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"Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.." ― Marian Wright Edelman

Welcome to the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center. We provide adult education and literacy resources, publications, and training for adult education practitioners in Virginia.

Our Mission: To equip the field of adult education and literacy with essential skills and resources by delivering innovative and effective training, publications, curriculum design, and program development.

Our Vision: That the field of adult education and literacy will have the best available tools and training to help adult learners build a better future.

Events

This section of the website contains all of the Professional Development opportunities currently scheduled, inlcuding trainings, webinars, and conferences.

Access the Virginia Learning Center (VLC).

What's New

November Tech Tuesday
Check out Bubbl which is a free, browser-based, mind-mapping tool.

Website Spotlight

Check out our updated events page!
Here you will find links to a collection of current professional development opportunites such as webinars, facilitated online courses, self-paced online courses, and face-to-face training opportunities.

Communities

Stay up to date with important events and advances in the field of adult education. In this section you will find links to our Facebook, Twitter, Stories from the Field, Update on Adult Education podcast, and Youtube pages. You can also sign up here for our Adult Educators listserv.

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The VALRC, located at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU School of Education), is funded primarily through the VA Department of Education.