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  • October 2022

  • Wed 5
    LINCS Literacy Information and Communication System logo

    LINCS: Strategies in Providing English Language Acquisition and Family Literacy Services to Afghan Refugees

    October 5, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Virtual

    Adult education can be critical for individuals and families from other countries trying to navigate in a new country, culture, and language. Please join us for an interview with Kimberly […]

  • Tue 11

    VALRC: IET & IELCE PLC Fall 2022 Session 2

    October 11, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Tue 11

    ILA: Using Dungeons & Dragons to Scaffold Writing Instruction

    October 11, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    Third in a series sponsored by the International Literacy Association and Wizards of the West Coast, this webinar explores how role-playing gaming can build students' writing and language skills. Teachers […]

  • Wed 12

    Southeastern TESOL

    October 12, 2022 @ 8:00 am - October 15, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Wed 12
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    Switchboard: Supporting Afghan Newcomers with Professional Backgrounds: Barriers, Opportunities, & Resources

    October 12, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    This webinar will discuss specific barriers and opportunities facing Afghans with professional backgrounds as they seek meaningful career pathways and employment. It will share information on available programs and resources […]

  • Fri 14
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    EdTech Center: EdTech Strategy Sessions

    October 14, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    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 […]

  • Tue 18

    VALRC: Data Office Hours

    October 18, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Tue 18
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    LINCS: Lessons from an ESOL Literature Circle: Flash fiction, four skills and fun

    October 18, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Virtual

    Literature Circles can be a powerful instructional approach to teach language to intermediate and advanced English Learners. This event provides an introduction to Literature Circles featuring testimonials of high-intermediate and […]

  • Tue 18

    VALRC: Teaching Writing: Strategies for Organizing & More

    October 18, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Wed 19
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    Literacy Education and Secondary Language Learning for Adults (LESLLA) Virtual Symposium

    October 19, 2022
    Virtual

    The virtual symposium event will feature a live keynote, a roundtable, and opportunities to connect with colleagues from around the globe. The theme of the event is "Focus on the […]

  • Wed 19
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    Switchboard: Assisting Newcomers with the U.S. Health Care System

    October 19, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    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 […]

  • Thu 20

    VALRC: Cultural Competence in Adult Education Webinar

    October 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
    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 […]

  • Mon 24
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    Virginia Association for Adult and Continuing Education (VAACE)

    October 24, 2022 - October 27, 2022
    Virtual

    This conference will take place virtually and will focus on staying connected with adult education.  Visit this website to learn more! Register Here

  • November 2022

  • Tue 1

    Career Pathways Summit: Research, Practice, and Partners

    November 1, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Wed 9

    VALRC Beginning Literacy Webinar Series: Contextualized Phonics Instruction

    November 9, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm VALRC Beginning Literacy Webinar Series
    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 […]

  • Tue 15

    VALRC: IET/IELCE PLC

    November 15, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Tue 15

    Teaching Writing: Argument

    November 15, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Thu 17

    VALRC: Spanish HSE Open Discussion

    November 17, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
    Virtual

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

  • Tue 29

    VALRC: Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans – Applying EARN to Virginia Adult Education

    November 29, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
    Online

    The goal of this webinar is to disseminate strategies from the national webinar series on enhancing access for refugees and new Americans to the adult education programs in Virginia. During […]

  • December 2022

  • Tue 6

    VALRC: IET/IELCE PLC

    December 6, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Tue 6

    VALRC: Data Office Hours

    December 6, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Thu 8

    VALRC: Serving Refugees Fall 2022 Open Discussion

    December 8, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
    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. […]

  • Thu 8
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    EdTech Center: The Language of Digital Resilience: Let’s Build a Digital Skills Glossary!

    December 8, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Thu 8
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    LINCS: Math and Technology Unite!

