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January 2023 / Career Pathways, Outreach & Engagement, Program Management, VALRC, Voices from the Field

New Voices from the Field podcast! Connecting with Virginia’s Refugee Resettlement Agencies

VALRC is back with a new podcast, “Connecting with Virginia’s Refugee Resettlement Agencies” which is now available on our website. In this podcast episode, VALRC ESOL Specialist… Read More
November 2022 / Accessibility, Diversity, Equity-Minded Practice, Instruction, Program Management, VALRC

Announcing VALRC’s Inclusive Virginia Website Launch!

VALRC is excited to share its newest resource for supporting adult education in Virginia! Our Inclusive Virginia website provides adult education program leadership, staff, and instructors with… Read More
November 2022 / Accessibility, Career Pathways, Equity-Minded Practice, VALRC, Voices from the Field, Workforce Preparation, Workforce Skills

New Voices from the Field podcast! Learner Spotlight: Lygia Yates

VALRC is back with a new podcast, “Learner Spotlight: Lygia Yates” which is now available on our website. In this podcast episode, VALRC ESOL Specialist Hali Massey, Senior… Read More
September 2022 / Equity-Minded Practice, Outreach & Engagement, Program Management, VALRC, Voices from the Field

New Voices from the Field Podcast! Serving Refugees and Immigrant Integration

VALRC is back with a new podcast, “Serving Refugees and Immigrant Integration” which is now available on our website. In this podcast episode, VALRC Literacy Specialist Elizabeth… Read More
September 2022 / Civics, Digital Literacy, ESOL, Information Literacy, Instruction, Literacy, Virtual Learning

New Course! USA Learns Access America

USA Learns has a new course! Access America is a course for students with an intermediate level of English who want to improve their language skills while learning about how… Read More
August 2022 / Digital Literacy, Instruction, Literacy, Program Management, Virtual Learning

New Spanish Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment and Materials

Northstar Digital Literacy is pleased to announce the release of the Spanish language version of their Basic Computers assessment, and the corresponding Northstar Online Learning module. To access the Spanish language assessment,… Read More
March 2022 / ELA, ESOL, Instruction, Literacy, Virtual Learning

Name Change: ESL Library is now ellii

As of March 14, 2022, ESL Library will now be known as ellii. Watch a video and read this blog post to find… Read More
March 2022 / Career Pathways, ESOL, GED®, HSE, Instruction, Program Management, Student Retention, VALRC, Voices from the Field, Workforce Skills

Latest “Voices from the Field” Podcast Episode: Connecting ELLs to HSE

Hali Massey, VALRC’s ESOL Specialist, and Elizabeth Severson-Irby, VALRC’s Literacy Specialist, discuss strategies for connecting English language learners (ELLs) to high school equivalency (HSE) opportunities with Carol Coffey, Director of… Read More