VALRC

VALRC: Data Office Hours
2022-07-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-06-07 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-05-03 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | 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 NRS data collection.
1st Tuesday of Each month from 2:00–3:00 p.m.

EdTech: Teaching Skills That Matter EdTech Maker Space
2022-06-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
The goal of the first EdTech Maker Space (ETMS) project, taking place in the summer of 2022, is to curate OER and align them to four Teaching Skills That Matter topics (Civic Education, Workforce Preparation, Health Literacy, and Financial Literacy). Along the way, participants will learn strategies for OER evaluation, skills/standards alignment, collaboration with edtech, and inclusive design.
The first ETMS project spans six weeks in June-July and there are three Zoom meetings at the dates and times below. Full participation, including attending the meetings and contributing to group work asynchronously is approximately ten hours total. Participants will be awarded badges that reflect their level of participation, contribution, and achievement of learning goals.

EdTech: National Digital Inclusion Alliance Presents: Digital Inclusion 101 Webinar
2022-06-15 13:00 - 14:00 | 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 a multifaceted issue that takes time to understand and NDIA is here to help!

EdTech: Becoming Trauma Informed in Adult Education
2022-06-10 13:00 - 14:30
This participatory webinar explores the impact that personal and community trauma has on adult learners’ ability to engage and persist, and then dives into strategies anyone can use to become more trauma-informed in educational settings. Visit this website to learn more!

LINCS: Adult Education and Resettled Refugees in the United States
2022-06-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
This webinar will guide practitioners in how to enhance their instructional strategies to account for the specific experiences and circumstances of newly resettled refugees. Special emphasis will be placed on trauma-informed practices.

LINCS: Using Tutors to Improve Adult Learner's Math Skills
2022-06-08 13:30 - 14:30 | Virtual
Many adult learners struggle with math instruction. Join this interactive event and discuss promising practices for using tutors to support math instruction in the adult education class. Explore how Universal Design for Learning can be incorporated into the math classroom. Be ready to share ideas, ask questions, and walk away with resources and ideas that can be applied to your program.

COABE: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Virtual Symposium
2022-06-08 | Virtual
COABE, together with national partners, is hosting this one day symposium to focus on racial equity and immigrant integration, prison literacy, digital equity, students as leaders, learning differences, and local program improvement. The hope is to provide each attendee with actionable tools that can be immediately used at the local and state level. Registration is free for COABE & VAACE members. Visit this website to learn more!

Literacy Minnesota: Comprehension Strategies for Intermediate-Level Readers
2022-06-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Research 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.

COABE: Teaching With Webb's Depth of Knowledge in Mind for High School Equivalency Test Success!
2022-06-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Most GED® and HiSET® high school equivalency test questions are at Webb’s Depth of Knowledge levels 2 and 3. How can we help our students successfully answer these cognitively challenging questions? In this interactive session, you will learn several evidence-based teaching strategies that will help your students survive and thrive when tackling these tricky test questions.

LINCS: Teaching the Anxious and Depressed Student
2022-06-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
How can we help anxious students succeed in our classrooms? The pandemic triggered a large increase in the number of students who suffer from anxiety and depression. Trauma and chronic stress lead to anxiety and depression and make learning a challenge.
Join the LINCS Community Reading & Writing and Teaching &Learning groups to learn more about the signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression and consider trauma-informed teaching practices to support learning and increase student retention.

VALRC: Math Instructor Support Group
2022-05-23 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-04-25 16:00 - 17:00
4th Monday of each month from 4:00–5:00 p.m.

VALRC: Spring 2022 Professional Development Focus Group
2022-05-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
Our mission and vision at VALRC are to ensure that the Virginia field of adult education and literacy receives innovative and effective training and resources so that adult practitioners have the best available tools and foundation to help adult learners build a better future. In order to achieve this mission, we need to hear and learn from you.
The purpose of this group is to speak with Virginia adult educators about your experiences with and feedback on VALRC professional development offerings and to learn more about what you feel are professional development needs of the field.
We are seeking practitioners, including program administrators, support staff, and instructors working in adult education in Virginia—those who attended our events in Spring 2022 and those who were unable to or chose not to attend VALRC offerings during this time.
Registration is open to the first 20 practitioners who register!

VALRC: TL 101 PLC
2022-05-17 12:00 - 13:30
The registration for the Teacher Leader 101 PLC is closed. To find out about VALRC’s offerings, sign up for our newsletter.

EdTech: Building Relevance and Engagement to Keep Learners Motivated and Moving Forward
2022-05-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
This webinar is focused on keeping learners motivated and moving forward. Ann Marie Przybyl of Literacy New York delivers the first lightning talk, sharing strategies for teaching soft skills by Incorporating Workplace Readiness Skills Into Adult Education. Then, James Brown III of Guilford Tech Community College (NC) will share about Using Formative Assessment and Seat Time Data for Engagement and Retention. After these two lightning talks, join the speakers in a breakout room for 30 minutes to dig deeper and discuss how these strategies relate to your practice.

