• VALRC: IET & IELCE PLC Fall 2022 Session 2

    Virtual

    The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center is facilitating a Professional Learning Community (PLC) on Integrated Education and Training (IET) and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) for practitioners who are currently implementing or […]

  • Southeastern TESOL

    Richmond, VA

    This conference will take place in Richmond, Virginia (in-person), and the focus of the conference is creating equity - multilingual and multicultural learners in educational settings. Visit this website to learn more! Register […]

  • EdTech Center: EdTech Strategy Sessions

    Virtual

    Each EdTech Strategy Session includes two lightning talks, time for Q & A, and a thirty minute breakout session with the speaker of your choice! Virtual Reality for Workplace Readiness […]

  • VALRC: Data Office Hours

    Virtual

    Data Office Hours is an hour long, ongoing monthly meeting for anyone involved in adult ed data collection and reporting. This session provides support for policy and practice related to […]

  • VALRC: Teaching Writing: Strategies for Organizing & More

    Online

    This webinar explores how teachers can leverage strategy-based instruction to support learners in organizing their writing and developing their skills as writers. The Teaching Writing series is targeted at ABE/ASE […]

  • Switchboard: Assisting Newcomers with the U.S. Health Care System

    Virtual

    This training will review U.S. health care coverage options and health-related benefits, including the initial domestic medical screening available to newcomers. This foundational systems knowledge will help providers support newcomers […]

  • VALRC: Cultural Competence in Adult Education Webinar

    Virtual

    This webinar will be an introduction to and overview of cultural competence in the adult education classroom. The goals of the webinar are to provide a framework for cultural competence […]

  • Career Pathways Summit: Research, Practice, and Partners

    VCU Student Commons 907 Floyd Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    Join us on Tuesday, November 1 from 9a to 12p at the VCU Student Commons for a research keynote presentation and respondent panel discussion on new research on workforce development and adult […]

  • VALRC: IET/IELCE PLC

    Online

    The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center is facilitating a Professional Learning Community (PLC) on Integrated Education and Training (IET) and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) for practitioners who are currently implementing or […]

  • Teaching Writing: Argument

    Online

    This webinar explores how teachers can support learners in developing and writing arguments, including the GED® Reasoning through Language Arts essay. The Teaching Writing series is targeted at ABE/ASE English […]

  • VALRC: Spanish HSE Open Discussion

    Virtual

    This discussion series is a space for discussion and sharing of best practices for supporting Spanish-language HSE preparation. Register Here

  • VALRC: IET/IELCE PLC

    Virtual

    The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center is facilitating a Professional Learning Community (PLC) on Integrated Education and Training (IET) and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) for practitioners who are currently implementing or […]

  • VALRC: Data Office Hours

    Virtual

    Data Office Hours is an hour long, ongoing monthly meeting for anyone involved in adult ed data collection and reporting. This session provides support for policy and practice related to […]

  • VALRC: Serving Refugees Fall 2022 Open Discussion

    Virtual

    This event allows Virginia adult education practitioners the opportunity to get together to discuss and share what their programs have been doing to reach and serve refugees in their programs. […]

  • EdTech Center: The Language of Digital Resilience: Let’s Build a Digital Skills Glossary!

    Virtual

    This session will provide information about EdTech's upcoming Building Digital Resilience EdTech Maker Space (January-February 2023), part of the Digital Resilience in the American Workforce (DRAW) initiative! This hands-on, collaborative service-learning professional development opportunity will connect you with teachers around the country to crowdsource an open digital skills glossary, as well as design reusable vocabulary […]

  • LINCS: Math and Technology Unite!

    Virtual

    Looking for ways to engage students during math instruction? Thinking about utilizing technology but unsure where to start? Join moderator, Ashly Winkle, and guest presenter, Krista Mosher, to learn how to integrate technology tools, strategies, and best practices into math instruction.

