GEDTS Tuesdays for Teachers: You Can’t Revise and Edit until You Analyze!
2024-08-27 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online
GED Testing Service shares that the spotlight is on writing for August’s Tuesdays for Teachers webinar:
“We’ve talked about grammar skills that students need to write effective sentences. We’ve explored the writing process step-by-step. We’ve modeled and practiced writing effective arguments and claims. We’ve even looked at the GED Extended Response Scoring Tool. BUT… we, as teachers, still have problems helping our students write extended responses…and earn points! It may be time for a different approach to the extended response.
“We are going to take a dive into the essential elements of an effective response:

Arguments and evidence
Connections, explanations, details, and transitions
Sentence structure, grammar, and mechanics

However, we are not stopping there. Next stop, analyzing writing samples. We’ll share with you an Extended Response Checklist that will provide you with a quick way to review your students’ writing samples and identify the good parts and those that need a little (or a lot) of help. Finally, we will develop a plan for building students’ skills so they can write a response that will make them proud.
“As always, there will be time for Questions and Concerns. The session will be recorded and materials posted on the GED website.”
This will be followed by a “hot topic” session on the GED & Me official mobile app, which has been live on the Apple App store since the end of June. “Now with more than 40,000 downloads, we’re learning more about mobile app users and how the App is bringing learners back to pursue their credential. Listen in as we share data and insights about users and how you might want to use the app in your classrooms.”
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Office of New Americans: Shaping our Immigrants Future
2024-08-29 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
Join a special presentation by the Immigrant Services Team of the Office of New Americans for an overview of Virginia’s immigrant population. Get ready to explore the vibrant immigrant community in Virginia and discover valuable resources for employment, housing, healthcare, education, and citizenship.
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edWeb: Small Groups and the Science of Reading: Helping Students Get Unstuck
2024-09-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
While following an explicit and systematic approach to your reading instruction, how can you help students who seem to get stuck on a particular skill? What can you do for students who “can’t blend?” What’s a good routine for students who are great at decoding but can’t read texts fluently?
In this edWebinar, Dr. Julia Lindsey is back to share strategies for using research-based routines to meet students’ literacy needs, especially with small groups. Dr. Lindsey is a proud former elementary school teacher, foundational literacy expert, and author of Reading Above the Fray: Reliable, Research-Based Routines for Developing Decoding Skills.
You’ll walk away with classroom routines that will help your readers get unstuck and build key foundational literacy skills so they can decode, comprehend, and enjoy what they read!
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LACES: Getting Off to a Good Start
2024-09-10 13:30 - 15:00
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LINCS: Promoting Digital Literacy for Adult Learners: Resources and Reflections
2024-09-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and Digital Promise partnered to develop, design, and launch new training materials to support Promoting Digital Literacy for Adult Learners: A Resource Guide.
Participants will learn about dynamic resources that support the whole adult learner and improve the quality, effectiveness, and comprehension of instruction delivery, with a specific focus on digital literacy. Findings from use cases will be shared to support participants in using these new resources.
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ProLiteracy: “Why Do I Have to Read This?”
2024-09-12 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
One of the most important skills on the High School Equivalency (HSE) tests is reading comprehension. Students who are strong readers will often perform better than struggling readers on all sections of the HSE tests, even math (something that can surprise students). What happens, though, when a student says, “I hate reading?” In this webinar, Kara will share techniques to help those resistant readers.
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LINCS: Guidance on Voting Rights of People with Disabilities
2024-09-12 15:30 - 16:30 | Virtual
Voting is one of our nation’s most fundamental rights and a hallmark of our democracy. However, due to limitations in access, many people with disabilities have been excluded from this right of citizenship.
Join LINCS moderators, Michael Cruse (Learners with Disabilities) and Jennifer Gagliardi (Civics Education & Citizenship) on September 12th at 3:30 ET. We will review the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal protections to identify and eliminate barriers preventing persons with disabilities from full voting participation.
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EdTech: Strategy Sessions – Open Education for Digital Equity
2024-09-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
Join EdTech every month on the second Friday to hear practical strategies and innovative approaches to the use of educational technology and the implementation of digital inclusion in education. Each EdTech Strategy session includes:

