Registration for the 2011 VLLC Conference and Conference Information

This conference, sponsored by the Virginia Literacy Foundation (VLF), is the only statewide conference in Virginia expressly designed for teachers, program managers and administrators of nonprivate community-based literacy organizations. Workshops will deal with issues of concern for nonprofit programs in the areas of management and teaching the low level basic literacy and ESOL student. Organized by the Virginia Literacy Leadership Council (VLLC), a project of the VLF, this conference will promote best practices, networking, and capacity-building in all areas of concern to CBLOs.

Dr. John Comings, Key Note speaker in 2010

Where: Sheraton Park South, Richmond (Please click on link.) Registration information sits at the bottom of this post.

When: February 24 & 25, 2011

Who: All administrators, program managers, and teachers of community-based literacy (CBLO) programs.Volunteer tutors are welcome to attend. Adult Basic Education programs not funded by the VLF


Rate Schedule:

• $60 registration fee per person before Jan 21, 2011 (CBLOs)
• $70 between Jan 22 and February 23 (CBLOs)
• $80 day of registration for CBLOs and for ABE programs not funded by the VLF or non-Virginia programs, regardless of date of registration.
• $35 for one day for CBLOs – preregistration before February 23. Lunch is $8.00 extra
• $40 for one day on the day of the conference. Lunch is $8.00 extra. This rate applies to CBLOs and ABE programs not funded by the VLF or non-Virginia programs, regardless of date of registration.

Registration: Scroll down this post

Dr. Heidi Silver Pacuilla is this year's Key Note Speaker

Presenters:

• Heidi Silver Pacuila, Ph.D., senior research analyst, is the deputy director of NCTI funded by the Office of Special Education Programs and co-author of Breakthrough Learning through Inclusive Technology is this year's key note speaker. Her topic will be: Using Technology to Support Struggling Learners: "Learn how you can use technology to accelerate your students’ learning. When and for whom is it appropriate? How do you get up to speed? This presentation will review the research and experience behind the use of technology with adults with low literacy." Click here for her Biography
• Lauren Ellington, LD and Distance Learning Specialist, VALRC – “LD Strategies for Tutors of Struggling Students”
• This is a change: Hillary Major, Publications and Communications Specialist, Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center - “How the GED Essay is Scored: Strategies for GED Instruction”
• Gloria Williams-Brevard, US Immigration Service USCIS, The Interview portion of the Citizenship Exam
• Pam Adams, Program Coordinator, LV of Roanoke- “Volunteer Management for Busy Staff”
• Margaret Stout, Masters in Education, Office of Special Ed Autism Specialist - “Thinking Outside the Box: Strategies for Reading and Writing for Challenging Learners
• Brooke Hammond Pérez, Hogar Immigrant Service's Information for Personal Empowerment (IPE) speaker series
• Ken Campanelli, Literacy For Life, CALL Manager – Keeping Track of Tutor Hours
• Ginger Hilleary, LV of Fauquier, E.D. – “Using Program Data to Tell Your Story”
• Tanya Conover, PWC Adult Education, Coordinator ESOL English Language/Civics – “ESOL Writing”
• Annette Loschert, E.D., LV of Roanoke – Strategic Planning to Improve Program Performance
• Victoire Sanborn, Literacy Specialist, VALRC – “Finding the Facts and Statistics You Need” & "Branding Your Program to Send a Consistent Outreach Message"
• Ruby Tassi, Retired PWC Librarian/Adult Tutor – “COMPASS to College”

Jeannie Baliles, Virginia's former First Lady and Chairman of the Board, VLF

Round Table Discussions:

• Basic Methods for Low Literacy Tutoring
• ESOL Speaking Ideas
• Gathering Data and Reporting It
• Administration and Staff Development
• Advocacy
• Director's Round Table

Ginger Hilleary and Mary Cragun, Conference Organizers

Thursday, February 24, 2011

9:00 Registration (open all day)

10:30 – 12:00 ALL: Opening Session 1 – LD Strategies for Tutors of Struggling Students -Lauren Ellington:

12:15 – 1:45 Buffett Lunch with Welcoming Remarks/VLLC Meeting

2:00 – 3:30 ABE: Strategies for GED Instruction

ESOL: The Interview Portion of the Citizenship Exam - Gloria Brevard-Williams

ADM: The 5 R's of Volunteer Management – Pam Adams

Conf Room: Branding Your Program to Send a Consistent Outreach Message–Victoire Sanborn

3:30 – 4:00 Check-in/Refreshments – Moorefield Suite

4:00 – 5:30 ABE: COMPASS to College – Ruby Tassi

ESOL: Hogar Immigrant Service's Information for Personal Empowerment (IPE) speaker series - Brooke Hammond Perez

ADM: Keeping Track of Tutor Hours – Ken Campanelli

5:30 – 7:00 Moorefield Suite – Wine and Cheese

Friday, February 25, 2011

8:00 – 9:30 Breakfast and Awards

9:30 – 10:30 Keynote Speaker: Heidi Silver-Pacuila. Among the topics our keynote speaker will discuss is applying best practice research from the special education literature to digital environments for students of all ages with disabilities.

