Events

This month’s EdTech Strategy Session features two lightning talks by: Cassandra Kramer Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra Register Here

Come and review the important role of fluency in reading instruction. We will discuss the three key components of reading fluency and look at a variety of activities tutors and teachers can try. We will talk about the mechanics of doing fluency practice via Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or any other remote tutoring tool (including […]

Get ready for Media Literacy Week (October 21-25, 2024) with ProLiteracy's new course, "Navigating Today’s Media." Join our guest presenter, Maribel Ojeda, ProLiteracy Director of Professional Development to learn how this course equips adult learners with the essential skills to navigate the complex media landscape. Students will learn how to define media, analyze messages, recognize […]

Differentiation in education is crucial for meeting the diverse needs of students, particularly in the early years of building foundational knowledge. Join Wiley Blevins in this ILA Webinar, where participants will explore innovative strategies to adapt and scaffold phonics instruction for all learners, ensuring access to grade-level content for every student. Register Here

The Office of Correctional Education in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) invites you to participate in the Correctional Education Professional Learning Series. This series focuses on delivering relevant, engaging, and innovative experiences where participants learn about strategies, techniques, initiatives, and programs that advance the educational opportunities and […]

Media literacy education provides tools to help people develop receptive media capability to critically analyze messages, offers opportunities for learners to broaden their experience of media, and helps them develop generative media capability to increase creative skills in making their own media messages. Register Here

Media literacy education provides tools to help people develop receptive media capability to critically analyze messages, offers opportunities for learners to broaden their experience of media, and helps them develop generative media capability to increase creative skills in making their own media messages. Register Here

Teaching and tutoring very beginning level ESL readers can be intimidating for volunteers and professional teachers alike. Attend this webinar to get practical activities and ideas for one-on-one, remote and in-person instruction with tech and no-tech options. Leave feeling ready to provide your learners with meaningful and effective reading activities. Register Here

Everyone knows being bi- or multilingual is a wonderful asset! How can adult English Language teachers create the opportunity for English learners to draw upon their primary language to support learning English? Join the guest presenters, Xavier Muñoz, Director of Academic Programs and Student Services, The English Empowerment Center, Katie Donoviel, Executive Director, English Skills Learning […]

The number one concern of almost all teachers is time. So how can we fit everything that literacy research shows to be positive for students into our already busy school days? Join literacy experts Dr. Cheryl Lundy Swift and Leah Mermelstein in this engaging edWebinar as they explore effective handwriting, spelling, and writing strategies that […]

Adult educators say they seldom have the chance to talk with their colleagues in a relaxed setting. This open discussion, facilitated by LINCS Moderators Steve Schmidt (LINCS Community Reading and Writing Group) and Erin Vobornik (LINCS Community Teaching and Learning Group) will provide adult educators an opportunity to talk with your professional colleagues about adult […]

Join EdTech every month on the second Friday to hear practical strategies and innovative approaches to the use of educational technology and the implementation of digital inclusion in education. Each EdTech Strategy session includes: two lightning talks a breakout room for small group discussion Register Here

Join the guest speakers, Wendy Parent-Johnson, Executive Director of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center and Professor in the Department of Counseling and Special Education at Virginia Commonwealth University, and R. Joshua Drywater, Training and Technical Assistance Associate at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for a discussion of the cultural considerations of […]

Vocabulary is everyone’s favorite reading component! And helping students master reading vocabulary is a key to helping them master comprehension. But how many words should you teach? And which words are the most important? What strategies are best for helping students learn new words? How do you get students to make new words part of […]

Join this insightful webinar on supporting internationally educated newcomers in navigating career pathways in the U.S. World Education Services (WES), a nationally recognized credential evaluation agency, will facilitate a discussion alongside grantees of ORR's Refugee Career Pathways (RCP) program in Idaho. Speakers will discuss how RCP-funded programs are supporting internationally educated ORR-eligible clients by helping […]

Literacy is critical to greater equity for adults and families. It enables the power to communicate, access resources and opportunities, and make informed decisions about health, children’s education, and civic engagement, for example. Join the LINCS PD CoP with guest Sarah Cacicio of the Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network to glean insights from new […]

WHO ATTENDS THE FAMILIES LEARNING CONFERENCE? Educators and teachers School administrators Librarians Community program staff Literacy practitioners Literacy coalition members Researchers Policymakers Funders WHAT YOU'LL GAIN FROM ATTENDING: → Innovative learning strategies and resources → Practices to create equitable learning experiences →Cutting-edge research in family learning →Exposure to a national network and community → Inspiration […]