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June 2026 PROGRESS: Partnerships with Corrections
This edition of Progress highlights partnerships between adult education programs and correctional institutions and reentry programs. Read about the successful win-win partnerships that are strengthening communities and creating career pathways for justice-involved individuals. Read More
A Partnership Focused on Second Chances: Northern Shenandoah Valley Adult Education & Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center
“We want them coming out better than when they came in.” That guiding principle from Superintendent Clay Corbin has shaped the long-standing partnership between Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center and Northern Shenandoah Valley Adult Education. For more than 30 years, NSVAE has provided GED® instruction and educational support to incarcerated individuals at NRADC, building a program rooted in consistency, collaboration, and the belief that education creates opportunity. Read More
Lighting the Path to Reentry: The SHINE Correctional IET Program
The RCC Adult Education and Middle Peninsula R.A.C.E. partnership demonstrates what is possible when innovation meets collaboration. Corrections IET programs do more than deliver training–they create pathways to employment, stability, and successful reentry. In doing so, they illuminate a powerful truth: when adult education aligns with workforce needs and community partnerships, lives–and futures–can change. Read More
Serving Justice-Involved Learners In Southwest Virginia
Region 2, Southwest Regional Adult Education, is very thankful for all of our reentry and corrections/institutions facility partners. Our goal is to provide students with certifications and training so that, upon release, they have credentials and knowledge to aid in obtaining gainful employment. Read More
2024, Volume 34, No. 1, April Issue
Read this issue of PROGRESS. Download the PROGRESS April 2024 Issue PDF. When it comes to adult learners who have a disability, we oftentimes don’t know… Read More
How to Create a Disability-Inclusive Adult Education Program
by Dr. Andjela H. Kaur & Dani Scherer Research on the best practices for accommodated teaching, learning, and testing in adult education is scarce and its findings inconclusive. But, the… Read More
Developing a Relationship Strategy
by Vici Garber “It is important to note that our relationship was not an overnight success. It was established over time with a foundation built on trust, follow-through, collaboration, and… Read More
The Adult Education and DARS Connection: Where to Start?
by Rebecca Scott The Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) is a great partner to have if, like all twenty-two adult education regional programs in… Read More
The Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities’ Integrated Education and Training Program
by Rachel Ambrose As a Regional Program Manager (RPM), I am like many in our profession who did not start out seeking a career in adult education. Instead, I began… Read More
Partnerships = Progress
by Shannon Mutter Partnerships are so necessary in the adult education world and the Mount Rogers region is extremely lucky to be able to partner with one organization that makes… Read More