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Serving Refugees Professional Learning Community (PLC)

by Hali Massey  Adult education has an important role to play in the process of refugee resettlement in America as we are able to provide English language classes, employment training, and a sense of community to those who are new to our country and… Read More

Refugee Integration through Digital Equity

by Mary Lynch Through its partnership with World Education and Commonwealth Catholic Charities, Literacy for Life seeks to ensure that refugees resettling in the Peninsula area have access to Internet service, devices, and digital literacy skills so that they can benefit from Literacy for Life’s existing… Read More

LINCS Coffee Talk: Equity Action Planning in Adult Basic Education

In honor of Adult Education and Family Literacy week, join the career pathways and program management groups for a Coffee Talk: Equity Action Planning in Adult Basic Education. Guest speaker, Maribel Ojeda will share some of the work she is doing around equity action planning in Pennsylvania and participants are… Read More

Serving Refugees Professional Learning Community (PLC)

by Hali Massey Adult education has an important role to play in the process of refugee resettlement in America as we are able to provide English language classes, employment training, and a sense of community to those who are new to our country and to Virginia. Read More

Refugee Integration through Digital Equity

by Mary Lynch Through its partnership with World Education and Commonwealth Catholic Charities, Literacy for Life seeks to ensure that refugees resettling in the Peninsula area have access to Internet service, devices, and digital literacy skills so that they can benefit from Literacy for Life’s existing… 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

Reading: Featured Instructional Resources

Professional Development A well-rounded, structured reading program consists of four components: alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The free professional development, resources, and lesson plan ideas below provide guidance to support instructors and tutors in implementing reading instruction. Learning events on this page have been selected to… Read More

Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE)

Integrated English literacy and civics education, or IELCE, is defined in WIOA as education services provided to English language learners who are adults, including professionals with degrees and credentials in their native countries, that enable such adults to achieve competency in the English language and acquire the basic and more… Read More

VALRC: Cultural Competence in Adult Education Webinar

This webinar will be an introduction to and overview of cultural competence in the adult education classroom. The goals of the webinar are to provide a framework for cultural competence that can impact the adult education classroom, discuss strategies for developing and self-assessing cultural competence, and present strategies for incorporating… Read More

Closing the Digital Skills Divide in Virginia

Closing the Digital Skill Divide: The Payoff for Virginia Workers, Business, and the Economy This page contains the archived presentation and important links from the February 2023 webinar on Closing the Digital Skills Divide in Virginia presented by the National Skills Coalition. The webinar presentation materials View the… Read More