two lightning talks
a breakout room for small group discussion

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Bimonthly Program Managers Meeting
2024-09-16 13:30 - 15:30
This year’s bimonthly program managers meetings will be held on Mondays at 1:30p – 3:00p with an optional 30 minutes for discussion. Registering once will enable you to join ALL of the meetings for the 2024 – 2025 year.
Please save these dates on your calendars for the meetings:

September 16
November 18
January 13
March 17 (wear green!)
May 12

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LINCS: Strategies to Support English Learners with Entering a Career Pathway through Integrated Education and Training
2024-09-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
This event will provide adult education practitioners with strategies that support English learners with entering a career pathway through participation in IET. Christy Schaffner from Ohio will share how data analysis has led them to focus on increasing IET programming and ways they support learners to enter and complete training.
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VALRC: Science of Reading Overview
2024-09-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
This is a repeat webinar from Spring 2024.
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.
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VALRC Online Facilitated Course, Beyond Basics: An Introduction to Multilevel ESOL Instruction
2024-09-19 - 2024-10-16 | Online
4 weeks | 16 hours
Most adult ESOL classes are multi-level in some respect; therefore, teachers of adult ESOL become experienced in teaching multilevel classes because. For example, students may come with different reading or speaking levels, different levels of home country education, differing lengths of time living in the U.S. In some programs, limited resources or program size may mean that native speakers and English language learners are in the same class. The multi-level nature of adult ESOL classes can be a benefit, not a detriment, to learning. But it can be challenging to manage as well.
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 work.
Through the online course format, you can learn at your own pace from the comfort and convenience of your own home or office. Facilitators, available to help you throughout the four-week course, lead you through the content and technical aspects of the course.
Each week’s lesson addresses a topic in adult education pertaining to multilevel ESOL instruction. Course activities include readings, videos, assignments, and discussions. The lessons are sequential.
Lessons and resources included in this course:

Benefits and Challenges of a Multilevel Class and Building Community
Shared Goals and Needs in a Multilevel Class
Interactive Activities and Grouping Strategies
Differentiated learning
Multilevel Lesson Planning and Standards

Preview the course syllabus.
You can register for this course using this Registration Form. The deadline to register is Thursday, September 12, 2024.

LINCS: Using an Immigrant Integration Approach in IELCE
2024-09-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Celebrate Adult Education and Family Literacy Week with the Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans (EARN) project! Join a webinar on September 19th to dive into EARN’s new resource, A Guide to Using an Immigrant Integration Approach in Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE).
This webinar will encourage participants to consider how to use the new guide to improve understanding of immigrant integration and how the approach can improve outcomes for multilingual and immigrant learners.
Preview the guide and bring your questions or learn about the guide with the EARN project team!
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LINCS: Elevating Multilingualism of Adult Learners and Education Professionals
2024-09-19 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Help celebrate and elevate adult and family multilingual learners of English and the professionals serving them, with highlighted panels throughout the week.
Join us for a panel with the TESOL International Association and the National Skills Coalition (NSC) as we discuss and highlight resources available to states, local grantees, and adult education practitioners serving multilingual learners.
Panelists:

