Events
LACES Demo: Data Outputs from LACES
LACES Demo: Data Outputs from LACES
VALRC: Helping Your Students Identify, Develop, and Utilize Transferrable Skills Webinar with Cynthia Peters
OnlineAdult education students have strong transferable skills (aka, soft skills). They just don’t know it yet! Leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills are being cultivated daily by hard-working adult learners. Employers value and seek these crucial competencies. In this webinar, adult educator and The Change Agent editor Cynthia Peters shares powerful student-written stories and demonstrates […]
Literacy Minnesota: Developing and Practicing Reading Fluency
OnlineCome 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 […]
NEDP for Non-NEDP Staff
The most successful National External Diploma Program (NEDP) providers take a whole-agency approach to NEDP. Learners benefit when instructors, administrators, and support staff who have NOT been trained in NEDP understand the fundamentals of the program.
Join us for a one-hour crash course in NEDP for non-NEDP staff. Impress your coworkers with your fluency in NEDP terminology! Demolish your agency’s NEDP silo!
VALRC-TSTM: Civics Education PLC
OnlineDo you want to learn more about the classroom-ready lessons and other resources in the Teaching the Skills that Matter (TSTM) Toolkit? Do you want to gain ideas for incorporating civics education and workforce preparation skills and activities into your teaching? Do you want to work with experienced facilitators and colleagues around the state to […]
Boot Camp 2.0 – Building on Success
Boot Camps have proven a worthwhile strategy in providing instruction for students who are one test away from a high school credential. For many of these students, the focus has been on math. However, we know that this strategy can and will work for other areas as well.
Literacy Minnesota: Teaching Intermediate Alphabetics
OnlineTeaching intermediate alphabetics (syllables, prefixes, suffixes, root words) is a great way to help students build their decoding and comprehension skills. Come learn a variety of fun and easy-to-use routines and activities for helping intermediate-level readers develop these important tools. Register
VALRC: Multilevel ESOL Classes Webinar Series, Session 2
VirtualDo you want to tackle the challenges of teaching multilevel ESOL classes? Are you looking to address the varied learning needs of individual students within one classroom and become an effective multi-level teacher? This 3 part webinar series will present strategies for effective multi-level instruction and planning for ESOL classes or multi-level classrooms. We will […]
NEDP for Non-NEDP Staff
The most successful National External Diploma Program (NEDP) providers take a whole-agency approach to NEDP. Learners benefit when instructors, administrators, and support staff who have NOT been trained in NEDP understand the fundamentals of the program.
Join us for a one-hour crash course in NEDP for non-NEDP staff. Impress your coworkers with your fluency in NEDP terminology! Demolish your agency’s NEDP silo!
VALRC-TSTM: Civics Education PLC
OnlineDo you want to learn more about the classroom-ready lessons and other resources in the Teaching the Skills that Matter (TSTM) Toolkit? Do you want to gain ideas for incorporating civics education and workforce preparation skills and activities into your teaching? Do you want to work with experienced facilitators and colleagues around the state to […]
VALRC ESOL Beginning Literacy Webinar Series: Using the Language Experience Approach to Integrate the Components of Reading
VirtualDo you work with adult ESOL learners who are building their literacy skills? Are you looking for an engaging and asset-based approach to ESOL beginning literacy instruction that allows for the integration of all four components of reading? This webinar will present strategies for utilizing the language experience approach (LEA) in the ESOL educational setting […]
LINCS: Let’s Talk: Virtual Learning Communities to Support Practitioners
VirtualJoin the LINCS Professional Development and Program Management group moderators in this coffee chat to discuss virtual learning communities - their characteristics, support for practitioners, and best practices in planning and implementation. We welcome you to listen, learn, and share your experiences! Register Here
LINCS: What’s Your Story?
