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SUMMARY:Foundations of Reading: Print Skills Online Course
DESCRIPTION:Did you know many adult learners\, even those who can read and comprehend at higher levels\, struggle with alphabetic skills and fluency? No matter what level learner you work with\, this course will provide you with information about and strategies to help you incorporate alphabetic skills and fluency into your lessons. Participants in this course will leave with useful resources\, a deeper understanding of how alphabetic skills and fluency affect comprehension\, and experience contextualizing these skills into lessons. This course complements Foundations of Reading: Meaning Skills.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/foundations-of-reading-print-skills-online-course/
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SUMMARY:ELPS for Adult Educators Online Course
DESCRIPTION:ELPS for Adult Educators is a four-week online course designed to give participants a deep dive into the English Language Proficiency Standards for Adult Education or ELPS. The course is geared toward teachers who are new to the standards and who currently teach English language learners (ELLs) at any level\, including ESOL\, ABE\, and ASE.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/elps-for-adult-educators-online-course/
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SUMMARY:Career Pathways Open Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Join us for important networking\, updates\, and sharing for career pathways planning and programming. This three-part open conversation series focuses on connecting career pathways practitioners with resources\, colleagues\, and policy updates to support the growth of their programming to connect learners to training\, higher education\, and careers. Come and learn what your colleagues are doing across the state and share your best and promising practices with us! \nALL adult education practitioners who are interested in learning more about planning and implementing career pathways programming\, including integrated education and training (IET)\, PluggedInVA\, workplace learning\, etc.\, are welcome to attend! Please consider inviting multiple members of your teams to attend (e.g.\, instructors\, data specialists\, regional specialists\, program managers\, occupational training partners). All perspectives are welcome and are important to the conversation! \nThese conversations will occur on Mondays from 12p to 1:30p. We will record and archive the presentation portions of each session and will share notes from the breakout and whole-group discussions. \nFall dates are October 2\, October 30\, and November 27. \nRegister for one or all sessions with this link.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/career-pathways-open-conversations/
CATEGORIES:Online Open Discussion
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SUMMARY:LINCS: Understanding Discrimination: What is it and why does it matter?
DESCRIPTION:What is discrimination exactly\, and why should we care about it as adult educators? We will discuss what discrimination is\, where it originates \, and how we can reduce discrimination by being more aware of our personal biases.  LINCS’ special guest\, Dr. Adriennie Hatten\, will describe what discrimination looks like in educational settings at the student and instructor levels\, discuss parent perspectives on the effects of discrimination\, and provide strategies to prevent discrimination. \nRegister here.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/lincs-understanding-discrimination-what-is-it-and-why-does-it-matter/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Literacy Minnesota: How to Work Effectively with Muslims
DESCRIPTION:Join Jaylani Hussein of CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) MN for a proactive diversity training that bridges the gap of misunderstanding and provides resources to employers\, attorneys\, community leaders and educators. First\, the presentation will open with a brief introduction on how to effectively work with Muslim learners by bringing awareness and eliminating a potential bias. The second segment highlights Muslim demographics worldwide\, in the United States and in Minnesota. The third part of this presentation will include how to provide religious accommodations in an educational setting. It emphasizes: a) the main practices for which school staff should expect a request for accommodation and b) practices to be mindful of when interacting with Muslim learners. \nRegister here.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/literacy-minnesota-how-to-work-effectively-with-muslims/
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CATEGORIES:Webinar
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