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Online Training for Content Standards--Get Ready for VAILL!
This year's Southwest VAILL (July 30 - August 1) will focus on implementing content standards by offering an array of interesting and practical workshops such as:
-Implementing Content Standards in the Open Enrollment Classroom
-Creativity and Content Standards
-Program Planning for Content Standards Implementation
-Aligning Assessment and Curriculum with GED Content Standards
-Curricula Based on ESOL Content Standards
-Lesson Planning with ESOL Content Standards
-GED Content Standards: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners through Differentiated Instruction
Start Now!
Participants are encouraged to take the Virginia Content Standards Online Training developed by VALRC prior to SW VAILL for an introduction to content standards. The self-paced course can be completed in about two hours and provides an orientation to standards and specific tracks for ESOL and GED. Especially if you've just begun to explore Virginia's GED/ESOL content standards, the online course will provide a foundation for the workshops at VAILL.
For more information and to register for the online training, visit http://valrc.org/training/online/content.html . A certificate of completion will be issued at the end of the training.
If you have already completed the online training for content standards, you do not need to complete it again.
If you have questions about the online training, please contact Lauren Ellington, Online Training Specialist, at leellington@vcu.edu.
See you at VAILL!
July 30 - August 1
Grant Writing Workshops
The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center is conducting a series of workshops designed to help you strengthen your grant writing skills. Whether you're a veteran grant writer or a novice, these workshops will help you to identify what grantees look for in a well-developed grant and hone your writing skills.
Needs Statement
New River Valley - April 3, 2008 - 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Capacity and Design
Hampton Adult Education - March 20, 2008 - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (lunch provided)
New River Valley - April 4, 2008 - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (lunch provided)
Evaluation and Budgeting
Henrico County Adult Education - April 1, 2008 - 9:00 am - 12:00 noon & 1:00 - 4:00 pm (two sessions of the same workshop)
Rocky Mount - April 15, 2008 - 1:00 - 4:00 pm
You may register online at the VALRC calendar (http://www.calendar.valrc.org). Click on the workshop's heading and complete the online form. Priority will be given to Adult Education practitioners in adult education programs affiliated with public schools and community based literacy organizations who receive Department of Education funding.
Grant Writing: The Needs Statement Workshop
Audience: Seasoned and novice grant writers looking to improve an existing needs statement or create a new one
Locations:
Rocky Mount, December 6, 2007, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
or
Henrico County, January 8, 2008, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Your grant hinges on a compelling needs statement that is written accurately and succinctly. In fact, all the other elements of your grant depend on this important introduction. Many seasoned grant writers have failed to persuade funders to award money based on this section alone. Our 3-hour participatory, hands-on workshop is designed for seasoned grant writers or novices who want to strengthen the needs statements on a current grant or tackle the needs statement for their programs.
To register, visit VALRC's online training calendar and click on your preferred date: http://www.calendar.valrc.org
Confirmation and directions will be provided by email after receiving your registration.
Look for more grant writing workshops in the new year!
Capacity and Design & Evaluation and Budgeting
MoneyWi$e Financial Literacy Training
A MoneyWi$e Financial Literacy Training is scheduled at Capital One's state of the art training facilities on the beautiful West Creek Campus in Goochland, Thursday, May 3, from 10 am to 4 pm. This is the third of four trainings paid for by Consumer Action. To register, please contact Marianne Baker at 800-237-0178 or mdbaker@vcu.edu. You will receive a confirmation and directions. If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Norrell at 800-237-0178 or norrellch@vcu.edu.
Consumer Action and Capital One first launched the MoneyWi$e partnership in April 2001. Since then, the program has produced and distributed a six-part series of MoneyWi$e educational materials to provide consumers with the building blocks for developing and honing personal finance skills, from saving and budgeting to balancing a checkbook, understanding the basics of credit and credit repair and how parents can talk to teenagers about money.
By providing free brochures in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese), the MoneyWi$e program is able to address financial literacy across both income and ethnic barriers.
MoneyWise is a financial education project of Consumer Action and Capital One.
Regional Reading Workshop for Nonprofit Organizations, May 2 & 3, Fredericksburg
Adult Reading Instruction: Assessing Needs, Addressing Needs, Achieving Outcomes, Susan McShane, Trainer, NCFL. This workshop is a pilot project of the National Center for Family Literacy, funded by Verizon Foundation, and developed for community-based literacy organizations.
Description: This training offers a detailed introduction to the research, with emphasis on translating the research into practice. It introduces the components of reading that may contribute to a (perhaps unrecognized) reading problem: alphabetics skills, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. It also introduces common reader profiles identified by research and suggests resources for initial assessment. Participants learn and practice a variety of research-based instructional strategies for addressing adults' needs in the reading-component areas.
Primary Audience: Tutors and other instructors Secondary Audience: Program administrators from community-based adult literacy programs
Click here to register:We will send you a confirmation, directions, and a list of hotels in the region. Please be aware, workshop costs are free, but hotel costs are on your own.
