Click here to return to original page format.
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

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 1World Education, Inc. Kaye Beall Cynthia Zafft |
Region 2Center for Literacy Studies, The University of Tennessee Beth Ponder |
Region 3Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent State University Tim Ponder Marty Ropog Dianna Baycich |
Region 4Peninsula Library System and Literacyworks Paul Heavenridge |












