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CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE
 THE SEVENTH ANNUAL TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE
will be May 5 & 6, 2003 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin. Confirmed keynote
speakers include Dr. Howard Fuller, Institute for the Transformation of Learning,
and Dr. Felipe Alanis, Commissioner of Education. This year we ask that you mail,
not fax, the registration form(s) with your check to the Resource Center. Conference
information and registration forms are attached.
Our registration table will be open on Sunday, May 4th from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
To avoid long lines on Monday morning, please make plans to check-in and receive
your conference materials on Sunday evening. A continental breakfast will be
served each morning at 8:00 a.m. and the General Session will begin at 9:00 a.m.
each day.
We expect almost 1,000 attendees, so please call 512-343-2626 to make your hotel
room reservations. To receive the $125 room rate with up to four people in a room,
let them know you are with the Charter School Conference.
VIRTUAL PILOT RESOURCE The Texas Education Agency established the investigating Quality of Internet Courses (IQ) Project to develop a set of guidelines to provide assurance to Texas schools that Internet-based courses meeting these guidelines are of the highest quality. These guidelines cover a wide range of components exhibited by quality courses including:
- Course design for the online environment
- Accurate, current, and error free content
- Instructional strategies aligned with learning objectives
- Documentation of course effectiveness
- Availability of support services
- Financial considerations
Reports on courses that have been evaluated against the guidelines and have met or exceeded criteria have been made available by Region IV at
www.iqstandards.info/default.htm
in order to assist school administrators, parents, and students in making purchasing and enrollment decisions.
THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DIVISION AT TEA would like to thank charter school staff
members responsible for submitting expansion amendment requests for helping the process
to move smoothly this spring. We've received many requests and will be working to answer
them as quickly as possible. Please feel free to call Kirsten Christophersen at 512-463-9575
at any time to check on the progress of your amendment request.
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