EPALL VIII  - EDUCATION = Wings to Dreams
8th Annual El Paso Adult Learning and Literacy Conference

December 2, 2011

7:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

The Far West GREAT Center is requesting proposals for workshop sessions at the 8th Annual EPALL Conference.  Our theme this year is “Education = Wings to Dreams.”  The one-day conference will focus on all aspects of adult basic education and family literacy such as ESL, EL Civics, Even Start, ABE/GED strategies, Transitions, and workplace literacy. 

Adult Education/Even Start Student strand: We are offering a special strand for adult students/parents in this year’s EPALL Conference. We welcome sessions on parenting skills, learning strategies, soft job skills (networking, resume writing, job search, interviewing, stress management, etc), test taking strategies, exploring careers, technical training and/or college degrees, and other related areas. We really encourage you to submit proposal(s) for presentation(s) that will be of interest to our adult education students (and/or teachers as well).

Guidelines:

• Conference At-a-Glance Schedule is now available for review.
• Your proposal will be selected based on the information provided on the application. You will be notified about the conference committee's decision by no later than September 30, 2011.
• Presenters are required to register for the conference as part of the proposal process.
• Please note that all sessions are 60 minutes long and accommodate 25 or 50 attendees.
• Sessions with hands-on activities and/or with teacher take-away materials are encouraged.
• If your presentation is selected: All presenters and co-presenters must register for the conference.
• The conference registration fee includes access to all conference sessions and meals provided during the conference.
• The proposal application requires the appointment of a lead presenter if session will have multiple presenters. All communication from the Far West GREAT Center will be forwarded to the appointed lead presenter via email.
• All session rooms will be equipped with an easel, chart paper, markers, LCD projector and screen, laptop, VCR/DVD player, and speakers. If additional equipment is needed, it must be indicated on the application.
• Our staff will be glad to assist you with making copies for your presentation materials if:
  • Materials and detailed instructions are submitted to us electronically by November 4, 2011.
  • Due to limited staff and office equipment, we will be unable to honor any requests for copies of presentation materials after November 4, 2011.
• Otherwise, presenters are responsible for providing their own handouts in the quantity needed.