Summer Institutes 2004 for Adult Educators in Virginia

Every summer, the Virginia Department of Education offers several opportunities for adult educators to gather and learn from each other. This year's Summer Institutes, scattered across Virginia, will cover a range of topics including the inquiry process introduced in GED as Project, reading, and English literacy.

Come meet the latest addition to the GED as Project family - Volume 5: Social Studies and Science. Take part in engaging, hands-on workshops with the content consultants. Visit with the field testers and learn about their experiences using the inquiry process. Participants will learn how to incorporate the inquiry process into their own classrooms and how to build Inquiry Activities tailored to a class' particular needs and interests. Best of all, GED as Project doesn't require the purchase of new materials.

Join teachers and tutors from all over the state who recognize the importance of working with beginning and intermediate adult readers. Participants will engage in lively "book clubs" on the first morning, and then move into in-depth workshops that draw from research in the areas of alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Two tracks are available, but participants must choose one: Beginning Readers (NRS Reading Levels 1-2) or Intermediate Readers (Levels 3-4). This will be an intensive, two-day session, and participants are asked to commit to being present for the entire institute.

This conference, formerly known as VAILL and EXPRESOL, has a long-standing tradition of providing excellent professional development for the adult ESOL practitioner. Workshops are available for beginning teachers as well as those with many years of experience. In-depth sessions and workshops include a variety of topics from the basics of teaching reading, writing, listening, and speaking, to the latest information on using technology in the classroom and information on immigration and funding.