A collaboration between Carolina TESOL and the College of Charleston, the fourth annual Basics and Beyond mini-conference targets K-12 classroom and ESOL teachers, Adult ESOL teachers, education students, teacher trainers, literacy coaches and administrators. Please let your colleagues know about this great opportunity. Documentation for Continuing Education Credits will be provided.
The conference will begin with a plenary and dinner Friday, June 13, 2008. On Saturday, sessions will be held from 8:30 until 4:15 with lunch and and workshop midday. The registration table will open Saturday from 7:30 until 10:30 am.
Best of yet it is free thanks to funding by Carolina TESOL and an OELA grant given to College of Charleston.
Key Information
Funded Provided by OELA and Carolina TESOLFunding for SC Pre-K-12 Teachers is funded by the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) through their grant with the College of Charleston .
Funding for Carolina TESOL members* who do not qualify for the OELA grant is provided by Carolina TESOL.
Membership is free but you must register with our new, on-line registration form even if you have previously registered.
Call for Presentations
Presentation Proposals are being accepted until May 19.
Tentative Agenda
FridayDinner & Plenary, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday
Registration: 7:30-10:30 am
Morning Sessions: 8:30-11:00
Dorm Check-out: 12:00 Noon*
Luncheon Workshop: 11:00-1:00
Afternoon Sessions: 1:15-4:15
Refreshments, Return of Retainers:
4:30-5:00 p.m.
**Dorm clearance will be required before retainer checks are returned. Checks will be mailed to those who have not checked out by 12:00 noon on Saturday.
Payment
Registration and a dorm room for Friday night will be paid for by grants. Because the grants do not cover registrants who do not attend, we require a retainer check for these costs.
These retainer checks will be returned to participants at the end of the conference while refreshments are served. If you register and fail to show up, your retainer will be forfeited unless you cancel by the deadlines. If you are requesting non-refundable items, you will have to send two checks: a non-refundable check for the items not convered by the grant and the refundable one for the ones that are.
Registration
Send check, registration form, and parking application to:Caroline Curtice
1653 Battalion Drive
Charleston, SC, 29412
The registration form (with parking application) is available in two formats: PDF and DOC. The pdf must be printed out and filled in by hand. The doc file can be downloaded, opened and filled in using Word (and possibly other word processing programs that can read and edit doc files.)
Contacts
Pat Majors (call before 8 pm)Home: (843)762-2487
Cell: (843)343-4970
Registraton: Caroline Curtice