CASAS: Assessing NEDP Client Work
2025-03-18 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-03-19 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Join the NEDP national trainer and assessors from across the country as we practice assessing client responses to newly added questions.

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VALRC - Digital Resilience in the American Workforce (DRAW) PLC
2025-03-21 13:00 - 14:30, 2025-04-25 13:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-23 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
Session 1 – March, 21st from 1-1:30pm, Session 2 – April, 25th from 1-1:30pm, Session 3 – May 23rd from 1-1:30pm
These interactive sessions will define digital resilience and focus on its importance for both instructors and students. Participants will gain insight and discover practical ways to begin implementing EdTech routines in the classroom, as well as participate in guided learning circles to share ideas and challenges.

Literacy Minnesota: Developing and Practicing Reading Fluency
2025-03-25 14:00 - 16:00
Come and review the important role of fluency in reading instruction. We will discuss the three key components of reading fluency and look at a variety of activities tutors and teachers can try. We will talk about the mechanics of doing fluency practice via Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or any other remote tutoring tool (including the phone!). Participants will have plenty of opportunity to ask questions and share resources.
This workshop will be most useful for instructors working with low-intermediate to advanced readers.
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GEDTS: GED Math Test-Taking Strategies & Calculator Skills, Part 1
2025-03-25 15:30 - 17:00 | Online
Presented by Kellie Blair Hardt, this month’s Tuesdays for Teachers will focus on helping learners bridge the gap between struggle and success on the GED Math exam. This interactive, hands-on session will equip you with proven test-taking strategies to support learners in overcoming common skills gaps—particularly in working with polynomials, formulas, and problem-solving techniques that often present challenges. You’ll learn what to teach and how to teach it to enhance student comprehension, reduce errors, and improve test efficiency—including how to maximize the TI-30XS Multiview calculator to its full potential.
Please bring paper, pencils, and a TI-30XS Multiview calculator for this interactive session. Don’t miss out on engaging, effective, and fun strategies you can apply immediately in the classroom!
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ESOL Basics: Instructional Strategies
2025-03-27 - 2025-04-23 | Online
Course runs: 3/27/25 – 4/23/25 (4 weeks)
Registration Now Open for Instructional Strategies!

DARS WINDMILLS
2025-03-27 14:00 - 15:00
Fact or Fiction: This module teaches participants to anticipate situations that might occur in the workplace with people with disabilities.

VALRC - Trauma-Informed Practices: An Introduction
2025-03-28 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
This webinar will present a working overview of this topic to begin incorporating trauma-informed practices into classroom instruction. Participants will also gain a better sense of what is happening to a learner’s brain when they experience stress and trauma.

Reflecting on Your Practice: Universal Design for Learning
2025-04-07 12:30 - 13:30
This one-hour webinar and open conversation will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss their experience with implementing what they learned from the UDL course(s) and webinars, sharing success and challenges around implementation and supporting others’ implementation, and ask about and brainstorm solutions to any questions they have based on their work.
We’ll also open up the webinar for conversation around how we want to continue as a learning community to strengthen UDL practices across the board, from intake to instruction to transitions. We look forward to seeing you all there!
REGISTER HERE.

EdTech Strategy Session: Lesson Planning + Sustainable AI
2025-04-11 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
The April 11th EdTech Strategy Session is for all educators – please share with your teachers statewide! They can register here: worlded.me/ETSS2024
These are the two lightning talk topics:
⚡ Tech Tools for Lesson Planning by Anthony Burik
OTAN has technology tools for lesson planning. The OTAN Lesson Plan Builder helps teachers structure the parts of the lesson. The Teaching with Technology tool helps identify lesson plans integrating technology that engage students, enhance their learning, and extend their learning. At the foundation of both are the WIPPEA lesson plan model and the Triple E framework. We also discuss the impact of AI on lesson planning and how OTAN tools connect with a teacher’s AI work.
⚡ Reducing AI Waste by Rachel Riggs
You may have heard or wondered about generative AI’s impact on the environment. In this lightning talk, learn some teacher-friendly tips to reduce AI waste based on the top priorities of the waste management hierarchy: prevent, reduce, reuse, and recycle!

VALRC: Regional Instructional Specialist PLC
2025-04-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
This professional learning community is open to Regional Instructional Specialists (and other Virginia adult educators whose work includes instructional leadership). Focused on problem-solving and sharing promising practices, this discussion-based PLC will address topics including classroom observations, retention strategies for learners and educators, curriculum choices, partnerships, and supporting effective instructional practices. The PLC meets monthly.
Register here.

VALRC, The Science of Reading: Utilizing Learner-Centered Strategies
2025-04-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
This webinar will present strategies to develop reading instruction through the use of learner-centered strategies.
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VALRC: LACES data analysis session
2025-04-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Join a group of Virginia practitioners for a hands-on experience working with data in the LACES system.
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Switchboard: Navigating Difficult Conversations with Clients​
2025-04-23 14:00 - 15:15 | Virtual
​​Newcomers often encounter complex and challenging situations as they adjust and integrate into society. Conversations with clients about these challenges can be particularly complicated given past trauma exposure as well as cultural differences. This workshop will offer best practices for navigating these sensitive and challenging conversations with a mutually respectful and trauma-informed approach. Participants will explore effective communication strategies through case scenario examples to develop skills for engaging clients productively.​
IS THIS WEBINAR FOR ME?
​​This webinar is designed for service providers who want to bolster their communication skills, particularly when discussing difficult topics with clients. This webinar will also be valuable for agency supervisors and organizational staff who interact with newcomers or support client-facing staff. ​ ​

