Event: BEST Plus
Begins: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 at 10:00 AM
Ends: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 at 4:00 PM
Description:
Intended audience: ESOL Assessors
Purpose of workshop: To provide participants with ESOL assessment training using the BEST Plus, a computer-based assessment tool developed by the Center for Applied Linguistics for ESOL learners. The training session offered in the use of the BEST Plus is only for those who are experienced in working with ESOL learners and whose work assignment includes test administration for NRS reporting.
Location: Literacy Council of Northern VA
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
Contact: Page Stirrup
Email: pbstirrup@vcu.edu
Phone #: 804-827-1044
Event: Developing Writing Skills in Adults
Begins: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 at 12:00 PM
Ends: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 at 3:30 PM
Description:
After taking this workshop, participants will be able to:
* identify and understand the three steps of the writing process.
* understand the role of revision in developing good writing.
* develop revision techniques for themselves and their students.
* create exercises for the use of their students.
* develop their own classroom guidelines for review and revision.
Target Audience: GED/ABE Instructors
Location: The Franklin Center for Advanced Learning & Enterprise50 Claiborne AveRocky Mount, VA 24151
Contact: Page Stirrup
Email: pbstirrup@vcu.edu
Phone #: 800-237-0178 or 804-828-6521
Event: Goal Setting: The Path to Success
Begins: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 at 4:30 PM
Ends: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 at 9:00 PM
Description:
Location: Dutch Inn
2360 Virginia Ave.
Collinsville, Va 24078 Contact: Page Stirrup
Email: pbstirrup@vcu.edu
Phone #: 800-237-0178
Event: ESOL Basics
Begins: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 at 9:00 AM
Ends: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 at 4:00 PM
Description:
Do you need to know the basics of ESOL instruction? At this workshop, you will learn and practice:
• how to identify characteristics of adult ESOL learners,
• effective methods of teaching languages,
• what is involved with teaching the four language skills, and
• how adults learn another language.
This workshop is intended for those teachers with less than two years experience in teaching adult ESOL.
Location: 7510 Lisle Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22043 Contact: Page Stirrup
Email: pbstirrup@vcu.edu
Phone #: 800-237-0178
Event: Technology Resources You and Your Students Will Love
Begins: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 at 9:30 AM
Ends: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 at 12:30 PM
Description:
To provide teachers with technology resources.
Location: Arlington County Public Schools2801 Clarendon Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
Contact: Page Stirrup
Email: vdesk@vcu.edu
Phone #: 800-237-0178 or 804-828-6521
Event: Developing Writing Skills in Adults
Begins: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 at 9:00 AM
Ends: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 at 12:30 PM
Description:
After taking this workshop, participants will be able to:
* identify and understand the three steps of the writing process.
* understand the role of revision in developing good writing.
* develop revision techniques for themselves and their students.
* create exercises for the use of their students.
* develop their own classroom guidelines for review and revision.
Location: Adult Education and Career Center141 Good Street
Danville, VA 24541
Contact: LaVerne Saunders
Email: vdesk@vcu.edu
Phone #: 800-237-0178
Event: Developing Writing Skills in Adults
Begins: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 at 9:00 AM
Ends: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 at 12:30 PM
Description:
After taking this workshop, participants will be able to:
* identify and understand the three steps of the writing process.
* understand the role of revision in developing good writing.
* develop revision techniques for themselves and their students.
* create exercises for the use of their students.
* develop their own classroom guidelines for review and revision.
Location: VISSTA – Richmond Area Training Center
1604 Santa Rosa Road
Richmond, VA 23229
Contact: LaVerne Saunders
Email: vdesk@vcu.edu
Phone #: 1-800-237-0178
Event: The ABC’s of Grant Writing
Begins: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 at 9:00 AM
Ends: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 at 4:00 PM
Description:
This day-long workshop will go over all the elements of grant-writing from identifying a problem that needs to be solved, to proposing a realistic and measurable solution, to tying in all the grant elements that will result in a cohesive, seamless, and competitive proposal.
Location: New River Valley Workforce Dev. Ctr.New River Valley Mall – 782 New River Rd.Christiansburg, VA
Contact: Page Stirrup
Email: vdesk@vcu.edu
Phone #: 1-800-237-0178
Event: The ABC’s of Grant Writing
Begins: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 at 9:00 AM
Ends: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 at 4:00 PM
Description:
This day-long workshop will go over all the elements of grant-writing from identifying a problem that needs to be solved, to proposing a realistic and measurable solution, to tying in all the grant elements that will result in a cohesive, seamless, and competitive proposal.
Location: Hampton Adult Education
1300 Thomas Street Hampton, VA 23669
Contact: Page Stirrup
Email: pbstirrup@vcu.edu
Phone #: 1-800-237-0178
