Presentations Handouts

Session

Presenters

Monday April 21, 2008

8:00-12:00

Pre-Conference Session: Texas Workforce Commission, LEP Guide for
Workforce Professionals

Anson Green, Alamo Colleges

• Presentation
• TWC LEP Guide Module 3
• TWC LEP Guide Module 4

1:00-1:45

Opening Session – Welcome

Legislative Remarks

Setting the Stage

Robert Zarate, Trustee, Alamo Colleges

Chakib Chehadi, Executive Director, Alamo Work
Source

Joanie Rethlake

Congressman Ciro Rodriguez

Senator Carlos Uresti

Dr. Federico Zaragoza, Vice Chancellor, Alamo Colleges

1:45-2:30 Expert Keynote Address

Keynote Address "The Language of
Opportunity: Expanding Education & Employment Prospects for Adults with Limited English Skills

Dr. Heide Spruck Wrigley Presentation

2:45-4:00

Roundtable Activities

Dr. Heide Spruck Wrigley

Tuesday April 22, 2008

9:00-9:45

Keynote Address “Workplace - Centered Basic Skills Programs: Paths to Improving Design and Employer Funding"

Dr. Alec Levenson, Center for Effective Organizations,
University of Southern California  ALevenson Presentation

9:45-11:45

Employer Panel Perspective: "Bridging the LEP Workforce to Industry Needs"

Facilitated by Dr. Alec Levenson
Health Care Cluster

• Karen Cinnamon, Director of Volunteer Services, University Health System
• Deborah Forman - Lindsay, Nurse Educator, University Health System

Industrial Construction

• Dave Lindsay, Houston Business Roundtable, Independent Consultant;

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• Janell Baker, Adult Education Director Harris County Dept. of Education
  

Manufacturing Cluster

• Berto Guerra, President and CEO Avanzar Interior Technologies, Tier 1 Supplier to Toyota Motor Manufacturing
• Brad Hunt, WHY Group LLC

12:15-1:15

Luncheon- Keynote Presentation: "Creating
a Culture of Excellence"

Dr. C. Adolfo Bermeo, Senior Scholar, Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education
ABermeo Presentation

1:30-5:00

Concurrent Tracks “Models in Action”

I-BEST, “A Workbased Integrated Training Model”

• Jon Kerr, Pierce Community College, Washington
• Facilitator: Olga Kauffman, Consultant, San Antonio

YWCA SEED Program, “The Entrepreneurial Connection”

• Guadalupe (Lupita) Perez and Vanessa Jimenez
• Facilitator: Dr. Veronica Collazo, City of San Antonio

University of Texas El Paso, “Adult Bilingual Training
Models”

• Dr. Ana Macias
• Facilitator: Cecilia Martinez, St. Philip’s College, San Antonio

Milwaukee Area Technical College "A Workforce
Initiative-Bilingual Education Program Services to English
Language Learners"

• Diana Luna, ESL Instructor
• Orlando Quintanilla; ABE Instructor
• Facilitator: Eufemia Rangel, City of SA

Texas Learns; “Making Connections: Two Systems
Collaborating Strengths and Challenges”

• Joanie Rethlake, State Director, Texas LEARNS
• Sara Martinez, Manager of Off-Campus Literacy Programs
• Yolanda Ahner, El Paso Community Colleges
• Blanca Andrade, Director of Adult Basic Education El Paso ISD
• Facilitator: Barbara Tondre, Texas

Texas Workforce Commission, Adult Technology Training for LEP Grantees Panel

• Dr. Federico Zaragoza, Vice Chancellor, Alamo Community Colleges FZaragoza Presentation
• Janell Baker, Harris County Dept. of Education J BaKer Presentation
• Sherry Jones, San Jacinto College District S Jones Presentation
• Tamara Atkinson, Worksource - Greater Austin Area Workforce Board TAtkinson Presentation
• Facilitator: Anson Green, Alamo Community Colleges

Wednesday April 23, 2008

Address: "Identifying Priorities,
Engaging Partners: Strategic Steps Towards
Collaborative Solutions"

Cheryl Fuller, Director, Texas Workforce Investment
Council CFuller Presentation

9:45-12:00

Group Activity: “Implementing Promising
Practices”
-Where do we go from here?  Moving forward, Moving towards solutions

Proposed Recommendations from Group Roundtable Discussion