Domminick McParland, OCTAE
Amanda Bersgson-Shilcock, NSC
Jeff Hutcheson, TESOL

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Career Pathways PLC #1
2024-09-19 13:00 - 14:30
A 3-part 90-minute Professional Learning Community (PLC) series (1st of 3) for ALL IET, IELCE, workplace literacy, and workforce development practitioners. This PLC will focus on targeted topics related to program design, using data to communicate needs and successes, locating and adapting instructional materials for all skill levels, and engaging employers and other partners to secure supportive services for all learners. Breakouts will focus on targeted topics for specific types of career pathways programming. Details and guest speakers will be announced on the listservs and on the Event Calendar.
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LINCS: Interactive Grammar Presentations that Center Students’ Experience
2024-09-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
ESOL teachers know that grammar instruction is an essential component of any adult ESOL class, but how can we teach grammar to support learner engagement and inquiry?
Will Linn, ESOL Specialist and Coordinator of ESOL Certificate Programs at the Literacy Assistance Center in NYC, will introduce teachers to a discovery-based approach to grammar that draws on students’ experiences to support learners to see how grammar is a meaning-making tool for self-expression.
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LINCS: A Look Into the Future: AI in Correctional & Reentry Education
2024-09-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Do you have adult English learners who have limited formal schooling in your class? Do you have questions about how to effectively support these learners with the language skills they need to achieve their goals? International expert, Dr. Helaine Marshall, will share highly effective approaches for teaching this population of learners. She will also identify approaches to avoid. Participants will leave with a treasure trove of ideas and resources to implement in the classroom.
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World Education: Equipped for the Elections: Media Literacy and Voting (Part 1)
2024-09-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Navigating Echo Chambers, Fake News, and Misinformation in an Election Year — presented by Jen Vanek and Cynthia Peters
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VALRC: Lesson Planning for Adult ESOL Instruction
2024-09-24 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual
Lesson planning is an important part of instruction but can also be overwhelming and time-consuming. Are you interested in learning and sharing strategies, tips, and templates for effective lesson planning?
During this webinar, we will discuss the importance and impact of lesson planning, lesson plan routines and templates that support English language instruction, important content and engaging activities to include in a lesson plan, and how to create a lesson plan strategy. In addition, participants will leave the webinar with customizable lesson plan templates and resources.
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LINCS: Financial Literacy Skills for the 21st Century: Results from PISA 2022
2024-09-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Please join AIR, the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to discuss the latest Financial Literacy results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an international assessment of 15-year-olds. The webinar will include results from the recent 2022 release as well as comments on the implications for policy around youth financial education mandates and opportunities that exist to bring equity in the area of youth financial education.
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ProLiteracy: Developing Vocabulary: Effective Strategies for Adult English Learners
2024-09-26 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Building vocabulary is key to language development. Join ProLiteracy to discover practical techniques for expanding vocabulary in adult English language learners from low beginning to advanced. Explore engaging methods, useful tools, and real-world applications to enhance retention and usage. This session is perfect for educators and tutors looking to support adult learners in achieving language proficiency and confidence.
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LINCS: Facilitating Conversations About Difficult Topics
2024-09-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Wondering about best practices for having difficult classroom conversations on topics like race, politics, and other controversial issues? The live event will provide answers.
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VATESOL Conference
2024-09-27 - 2024-09-28 | Richmond Marriot, 500 E Broad St, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
Virginia TESOL will return to Richmond, Virginia for the 2024 VATESOL Conference!
Richmond Marriott – 500 E Broad St. Richmond VA 23219
The Future of Multilingual Education: Innovative Approaches for Supporting Multiliteracies
Keynote: Ayanna Cooper
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World Education: Equipped for the Elections: Media Literacy and Voting (Part 2)
2024-09-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Get Out the Adult Education Vote! — presented by Cynthia Peters, Jennifer Gagliardi, and others.
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edWeb: Teenagers with Dyslexia: Empowering Adolescent Learners
2024-10-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
In this edWebinar, we will explore effective classroom practices and interventions tailored specifically for adolescents with dyslexia. Attendees will gain valuable insights into fostering academic success and promoting positive well-being among adolescent learners with dyslexia, while receiving actionable tips for creating learning environments that support students with dyslexia.
Attendees will be empowered with tools and strategies to champion adolescents on their educational journey. Together, we can cultivate a supportive community where every learner thrives, regardless of their unique learning profile. Attendees will learn about:

