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REGISTRATION OPEN
for I.M. 2017
- IMCAT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Dec. 3-6, Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center,
San Marcos
TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE
• Remember: You may use your school's IMA funds for the IMCAT Annual Conference registration fees. Pay with check, credit card or purchase order.
I.M. 2017— the Instructional Materials Coordinators' Association of Texas 26th Annual Conference — is the complete source of training for your district's instructional materials, curriculum, technology and business office staff to make sure you don't leave money on the table in the state's complex instructional materials scheme.
Note: Because of availability of complimentary hotel breakfasts, no breakfasts are included in the program Dec. 4 and Dec. 5.
FULL REGISTRATION:
Cost: $350 before 11/20/17; $400 after
Includes lunch 12/4 and 12/5; includes breakfast 12/6; includes 2018 IMCAT dues, all scheduled events. Open to representatives of public schools, open-enrollment charter schools, Education Service Centers and nonprofit organizations.
$50 discount when registering 3 or more Full Registrations on-line in a group.
SINGLE-DAY REGISTRATION:
Cost: $190/day
Includes all scheduled events on day of registration, meals, 2018 IMCAT dues.
Open to representatives of public schools, open-enrollment charter schools, Education Service Centers and nonprofit organizations.
COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATIVE REGISTRATION:
Cost: $650 before 11/20/17; $750 after
Includes lunch 12/4 and 12/5; includes breakfast 12/6; includes all scheduled events. Open to representatives of publishers or other commercial entities.
Changes to IM Allotment Disbursement Requests
To make the instructional materials allotment disbursement requests more user-friendly and precise, some changes have been made within EMAT. The supplemental materials category has changed to instructional materials. The category will change in all disbursement requests, even the completed requests, from supplemental materials to instructional materials. The bilingual materials category has been deleted, so all instructional materials will be placed in the instructional materials category. Disbursement requests already in progress, submitted, or complete will still have the bilingual materials category if it was previously selected and saved. The subject area social studies and history has been changed to social studies. The number of media formats has been reduced. If you have questions about the changes made to the instructional material disbursement request process, please contact the IM Division at instructional.materials@tea.texas.gov.
IM Website Updates
A new training video on submitting a component requisition has been added to the EMAT training section on the TEA website. The following documents have been updated on the Instructional Materials Ordering Information page: Multiple List Codes for School Year 2017–18 Newly Adopted Instructional Materials Publisher & Depository Contact Information Shipment Error Report, TEX-013 The updates can be found at http://tea.texas.gov/IMET/Ordering_Instructional_Materials/.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM TEA:
The Texas Education Agency on June 5 notified schools of important changes to the way instructional materials are ordered and paid for. On June 8, TEA elaborated. One key point: Use of IMA funds is not permissible for conferences EXCEPT FOR IMCAT conferences and training. Click here for more information.
Newly elected IMCAT Board members are, from left, Tony Black (Whitehouse ISD), President-Elect; Jeff Funderburgh (Birdville ISD); Frank Hernandez, III (United ISD), Susan Lenox (Plano ISD); Amy Melching (Georgetown ISD); Kelley Mosley (Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD); Greg Wright (Leander ISD); Derral Shelton (Splendora ISD), Alternate; and Misty Fisher (Duncanville ISD), Secretary.
For more photos and conference handouts, click to IMCAT's Conference App at http://my.yapp.us/IMCAT
Other Presentations:
Colby Nichols: 85th Legislature Preview
SBOE Member-Elect Keven Ellis: SBOE Legislative Goals