BART Events Calendar

 

                                          2013 BART Events


4th Annual BART Summer Symposium! June 8, 2013, 9:00-3:30 at St. Petersburg College, Clearwater.

Submit your proposals NOW! Due 4/26.

Proposal Form Here!

Registration Form Here!


-Thursday, April 4, 2:00-3:00, USF Tampa, Into.

Roundtable discussion on English Language Teaching with international colleagues from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, and Paraguay, who are participating in the International Visitor Leadership Program through the Department of State.


  1. -Thursday, Feb. 28, 3:30-6:00 pm HCC Dale Mabry, SSB-108

Workshop: ACTIVE Skills for Reading: Increasing Reading Fluency


Free workshop; please RSVP by 02/25/13 to Cindy Le at cindy.le@cengage.com.   


Abstract:

          In this interactive workshop, reading specialist Neil Anderson will show teachers how students can increase their reading fluency and comprehension by using an ACTIVE approach to reading.  Participants will learn best practices and considerations for teaching beginning to advanced students, and will walk away with practical ideas to use in their classrooms.  Free materials for each workshop attendee.  Target Audience:  College & Secondary Reading & ELL Teachers.

 

About the Presenter:

          Reading specialist Neil J. Anderson served as President of the International TESOL organization from 2001-2002.  A Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Brigham Young University, Dr. Anderson has written numerous articles and books on reading, including  Exploring Second Language Reading:  Issues and Strategies (Heinle, 1999) and the reading series, ACTIVE Skills for Reading, now in its new 3rd edition (National Geographic Learning, 2013).  Dr. Anderson received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, and his M.A. from Brigham Young University. 


 

  1. -Wednesday, January 23, 2013: Service Learning Panel at USF Tampa.

Download flyer here:  BART ServLearn Jan23 Publicity.pdf

Details:

  1. -When: Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Come at 5:30 for refreshments and time to socialize.

-  Where:  University of South Florida, Tampa Campus, at the INTO USF Center in FAO 100

 

Presenters:


  1. •Dr. Lance Arney,  Associate Director of the USF Office of Community Engagement & Partnerships
    Dr. Arney will cover the basics of service-learning, share resources the OCEP office has available for USF and INTO USF faculty interested in integrating service learning into their courses, and provide some examples of existing service learning courses at USF.

  2. •Dr. Eric Tucker, Ethics Professor and Service Learning Coordinator for the Honor’s College, St. Petersburg College
    Dr. Tucker will speak about Intercultural Studies and Experiential Learning and share about his experience teaching service learning courses.

  3. •Ms. Kristen McGreger, EAP Instructor at the USF English Language Program, INTO USF
    Ms. McGreger will discuss the process USF’s English Language Program went through to develop a new service learning course, share ESL student survey results on interest in service learning, and discuss the course guide for the new Serving Learning class that is running for the first time this Spring semester.

Refreshments will be provided by INTO USF!


Free Parking for non-USF affiliates available!


  1. -April 2013: TESOL recap: BART members present highlights from the national TESOL conference, day and location TBA.


  1. -May 2013: Rebecca Moore Howard to present on “Writing with Integrity” and The Citation Project. Day and location TBA.



FYI Previous BART Events in 2012:

  1. -Tuesday, December 18, 2012: Holiday open house, 5:30-8:30, at Jane Govoni’s house. Please email Jane for address: drjmg7564@aol.com


  1. -October 18, 2012, 5:30-8:00 pm, HCC Dale Mabry, room DSSC 123  Download Flyer Here!: Todd A. Joseph, psychology instructor at HCC, How We Learn: Essential Cognitive Science for Teachers.


- September 4, 2012, 3:30-5:00, HCC Dale Mabry, Room DM-Hum 218. Randi Reppen, Professor of Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University. Presentation on corpus linguistics and grammar. Download flyer -including map of campus- here.


BART SUMMER SYMPOSIUM: June 2, 2012!

St. Petersburg College, Clearwater Campus.