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SUMMARY:Canvas Countdown for Virtual Virginia
DESCRIPTION:The Virginia Department of Education has partnered with Virtual Virginia to develop 9 online courses for adult learners in 3 content areas: \n\nEnglish Language Arts\nMathematics\nEnglish Language Acquisition\n\nFor each content area\, there are 3 courses targeted toward beginning\, intermediate\, and advanced level learners. \nJOIN US for a 4-week lightly facilitated online course to learn all about accessing the virtual courses\, building and adapting the courses in Canvas\, and providing feedback. \nThis is a special adult education teachers’ cohort that I (Steven Sproles\, Virtual Va) will be facilitating. \nThe course moves from setting individual user preferences\, managing files\, and adjusting course settings to help educators manage the course. \nParticipants will gain knowledge of customizing course homepages\, utilizing the rich content editor to enhance assignments\, discussions\, and quizzes. \nAdditional resources will be provided to allow the self-paced course to meet the needs of all levels of learners. \nCOURSE OBJECTIVES \nBy the end of the four-week course\, teachers will be able to: \n\nLogin to their Canvas account\nUpdate their profile/notification settings\nCreate and edit instructional content (including VVA-authored adult education resource courses)\nCreate and edit assessments
URL:https://valrc.org/event/canvas-countdown-for-virtual-virginia/
CATEGORIES:Facilitated Online Course
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SUMMARY:ProLiteracy: What’s So Smart About SMART Goals? Using Them to Energize Students and Increase Retention
DESCRIPTION:Integrating SMART goals into class increases student satisfaction and involvement. Students that work toward SMART goals also have better attendance. Learn what SMART goals are\, how to set them\, and how to use them in class. SMART goals can be applied to any learning environment to make them more relevant and engaging for students. \nRegister \nThis webinar is part of the ProLiteracy Teacher Training Plus Series
URL:https://valrc.org/event/proliteracy-whats-so-smart-about-smart-goals-using-them-to-energize-students-and-increase-retention/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:EARN Training on Promoting Civic Readiness\, LINCS
DESCRIPTION:Ever wonder what it means to provide instruction on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and civic participation? \nThe Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans project is offering a virtual training to help adult educators\, especially those teaching Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE)\, think about civics activities that promote English learners and immigrants’ civic readiness. This may include supporting eligible students as they move forward on their path to citizenship. The training will include information on the citizenship process and learning more about how adult education and citizenship instruction program providers can work together. \nThe training\, Using IELCE Activities to Promote Civic Readiness and Connections to Citizenship\, will be held on September 20th at 3-4:15pm ET/12-1:15pm PT. Register now! \n 
URL:https://valrc.org/event/earn-training-on-promoting-civic-readiness-lincs/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:VALRC: Teaching Writing: Evidence-based Practices and Strategy Instruction
DESCRIPTION:What does the research say about effective instruction that helps learners improve the quality of their writing? How can teachers can leverage strategy-based instruction to support learners in developing as writers? This webinar will review 11 evidence-based instructional practices and explore specific strategies that learners and teachers can use. \nRegister here.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-teaching-writing-evidence-based-practices-and-strategy-instruction/
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