December 5, 1995



CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Please read this conference information carefully. This will be the ONLY mail out pertaining to the conferences.

The three spring conferences for school counselors, hosted by the Texas Education Agency School Guidance and Counseling Office, will be held this year on the following dates and locations listed:

|Middle School |High School |Elementary School |

|Red Lion Hotel |Doubletree and Red Lion Hotels |Doubletree and Red Lion Hotels |

|February 24-26, 2002 |March 24-26, 2002 |May 5-7, 2002 |

The hotels are located on the east side of Interstate Highway 35 North, one-fourth mile north of

Highway 290 East. This is a superb setting and facility for a working conference.

ROOM RESERVATIONS:

1. Send the attached Hotel Reservation Form to the Red Lion Hotel, 6121 IH-35 @ Hwy. 290, Austin, Texas 78752 or the Doubletree Hotel, 6505 IH-35 North, Austin, Texas 78752. Conference room rates at the Red Lion Hotel are $70 Single Occupancy and $110 Double Occupancy. Conference room rates at the Doubletree Hotel are $80 Single Occupancy and $120 Double Occupancy. However, please note that these negotiated rates are good only until the “cutoff” dates listed below or until the room block is exhausted. Reservations made after the “cutoff” dates are on room availability and at greatly increased rates.

-OR-

1. Call the Red Lion Hotel at (512) 323-5466 Fax (512) 453-1945

1. Call the Doubletree Hotel at (512) 454-3737 Fax (512) 454-3480

CUTOFF DATES FOR ROOM RESERVATIONS:

January 25, 2002 Middle School

February 22, 2002 High School

April 4, 2002 Elementary School

RETURN CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM TO:

TEA School Counselors’ Conferences

P. O. Box 33218

Austin, Texas 78764

It is requested that the Conference Registration Form be returned as soon as possible. This will facilitate the processing of conference materials including handout material. Pre-registration is $50.00; on-site registration is $75.00.

FORMAT FOR THE CONFERENCES

Sunday

2:00 -8:30 p.m. Conference Registration - Middle School, February 24, Red Lion Hotel

Conference Registration - High School, March 24, and Elementary School,

May 5, Doubletree Hotel

Exhibits - Middle School, Red Lion Hotel

Exhibits - High School and Elementary School, Doubletree Hotel

4:00 - 7:30 p.m. Ethics and the School Counselor

Gay McAlister-McGee (former School Counselor)

Behavioral Consultant, Region VII Education Service Center

Monday

8:30 - 10:00 a.m. General Session

Welcome and Perspectives on Education

Commissioner Nelson (Invited)

Keynote: S.O.S.: Save Our “Self” – Taking care of self so we can care for others

Jill Riethmayer, Director of Student Services

Blinn College, Bryan, Texas

10:00 - 10:15 a.m. BREAK

10:15 - 11:30 a.m. Interest Sessions

11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Interest Sessions

2:15 - 2:30 p.m. BREAK

2:30 - 3:45 p.m. Interest Sessions

3:45 - 4:00 p.m. BREAK

4:00 - 5:15 p.m. General Session

It All Fits Together: New Counselor Legislation

John Lucas, Director

School Guidance and Counseling, Texas Education Agency

5:15 - 7:00 p.m. FREE TIME

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. DINNER

Tuesday

8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Interest Sessions

9:45 - 10:00 a.m. BREAK

10:00 - 12:00 noon Closing General Session

Updated Information on Student Assessment and Accountability and other Curriculum Issues

David Anderson, Managing Director

Curriculum and Professional Development, Texas Education Agency

Updated Information Concerning College Entrance and Financial Aid

Jane Caldwell, Director, Student Services

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Updated Information Concerning the Texas Scholars Initative

Joe Randolph, Statewide Coordinator

Texas Scholars Program

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

|Middle School |High School |Elementary School |

| | | |

|February 24-26, 2002 |March 24-26, 2002 |May 5-7, 2002 |

|Red Lion Hotel |Doubletree & Red Lion Hotels |Doubletree & Red Lion Hotels |

|Austin, Texas |Austin, Texas |Austin, Texas |

Please check the conference(s) you wish to attend.

