Join thought leaders from the field at our upcoming webinars.
Webinars are designed and hosted by educators, staff, and researchers in the adult literacy field who bring their expertise and experience to help you advance your work with students. Sign up for one of our upcoming webinars today! Find past webinar recordings on our Courses & Learning page.
Many adult learners approach writing with hesitation, limited confidence, or negative experiences from school. This webinar explores practical strategies for reducing writing anxiety, encouraging creativity, and helping learners generate and develop ideas before they begin writing. Participants will learn instructional routines that build confidence, strengthen the foundational skills that support effective writing, and can be adapted for ABE, HSE, English language, and multilevel classrooms as well as one-on-one tutoring. Throughout the session, we will also highlight ways to adapt these strategies for online instruction.
Adult learners often face challenges both inside and outside the classroom that can impact their confidence and persistence. The conversations adult educators have with students during these moments can help build trust, encourage growth, and support continued progress toward their goals. This session explores how intentional communication can strengthen relationships and help students navigate challenges with greater confidence and resilience. Participants will learn practical strategies for providing feedback, navigating difficult conversations, and supporting students’ growth, independence, and continued success.
Over the past ten years, municipal funding for community-based adult literacy education in New York City has increased from $5.5 million to $26.5 million. The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC) has played a central role in the advocacy campaigns that have led to these increases, and the LAC’s Investing in Quality report and Literacy & Justice Initiative have provided the vision for the advocacy and funding. What has made these advocacy campaigns particularly noteworthy is that they have focused less on the role of adult literacy education in workforce development and more on adult literacy as an issue of human rights, civil rights, and social justice. In this session, you’ll learn about these efforts and discuss their applicability to your own contexts and circumstances.
Our professional development resources help program managers, instructors, trainers, and others build the capacity and quality of adult education programs. Our tools can help your adult literacy programs strengthen skills and learn new strategies to improve student outcomes in reading, writing, and financial literacy.
Todd Evans, Senior Director of Programs