Adult Education Professional Development

Through the use of leadership funds, the state provides opportunities throughout the commonwealth for professional development, technology and technical assistance, and state and regional networks of literacy centers.

Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center (VALRC)

The VALRC at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) serves over 3,500 of Virginia's adult education administrators and practitioners annually. As a division of the Literacy Institute at VCU, the VALRC assists in the Institute's research and development projects and disseminates research-based best practices to the field. The VALRC offers on-site training sessions, web-based workshops and courses, a website that serves as a clearinghouse of adult education resources, a toll-free GED help-line, a listserv open to all adult education professionals, a quarterly newsletter, three monthly electronic newsletters, and a wide variety of printed and online publications.

Recorded Video Tutorials for Adult Educators

Integrated Education and Training (IET)

• Integrated Education and Training: Technical Assistance Video – July 2020
  This video discusses the elements and requirements of the Integrated Education and Training (IET) program and how the program is implemented in Virginia. This video was recorded jointly with staff from the VDOE, VCCS, and VALRC.
  • Transcript: Integrated Education and Training: Technical Assistance Video
  • IET Planning Tool – ADA Compliant Version (docx)
  • IET Planning Tool – Original Version (docx)
  • See the IETBlueprint.com site for a downloadable instructional blueprint and additional resources prepared by the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center.

Program Leadership and Management

• Virginia Adult Education Seven Year Trends - November 2024
  • Transcript: Virginia Adult Education Seven Year Trends
• Connecting Probationers to Adult Education in Virginia - August 2024 - Passcode: W!FNyzN5
  • Transcript: Connecting Probationers to Adult Education in Virginia
• NRS Changes and New MSGs - August 2024 - Passcode: $9l7cjjP
  • Transcript: NRS Changes and New MSGs
• Virginia Adult Education 6-Year Trends: Program Years 2018-2022 - Passcode: LPX+vV0x
  • Transcript: Six Year Trends in Adult Education
• Virginia Adult Education Five Year Trends: Program Years 2018-2021 - Passcode: N+4960+s
  • Transcript: Virginia Adult Education Five Year Trends
• Know Your Numbers: What Story Does Your HSE Data Tell?
• Early Education Workforce Presentation for Adult Educators (pptx)
• A Look at Virginia’s Adult Education Programs in PY2020-2021 – October 2021
• Designing for New MSGs in Virginia - August 2021
  • Transcript: Designing for New MSGs in Virginia
• Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) Grant:  The Basics – August 2020
  This recording shares the basics of grant management and allowable activities for the IELCE grant. 
• Adult Education in Virginia 2018-2019 – November 2019
  This recording shares the participant demographic and performance data reported by Virginia for program year 2018-2019.
• Reporting Statewide Business Services, 2019-2020 - October 2019
  This recording describes the requirements of programs to report how they are serving businesses in the Commonwealth. 
• The Role of Data in Program Design – March 2019
  This video discusses the relationship between data and program design in adult education.
• Adult Education in Virginia 2017-2018 – November 2018
  This recording shares the participant demographic and performance data reported by Virginia for program year 2017-2018.
• Reporting Career and Training Services - April 2018
  This video reviews the Directors Memo 018-19, Revisions to Career and Training Services Reporting Guidance (docx) discussing how adult education program should track federal funds spent on these services.