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SUMMARY:VALRC: The Change Agent for English Language Instruction
DESCRIPTION:The Change Agent is a magazine for adult educators and learners that features relevant\, engaging articles — most of them written by adult learners. In this webinar\, Cynthia Peters\, longtime educator and editor of The Change Agent\, will introduce Virginia instructors to this standards-aligned resource and how it can be used to teach English language learners. She will demonstrate how Virginia teachers can make use of their free access to The Change Agent and include practical\, time-saving teaching ideas and tips. \nThe Change Agent features writings by adult learners and aims to inspire adult educators and learners to make civic participation and social justice part of their teaching and learning. Each issue explores a different topic through student writing\, news articles\, opinion pieces\, classroom activities\, poems\, graphics\, and cartoons. The Change Agent website includes many additional resources\, including audio versions of articles\, leveled texts\, links between specific Change Agent articles and the College and Career Readiness Standards\, and extra resources for each issue. \nThis webinar focuses on English language acquisition and civics instruction\, but all Virginia adult educators are welcome to attend. A session focused on using The Change Agent with ABE and HSE learners will be offered on March 1\, 2023. If you have questions about accessing The Change Agent (for free) as a Virginia adult educator\, please contact Hillary Major\, hmajor@vcu.edu\, at VALRC. \n 
URL:https://valrc.org/event/change-agent-for-ells-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T140000
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SUMMARY:VALRC: The Change Agent for ABE & HSE Instruction
DESCRIPTION:The Change Agent is a magazine for adult educators and learners that features relevant\, engaging articles — most of them written by adult learners. In this webinar\, Cynthia Peters\, longtime educator and editor of The Change Agent\, will introduce Virginia instructors to this standards-aligned resource and how it can be used to teach reading\, writing\, and even math. She will demonstrate how Virginia teachers can make use of their free access to The Change Agent and include practical\, time-saving teaching ideas and tips. \nThe Change Agent features writings by adult learners and aims to inspire adult educators and learners to make civic participation and social justice part of their teaching and learning. Each issue explores a different topic through student writing\, news articles\, opinion pieces\, classroom activities\, poems\, graphics\, and cartoons. The Change Agent website includes many additional resources\, including audio versions of articles\, leveled texts\, links between specific Change Agent articles and the College and Career Readiness Standards\, and extra resources for each issue. \nThis webinar focuses on adult basic education (ABE) and adult secondary education (ASE)/high school equivalency (HSE) instruction\, but all Virginia adult educators are welcome to attend. A session focused on using The Change Agent with English language learners will be offered on March 2\, 2023. If you have questions about accessing The Change Agent (for free) as a Virginia adult educator\, please contact Hillary Major\, hmajor@vcu.edu\, at VALRC. \n 
URL:https://valrc.org/event/change-agent-abe-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221129T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221129T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20221031T200258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221031T200258Z
UID:10000303-1669734000-1669739400@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans - Applying EARN to Virginia Adult Education
DESCRIPTION: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 applied to adult education services in the state of Virginia. \nOCTAE’s EARN Project: \n\nRecognizes synergy between Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) programming and immigrant integration efforts\nEmphasizes the role that AEFLA-funded practitioners can play to increase the quality of services\nPresents an opportunity to improve the quality of linguistic\, civic\, and economic integration services provided to diverse adult English learners (ELs)\n\nWebinar Objectives: \n\nUnderstand the goal and scope of the EARN project\nIdentify the role of IELCE in immigrant integration\nIdentify strategies for supporting the integration of immigrant learners through partnerships\nArticulate the role of IELCE in career pathways\nIdentify strategies for engaging and supporting international trained professionals and beginning ESOL learners in IELCE programming\n\nRegister Here 
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-enhancing-access-for-refugees-and-new-americans-applying-earn-to-virginia-adult-education/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220826T163451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T215829Z
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SUMMARY:Teaching Writing: Argument
DESCRIPTION:This webinar explores how teachers can support learners in developing and writing arguments\, including the GED® Reasoning through Language Arts essay. \nThe Teaching Writing series is targeted at ABE/ASE English language arts instructors\, but anyone who teaches writing is welcome to participate.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/teaching-writing-argument/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20221031T195652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T215850Z
UID:10000302-1668515400-1668520800@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: IET/IELCE PLC
