Call for Presentations

COABE and the Texas Association for Literacy and Adult Education (TALAE) invite you to submit a proposal for presentation at the 2006 COABE National Conference to be held in Houston, Texas April 26-29, 2006.

Call for Presentations. Proposals are due no later than Friday, November 18, 2005. 

The conference committee is interested in outstanding and innovative practices in all aspects of adult education including:

• basic literacy
• basic numeracy
• workforce development
• family literacy
• English as a Second Language
• volunteer/community-based literacy
• correctional education

Proposals in other areas of adult education will be considered as well. The program committee is looking for presentations based on successful implementation, current research, and sound practice. In addition to general adult education interest areas, this year’s conference will have five special tracks. Those tracks are:

• Improving Teaching and Learning Outcomes
• Integrating Technology and Instruction
• Linking Research to Practice
• Promoting Adult Educators as Leaders
• Advancing Change Through Education

Mail completed proposals and four copies by Friday, November 18, 2005 to:
 
Harriet Vardiman Smith, COABE 2006 Program Chair
Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning
4477-TAMU
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-4477
(800) 441-7323
fax (979) 845-0952
email:  hsmith@coe.tamu.edu
 
COABE 2006 reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal for presentation.

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