Middle School (February) $50.00

High School (March) $50.00

Elementary School (May) $50.00

Enter Total Amount of Check

Please enclose a check for registration fee(s) with this form. PURCHASE ORDERS NOT ACCEPTED.

Make check payable to: TEA School Counselors’ Conferences

If a confirmation postcard or email is not received, call (512) 463-9498 to check status of registration. The registration fee(s) will be refunded after the conference date if the TEA School Guidance and Counseling Office is notified 48 hours prior to the conference.

* * * * *On-site registration for each conference is $75.00* * * * *

FAX REGISTRATION FORM AND BRING CHECK ON-SITE ONLY IF YOUR CHECK AND REGISTRATION WILL NOT ARRIVE AT LEAST 5 DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONFERENCE DATE.

FAX # (512) 282-4894

Please type or print

NAME:

(One name per form, please feel free to duplicate form.)

ISD:

CAMPUS:

PREFERRED ADDRESS:

( ) Home

( ) School

TELEPHONE: Home ( ) School ( )

EMAIL ADDRESS:

(Email confirmations may be sent to you in lieu of postcards.)

PLEASE RETURN TO: TEA SCHOOL COUNSELORS’ CONFERENCES

P. O. BOX 33218

AUSTIN, TEXAS 78764

Fax: 512-282-4894

HOTEL RESERVATION FORM

for

Texas Education Agency’s

Spring Professional Growth Conferences for School Counselors

|Middle School |High School |Elementary School |

|February 24-26, 2002 |March 24-26, 2002 |May 5-7, 2002 |

|Red Lion Hotel Only |Doubletree & Red Lion Hotels |Doubletree & Red Lion Hotels |

|Austin, Texas |Austin, Texas |Austin, Texas |

Please Reserve:

|Red Lion Hotel |Doubletree Hotel |

|Single ($70.00) |Single ($80.00) |

|Double ($110.00) |Double ($120.00) |

|Parking – no charge |Parking - $7 per day (self-parking) |

| |$9 per day (valet parking) |

| |NOTE: For daytime guests, the charge is $3 for first hour, $4 for up to 2 hours, |

| |$5 up to 3 hours, $6 up to |

| |4 hours, and after 4 hours is $7. |

All room rates are subject to applicable taxes. Please bring with you a HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX EXEMPT FORM, which may be obtained from the district’s business office. You will turn it in at the hotel’s registration desk at check-in. Independent School Districts are exempt from state hotel occupancy tax, but must pay city tax.

To Avoid Duplication: If sharing a room, please submit ONLY ONE room reservation request with the names of all of those who will be sharing the room and the person to whom the confirmation on the room should be sent. If you need separate bills for each person, it will greatly decrease your check-in time if you ask for this at the time you make your reservation.

Name of Occupants:

MAIL CONFIRMATION TO:

Name:

Home or School:

Address:

Phone:

Arrival Date:

Credit Card #: Expiration date:

The reservation must be guaranteed by deposit or a credit card. All reservations must be received by the cutoff date or until the room block is exhausted. Requests received after that time are subject to availability. Room cancellation must be made at least 48 hours in advance of reservation or the first night room charge will apply.

|PLEASE RETURN BY: |January 25, 2002 |Middle School |

| |February 22, 2002 |High School |

| |April 4, 2002 |Elementary School |

MAIL OR FAX THIS FORM DIRECTLY TO THE HOTEL TO AVOID DELAYS

|Red Lion Hotel |Doubletree Hotel |

|6121 IH-35 North @ Hwy. 290 |6505 IH-35 North |

|Austin, Texas 78752 |Austin, Texas 78752 |

|(512) 323-5466 |(512) 454-3737 |

|Fax (512) 453-1945 |Fax (512) 454-3480 |

STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF INTEREST SESSIONS

The interest session topics have been selected so that counselors from elementary, middle and high school settings will be able to review and critique the strategies and resources being used successfully in providing a K-12 developmental school guidance program. Upon returning to the district, the information obtained can be shared to facilitate implementation. Some planning and coordination prior to attending the conference will be necessary to determine which topics will address the district’s needs.

