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		<title>Welcome from President Sharon Miller</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Texas College Reading and Learning Website!      TxCRLA represents college and university Developmental English and Math Educators and Learning Support Professionals across the state.       Every late fall, we partner with TADE, the Texas Association for Developmental Education and the THECB, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to host the College Academic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2011/12/welcome-from-president-sharon-miller/</link>
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		<title>A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Colleagues,        Early in the new year, THECB will consider making major changes to placement testing in our state including a mandated instrument and cut scores.  The attached Position Paper is a draft recommendation to THECB leaders, and it is vitally important that you get involved in the discussion.  Placement can and should be improved, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2011/12/a-letter-from-the-president/</link>
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		<title>Texas A&amp;M University Hosts SI Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are thinking about starting an SI Program or have a well-established program, the 5th Regional Conference on Supplemental Instruction, sponsored by Texas A&#38;M University’s Student Learning Center, is a great place to learn from colleagues.  One of the most beneficial parts of attending the International Conference on Supplemental Instruction, hosted every other year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2011/04/texas-am-university-hosts-si-conference/</link>
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		<title>CAPITOL WATCH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mary Leonard, political liaison for TxCRLA and TADE, reports the following from the ongoing legislative sessions in Austin: This Texas Legislative session is starting out on a slow track for developmental education.  So far, only two bills relating to developmental education are filed:  S.B. No. 162 (by Shapiro) is  a replica of a bill she filed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2011/03/capitol-watch/</link>
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		<title>Webinar Announcement:  Rider 59 Implementation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tamara Clunis, Director of Adult Education and Developmental Education for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will address the Rider 59 Implementation in a webinar session on Tuesday March 8, 2011 from 8:30-11:00AM.   To ensure participation by all stakeholders, the webinar will be repeated from 1:30-4:00PM.  This webinar session will provide an opportunity for institution staff at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2011/03/webinar-announcement-rider-59-implementation/</link>
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		<title>New TxCRLA Officers Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The TxCRLA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the results of the recent election for 2011 officers.  Sharon Miller of Lone Star College-Cy Fair has been elected to serve as president-elect, and Essie Childers of Blinn College-Bryan has been elected as secretary.  Sharon Miller joined the founding faculty of Lone Star College-CyFair to teach Transitional [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2010/07/new-txcrla-officers-announced/</link>
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		<title>Introducing TxCRLA President, Sara Weertz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[     Sara Weertz took the reigns as TxCRLA president at the recent CASP 2009 Conference in San Antonio.  After having been elected by the membership to serve one year as president-elect of the organization, her move to the present position was automatic.     Mrs. Weertz is presently Founding Director of Supplemental Instruction and Tutoring of Angelo State University [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2010/01/introducing-txcrla-president-sara-weertz/</link>
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		<title>Lindley Workman Alyea First Recipient of Shaw Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[     Lindley Workman Alyea, Assistant Director of the Student Learning Assistance Center (SLAC) at Texas State University, is the first recipient of the Gladys R. Shaw Professional Development Award.  Ms. Alyea will apply the monetary award to her expenses for the 2010 6th International Conference on Supplemental Instruction in New Orleans, Louisiana.  This conference is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2009/12/lindley-workman-alyea-first-recipient-of-shaw-award/</link>
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		<title>Meet Tamara Clunis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tamara Thornton Clunis is the recently appointed Director of Developmental and Adult Education for the P-16 Division of the Higher Education Coordinating Board.  She is responsible for developing a statewide plan for developmental education, with an emphasis on improving student outcomes and increasing alignment between adult basic education and post-secondary education. Ms. Clunis has over ten [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2009/02/meet-tamara-clunis/</link>
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		<title>Gladys R. Shaw Professional Development Award Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The executive board of the Texas chapter of the College Reading and Learning Association [TxCRLA] was pleased to announce the establishment of the Gladys R. Shaw Professional Development Award at the recent CASP 2008 Conference held in Corpus Christi, Texas.  This annual award is available to current TxCRLA members to use toward travel expenses and other costs associated with any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://txcrla.org/2008/11/gladys-r-shaw-professional-development-award-announced-at-casp-08/</link>
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