• VALRC: Teaching Civics for Democracy and Foundational Skills with Cynthia Peters

    Online

    How can adult educators teach civics content along with foundational skills? How can civic engagement be meaningfully explored with adult learners? Join facilitator Cynthia Peters as she addresses these questions. Learn about teaching the history of voting rights and how to train students to become Voting Ambassadors. Register here.

  • Literacy Minnesota: Teaching Intermediate Alphabetics

    Online

    Teaching 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

  • Literacy Minnesota: Teaching Reading Vocabulary Remotely or In Person

    Online

    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 […]

  • LINCS: A Civics Preview for 2024

    Virtual

    What challenges and opportunities do you look forward to in the area of civics education, citizenship preparation, and immigrant education? Join the discussion as LINCS looks ahead to 2024 and […]

  • LINCS: Retention Strategies for Classroom Instructors

    Virtual

    Are you passionate about adult education and looking for ways to increase student retention in your classroom? Join LINCS in this engaging and informative session, led by two renowned experts […]

  • VALRC: Science of Reading Overview

    Online

    This 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