Projects

About our projects

Recent projects include program improvement initiatives, such as the PluggedInVirginia Pathways project funded by the VLF and Angell Foundation, an online tutor training workshop funded by the VLF and Verizon, an annual conference, now in combination with VAACE (Virginia Adult and Continuing Education), and ExCell, and early language and literacy project funded by a variety of sources, including public schools in Virginia.

Click on each title below to learn more about VLF’s projects.

ExCELL

Read 2012 statistics below about poverty in the Richmond metropolitan  area: Click on this link to download the full PDF document.

 

 

 

 VLF Joint Conferences

Joint VLF conference provides nonprofit  adult literacy program staff  with the  opportunity to learn the  latest adult education  strategies alongside the  instructors and  staff of statewide public adult  education providers.  The joint conferences strengthen partnerships and collaboration among regional groups, and provides CBLO staff and volunteers  with an opportunity to share learning, network, partner, and support each other. Joint conferences include VAACE (2017 and 2018) and AE&L (2019).

Regular, relevant, and collaborative opportunities for PD help educators master strategies to identify and address the specific challenges of adult learners and tailor their instruction to a widely varying range of skills and life experiences.” – Sarah Cornelius,  Edmentum, 2016. Click here for the full article

PluggedInVA Pathways Project

This two-year project (2014-2016) was paid for by  the Virginia Literacy Foundation,  the Virginia Adult Learning Resource  Center, and  the Paul  M. Angell Family Foundation The PluggedInVA Pathways curriculum  is designed for low literate adults who read at the  2-4th grade levels, and teaches the top soft skills identified by employers.

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