VirtualMany of our students come to us with significant trauma that impacts their ability to learn. How can we help students learn to tell their stories and engage in the self-reflection needed to heal? Join our guest presenter, Odilia Rivera-Santos, with the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island to learn about “What’s Your Story?”—a […]
EdWeb: Science of Reading Week
OnlineWhen schools and districts connect knowledge of the science of reading with instruction, we can realize exponential power for change. These panels are designed to address the needs of every educator, school administrator and district leader, empowering you with knowledge of structured literacy to forever reshape students’ academic journeys. Join EdWeb and Lexia for four […]
LINCS Coffee Talk: Using AI Tools in Civics Education
VirtualLeverage the power of AI tools to target and tailor the creation of level-appropriate civics course material. Re-apply these prompts to highlight and connect the language and civics content in IECLE classrooms to facilitate student leadership in the workforce and the community-at-large. Register Here
The Little Things You Can Do to Make a Big Impact on GED® Math Performance
The Little Things You Can Do to Make a Big Impact on GED® Math Performance
ProLiteracy: “What are They Really Saying?” Helping Students Read Between the Lines and Make Inferences
OnlineStudents preparing for the HSE exams often focus too much on what’s explicitly present in a text. This may allow them to recall specific details and find evidence, but it hinders them from making inferences and drawing conclusions. In this webinar, learn how to help students dig deeper to make inferences about what’s being implicitly […]
VALRC-TSTM: Civics Education PLC
OnlineDo you want to learn more about the classroom-ready lessons and other resources in the Teaching the Skills that Matter (TSTM) Toolkit? Do you want to gain ideas for incorporating civics education and workforce preparation skills and activities into your teaching? Do you want to work with experienced facilitators and colleagues around the state to […]
VALRC: Science of Reading Overview
OnlineThis session presents a basic overview of the science of reading and effective reading instruction, including alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. During the session, we discuss strategies for each component of reading and how to use them in the classroom. Participants will leave with resources for teaching each component. Register
LINCS: Exploring the IET for English Learners Desk Aids
VirtualJoin us for a live LINCS event with Jessie Stadd, Education Technical Assistance and Research Specialist with RTI International to learn more about the Integrated Education and Training (IET) for English Learners Desk Aids. Register Here
LINCS: Digital Skills: Plugging Them into Instruction
VirtualJeff Goumas and Rachel Riggs of World Education are spilling the tea (and coffee!) on some exciting updates to the Bridges Digital Skills Framework and SkillBlox. New features on these resources will help you plug more digital skills into instruction. Join us for this casual session to hear about the new features and share challenges […]
DARS WINDMILLS: Harness the Power of Inclusion
Windmills has a proven history of assisting those with and without disabilities to better understand the culture of disability in the workplace. We will be rotating the following modules:
Fact or Fiction, Whose Fault, Perspectives, Taking Emotions out of Emotional Disabilities, Profiles, AT and Reasonable Accommodations
Literacy Minnesota: Comprehension Strategies for Intermediate-Level Readers
OnlineResearch shows that explicitly teaching a set of comprehension strategies is a great way to help intermediate-level readers maximize their understanding of texts. Come learn a handful of great comprehension tools that will help students develop critical thinking skills and comprehension skills. Register
ProLiteracy: What? You Want Me to Write Too? Strategies for the Low Level or Anxious Writers
OnlineWriting is just so permanent. How can we help our students get over the anxiety of committing pencil to paper? In this webinar we will present exercises you can incorporate into your lessons that will relieve some of the stress of writing and encourage students to share their ideas. Register This webinar is part of […]
VALRC Beginning Literacy Webinar Series: Contextualized Phonics Instruction
VirtualThis webinar will present strategies for contextualizing phonics instruction in the ESOL beginning literacy or multilevel classroom as well as during one-on-one tutoring sessions. We will discuss strategies for contextualizing phonics instruction and walk through the steps of implementing this strategy in different ESOL instructional settings as well as connections between this approach and the […]
ProLiteracy: Starting to Read: Building Phonemic Awareness and Foundation Literacy Skills with Preliterate ELL Students
OnlineAdult students who are just beginning their literacy journey while also still learning to speak English face a unique challenge. Preliterate students have no connection to the sound/letter correlation required to read. Many lack even basic print awareness connecting any symbol to a meaning. In this webinar, we will discuss helping preliterate students develop the […]
VALRC: Multilevel ESOL Classes Webinar Series, Session 3
VirtualDo you want to tackle the challenges of teaching multilevel ESOL classes? Are you looking to address the varied learning needs of individual students within one classroom and become an effective multi-level teacher? This 3 part webinar series will present strategies for effective multi-level instruction and planning for ESOL classes or multi-level classrooms. We will […]
VALRC Lessons from the Field with Cassandra Kramer: Using Digital Literacy to Connect Adult English Learners to Their Families and Communities
OnlineIncorporating family-motivated assignments and elements of digital literacy into the ESL classroom can empower adult English learners to succeed in the workforce and at home. In this webinar, join the English Empowerment Center's Cassandra Kramer to explore mini-projects that can help connect learners to their communities in a digital way. Participants will have the opportunity […]
EdTech: Strategy Sessions
VirtualLearn about the new, open BRIDGES digital skills framework. This framework has been the result of a collective effort to expand digital skills instruction and resources. Then, hear an overview of the research-based, inclusive teaching framework called Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and its application with adult learners. At 2:00 pm stick around to join […]
LINCS: ChatGPT for ESL Instruction
VirtualArtificial intelligence (AI) offers exciting new possibilities for English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms. In this presentation, Yeonjai Rah explores ideas for leveraging AI in three key areas: 1. As a conversation partner and writing tutor for ESL learners. 2. For developing student-centered and culturally relevant teaching materials. 3. As an aid for ESL […]
COABE: New Frontiers in Jail Education—How adult education providers can partner with jails to drive MSGs, diplomas, and life-changing experiences
VirtualAs tablet technology and secure internet access is growing in jails across the U.S., the ability to deliver a new level of educational opportunities grows as well. There are now more than 700,000 tablets deployed in prisons and jails across the country. This delivery mechanism is changing the way adult education providers can partner with […]