Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 8/23/2021:
Live Session: Promoting Innovation in Adult Education
Description: Local adult education programs help adult learners develop knowledge and skills, gain secondary credentials, and transition to further education and employment. Such programs have helped adult learners who have faced unemployment due to the pandemic learn new skills to return to work safely. Join Melissa Zervos and the Program Management group to consider some of the innovative and promising practices implemented by Adult Education and Family Literacy Act local programs, as identified through the U.S. Department of Education Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education’s Advancing Innovation in Adult Education program.
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 24, 3:30 - 4:30pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Program Management
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Promoting Innovation in Adult Education.
Live Session: Social Emotional Learning Strategies for the Adult Education Classroom
Description: Social emotional learning (SEL) can be used to foster the development of skills such as goal setting, managing emotions, and decision making, that are useful throughout a learner’s lifespan. In this session, participants will learn the core competencies of SEL and strategies for incorporating SEL with adult learners.
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 25, 4:00 - 5:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Professional Development
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Social Emotional Learning Strategies for the Adult Education Classroom.
Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 8/30/2021:
Live Session: Coffee Break: What Does It Mean to Be Workforce Ready?
Description: WIOA defines workforce preparation activities--but how are we assessing if adult learners are truly ready to enter and progress in the workforce? Join us for an opportunity to discuss the formal and informal assessments being used across the United States to help adult learners, teachers, workforce partners, and employers know if adults are truly workforce ready.
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 1, 12:00 – 1:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Career Pathways
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Coffee Break: What Does it Mean to Be Workforce Ready?