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LINCS: Helping Adult Learners Transition to Postsecondary Education and Training
This live Zoom event will feature guest speaker, Meghan McBride, Vice President for Adult Education at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. Meghan’s will share her amazing personal story of determination and persistence and share helpful tips on Helping Adult Learners Transition to Postsecondary Education and Training. Read More
Strategies for Improving Student Retention
“As a team, it was important to us for our project to speak to both learner and program interests, concerns, and issues.” Team Retention Remix by Alonzo Ricks Team Members Project Summary: Debbie Elliott, Cornerstone Learning Center, Campbell County Public Schools Dr. Marie Shepherd, Portsmouth Public… Read More
From Adult Education to Community College
by Dana Hathorn “We have to make a concerted effort to provide experiences where students can learn from and share with each other, as well as build on the strengths and weaknesses of one another.” As a member of the Virginia Community College System Tidewater Community College (TCC) is… 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 a huge difference in how we serve our adult learners. Our instructors have always been wonderful at designing instruction to… 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
Literacy Across the Community: Research, Praxis, & Trends
A Book Review with a Focus on a Chapter Highlighting the PluggedInVA Model by Kate Daly Rolander, Ph.D. “This is a unique volume of research and models of practice that bring together stories and learnings from programs across the lifespan and across… Read More
The PRACEP Para Pathway
by Virginia (Ginger) Hilleary Three years ago, Piedmont Regional Adult and Career Education Programs’ (PRACEP) Regional Specialist exclaimed, “We need to have a Plugged-In cohort this year!” There was only one problem: what were we going to do? Other regions had Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and welding and Commercial Driver’s… Read More
Experiencing Learner Disabilities in Adult Education
by 2019 AE&L Conference Presenter Karen E. Ballengee Educators who attended the 2019 Adult Education and Literacy Conference had the opportunity to visit our Disabilities Awareness Simulation Station. The goal of the simulations was to provide education and resources for those who teach adults with disabilities. The simulations allowed… Read More
Teach Civics for Democracy, Basic Skills, and Résumé-Worthy Transferable Skills
by Cynthia Peters So many reasons to teach civics Most would agree that civic participation is inherently good. It strengthens our democracy by lifting up diverse voices and gives all of us a chance to influence policies that have a big effect on our lives now and in… Read More
Ira Sockowitz Builds Learning Games for Adults
Adult learners use the Xenos app for game-based learning. by Tony Ryals As a kid, I always enjoyed games. I remember receiving my first gaming console and the countless hours of excitement it brought. Now, I rarely think about games the way I did as a kid. It wasn’t… Read More