index.htm) team is now compiling learning
activities from the field and aligning them with the final benchmarks. TAESP
staff will also collaborate with GREAT Centers for the development and
delivery of professional development for the Fall 2007 implementation of the
Texas Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks.

The Texas Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks will become the common
language for the field of adult literacy and ESL education in Texas.
Grounded in the Equipped for the Future national standards initiative, the
Texas Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks were rigorously field-tested,
and were reviewed by three nationally-known external reviewers for rigor,
clarity, measurability, manageability, applicability, gaps, and the presence
of bias.


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Harriet Vardiman Smith

Clearinghouse Project Director

Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX

1-800-441-READ (7323)

Website: www-tcall.tamu.edu

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