With the departure of Vanessa Farmer, as our Secretariat, we have been shuffling some of the administrative duties she handled. To that end, we have now got the TACA Facebook page and the TACA Blog back up and rolling. Please take the time to visit them and make use of a great networking tool. Leave an article, reconnect with a friend and colleague, or just make someone else smile. We need all the tools we can get, let’s make use of these.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
First Texas Court Management Class Graduates
In June of 2009, the Texas Center for the Judiciary and the Texas Association for Court Administration (TACA) convened the first class of the Texas Court Management Program(TCMP). June 17th, 2010, during the Professional Development Program (PDP), in Austin, the first TCMP class completed their course of study and graduated. This is a monumental event for court mangment and administration in Texas. With the completetion of this first course, these Texas court professionals have raised the bar for education.
The graduation ceromonies, held at the Westin at the Domain, in Austin, were officiated by Ms. Mary Kay Bickett, Executive Director of the Texas Center for the Judiciary. Also in attendance were Carl Reynolds (Office of Court Administration), Dale Kasparek (National Center for State Courts), Walt Natemeyer, Ph.D. (TCMP Faculty) and Bob Wessels (Harris County Court Manager). The keynote speaker for the ceremonies was Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson of the Texas State Supreme Court.
This was a great accomplishment for the participants. The program was divided into five parts. The first two portions were at PDP, June 2009. The second two in conjunction with the annual education conference last year in Corpus Christi and the concluding seminar at PDP this June. Hats off to these few who have charted the course for the rest of us.
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