  • EdTech Center: EdTech Strategy Session

    Virtual

    This session will showcase the makers and resources from two recent EdTech Maker Space projects. Join us to hear more about the processes and tools adult educators have helped us develop for Curating Free Resources and Designing Reusable Digital Activities. These include an Open Educational Resources (OER) Evaluation Guide and a growing library of activities aligned to the Teaching […]

  • Literacy Minnesota: Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices for Adult Learners

    Virtual

    Learning new languages and skills as an adult is a challenge for most people, and that challenge grows when trauma and stress are present. Trauma and chronic stress can come in many forms, and impact people’s ability to learn new skills and process information in a variety of different ways. In this webinar, learn how […]

  • LINCS: Building a Comprehensive IELCE Program

    Virtual

    Discover how to build an effective IELCE program with guest expert Amelia Boggess. Share your promising practices, discover strategies to enhance your program, and learn how to implement a portion […]

  • LINCS: Embedding Questions in Videos using Edpuzzle

    Virtual

    Edpuzzle is an online tool that allows teachers to insert questions in videos and track student responses. Guest expert Nell Eckersley will share the many ways Edpuzzle can be used […]

  • VALRC: Data Office Hours

    Virtual

    Data Office Hours is an hour long, ongoing monthly meeting for anyone involved in adult ed data collection and reporting. This session provides support for policy and practice related to […]

  • LINCS: Reading Behind the Walls

    Virtual

    Jeremy Gregg, author and prison reform advocate, will be our guest expert for the Reading Behind the Walls LINCS event taking place on January 18th at 3 PM ET. During […]

  • NEDP: Assessing 21st Century Workplace

    Virtual

    The 21st Century Workplace Competency Area can be particularly complex to assess and review. Join us to discuss best practices for helping clients make the most of this important content. […]

  • NEDP: Assessing 21st Century Workplace

    Virtual

    The 21st Century Workplace Competency Area can be particularly complex to assess and review. Join us to discuss best practices for helping clients make the most of this important content. […]

  • VALRC: Using Interactive Data Maps

    Virtual

    Come learn how to use the PIAAC and Barbara Bush Foundation interactive data maps to help identify the scope of need in your area. You will also learn how the […]

  • LINCS: Math Language Routines

    Virtual

    Join LINCS to learn about how supporting English learners with math language routines enhances their understanding of mathematics and simultaneously builds their English skills. Maribel Ojeda of the Pennsylvania Department of […]

  • ACT® WorkKeys®: Turning Digital Badges into Career Currency

    Virtual

    This webinar that will highlight: the true value of stackable, quality credentials; digital badges and why they are important to students; the importance of building partnerships with your community and […]

  • LINCS: The Color of Education

    Virtual

    The Color of Education will explore the issue of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the correctional and reentry classrooms across our country. This engaging and interactive event will bring the […]

  • VALRC: Cultural Competence in Adult Education Webinar

    Virtual

    This webinar will be an introduction to and overview of cultural competence in the adult education classroom. The goals of the webinar are to provide a framework for cultural competence […]

  • VALRC: Key Shifts Series – Teaching with Complex Texts

    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 […]

  • LINCS: What is Dyscalculia?

    Virtual

    Join LINCS to discuss dyscalculia, a math disability. In this session, participants will learn more about potential signs of dyscalculia and strategies for supporting identified learners. Bring your stories and resources for supporting these learners in your classroom! Register Here

  • VALRC: Serving Refugees, New Americans, & Immigrants PLC

    Virtual

    This professional learning community (PLC) will connect adult education practitioners (regional specialists, ESOL coordinators, instructors, tutors, etc.) who are serving or expect to serve the refugee, new American, and/or immigrant populations to discuss strategies and resources for working with these learners. This session will focus on instruction, incorporating literacy at all levels and balancing learner […]

  • LINCS: Digital Portfolios: Grow, Create, Reflect

    Virtual

    Learn about the benefits of digital portfolios in the classroom, to showcase student growth, creativity, and reflection through 21st Century Learning Skills. In this hands-on session, participants will be walking away with lesson ideas for their classroom and making their own sample portfolio using Google Sites.  Visit this website to learn more! Register Here

  • LINCS: Teacher-Centered Coaching for Improved Literacy Outcomes

    Virtual

    Join this session to learn more about teacher-centered coaching for improved literacy outcomes! Coaching expert Susan Roberts, moderator of the LINCS Reading and Writing group, will share her thoughts on how to support instructors so they can help their students achieve improved reading and writing outcomes. Register Here

  • VALRC: IET/IELCE Instructors Professional Learning Community

    Virtual

    This PLC is an opportunity for integrated training and education (IET) and Integrated English Literacy and Civics (IELCE) instructors to network and collaborate in order to develop IET/IELCE lesson plans, curriculum, learner activities, assessments, etc. The purpose of this PLC is to be responsive to and relevant for  IET/IELCE instructors as our first ever IET/IELCE […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]