This webinar is designed to provide standards-based activities to prepare English language learners for purposeful reading by activating background knowledge, highlighting key vocabulary, and establishing context before reading meaningful texts.
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 Asset-based approach strategies for working with emerging English language learners. Registration for this event is now closed. Please sign up for […]
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.
4th Monday of each month from 4:00–5:00 p.m.
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.
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.
Join LINCS for a guided tour of South Carolina’s Adult Education Instructional Resource Library, and learn how what began as one region’s desire to house digital lessons has evolved into a statewide library of instructional resources for educators with digital lessons that can be used independently by students. View this website for more information!
Join Ventures for a week of insights from Adult Education teachers and experts sharing what they’ve learned from the last two years and what the future holds. New videos will be posted daily from February 28th to March 3rd, leading up to a live Q&A with the presenters. Visit this website for more information!
This session will explore our own intuition about how to reason proportionally and learn to generalize those ideas into a strategy that works even when the numbers get messy – and that makes sense! Presented by Sarah Lonberg-Lew, Adult Numeracy Center at TERC. Visit this website for more information!
Join the Math and Numeracy Coffee Break to discuss ways to connect with learners virtually. The moderator will lead a conversation about resources and ways to develop connectivity and a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts. So bring your beverage and come to socialize and join the conversation. View this website for more information!
This Spring VALRC is hosting two Quality Teaching Online Open Discussions. Each session will have a specific focus and will include some brief information about the topic and opportunities for participants to share their questions, experiences, and resources regarding that session’s topic. The goal is for all participants to leave each session with advice, resources, […]
Community Colleges have historically played a key role in identifying and promoting interventions that advance equity and opportunities for marginalized populations. Join this webinar for a series of three roundtables exploring how community colleges can better measure equity in their programs and incorporate strategies to improve employment-related outcomes for historically marginalized groups. Visit this website […]
