• VALRC: The Change Agent for ABE & HSE Instruction

    Online

    The Change Agent is a magazine for adult educators and learners that features relevant, engaging articles -- most of them written by adult learners. In this webinar, Cynthia Peters, longtime educator and editor of The Change Agent, will introduce Virginia instructors to this standards-aligned resource and how it can be used to teach reading, writing, […]

  • VALRC: The Change Agent for English Language Instruction

    Online

    The Change Agent is a magazine for adult educators and learners that features relevant, engaging articles -- most of them written by adult learners. In this webinar, Cynthia Peters, longtime educator and editor of The Change Agent, will introduce Virginia instructors to this standards-aligned resource and how it can be used to teach English language […]

  • VALRC: Key Shifts Series – Teaching Learners to Use Evidence

    Virtual

    Teaching with the CCRS Key Shifts is a series of workshops designed to provide evidence-based strategies for working with complexity, evidence, and knowledge. Each workshop focuses on a different English language arts/literacy key shift and encourages an interactive learning experience. Participants will engage in several activities they can take back to the classroom to help […]

  • VALRC: Key Shifts Series – Teaching to Build Knowledge

    Virtual

    Teaching with the CCRS Key Shifts is a series of workshops designed to provide evidence-based strategies for working with complexity, evidence, and knowledge. Each workshop focuses on a different English language arts/literacy key shift and encourages an interactive learning experience. Participants will engage in several activities they can take back to the classroom to help […]

  • GEDTS Tuesday for Teachers: Have You Talked about “Zero” Lately?

    Virtual

    GED Testing Services offers the Tuesdays for Teachers series as a free professional development offering. Here's their description of the upcoming March session: We often “talk about nothing, or zero” in day-to-day conversations. A conversation about the “zero” in RLA is certainly “nothing” and has become a serious concern for many educators and their students. […]

  • VALRC: Contextualized Phonics Instruction

    Virtual

    This 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. Participants will leave the webinar with an understanding of […]

  • Beyond Basics: Multilevel ESOL Classes (Online Course)

    This course is designed for teachers who want to tackle the challenges of teaching multilevel classes. It is for teachers who want to address the varied learning needs of individual students without planning individual lessons and burning out. It is for teachers who want to become highly effective multi-level classroom teachers by using strategies that […]

  • VALRC Spring Math Webinar Series – Session 1

    Virtual

    The first session will cover the math interest survey responses, including a discussion of the strategies and topics and math instructors want to learn about most. We will also explore how The Change Agent, an adult learner publication, can be used for contextualized math instruction. The content focus for webinars 2 and 3 will be […]

  • Serving Internationally Trained Professionals Open Discussion

    Virtual

    This open discussion will bring together adult education programs and other refugee/immigrant serving organizations to discuss strategies and practices for best serving internationally trained professionals (ITPs) in order to support […]

  • LINCS Digital Storytelling for Better Writers

    From the LINCS Reading & Writing Community: How can we use multi-media storytelling to build better writers? What role does storytelling have in Adult Basic Education? In this live session […]

  • VDOE Data Office Hours

    Online

    This session will offer additional technical assistance with end-of-year data reporting. Register Here

  • LINCS: Culture in the Adult Education Mathematics Classroom

    Virtual

    Join Dr. Carmine Stewart to discuss the importance of acknowledging and valuing students' diverse cultures and experiences in the mathematics classroom. We’ll explore ways to incorporate culturally responsive teaching practices […]

  • VDOE June Open Conversation

    Online

    The VDOE team will host a June open conversation about the conclusion of the current year and start of the new year. This is not mandatory. Use this link to join Meeting ID: 858 1354 2792 Passcode: 140308

  • VDOE Data Office Hours

    Online

    This session will offer additional technical assistance with end-of-year data reporting. Register Here

  • VDOE Data Office Hours

    Online

    This session will offer additional technical assistance with end-of-year data reporting. Register Here

  • LINCS: COABE Follow-Up for Digital Lit & Tech Strand

    Virtual

    Join Rachel Riggs and Nell Eckersley for  the conversation  started a few months ago at COABE 2023! How have we navigated new technologies over the years? What lessons can we […]

  • VDOE July Open Conversation

    Online

    Join an open conversation which will answer questions about this year's reporting. Use this link to join Meeting ID: 898 4096 4263 Passcode: 455507

  • VDOE Data Office Hours

    Online

    This session will offer additional technical assistance with end-of-year data reporting. Register Here

  • LINCS: Supporting Learners with Disabilities

    Join LINCS for an information-packed hour with Dr. Monica McHale-Small of the Learning Disabilities Association of America. This is an opportunity to learn about an important demographic in adult education--students […]

  • EdTech: Maker CampGPT (Session 1)

    Virtual

    CampGPT is an engaging opportunity to learn more about generative AI tools. While collaborating with other educators, campers will have the chance to engage in a variety of activities that […]

  • DARS Windmills: Disability Fact or Fiction

    Virtual

    This diversity disability inclusion module is an exercise wherein participants complete a questionnaire and review their knowledge about disabilities. The goal is to become more comfortable and effective in our […]

  • EdTech: Maker CampGPT (Session 2)

    Virtual

    CampGPT is an engaging opportunity to learn more about generative AI tools. While collaborating with other educators, campers will have the chance to engage in a variety of activities that […]

  • Career Pathways Virtual Meeting

    Career Pathways Virtual Meeting
    Virtual

    The VDOE and VALRC will offer sessions to review and discuss the PY2022-23 data for indicators of IET quality.  There will be breakout sessions for networking and sharing of ideas based on industry-specific groups […]

  • Career Pathways Virtual Meeting

    Career Pathways Virtual Meeting
    Virtual

    The VDOE and VALRC will offer sessions to review and discuss the PY2022-23 data for indicators of IET quality.  There will be breakout sessions for networking and sharing of ideas based on industry-specific groups […]

  • VALRC: Reading, Writing, and Relevance: Teaching with Adult Learners’ Published Writing

    In this webinar, find out how to access SPOTLIGHT, Virginia’s annual publication for writing by adult learners, and The Change Agent adult education magazine for social justice. Gain ideas for using writing by adult learners to teach reading and language skills at multiple levels, as models to guide learners through the writing process, to combat learners’ writing anxieties, […]