10:30 – 11:00 Break and Check-out

11:00 – 12:30 Round Table Discussions - TBA after voting is over

ESOL Speaking Ideas

Basic Methods for Low Literacy Tutoring

Director Round Table

Informal Assessments for ABE and ESOL Learners

Administration and Staff Development

Advocacy

12:3 0 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 ABE: Thinking Outside the Box: Reading and Writing Strategies for Challenged Learners – Margaret Stout

ESOL: ESOL Writing – Tanya Conover

ADM: Strategic Planning to Improve Program Performance – Annette Loschert

Conference Room: Using Facts and Statistics to Make a Case for Your Program –Victoire Sanborn

3:30 End of Conference

Our Hosts and Sponsors: the VLF Board and Staff:

Mark Emblidge, Ph.D., Executive Director, Virginia Literacy Foundation
Mark E. Emblidge, PhD., has been closely involved with a variety of state and national educational issues over the past twenty years. He is the founding director of the Foundation and also serves as Director of The Literacy Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 1994, Emblidge was elected to the first elected school board in Richmond, Virginia, where he served for four terms and was elected three times to serve as chairman. In 1995, President Bill Clinton appointed Dr. Emblidge to the board of the National Institute for Literacy. He became the Institute's chair in 1998 and served in that position until the end of his term in 2002, when Virginia Governor Mark Warner appointed him to the Virginia State Board of Education. This was followed in 2004 with a four-year appointment to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). In 2006, Governor Timothy Kaine re-appointed Dr. Emblidge to the State Board of Education, after which Emblidge was elected President by the members of the Board.

Jeannie P. Baliles, Virginia's former first lady and founder of the Virginia Literacy Foundation
Jeannie P. Baliles oversaw the founding of the Virginia Literacy Foundation in 1987 and has served as its chair ever since. It was Jeannie's vision to create a public-private partnership that would oversee and prevent overlapping services among all community-based literacy organizations throughout the state. The Foundation also partnered with the State Department of Education in the Virginia Literacy Initiative to encourage the spread of family and workplace literacy programs in the commonwealth.

Registration Procedures:

Rooms are reserved at the Sheraton Park South. Participants must contact the hotel directly for reservations. Please mention the 2011 VLLC Conference when making your reservation to receive the conference rate (the hotel will accept VLLC Conference or VALRC).

Rooms costs for one night (February 24) will be reimbursed by the Virginia Literacy Foundation for those attending the VLLC conference who meet the following criteria:

• Only CBLO staff or volunteers who attend the VLLC conference are eligible for room-reimbursement
• Attendees are responsible for booking their rooms through the hotel
• Full room reimbursement is based on double occupancy (two people per room). Single room occupancy will be reimbursed at half the room rate.
• Please note this change: All rooms for each CBLO attending must be paid for with one credit card. Re-imbursement will be sent to the card holder for all rooms within 14 days.

For information or questions, please contact Ginger Hilleary or Mary Cragun (540) 349-8142 or director@lvfc.net or lvfcoffice@verizon.net

Check-in time for rooms is at 3:00 PM. Check out time is at noon.

Call (804) 323-1144 for hotel reservations.

Registration Costs:

Rate Schedule:

• $60 registration fee per person before Jan 21, 2011
• $70 between Jan 22 and February 23
• $80 day of registration and for ABE programs not funded by the VLF or non-Virginia programs, regardless of date of registration.
• $35 for one day – preregistrationbefore February 23. Lunch is $8.00 extra
• $40 for one day on the day of the conference and for ABE programs not funded by the VLF or non-Virginia programs, regardless of date of registration. Lunch is $8.00 extra

Reimbursements: Note: All registration fees are non-refundable. You will not be registered until we receive payment.

Payment
We accept checks only. Make checks payable to the Virginia Literacy Foundation. Click here for the conference form.

Registration Form:

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Mark Emblidge and Mary Peacock attend the reception after the first day of the 2010 VLLC Conference. Watch the video below of Mark discussing Mary Peacock's role with the VLF.