Come and review the important role of fluency in reading instruction. We will discuss the three key components of reading fluency and look at a variety of activities tutors and teachers can try. We will talk about the mechanics of doing fluency practice via Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or any other remote tutoring tool (including […]
Adult education students have strong transferable skills (aka, soft skills). They just don’t know it yet! Leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills are being cultivated daily by hard-working adult learners. Employers value and seek these crucial competencies. In this webinar, adult educator and The Change Agent editor Cynthia Peters shares powerful student-written stories and demonstrates […]
Vocabulary is everyone’s favorite reading component! And helping students master reading vocabulary is a key to helping them master comprehension. But how many words should you teach? And which words are the most important? What strategies are best for helping students learn new words? How do you get students to make new words part of […]
Register here. Content Session (1 hour): Starting the New Year with Close Reading Session It’s time to be serious about close reading. Survey responses received from you echoed a desire for more strategies to improve Reasoning Through Language Arts results. Over the past few years, we have focused on mathematics. We’ve worked hard to help […]
Phonics–the knowledge of the sounds letters make when they are combined to make words–is essential to beginning literacy and beginning level English language instruction. But, many teachers and tutors lack the knowledge, confidence and resources to teach the topic. Attend this session to learn why phonics instruction is important and leave with several ideas for […]
Research shows that explicitly teaching a set of comprehension strategies is a great way to help intermediate-level readers maximize their understanding of texts. Come learn a handful of great comprehension tools that will help students develop critical thinking skills and comprehension skills. Register
Career coaches, adult educators, workforce professionals, and colleagues are invited to attend a webinar featuring the Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) on February 20 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. to learn more about the data analytics, high-demand occupation list, and customizable dashboards available by Virginia region. Learn how to make use of these fresh data insights for your program planning and client coaching from the VOEE team!
This session presents a basic overview of the science of reading and effective reading instruction, including alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. During the session, we discuss strategies for each component of reading and how to use them in the classroom. Participants will leave with resources for teaching each component. Register
The next 4-year WIOA Combined State Plan will be open for public comment in February. This February 12 event is designed to capture feedback from adult education practitioners, state and local advisory committee members, stakeholders, partners, students, and graduates. Please share this notice with your partners and staff. Materials for review will be shared with […]
Integrating digital literacy into IET classrooms? Using tech in correctional settings? Sign us up! Susan Grochowski of Virginia's Peninsula Regional Education Program and Mary Hayes from Workbay join the EdTech Center @WorldEducation for the next EdTech Strategy session to share their insights on these two topics. Register here.
Vocabulary is everyone’s favorite reading component! And helping students master reading vocabulary is a key to helping them master comprehension. But how many words should you teach? And which words are the most important? What strategies are best for helping students learn new words? How do you get students to make new words part of […]
In this interactive webinar, explore free AI tools (ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard, Claude) that can help you spend less time on lesson planning and more time on learner engagement. Whether you need to write lessons from scratch or adapt textbook activities, we'll have fun trying out strategies for giving prompts to an AI tool. By […]