PD Opportunities
Grow your skills.
VALRC offers professional development (PD) opportunities for adult educators and staff in a variety of offerings to best serve your needs.
If you enjoy learning in a more structured environment, our facilitated online courses and webinar series provide you with experts from the field to guide your learning journey. For those of you who enjoy interacting with your peers, our virtual professional learning communities (PLCs) and online open discussions allow you to learn in and among other adult educators from across the state. We even have on-demand, self-paced online tutorials where you can work at your own pace with what works best for your schedule.
Webinar Series & Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
For individuals who want to develop their skills on priority adult education topics, our webinar series and PLCs take our core educational content and provide it in an alternative format to accommodate busy schedules. These workshops are facilitated by adult education practitioners and while attending all sessions is recommended, it is not necessary in order to get the most out of each individual session.
On-Demand Self-Paced Learning
VALRC offers a variety of foundational, self-paced tutorials and webinars for adult educators that can be accessed on-demand and taken at one’s leisure. These virtual learning opportunities have been designed by VALRC educational specialists but are non-facilitated. Registration and content access is provided through the Reach 360 platform. If you do not already have a Reach 360 account, you can use this link to set an account up. For help with Reach 360, including account set-up, contact VALRC at [email protected] or 1-800-237-0178.
Our PD opportunities are offered free of charge to those who are affiliated with adult education programs funded through the Virginia Department of Education and/or the Virginia Literacy Foundation. If you are not funded through either of these organizations, please contact us directly at [email protected] or by phone at 1-800-237-0178 for more information and a fee schedule.
To receive continuous, up-to-date information about our PD opportunities, be sure to sign up for our VALRC listserv.