EDUCATION FOUNDATION
The Report: Another Leadership Grant, PD Opportunities, and the Sizzle
By Dan Fichtner, PhD
Education Foundation President
G
reetings to you all. Much has happened in the Ed Foundation
in the last few months. You can find more information about
the following on our website directly at www.catesolfoundation
.org or by navigating the www.catesol.org website.
One of the exciting projects we are embarking on is a CSUF
Leadership Grant project that will help develop leadership for
CATESOL among students who are in the Master’s in TESOL Program at California State
University, Fullerton. It is based on the successful Tippy Schwabe Grant that works with
graduate students at the University of California, Davis. Our Karen Dennis and Jan Eyring
of CSUF, with the help of Margaret Teske and
Don Sillings, have worked on this project and
it was ready to commence in September 2013.
Dan Fichtner
The Ed Foundation will fund the project and the
CSUF Philanthropic Foundation will administer the grant. It is a project that will reap many benefits for teachers
of ELs and their students. Jan Eyring will be the project director
on the CSUF campus.
We will be giving away the Rock Talk texts that have been
donated to us by Jenny Redding and Chas Ferry. The texts help students to learn the rules of grammar and vowel sounds of English
through songs. They will be available on a first-come–first-served
basis at the Education Foundation table during the CATESOL Annual Conference, “Riding the Waves of Success,” October 24-27
at the Town and Country in San Diego. So be sure to come see us
early in the conference if you wish to receive some of these effective texts.
Another development for us is professional-development opportunities that will be facilitated by trusted members of CATESOL. Topics included in the PD are listed on our webpage mentioned above.
Judy O’Loughlin and Gail Simons have been working diligently with the conference committee to develop a Saturday Nite
Sizzle Event as a money-raising event for
the Foundation (see page 9). For the Saturday Nite Sizzle Event we are anticipating a
raffle, entertainment, and some after-dinner
foods to entice conference participants to
attend free of cost and help us raise funds
through the raffle to finance our projects and
enable us to maintain our mission “to provide education opportunities to teachers of English learners and
to inform the general public about strengths and needs of these
students.” The proceeds from the event will help us remain proactive in the field of English language development. You can buy
raffle tickets online and also tickets for guests (conference badge
holders get in free).
The Education Foundation will again be sponsoring the Sunday morning speakers at the conference, and we look forward to
a successful and energetic annual conference in San Diego. Come
see us at our table and say hello. You can buy tickets for the raffle
and receive the free Rock Talk texts while you are there. We would
be happy to meet you.
Visit us at our website and see what is happening. See you at
the CATESOL Annual Conference in San Diego.
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