    December 8, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Fri 9
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    EdTech Center: EdTech Strategy Session

    December 9, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    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 […]

  • Fri 9
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    Literacy Minnesota: Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices for Adult Learners

    December 9, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Wed 14
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    LINCS: Coffee Talk: Using Labor Market Information (LMI) in the Math Classroom

    December 14, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Virtual

    Join LINCS to revisit their September discussion on ideas and resources to help adult educators use labor market information in the math classroom with Brooke Istas, the LINCS Community Math […]

  • Wed 14

    LINCS: Building a Comprehensive IELCE Program

    December 14, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Thu 15
    LINCS Literacy Information and Communication System logo

    LINCS: Embedding Questions in Videos using Edpuzzle

    December 15, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    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 […]

  • Fri 16
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    LINCS: Celebrate Me Home – A Season of Learning Inside and Outside of Our Prisons and Jails

    December 16, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Virtual

    As this holiday season approaches let’s explore educational gifts we can share with our students, colleagues, administrators and others that have been touched by our justice systems. Join us to […]

  • Wed 21
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    National Digital Inclusion Alliance Presents: Digital Inclusion 101 Webinar

    December 21, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Virtual

    Digital Inclusion practitioners have been working to end the digital divide for decades, creating their own community, definitions, resources, and gaining knowledge of what works and doesn’t. Digital Inclusion is […]

  • January 2023

  • Tue 10

    VALRC: Data Office Hours

    January 10, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Wed 18
    LINCS Literacy Information and Communication System logo

    LINCS: Digital Literacy as a Pathway to Computer Science through Idaho’s Onramp Program

    January 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Virtual

    College of Western Idaho has partnered with Apple’s Community Education Initiative and On- Ramp to offer a digital skills pathway to computer programming. They will share how we connected our […]

  • Wed 18
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    COABE & Aztec Software: Great Leadership Pathways Webinar Series: Part 2, Leadership Matters: 8 to Great Leadership Pathways

    January 18, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Virtual

    Leadership skills are essential to everyone who works in Adult Education. Regardless of your role, having a firm understanding of leadership skills allows you to contribute more to those you […]

  • Tue 24
    LINCS Literacy Information and Communication System logo

    LINCS: Reading Behind the Walls

    January 24, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Tue 24
    LINCS Literacy Information and Communication System logo

    LINCS/VALRC: Trauma-Informed Care and Social Emotional Learning for Adult ESOL Instruction

    January 24, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Virtual

    Trauma-Informed Care and Social Emotional Learning can have a positive impact on persistence and language development for adult English learners. Join Kate Rolander and Hali Massey from the Virginia Adult […]

  • Tue 24
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    NEDP: Assessing 21st Century Workplace

    January 24, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    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. […]

  • Wed 25
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    NEDP: Assessing 21st Century Workplace

    January 25, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    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. […]

  • Wed 25
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    COABE & Aztec Software: Great Leadership Pathways Webinar Series: Part 3, Leadership Matters: 8 to Great Leadership Pathways

    January 25, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Virtual

    Leadership skills are essential to everyone who works in Adult Education. Regardless of your role, having a firm understanding of leadership skills allows you to contribute more to those you […]

  • Thu 26

    VALRC: Serving Refugees, New Americans, & Immigrants PLC

    January 26, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm 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 […]

  • Fri 27
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    LESLLA Coffee Break: The Quest to Develop Culturally Responsive Teaching: Unpacking Invisible Barriers to Learning

    January 27, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Virtual

    This coffee break will explore contrasting assumptions and expectations in learning paradigms between educators and learners to identify (largely) invisible barriers to learning. Such an exploration fosters a mind shift, […]

  • Mon 30

    VALRC: Using Interactive Data Maps

    January 30, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    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 […]

  • Tue 31

    VALRC: IET/IELCE Instructors Professional Learning Community

    January 31, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 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, […]

  • February 2023

  • Wed 1
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    LINCS: Building Career and Technical Education Programs In Rural Areas

    February 1, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Virtual

    How can we build robust career and technical education programs in rural America? Join this interactive event to discuss and share ideas, learn from colleagues, and then continue the discussion […]

  • Thu 2

    Disabilities and the Adult Learner Online Course

    February 2, 2023 - March 15, 2023

    This 6-week course will help you discover the keys to strengthening your work with adults who have disabilities. Registration

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