Entries by Jenn Wigginton

Wayne Township Adult Education Joins Advancing Innovation’s List of Adult Education Innovators!

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      Wayne Township Adult Education Joins Advancing Innovation’s List of Adult Education Innovators! Wayne Township Adult Education is excited to announce that Career Training has been named an innovative practice in adult education by the Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project! Advancing Innovation is led by Manhattan Strategy Group, and is funded by […]

News Release

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NEWS                        September 20, 2021                                                             Contact: Jennifer Wigginton, IAACE Executive Director  317-721-9365 director@iaace.com IAACE Celebrates […]

What if… Questions about 2021 Connect Four Conference Answered

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The conference is two weeks away!   What if you are not registered for IAACE Connect Four Conference 2021? Late In-person &  Virtual Ticket registrations are due Friday, September 17, 11:00 pm.  There are no refunds after Friday, September 17, you may change your ticket to virtual OR transfer it to another person. To purchase a ticket visit https://iaace.com/2021-conference-registration/ […]

Our Week is Coming!

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You are probably thinking conference week but actually, we are referencing Adult Education and Family Literacy week September 19th- 25th.   We have been putting out a few ideas, COABE has done webinars plus and Pro Literacy has also released a bunch of information, we are not putting out more! We want to provide a go-to […]

Conference News

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This Conference is happening, fortunately, we did plan ahead and are offering hybrid or virtual options in addition to the conference, attendees always have the option to move to that ticket. The conference is less than a month away and we are very excited about the lineup of presentations, exhibitors and sponsorships, and the other […]

Do you have a plan for #AEFLWeek?

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It is time to make a plan for #AEFLWeek. Here are 3 sample plans for the week:   Keep it a Simple Plan.  Share social media messages, videos, and fact sheets that are ready to use from Pro Literacy’s toolkit. And/Or use the stuff from COABE Social Media Messaging Center Be sure to tag @IAACE  […]

Resources for AEFL Week

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By Rob Moore, IAACE Advocacy Chair It’s Our Week! Adult Education & Family Literacy Week will be observed September 19-25, 2021. It’s a great opportunity to market, advertise, recruit, and showcase your adult education program. To make it easy to education the public about the work we do, here are two resources we can use. *Proliteracy […]

Add the Region 3 Rally to Your National Adult Education & Family Literacy Week Activities

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What will your activities for the National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week include #AEFL? As we ran in the last blog, you can reach out to your mayor.  If you already have a great relationship with them, fabulous!  You can invite them to your program, a recognition ceremony, or even a success story page […]

Have you met your mayor?

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By Sharon Bonney, COABE CEO On June 12th, I moved to Bradenton, Florida. A couple of weeks later, I reached out to my new mayor’s office and requested a meeting with the mayor. After two postponed meetings (one of which was postponed due to Hurricane Elsa),  Mayor Brown and I finally met. I was excited because […]

Retaining Your Adult Learners

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What excuse do you hear the most? Is it childcare? Is it transportation? Is it technology? The fact of the matter is we are all people, and when it comes to doing something we will make an effort, or we won’t. It depends on how important it is, how easy it is, how hard it […]