The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

Announcements

Online Training for Content Standards--Get Ready for VAILL! (June 27)

This year's Southwest VAILL (July 30 - August 1) will focus on implementing content standards by offering an array of interesting and practical workshops such as:

-Implementing Content Standards in the Open Enrollment Classroom
-Creativity and Content Standards
-Program Planning for Content Standards Implementation
-Aligning Assessment and Curriculum with GED Content Standards
-Curricula Based on ESOL Content Standards
-Lesson Planning with ESOL Content Standards
-GED Content Standards: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners through Differentiated Instruction

Start Now!

Participants are encouraged to take the Virginia Content Standards Online Training developed by VALRC prior to SW VAILL for an introduction to content standards. The self-paced course can be completed in about two hours and provides an orientation to standards and specific tracks for ESOL and GED. Especially if you've just begun to explore Virginia's GED/ESOL content standards, the online course will provide a foundation for the workshops at VAILL.

For more information and to register for the online training, visit http://valrc.org/training/online/content.html . A certificate of completion will be issued at the end of the training.

If you have already completed the online training for content standards, you do not need to complete it again.

If you have questions about the online training, please contact Lauren Ellington, Online Training Specialist, at leellington@vcu.edu.

See you at VAILL!
July 30 - August 1

VAILL 2008: Virginia Institutes for Lifelong Learning (May 30)

Plan to attend one of this summer's Virginia Institutes for Lifelong Learning. These highly-attended conferences provide Virginia's adult education and ESOL teachers, volunteers, tutors, and administrations with valuable professional development opportunities. Professionals from across Virginia will gather to network, share ideas, and get the most up-to-date information, as well as practical teaching techniques that they will be able to take back to their classrooms.

For both conferences, a $30.00 registration fee and advanced registration are required. VAILL is supported by federal leadership funds from the Workforce Investment Act, Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, administered by the Virginia Department of Education, Office of Adult Education and Literacy, and Radford University.

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