July
30-31

Building RTI Capacity: Early Mathematics

The Texas Education Agency and the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin will host the Building RTI Capacity project’s Summer 2008 Institute on July 30 and 31, 2008 in Austin, TX. This two-day institute will focus on Response to Intervention (RtI) in the area of early mathematics. It will feature information on the Texas Early Mathematics Inventories (TEMI), including administration and scoring, as well as data management and using data for instructional decision making.

The Building RTI Capacity Summer 2008 Institute is open to representatives from the Texas education service centers and the RtI Coordinating Council. The July institute dates will allow school districts to obtain the TEMI training and plan for Fall 2008 implementation.

The materials associated with this event are provided at no cost;
however, travel, lodging, registration fee, and per diem expenses must be paid by the participants. The registration fee is $100 per participant and includes lunch on both days. Late registration (after June 30) is $125.

For questions and/or more information, e-mail Kathleen Walker at kathleen_walker@mail.utexas.edu.

Contact: Kathleen Walker
Phone: 512-232-2569
E-mail: kathleen_walker@mail.utexas.edu

July 31

Response to Intervention Coordination Council (RtICC)

This is the monthly meeting for the RtICC.

**By invitation only.

Contact: Ada Muoneke
Phone: 1-800-476-6861 ext 6540
E-mail: ada.muoneke@sedl.org

August
25-27

The Texas Comprehensive Center offers you the opportunity to continue to build your skills in Working Systemically to increase student achievement. This event is planned to build on the June Forum.

Objectives:

• Promote coherence in technical assistance provided to Title I districts and schools


• Increase understanding of the phases, levels, components, and competencies that make up the Working Systemically approach to school improvement


• Increase understanding of NCLB provisions related to school support teams


• Identify and prioritize actions for using a systemic approach in implementing schools support teams

Contact: D’Ette Cowan
Phone: 512-391-6510
E-mail: dette.cowan@sedl.org
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October
6-7

CREATE is hosting its 2nd annual conference entitled “Math, Science, and Social Studies: A Focus on English Language Learners in Middle School” October 7-8, 2008 in Minneapolis, MN. Its featured speakers include: Okhee Lee, University of Miami, Phil Vahey, SRI International, and William Schmidt, Michigan State University as well as CREATE researchers including: Catherine Snow, Harvard University, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, University of California, Berkeley, Diane August & Deborah Short, Center for Applied Linguistics, Cara Richards, California State University, Long Beach, Sharon Vaughn & Sylvia Linan-Thompson, University of Texas, Austin, and David J. Francis, University of Houston.

Contact: Ann Brown
Phone: 832-842-7018
E-mail: ann.brown@times.uh.edu
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February
19-22 (2009)

The National Title I Conference, sponsored by the National Association of State Title I Directors, is the premiere event for individuals working within the Title I program. With nationally recognized speakers and more than 4,000 colleagues with whom to compare notes, this is the ideal place to further your knowledge about programs, policies, and great ideas.


Registration information is available at http://www.nationaltitleiconference.com/registration.html

Contact: National Association of State Title I Directors
Phone: 800-256-6452
E-mail: titlei@aplusevents.com
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