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Literacy Minnesota: Teaching Citizenship Webinar
2022-04-27 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | 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!

VALRC: Math Instructor Support Group
2022-04-25 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-28 16:00 - 17:00
4th Monday of each month from 4:00–5:00 p.m.

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.

ATLAS: Spring 2022 ABE Virtual Conference
2022-04-22 08:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
This virtual conference will offer sessions on virtual instruction, ELA, Math, HSE, and equity in adult basic education. Visit this website for more information!

Innovative Remote ESOL Program Models and Promising Practices: Equity in Education for Adult Refugee and Immigrant Learners
2022-04-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Practitioners are seeking information on remote practices that work. Join Dr. Johan Uvin and Jen Vanek to learn about recent research from World Education, Inc., and others on using digital modalities to reach students. Examples of promising practices for remote ESOL programs will be shared.

VALRC: Extending Purposeful Reading for English Language Learners
2022-04-20 16:30 - 18:00 | Virtual
This webinar is designed to provide standards-based activities to extend purposeful reading for English language learners. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with each activity as well as reflect on and ask questions about implementing these activities into their individual teaching contexts.

Creating a Promising Pathway with Pre-apprenticeship
2022-04-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
During this session, participants will explore new pre-apprenticeship resources on LINCS and talk with the national Pre-apprenticeship Challenge winner about lessons learned while developing and implementing pre-apprenticeship programming. Visit this website for more information!

VALRC: IET & IELCE PLC Session 4
2022-04-20 12:30 - 14:00 | Online
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 recruitment and retention strategies.

LESLLA: April Coffee Break
2022-04-20 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Join LESLLA for their first discussion on home language use for LESLLA learning. First, Heide Wrigley, Marisa Partosham, and Cristina Vazquez Dominguez will talk about their work using learners’ home languages to support digital literacy. Then there will be an open forum for discussion on how you use learners’ home languages in your contexts.

VALRC: QTO Open Discussion
2022-04-19 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
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, and new practices or strategies to try in the classroom.
Participants can attend any or all of these sessions and should be prepared to share their current instructional issues and questions, as well as be willing to provide their expertise and advice, and share resources with others.
This session is focused on integrating Distance Education into the online or blended learning classroom
During this session, the following topics may be addressed:

Setting expectations for distance education usage
Orienting learners to distance education platforms
Motivating learners to participate in distance education outside of the classroom

VALRC: TL 101 PLC
2022-04-19 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-03-22 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.

VALRC: Teacher Leader 201 PLC
2022-04-13 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-03-16 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.

EdTech: The Digital Equity Act and Professional Development with Purpose
2022-04-08 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
At this month’s Distance Education Strategy Session, Shirley Doan and Judy Mortrude will share information and advocacy strategies for engaging with the Digital Equity State Planning process coming to your state this spring. During the second presentation, Rachel Riggs, Digital Learning Specialist, and Jana Harper, Adult Educator from Arizona, discuss the purpose behind the EdTech Maker Space model and how it has impacted their practice. Visit this website for more information!

LINCS: The Writer's Workshop: An Appreciative Approach to Writing Instruction
2022-04-05 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
The LINCS Reading and Writing Group is hosting a free one-hour webinar with language arts expert Dr. Carmine Stewart. Not only will you find out what a Writer’s Workshop is, but come prepared to participate (camera ready) in one as well! Visit this website for more information!

LINCS: Differentiation by Design: Optimizing Learning for All
2022-04-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Multilevel adult English classes are challenging for teachers. Join LINCS for a live session with leading expert Betsy Parrish as she shares some practical tools and strategies for meeting the needs of all learners in a diverse class. Visit this website for more information!

VALRC: Data Office Hours
2022-04-05 14:00 - 15:00 | 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.

LINCS: A Celebration of National Reentry Month
2022-04-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
In this discussion, LINCS hopes to identify those teachers and administrators doing great work in the correctional and reentry field and explore how we can better serve our adult learners to give them the educational tools they need to be successful when they return home. Visit this website for more information!

VALRC: Engaging English Language Learners in Purposeful Reading Part II
2022-03-29 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual
The webinar presents standards-based activities that instructors can use to engage learners for purposeful reading of meaningful texts.

VALRC: IET & IELCE PLC Session 3
2022-03-29 12:30 - 14:00 | Online
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 locating workforce readiness activities and occupational training content for contextualizing instruction.

VALRC: Family Literacy PLC
2022-03-28 14:00 - 15:30, 2022-03-14 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.

VALRC: Serving Refugees PLC
2022-03-24 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 training ESOL or ABE teachers in low-literacy virtual and in-person instruction.
Registration for this event is now closed. Please sign up for our VAELN listserv to learn about upcoming offerings.

VALRC: Spring 2022 Term for Facilitated Online Courses Begins
2022-03-24 | Online
Click the event title for links to the courses.
Beyond Basics: ESOL Beginning Literacy
Disabilities and the Adult Learner
These six week courses run from March 24,2022-May 4, 2022.

TESOL 2022 International Convention & English Language Learning Expo
2022-03-22 - 2022-03-25 | Hybrid
Click the title to register for the in person event, register for the virtual event, or learn more.
The convention offers professional development opportunities to English language educators at all levels from around the world. In lively interactive sessions, educators develop a global perspective through the exchange of ideas and practices. Participants integrate knowledge of current trends in the field while developing a professional network.

VALRC: Engaging English Language Learners in Purposeful Reading Part I Webinar
2022-03-16 16:30 - 18:00

EdTech Center: Digital Literacy and the Employer’s Perspective
2022-03-11 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
This Distance Education Strategy Session will shed light on the employer’s perspective and highlight common goals between adult educators and employers. We will hear from Cambria and Tyson Foods, two employers that have leveraged EnGen to fuel their adult education partnerships.
