Weblog: September 2004
Training Section Added
In an effort to provide you and your staffs with more effective and varied training opportunities, we are changing our approach to professional development. Our goal is to provide services tailored to the particular needs of your programs. Rather than choosing from the set of prescribed trainings in the Professional Development Guide, as you have in the past, we encourage you to contact one of our specialists to discuss your program's requirements. Based on the information you provide, the specialist will develop a customized training session for your program.
Our training page has been updated to reflect this change in approach. Please take a moment to look this over and pay particular attention to the individual specialists' lists of training areas. Then, instead of consulting the Professional Development Guide, contact the specialist who focuses on the type of training you need. He or she will assist you in creating a custom-tailored training program for your staff.
Program Manager's Meeting
The annual program managers meeting was held on August 18th and 19th at the Sheraton Park South hotel in Richmond. Nearly two hundred people were on hand to learn about the marketing plan for the Governor's Race to GED initiative. The two days were packed with seminars about marketing, promotions, and customer service - critical components of winning the Race. Dr. Yvonne Thayer, director of the Office of Adult Education of Literacy, handed out several awards. Bette Sneed, Cynthia Cooper, Stacey Wright, Bonnie Mizenko, and Linda Allen were recognized for their efforts as the managers of the first five Fast Track sites. Dale Temple of Southside and Sue O'Connor of Henrico received plaques in appreciation of their hard work on the Race to GED marketing team. The first day culminated in the introduction of the next ten Fast Track programs (see photo 1 & photo2): Mt. Rogers Adult Education; the Regional Adult Education Program for Lee, Scott, Wise and Norton Public Schools; the Centerville Adult Center; Spotsylvania Regional Adult Education Program; Southside Programs for Adult Continuing Education; Roanoke City Schools; Henrico County Adult Education; Portsmouth City Public Schools; Dayton Learning Center; and New River Community College. Most agreed that the meeting was a great success.