For questions regarding registration, please contact Catherine Norrell at 800-237-0178 or norrellch@vcu.edu
This article continues... »Adult Learner Writer's Awards
The Literacy Fair of Virginia is accepting written student submissions for the Fifth Annual Outstanding Adult Learner Award. Attached are two documents for distribution to your teachers, tutors, and students.
The award, sponsored by the Literacy Fair of Virginia, Inc., will honor our outstanding adult learners. The top four submissions will receive a monetary award and a plaque. The winners will be asked to come in person to read their submissions.
The Literacy Fair, which is celebrating 20 successfull years, will be held Thursday, May 17, 2007 on the John H. Daniel Campus of Southside Virginia Community College in Keysville, Virginia.
Click here for the letter Click here for the student information form
Our theme this year is "Celebrate Literacy!"
Contact: Sandra M. Thompson (434) 736-2084 or svthoms@svccdan1.sv.vccs.edu
MoneyWise: Financial Literacy Regional Trainings Coming Soon
Consumer Action has granted The Resource Center $3,000 to conduct four regional MoneyWise Financial Literacy Trainings in Virginia during the next six months. The purpose of these trainings, led by Victoire Gerkens Sanborn, a certified MoneyWise trainer, is to provide teachers and tutors with the tools and resources they need to help their students understand what good money management is and to better manage their money.
Starting in February, the trainings will be scheduled in Richmond (tentatively in May), Northern Virginia (February 23), Southwest Virginia (March 3), and Eastern Virginia (TBA.) Programs that are interested in hosting these trainings, that are centrally located within each geographic region, and that can offer a training space for 25 participants for an 8-hour workshop, please contact Victoire Gerkens Sanborn or 800-237-0178. Food and workshop costs and materials will be paid for by Consumer Action and the Resource Center.
MoneyWise is a financial education project of Consumer Action and Capital One.
Workshop Update
Numeracy workshops are posted regularly on our VALRC site. Some are restricted to a local program's teachers only and others are regional and open to all. Some workshops fill up fast and will say "Closed" for that reason. Since the status changes daily, please click on "Calendar" and see what's new and what's available for you. Ask your Program Manager when your program is hosting!
Upcoming Numeracy Workshops
As of August 31, Numeracy workshops have been successfully held at VAACE, in South Hill, Manassas, Middle Peninsula, Lebanon and Roanoke. Upcoming workshops are listed below. However, they fill up fast, so please watch the VALRC calendar to stay updated.
- Chesterfield County: Number Sense and Algebra on September 30 (CLOSED)
- Winchester: Number Sense & Data & Statistics on October 14 (OPEN)
- Fairfax: Data & Statistics on October 28 (CLOSED)
- Roanoke: Measurement & Geometry on November 2 (registration will open soon)
- Workshops in the works: Eastern Shore, Abingdon, Hampton area, Cumberland County and Central Virginia
GED Connection Training - Sept 30
Where: Northern Neck Technical Center, Warsaw, VA
Date: Saturday, September 30
Time: 8:30am-4:30pm
Learn how to use GED Connection to prepare your students to pass the GED! Register now to guarantee your spot; registration deadline is September 22.
With GED Connection, your GED program will:
- Incorporate a multimedia approach using video programs, workbooks, and online activities
- Make GED preparation learner friendly for every learning style
- Address all five subject areas and integrate skills across disciplines
- Help students see ways they can use the skills they are learning in the family, community, and workplace.
As a result of this workshop you will be able to:
- Use GED Connection to prepare your students for success with the GED
- Customize the delivery system and content to meet your individual program and learner needs
- Design an innovative delivery system that can serve adult learners you may not otherwise be reaching using more traditional approaches
GED Fast Track Teacher Training
There will be five additional GED Fast Track Teacher Training sessions in February and March. Although these trainings are open to anyone, priority will be given to teachers that are currently teaching a fast track class, or will be teaching one in the future. The schedule is:
- Williamsburg: February 18, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Radford: February 25, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Fishersville: March 4, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Keysville: March 11, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Arlington: April 1, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Registration is open to anyone, and registration deadlines are a week prior to each training.
ProLiteracy/Verizon Regional Training in Roanoke
ProLiteracy America is partnering with Virginia organizations to sponsor a regional training (PDF) in Roanoke, August 6-7, at the Clarion Hotel Roanoke. Individual registration fees for the two-day training are $35 for ProLiteracy America affiliates and $50 for non-affiliates. Travel stipends are also available. See the registration form (PDF) for details.
- Instructional Track Workshop: Research-Based Reading Instruction for Volunteer Literacy Programs, Amy R. Trawick, coordinator, Equipped for the Future Reading Project, NC
- Management Track Workshop: Program Management for Data Collection, Lori Keefer, Program Manager, Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, PA
Attendees must make hotel arrangements. For more details, check the the ProLiteracy website or contact Judy Bowling, South East Regional Representative, at 304-783-4897.
- See the brochure. (PDF)
- See the registration form. (PDF)