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Literacy Texas is very proud of the accomplishments we have made thus far.
Literacy Texas Accomplishments – July 2007 to July 2008
Accreditation:
- Technical Assistance provided to the following literacy provider working on accreditation for 2007-08: Hope Literacy, Fort Worth
Bridges to Practice Training:
- 5 trainings; 137 participants
- Host Cities: Corpus Christi, Fort Worth (2), Literacy Texas Conference-Austin, Pearland
Training of Trainers:
- 3 trainings; 53 participants
- Host Cities: Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth
Literacy Texas Conference August 2007:
- 60 programs attended; 185 participants
- Topics: Advocacy; Basic literacy instruction; Collaboration; Community Awareness; Documenting Excellence; EL/Civics; ESL instruction; Faith-based; GED; Health Literacy; Learning Disabilities; Teaching Strategies; Workforce
Other Conferences and Workshops:
- COABE Conference - 1 program attended; 1 participant
- National Community Literacy Leadership Conference hosted by Literacy Powerline - 4 programs attended; 4 participants
- ProLiteracy Conference - 6 programs attended; 6 participants
- Dollar General/ProLiteracy Performance Accountability Initiative - 2 day workshop hosted by Literacy Lubbock
- TALAE Conference - 16 programs attended; 38 participants
- Special Learning Needs training - 1 program attended; 1 participant
- Texas Workforce Literacy Summit - 10 programs attended; 13 participants
- Online courses through ProLiteracy - 1 program participated; 2 participants
Maintained website and listserv:
- Website maintained by volunteer
- Listserv managed by TCALL staff
Reimbursement of Expenses and Free training opportunities:
- $113,200 in funds provided free training opportunities and reimbursements to local volunteer
organizations to attend teacher trainings and conferences and for assistance to programs seeking ProLiteracy
accreditation. These funds are made available by Texas LEARNS through the Volunteer Training Initiative
administered by the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning (TCALL).
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