While not a requirement, Switchboard encourages participants to review the Switchboard guide Preventing Crises and De-escalating Difficult Situations with Newcomer Clients (2023) in advance of this training.​

WHY SHOULD I PARTICIPATE?
After participating in this 75-minute session, you will be able to:

​​Recognize ongoing resettlement challenges, including employment and housing barriers, that require difficult conversations between clients and providers
Identify key communication skills and specific phrases that help maintain supportive, respectful conversations for both clients and providers ​
Apply a trauma-informed and compassionate approach to current client and service provision challenges​

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Spanish GED® Open Discussion
2025-04-23 15:30 - 16:30 | Online
Join the discussion to talk with colleagues around the state about challenges, successes, promising practices, and problem solving to support Spanish-language GED® programming.
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DARS WINDMILLS
2025-04-24 14:00 - 15:00
Whose Fault: This module will improve participants’ awareness of the different players and roles in a successful business practice and to identify more effective ways to communicate and resolve conflict.

VALRC: Trauma-Informed Practice Part 2: Strategies for Adult Education Instruction
2025-04-24 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual
This webinar will focus on practical classroom and instructional strategies that adult education instructors can use to implement trauma-informed practices in the classroom
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VPAP – Beyond the Ballot Box: Fostering Civic Health with Civics Navigator
2025-04-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
In this webinar from the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP), participants will gain access to a treasure trove of free resources about Virginia government and politics. These materials can be used in classrooms, educational programs, community initiatives, or policy development to foster critical thinking skills and ultimately increase the civic health of the Commonwealth.
Designed for secondary educators and anyone interested in enhancing civics education, this session will be led by Erin Hill, VPAP’s Civics Education Program Director and former social studies teacher. The content will benefit a wide range of participants. The recording and resources will be provided to registered participants.
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NEDP 2025 Spring Leadership Meeting
2025-05-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Online
Join colleagues around the state, state NEDP trainers, and VDOE staff members for the spring NEDP Leadership meeting. The meeting will include a focus on data: looking at Virginia data, thinking about data-based decision making, and working with NEDP data in LACES.
Programs are encouraged to bring at least two NEDP team members to the meeting to encourage meaningful discussions and practical takeaways. The spring leadership meeting is also considered to be a session of the 2025 NEDP PLC.
Register here.

Bimonthly Program Managers Meeting
2025-05-12 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

Register here

DRC: TABE 13/14 & CLAS-E C/D updates with Q&A
2025-05-13 13:00 - 13:45 | Online
All are welcome! Join DRC to learn more about their new, NRS-approved forms of TABE, Workforce Portal, and CLAS-E.
Some exciting highlights from this session will include:

SHORTER READING load on TABE 13/14!
Workforce Portal tied to O*Net database of careers for success!
Scan TABE or CLAS-E (paper versions) into our portal for fast and FREE Scoring and get our Individual Profile Report to support instruction.

Join the meeting now
Meeting ID: 243 337 643 902
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Questions: email Shellene Swamy, SSwamy@datarecognitioncorp.com

Literacy Practices for Multilingual Students with Disabilities
2025-05-13 16:00 - 16:30 | Online
There are numerous questions in the field regarding the identification and support of multilingual learners with disabilities. In addition, many myths about these learners’ literacy abilities and needs persist in education. In this webinar, Dr. Durán and Dr. Kangas will share best practices and future directions for improving current approaches to nurturing and accurately assessing the literacy development of MLs with disabilities. Register now for this exciting conversation.

VALRC: Regional Instructional Specialist PLC
2025-05-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
This professional learning community is open to Regional Instructional Specialists (and other Virginia adult educators whose work includes instructional leadership). Focused on problem-solving and sharing promising practices, this discussion-based PLC will address topics including classroom observations, retention strategies for learners and educators, curriculum choices, partnerships, and supporting effective instructional practices.

Register here.

DARS WINDMILLS
2025-05-22 14:00 - 15:00
Assistive Technology and Reasonable Accommodations: This module will acquaint individuals with the creative process in identifying possible reasonable accommodations.

NEDP Retention via Pre-screening
2025-05-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
This practical webinar, part of the Virginia PLC for NEDP practitioners, will be led by state trainer Eileen Rakshys.
Register here.

ProLiteracy: City-sponsored Adult Literacy/Adult Foundational Education Initiatives
2025-06-06 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Hear from city leaders in Houston, Philadelphia, and Boston as they share: the history and development of their city’s adult literacy/adult foundational education initiative; how their mayoral offices for adult literacy are organized, including staffing and key partnerships; funding opportunities and challenges; and how coalitions are supporting adult education programs and learners in today’s changing environment.
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Literacy Minnesota: Developing and Practicing Reading Fluency
2025-06-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Come and review the important role of fluency in reading instruction. We will discuss the three key components of reading fluency and look at a variety of activities tutors and teachers can try. We will talk about the mechanics of doing fluency practice via Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or any other remote tutoring tool (including the phone!). Participants will have plenty of opportunity to ask questions and share resources.
This workshop will be most useful for instructors working with low-intermediate to advanced readers.
Please note that you may be asked to participate in discussion groups during the webinar. Please plan to join us from a quiet setting where you can see the PowerPoint slides and use your audio.
Register Here

Serving Youth in Adult Education
2025-06-09 12:00 - 13:30
More details coming soon!
Register here.
