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 […]
The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) www.cast.org is hosting a webinar to allow participants to inform the redesign of seven professional development modules specifically for Adult Basic Education (ABE) teachers. These modules will be designed to help educators effectively teach and support neurodiverse adults, including those with learning disabilities.
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.
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.
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.
The webinar presents standards-based activities that instructors can use to engage learners for purposeful reading of meaningful texts.
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 […]
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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.
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 […]
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 […]