Interest Sessions of Guidance Program Segments

All Three School Counselor Conferences

1. Establishing a Comprehensive, Developmental Guidance Program - Making It Happen

2. Motivating the Unmotivated: Educating in the 21st Century

3. Camp 2010

4. Adlerian – Goals of Misbehavior

5. Building Good Citizens for Texas – Character Education

6. Positive Power Kids – A Group for Students with ADD/ADHD

7. Counselor Advocacy

1. Building Students Self-Confidence

1. Classroom Guidance Programs and Activities

1. Stress Management for Counselors

1. What do we Tell the Children About Terrorism?

1. The Comprehensive, Developmental Guidance Program Produces Very Positive Changes for Students,

Teachers and Parents

1. Parental Anger and Children’s Misbehavior in School: Is There a Relationship?

1. Stress Management for You and Yours

2. Developing a District wide Anti-Bullying and Anti-Violence Programs

3. Meeting the Needs of Homeless

Middle School Counselor Conference

1. America’s Crisis, Role of Comprehensive, Developmental Guidance

1. On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!!! Ten Minute Guidance Sessions for Middle School Students

1. Developmental Guidance - Activities to Implement in the Middle School

1. Teaching Tolerance

1. Teaching Goal-Setting to ALL Students

1. Science Meets Guidance – Sticky, Gooey, Slick and Slimy Activities to Reinforce Guidance Concepts

1. Stress Relief for Counselors

2. Student Motivation - Learned Optimism

3. Pregnancy-Related Services

4. Adventures in Education – Informing Middle School Students Using Pre-College Tools

5. Parent Involvement That Works

6. Careers in Action

7. Problems College Freshmen Present to College Counselors: What Every Middle School Counselor

Should Know Because the Road to Success Starts Early

8. Gearing Up for Parental Involvement

9. The Real Game

10. Career Development Resources

11. Introducing the New Texas CARES 2002

12. Exploring OSCAR by Career Development Resources

13. Which Career is Best of All?

14. Character Building Classroom Guidance Units

High School Counselor Conference

1. Successfully Implementing the Texas Scholars Program

1. Implementing Developmental Guidance in the High School

1. NovaNET - On-line Curriculum

1. Adventures in Education – Pre-College Awareness Tools

1. Problems Freshmen Present to College Counselors and Students Services Staff: Tips for Parents & Counselors

1. Criminal Laws – Young Adults

1. Counseling Athletes and NCAA Rules

2. Pregnancy Related Services

3. Career Development Resources

4. Introducing the New Texas CARES 2002

5. Exploring OSCAR by Career Development Resources

6. Counselor Directed Multi-Cultural Education

Elementary School Counselor Conference

1. Guidance Lessons and More!

1. Activities and Innovative Approaches for Teaching Social Skills

1. Teaching Tolerance

2. America’s Crisis, Role of Comprehensive, Developmental Guidance

1. Classroom Guidance Games and Activities

1. Hats off to Texas – Texas Produced Guidance Materials

1. Paving the Way – Concrete Approaches to Classroom Guidance

1. Guidance Through Literature

1. Shades of Hurt – Art Intervention

1. Sail into Success! Chart Your Course

1. Classroom Guidance

1. When a Ladybug Hug is Not Enough, Depression Recovery

2. Dealing with Depression

3. Parent Involvement That Works

4. Careers in Action

5. Teaching Students to Use Kindness - Anger Management

6. Lively Lessons for Classroom Sessions

7. GEAR-UP – the New Tool Kit

8. Child Abuse – A National Epidemic

9. Teaching Anger Control

10. Taking the Mystery Out of Child Abuse Reporting

11. Leadership: The Character Trait That Pays Dividends

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