DESCRIPTION:The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center is facilitating a Professional Learning Community (PLC) on Integrated Education and Training (IET) and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) for practitioners who are currently implementing or planning to implement IET programming\, including IELCE and PluggedInVA. \nThis session is going to focus on debriefing the Career Pathways Summit: Research\, Partners\, and Career Coaching. \n 
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-iet-ielce-plc/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:PLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220826T162902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221031T184718Z
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SUMMARY:VALRC: Teaching Writing: Strategies for Organizing & More
DESCRIPTION:This webinar explores how teachers can leverage strategy-based instruction to support learners in organizing their writing and developing their skills as writers. \nThe Teaching Writing series is targeted at ABE/ASE English language arts instructors\, but anyone who teaches writing is welcome to participate.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-teaching-writing-strategies-for-organizing-more/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220826T161938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220826T163700Z
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SUMMARY:VALRC: Teaching Writing: Beyond the Blank Page or Screen
DESCRIPTION:This webinar reviews foundational\, evidence-based practices for writing instruction and focuses on practical strategies that encourage learners to produce more writing.  Register here or using the link below. \nThe Teaching Writing series is targeted at ABE/ASE English language arts instructors\, but anyone who teaches writing is welcome to participate.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/teaching-writing-webinar-sept22/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220315T164609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T164609Z
UID:10000216-1651665600-1651671000@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Teacher Leader 201 PLC
DESCRIPTION:The Teacher Leader 201 PLC series is a continuation of the Teacher Leader 101 PLC series. This PLC focuses on supporting educators set and implement a goal for improving their practice.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-teacher-leader-201-plc-2/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220502T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220502T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220315T163629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T163629Z
UID:10000213-1651500000-1651505400@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Family Literacy PLC
DESCRIPTION:The Family Literacy PLC is a working group for programs awarded the family literacy planning grant. This group is also working with the National Center for Families Learning\, a national organization dedicated to multigenerational learning within families.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-family-literacy-plc-2/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220429T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220429T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220427T193656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T182803Z
UID:10000235-1651237200-1651240800@valrc.org
SUMMARY:Teaching Skills That Matter Maker Space Info Session
DESCRIPTION:This webinar introduces upcoming opportunities to be part of the Teaching the Skills that Matter (TSTM) EdTech Maker Space initiative.  \nStarting in June 2022\, the EdTech Center at World Education will be running a series of seven EdTech Maker Space projects. The goal of the projects is to offer service learning experiences for adult education teachers who want to collaborate to create digital open education resources. Each 6-week online project offers professional development on digital resource curation or creation and evaluation. \nThese projects will focus on the Teaching the Skills that Matter topic areas – Digital Literacy\, Financial Literacy\, Health Literacy\, Workforce Preparation\, and Civics Education. \nOver the course of the year\, the projects will evolve from 1) curating quality resources to 2) generating activities that incorporate skills such as problem solving and critical thinking to 3) building reusable TSTM-aligned lessons using SkillBlox. Best of all\, the resources generated will be added to the all-new SkillBlox to make it easier for teachers to find\, organize\, and share resources that support TSTM instruction.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/teaching-skills-that-matter-maker-space-info-session/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220420T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220420T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220214T185805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220427T130629Z
UID:10000183-1650457800-1650463200@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: IET & IELCE PLC Session 4
DESCRIPTION:The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center is facilitating a Professional Learning Community (PLC) on Integrated Education and Training (IET) and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) for practitioners who are currently implementing or planning to implement IET programming\, including IELCE and PluggedInVA. In addition to topics identified in the exit tickets\, this session will focus on recruitment and retention strategies. \n 
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-iet-ielce-plc-session-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:PLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220315T164500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T164500Z
UID:10000215-1649851200-1649856600@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Teacher Leader 201 PLC
