Progress, Virginia's adult education and literacy newsletter, returns from hiatus this spring with the first of several "mini issues." This edition focuses on how we highlight adult education's success stories, whether individual student achievements or program successes like the English English Empowerment Center's Career and Opportunities Fair. If your program is holding a graduation or other special event this spring, how will you capture and share your local success stories?
More Than Job Hunting: How Career Fairs Become Community Catalysts
For Maria, walking into the English Empowerment Center's Career and Opportunities Fair meant stepping into uncharted territory. Like 81% of the 285 people who attended this year's event, this was her first career fair ever. But Maria had an advantage many job seekers don't; she carried with her a resumé she had crafted just weeks earlier in her English class, connecting classroom learning directly to real-world opportunity.
"Equipping the field of adult education and literacy with essential skills and resources to expand access to high-quality instruction and workforce preparation."
