General Information

COABE (the Commission on Adult Basic Education) is is a national organization whose mission is to provide leadership, communication, professional development and advocacy for adult education and literacy practitioners in order to advance quality services for all adult learners.

One of the purposes of COABE is to conduct and/or sponsor professional development conferences and activities that provide a forum to provide staff development and advance adult education and literacy. This includes the provision of a high quality national conference.

Each year in the spring, the COABE national conference is presented by a partnership of COABE and a state affiliate organization. The 2006 COABE National Conference will be held in Houston, Texas, hosted by the Texas Association for Literacy and Adult Education (TALAE).

Other national conferences in recent years were held in Anaheim, California (May 2005), Columbus, Ohio (April 2004), Portland, Oregon (April 2003), Charleston, South Carolina (May 2002), Memphis, Tennessee (April 2001), and Chicago, Illinois (March 2000).

The COABE 2006 National Conference will be held at the beautiful Westin Galleria and Westin Oaks complex in the heart of uptown Houston, April 26-29, 2006. Experts in the education field will offer pre-conference and conference sessions in five special tracks: Improving Teaching and Learning Outcomes, Integrating Technology and Instruction, Linking Research to Practice, Promoting Adult Educators as Leaders, and Advancing Change through Adult Education. Other sessions in general adult education interest areas will present outstanding and innovative practices in basic literacy, basic numeracy, workforce development, family literacy, English as a Second Language, volunteer/community-based literacy, and correctional education.

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