VAILL 2008: Virginia Institutes for Lifelong Learning
Plan to attend one of this summer's Virginia Institutes for Lifelong Learning. These highly-attended conferences provide Virginia's adult education and ESOL teachers, volunteers, tutors, and administrations with valuable professional development opportunities. Professionals from across Virginia will gather to network, share ideas, and get the most up-to-date information, as well as practical teaching techniques that they will be able to take back to their classrooms.
For both conferences, a $30.00 registration fee and advanced registration are required. VAILL is supported by federal leadership funds from the Workforce Investment Act, Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, administered by the Virginia Department of Education, Office of Adult Education and Literacy, and Radford University.
How to Eat an Elephant! - Southwest VAILL: July 30 - August 1, Radford University
This year's institute will focus on implementing content standards. In the course of three days, participants can choose from a variety of workshops, preview adult education texts and materials at publisher exhibits, and meet and network with their peers from diverse education programs in Virginia. There will be workshops for program managers, instructors, aide, and tutors.
The $30.00 registration fee includes sessions, exhibits, meals, and lodging. For more information, contact Jane Swing, jswing@radford.edu or (540) 831-6207.
Integration: The Immigrant Experience - VAILL-ESOL: August 4 - 5, George Mason University
Fairfax Adult ESOL Program is pleased to present the Virginia Institute for Lifelong Learning English to Speakers of Other Languages conference, which will take place at George Mason University. In the course of two days, participants can choose from more than 30 workshops, preview adult ESOL texts and materials at publisher exhibits, and gather information about community organizations that serve the immigrant population in Northern Virginia.
This year's theme is Integration: the Immigrant Experience. The conference will open with a keynote address from Mr. Noureddine Erradi, who is the Interculturalisation Coordinator for an adult education program in the Netherlands. On Tuesday, August 5th, the discussion of integration will continue with a panel of presenters who will share their experiences of immigrating to this country, the challenges they faced both in coming to the United States and adapting to American society, how they coped with these challenges, and the factors that have contributed to their successful integration into American culture and society.
The $30.00 registration fee includes sessions, exhibits, lunch both days, snacks, and parking. For more information about the conference and to register, please go to: http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OACE/VAILL.htm.