Characteristics of teenagers with dyslexia
Advanced concepts for improving literacy outcomes for secondary students
Classroom strategies applicable for older struggling readers and writers
Social and emotional support for teenagers with dyslexia
Resources and tools to support adolescent learners

This edWebinar will be of interest to middle and high school teachers, school leaders, district leaders, literacy coaches, and intervention specialists. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
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edWeb: Conquering Dyslexia: Strategies Based in Science to Help ALL Students
2024-10-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Join this enlightening edWebinar as Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, esteemed literacy expert, researcher, and author, draws from both professional and personal experience to dispel dyslexia myths and emphasize the need for differentiated, systematically designed explicit instruction based on science. She’ll share Nancy Young’s infographic The Ladder of Reading & Writing to learn about the rationale and a framework for literacy instruction based on students’ identified needs and strengths. Attendees will learn:

How to connect the Science of Reading to your teaching
To understand the power of differentiating instruction to meet ALL students’ needs
The current research on identifying and designing appropriate instruction for students with dyslexia and other word-level reading challenges
Ideas for successfully differentiating literacy instruction to meet the needs of ALL learners in real-world classrooms

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edWeb: What Do I Do Now? Using Data to Intensify Reading Interventions
2024-10-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Students with dyslexia often require intensive reading interventions to experience success. Trying to find the right intervention can be a difficult and frustrating process. Join this applicable edWebinar that goes beyond identification and gives attendees an in-depth look at using data for the most successful reading interventions.
Our presenter, Dr. Matthew Burns, who is widely known and respected for his experience in working with striving readers, will present a framework educators can use to examine data and student performance. The framework and the strategies Dr. Burns will share empower educators to be able to select interventions with a higher likelihood of success and to modify current intervention efforts to enhance student outcomes. Attendees will learn:

The importance of improved reading instruction rather than solely focusing on identification
The significance of individualized instruction for dyslexic students
Strategies to use in small group instruction
An understanding of a practical framework to select reading interventions for students with dyslexia
Skills to match reading interventions to student needs
Knowledge of specific reading interventions to address student needs

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ProLiteracy Conference
2024-10-06 - 2024-10-09 | Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 700 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, MD, United States
We are passionate about leading the adult literacy field to the best practices for program and student success. This is why every two years we host our national conference to share the latest instructional trends, up-to-date research, and expert-led panel discussions on policy and innovation to influence practice and build program capacity.
Join us in Baltimore, MD, on October 6-9 and immerse yourself in this vibrant community of adult literacy practitioners and leaders for four days of open dialogue, idea sharing, and collaboration with peers from around the country.
The ProLiteracy Conference on Adult Education brings together a diverse range of individuals from organizations of all sizes to address the most pressing adult literacy and basic education issues today.
Join us and gain perspective on new technologies, innovative instructional tools and strategies, and leadership skills that you can take back to build the capacity of your program.
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Literacy Minnesota: Teaching Intermediate Alphabetics
2024-10-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual
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.
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VALRC: Integrating Digital Resilience Skills Development Into Daily Lesson Plans
2024-10-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Online
Is your class time split into separate English practice and then digital literacy skills practice? Are you challenged by using technology throughout a lesson plan to support instruction?
This webinar will introduce strategies for seamlessly integrating standards-based activities, aligned with the Seattle Digital Equity Initiative Digital Skills Framework, throughout a lesson. You’ll also explore how to use AI to differentiate content and design effective lesson plans.
After a brief overview, participants will select and discuss one of the unit, collaborating on ways to integrate a specific objective into a contextualized lesson. You’ll learn how the same AI promptcan be used across various tools and utilize the Digital Skills Glossary to support your objective. Participants will review lesson plans that combine contextualized objectives with digital literacy skills practice.
This webinar is meant for anyone supporting learners developing digital resilience while improving their English skills. Attendees will receive valuable resources, including links to the framework and glossary.
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