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The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center equips the field of adult education with essential skills and resources through an equity mindset.
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We grow professional skills and capacity to improve programs and impact the lives of adult learners—webinars and virtual events, facilitated online courses, self-paced online courses, face-to-face training, and more.
Latest News
New Voices from the Field Podcast! Serving Refugees and Immigrant Integration
VALRC is back with a new podcast, “Serving Refugees and Immigrant Integration” which is now available on our website. In this podcast… Read More
New Course! USA Learns Access America
USA Learns has a new course! Access America is a course for students with an intermediate level of English who want to improve their language… Read More
New Spanish Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment and Materials
Northstar Digital Literacy is pleased to announce the release of the Spanish language version of their Basic Computers assessment, and the corresponding Northstar Online Learning module. To… Read More
Voices from the Field: Instructor & Program Reflections on Integrating SPOTLIGHT Publication & Writing into the Adult Education Classroom
VALRC is back with a new podcast, “Instructor and Program Reflections on Integrating SPOTLIGHT Publication and Writing into the Adult Education Classroom” which… Read More
Upcoming Events
VALRC: Cultural Competence in Adult Education Webinar
This webinar will be an introduction to and overview of cultural competence in the adult education classroom. The goals of the webinar are to provide… Read More
VALRC: Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans, IELCE & Immigrant Integration in Virginia Webinar
This webinar disseminates information on OCTAE’s Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans (EARN). This Project recognizes synergy between Integrated English Literacy and… Read More
VALRC: IET & IELCE PLC Fall 2022 Session 2
The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center is facilitating a Professional Learning Community (PLC) on Integrated Education and Training (IET) and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) for practitioners… Read More
ILA: Using Dungeons & Dragons to Scaffold Writing Instruction
Third in a series sponsored by the International Literacy Association and Wizards of the West Coast, this webinar explores how role-playing gaming can build students’… Read More
VALRC: Data Office Hours
Data Office Hours is an hour long, ongoing monthly meeting for anyone involved in adult ed data collection and reporting. This session provides support for… Read More
VALRC: Teaching Writing: Strategies for Organizing & More
This webinar explores how teachers can leverage strategy-based instruction to support learners in organizing their writing and developing their skills as writers. … Read More