DESCRIPTION:The Teacher Leader 201 PLC series is a continuation of the Teacher Leader 101 PLC series. This PLC focuses on supporting educators set and implement a goal for improving their practice.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-teacher-leader-201-plc/2022-04-13/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220329T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220329T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220214T185520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220420T122427Z
UID:10000182-1648557000-1648562400@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: IET & IELCE PLC Session 3
DESCRIPTION:The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center is facilitating a Professional Learning Community (PLC) on Integrated Education and Training (IET) and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) for practitioners who are currently implementing or planning to implement IET programming\, including IELCE and PluggedInVA. In addition to topics identified in the exit tickets\, this session will focus on locating workforce readiness activities and occupational training content for contextualizing instruction.  \n 
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-iet-ielce-plc-session-3/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:PLC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220315T163522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T163522Z
UID:10000212-1648476000-1648481400@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Family Literacy PLC
DESCRIPTION:The Family Literacy PLC is a working group for programs awarded the family literacy planning grant. This group is also working with the National Center for Families Learning\, a national organization dedicated to multigenerational learning within families.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-family-literacy-plc/2022-03-28/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220324
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220325
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20210901T190310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T161254Z
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SUMMARY:VALRC: Spring 2022 Term for Facilitated Online Courses Begins
DESCRIPTION:Click the event title for links to the courses. \nBeyond Basics: ESOL Beginning Literacy \nDisabilities and the Adult Learner \nThese six week courses run from March 24\,2022-May 4\, 2022. \n 
URL:https://valrc.org/event/spring-2022-term-for-valrc-facilitated-online-courses-begins/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220315T164500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T164500Z
UID:10000214-1647432000-1647437400@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Teacher Leader 201 PLC
DESCRIPTION:The Teacher Leader 201 PLC series is a continuation of the Teacher Leader 101 PLC series. This PLC focuses on supporting educators set and implement a goal for improving their practice.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-teacher-leader-201-plc/2022-03-16/
LOCATION:Online
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220314T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220314T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220315T163522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T163522Z
UID:10000211-1647266400-1647271800@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Family Literacy PLC
DESCRIPTION:The Family Literacy PLC is a working group for programs awarded the family literacy planning grant. This group is also working with the National Center for Families Learning\, a national organization dedicated to multigenerational learning within families.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-family-literacy-plc/2022-03-14/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220315T163522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T163522Z
UID:10000210-1646056800-1646062200@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Family Literacy PLC
DESCRIPTION:The Family Literacy PLC is a working group for programs awarded the family literacy planning grant. This group is also working with the National Center for Families Learning\, a national organization dedicated to multigenerational learning within families.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-family-literacy-plc/2022-02-28/
LOCATION:Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220211T162319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220420T121628Z
UID:10000180-1645531200-1645536600@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Teacher Leader 101 PLC
DESCRIPTION:The teacher leader PLC focuses on culturally responsive education and learning partnerships. The group will utilize Zaretta Hammond’s Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain as a foundation for discussions on making teaching and learning more responsive and inclusive. PLC participants will be ready to apply a toolbox of culturally responsive education strategies and tools to strengthen teacher-teacher and teacher-student interactions through recognizing how growth mindset impacts learning\, questioning to achieve more directed goal-setting\, applying culturally responsive frameworks for learning and teaching\, and using feedback models to foster constructive changes in learning and teaching. \n 
URL:https://valrc.org/event/teacher-leader-101-plc/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:PLC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220214T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220214T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T091221
CREATED:20220315T163522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T163522Z
UID:10000209-1644847200-1644852600@valrc.org
SUMMARY:VALRC: Family Literacy PLC
DESCRIPTION:The Family Literacy PLC is a working group for programs awarded the family literacy planning grant. This group is also working with the National Center for Families Learning\, a national organization dedicated to multigenerational learning within families.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-family-literacy-plc/2022-02-14/
LOCATION:Online
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