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New Promotional Materials Available for Download!
Promotional materials for the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center's new programs and initiatives are now available online on the VALRC website. These attractive brochures, posters, and flyers are provided in pdf format (with printer's lines) so you can easily print and distribute as many of them as you like to your program's teachers and students. These publications can help you promote the new eLearn Virginia distance learning program, the GED® On Demand program for digital cable subscribers.
To access these printable pdf files, click here. If you have any questions about content, file formats, or technical issues, please contact the VALRC's Assistant Instructional Technology Specialist, Christopher Poole at cpoole2@vcu.edu.
2007 Foundations and Grants Booklet
The 2003 Foundations and Grants Booklet has been updated. Find the PDF file to this 100 page document in this link. Links on each page are live and should take you to the Funder's or Foundation's page. Click here to view this publication.
November issue of Update
We are excited to offer you the November issue of Update. This issue has many timely resources for all adult literacy educators. Find out about new resources from NCSALL, online resources for classroom teachers, new workplace health and safety curricula, a family literacy toolkit for Hispanic families, online word processors, and much more. To view it, go to: http://valrc.org/publications/update/update1106.htm.
Progress Fall 2006
The fall issue of Progress should be arriving in your mailbox any day now. This issue was focused on Correctional Education, with articles from Dr. Bill Muth, Anita Prince, and an interview with Judy Philpott. Reading through it, you can learn more about the Department of Correctional Education, the Plaza Comunitaria program at the Lunenberg and Coffeewood Correctional Center, and how local programs around the state work in correctional education. If you're not currently subscribed to receive Progress in the mail, you're welcome to read through the latest issue online.
Update on LD
We are excited to offer you the latest issue of Update on LD. This issue focuses on Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning. This issue includes a review of an excellent resource available from the Resource Center library, links for free assistive technology resources, and websites where you can learn more about Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning. To view it, go to: http://www.valrc.org/publications/updateonld/updateonld0906.htm.
Spring 2006 ESOL-Focused Progress
The spring 2006 issue of Progress is devoted in a large part to the teaching of ESOL in our adult education programs. We have included articles to help teachers, tutors, and program managers as they seek to improve existing ESOL programs or to develop new ones. With the increased number of low-literacy students in ESOL programs, Larry Condelli's article "What Works: A Preview of AIR's Two-Year Study of ESL Literacy Students",is of great interest to practitioners and very relevant to their instructional practices. Other articles focus on instructing low-level learners, changes made in the educational functioning levels of the NRS, web and print resources for teachers and students including REEPWorld.org, an interactive online program for learning English developed here in Virginia. There is a lot to read and learn about, so check it out!
Note: at the same time take a look at our other publications related to teaching ESOL.
New Teacher Training Handbook
The updated New Teacher Training Handbook is now available online! The New Teacher Training Handbook 2005 includes an overview of the field of adult education in Virginia for the new teacher or teachers who may need a refresher. Additionally, trainings on this topic and a self-assessment CD are available upon request.
Content Standards in Adult Education
In 2003, Dr. Roberta McKnight, of the Virginia Literacy Institute, conducted a thorough review of the literature to prepare a comprehensive report regarding the development of content standards. The report summarizes current developments across the United States, discusses issues related to content standards, and provides an interactive matrix of links to each state's website. Read the report.