Workforce Skills

October 2023 / Accessibility, Digital Literacy, Equity-Minded Practice, Instruction, Professional Development, Webinar, Workforce Skills

COABE Celebrates 2023 Digital Inclusion Week October 2-6

The Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) kicks off October with a suite of resources and webinars devoted to digital inclusion. According to COABE, “National Digital Inclusion… Read More

February 2023 / Career Pathways, IET, Outreach & Engagement, PluggedInVA, Program Management, Stories from the Field, Workforce Preparation, Workforce Skills

Stories from the Field: Deborah Deel

Meet Deborah Deel! She is an inspiration. When she needed a certification to keep her 13-year job as an elementary school teacher’s aide, she not only conquered the paraprofessional certification… 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

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

June 2021 / 2021 AE&L Conference ReMix, AE&L Conference, Career Pathways, GED®, HSE, Instruction, PROGRESS, VALRC, Workforce Skills

Incorporating Workforce Skills in GED & ELA Classes

“Using the ReMix Challenge as a PLC allowed new and veteran teachers to interact as well as present in a virtual format to their peers.” Team S.P.A.C.E. Matters by… Read More

April 2021 / Career Pathways, Digital Literacy, ELA, Financial Literacy, Health Literacy, Instruction, Literacy, Professional Development, PROGRESS, VALRC, Workforce Skills

Teaching Skills that Matter

For the past two years, several educators across the state have worked on learning about Teaching the Skills that Matter (TSTM) and incorporating lessons… Read More

June 2020 / Career Pathways, IET, PROGRESS, VALRC, Workforce Preparation, Workforce Skills

Apprenticeship: Why it’s a Great Workforce Strategy

by Debby Hopkins “Learning more about modern apprenticeship and how you can incorporate this workforce strategy into your efforts is well worth your time.” When you consider how to… Read More

June 2020 / Career Pathways, IET, PluggedInVA, PROGRESS, VALRC, Workforce Preparation, Workforce Skills

Resources and Strategies for Delivering Workforce Preparation Activities at a Distance

by Kate Daly Rolander, Ph.D. * Links in this article that are no longer active have been disabled. In a shifting and uncertain economic landscape, it is especially important… Read More

April 2020 / AE&L Conference, Beginning Literacy, Career Pathways, Instruction, PROGRESS, Workforce Skills

In-class Games Help Build Students’ Confidence to be Leaders

by Janet C. Sodell Anyone who has worked with low literacy adult basic education (ABE) students for a length of time knows that we build self-esteem more than we… Read More