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Adults with {Dis}abilities: Featured Instructional Resources

Professional Development Learning events on this page have been selected to be responsive to the requirements stated in Adult Education Director’s Memo #62-23 for current grantees. See also our Science of Reading page. More events will be added as they become available. Read More

From the VDOE: New Solutions in New Times: Partnering to Serve Those with the Lowest Levels of Literacy

The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the  Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) emphasizes that adults with the lowest levels of literacy are of high priority for service. The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) included this focus as a statewide priority… Read More

Corrections Included at AE&L Conference

by Matthew Rose In July, I had the privilege of attending the first annual Adult Education & Literacy (AE&L) Conference. As a person who is involved in correctional education, I was excited at the prospect of the theme—Innovate, Motivate, Integrate—and how it might impact my work and my… Read More

CALM: The Way Math Should Be

by Heidi Schuler-Jones Adult education can be overwhelming for new teachers, especially math. Many adult education teachers learn quickly that we don’t choose our environment. We teach whatever is needed to whomever shows up at whatever level they are that day using whatever patchwork of materials are available in the… Read More

Collaboration is the Key To Success for CWIA

Career Coach Trey Hall, Success Coach Mallory Hill, Instructor Jason Spears, CDL Coordinator Joey Yates, CDL Graduate Greg Seals by Mallory Hill The Center for Workforce and Innovation of Appalachia (CWIA) is quickly becoming a leader in creating successful, skilled adults who are entering or reentering… Read More

From the VDOE: New Solutions in New Times: Partnering to Serve Those with the Lowest Levels of Literacy

The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the  Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) emphasizes that adults with the lowest levels of literacy are of high priority for service. The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) included this focus as a statewide priority… Read More

Aligning the Work of DARS and Adult Education to Benefit Virginians

by Kate Kaegi Throughout the years, the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center (VALRC) and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitation Services (DARS) have worked together on several partnerships, projects, and grants. Our current partnership “Pathways to Careers” (Pathways) connects Virginians with disabilities to rewarding careers and job training opportunities—all… Read More

Science-Based Stories & Hands-On Experiments to Engage Families & Advance Literacy Skills

“The project-based learning (PBL) approach was really helpful in setting some concrete goals and stopping to evaluate along the way. Projects never go according to plan so having the time to think through and pivot when needed was essential.” Team SHINE: Super Scientist Family Literacy by Vici Garber… Read More

Free Economic Empowerment Curriculum Coming in November

by Dr. Cheryl A. Ayers Guided by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the primary goal of the U.S. Economic Empowerment Project is to offer a retroactive opportunity for disenfranchised, marginalized, low socioeconomic, and low educational attainment adults in all 50 states to learn… Read More

VALRC: Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans – Applying EARN to Virginia Adult Education

The goal of this webinar is to disseminate strategies from the national webinar series on enhancing access for refugees and new Americans to the adult education programs in Virginia. During this presentation, participates will be able to learn about the EARN project and how those strategies can be… Read More