LINCS: Coffee Break: Meeting Student Social, Emotional, & Learning Needs in Mathematics
2022-05-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join the Math and Numeracy community of practice in an informal Coffee Break on the Social, Emotional Learning needs of Adult Numeracy and Mathematics Learners. The moderator will walk participants through the research and practical ways of meeting the SEL needs of our learners. This informal session is a group discussion. Participants will be expected to come and share their experiences and questions. Together we can brainstorm ways to address SEL in the mathematics classroom.

LINCS: How the Brain Learns to Read
2022-05-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Have you ever wondered how the brain learns to read? Find out and use this knowledge to improve your reading instruction during a live one-hour event with subject matter expert Meredith Liben.

EdTech: Staying Healthy EdTech Maker Space Project Showcase
2022-05-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
In partnership with Florida Literacy Coalition, EdTech ran the Staying Healthy! EdTech Maker Space in which educators adapted activities from the Staying Healthy ESOL Health Literacy curriculum using Jamboard, Quizlet, and Wakelet, and aligned other language learning, reading, and listening resources to the curriculum. During this webinar, EdTech will showcase what was accomplished and how you can use this curriculum.

OCTAE: National Dialogue on IELCE and Immigrant Integration
2022-05-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Join leadership from the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in a national dialogue on the topic of Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education/Integrated Education and Training programming and its connection to immigrant integration and inclusion.
The event also will introduce OCTAE’s Enhancing Access to Refugees and New Americans project. Project staff will share both the results of a recently conducted landscape scan on immigrant integration and inclusion approaches in adult education and upcoming technical assistance opportunities available to the field.

VALRC: Teacher Leader 201 PLC
2022-05-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Online
The Teacher Leader 201 PLC series is a continuation of the Teacher Leader 101 PLC series. This PLC focuses on supporting educators set and implement a goal for improving their practice.

LINCS: Integrating Workforce Readiness Skills in English Language Instruction
2022-05-03 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Join experts Ronna Magy and Donna Price as they demonstrate five effective instructional strategies focused on workforce readiness skills that teachers can easily integrate into their English language instruction.

VALRC: IET & IELCE PLC Session 4
2022-05-03 12:30 - 14:00 | 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 planning to implement IET programming, including IELCE and PluggedInVA. In addition to topics identified in the exit tickets, this session will focus on supporting English language learners in IET and/or IELCE programs.

VALRC: Family Literacy PLC
2022-05-02 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
The Family Literacy PLC is a working group for programs awarded the family literacy planning grant. This group is also working with the National Center for Families Learning, a national organization dedicated to multigenerational learning within families.

Teaching Skills That Matter Maker Space Info Session
2022-04-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
This webinar introduces upcoming opportunities to be part of the Teaching the Skills that Matter (TSTM) EdTech Maker Space initiative.
Starting in June 2022, the EdTech Center at World Education will be running a series of seven EdTech Maker Space projects. The goal of the projects is to offer service learning experiences for adult education teachers who want to collaborate to create digital open education resources. Each 6-week online project offers professional development on digital resource curation or creation and evaluation.
These projects will focus on the Teaching the Skills that Matter topic areas – Digital Literacy, Financial Literacy, Health Literacy, Workforce Preparation, and Civics Education.
Over the course of the year, the projects will evolve from 1) curating quality resources to 2) generating activities that incorporate skills such as problem solving and critical thinking to 3) building reusable TSTM-aligned lessons using SkillBlox. Best of all, the resources generated will be added to the all-new SkillBlox to make it easier for teachers to find, organize, and share resources that support TSTM instruction.

VALRC: Serving Refugees PLC
2022-04-28 12:30 - 14:00 | Virtual
This PLC connects adult education practitioners (regional specialists, ESOL coordinators, instructors, tutors, etc.) who are or expect to serve the refugee population to discuss strategies and resources for working with this specific population.
The focus of this session is culturally responsive practices to support instructing refugees.
Registration for this event is now closed. Please sign up for our VAELN listserv to learn about upcoming offerings.

Literacy Minnesota: Teaching Citizenship Webinar
2022-04-27 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
The webinar will cover methods for teaching citizenship both in-person and online, led by Literacy Minnesota’s Citizenship Teacher, Jessica Horning. During this webinar, Jessica will go over the different parts of the citizenship interview – personal information questions, yes/no questions, 100 civics questions, reading and writing – and how she teaches them in both learning environments.

Trauma-Informed Care: Course 1
2022-04-26 09:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
The key objective of this six-hour course is to provide information about identifying and responding to trauma with evidence-based resilience strategies when working with an audience whose trauma history may not be known. Participants of this course will receive certification as a Trauma Informed Individual at the conclusion of the training day.
All adult education practitioners are welcome and encouraged to attend!

LINCS Coffee Break: Promoting Equity in Student Access to Mathematical Learning
2022-04-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Join the LINCS Math and Numeracy Coffee break on Promoting Equity in Student Access to Mathematics. The moderator will walk participants through a discussion about how they can promote an inclusive mathematical environment.
