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Professional Development

Professional Development

LINCS provides Professional Development through face-to-face trainings and workshops as well as online resources, modules, and courses.

LINCS Regional Professional Development Centers

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The Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) funds four LINCS Regional Professional Development Centers (RPDCs). The purpose of the Centers is to disseminate high-quality resources using various approaches (highlighting online materials, in-person technical assistance, distance learning, and in-person trainings) through partnerships with adult education and related organizations to help practitioners use evidence-based instructional practices that improve outcomes in adult learners' literacy skills.

The Centers organize trainings and workshops based on research-based materials, as well as provide assistance in using online instructional resources provided through LINCS.

LINCS is proud to offer outstanding professional development opportunities throughout the nation. These professional development offerings are provided free of charge through the LINCS Regional Professional Development Centers.


Region 1

World Education, Inc.
Boston, MA

Kaye Beall
765-717-3942
kaye_beall@worlded.org

Cynthia Zafft
617-385-3650
cynthia_zafft@worlded.org

Region 2

Center for Literacy Studies, The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

Beth Ponder
865-974-5868
baponder@utk.edu

Region 3

Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent State University
Kent, OH

Tim Ponder
865-637-7074
tponder@literacy.kent.edu

Marty Ropog
330-672-0760
mropog@literacy.kent.edu

Dianna Baycich
330-672-7841
dbaycich@literacy.kent.edu

Region 4

Peninsula Library System and Literacyworks
Petaluma, CA

Paul Heavenridge
707-981-8086
pheaven@literacyworks.org



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