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CONFERENCE 2024
We are passionate about leading the adult literacy field to the best practices for program and student success. This is why every two years we host our national conference to share the latest instructional trends, up-to-date research, and expert-led panel discussions on policy and innovation to influence practice and build program capacity.
Join us in Baltimore, MD, on October 6-9 and immerse yourself in this vibrant community of adult literacy practitioners and leaders for four days of open dialogue, idea sharing, and collaboration with peers from around the country.
The ProLiteracy Conference on Adult Education brings together a diverse range of individuals from organizations of all sizes to address the most pressing adult literacy and basic education issues today.
Join us and gain perspective on new technologies, innovative instructional tools and strategies, and leadership skills that you can take back to build the capacity of your program.
If you know a program, tutor, or student doing exceptional work, we invite you to nominate them to be recognized at the always highly anticipated Awards Luncheon at conference! There are multiple award opportunities, which are outlined below. Award recipients are expected to attend the conference and will receive a free registration, support for attendance costs, and a commemorative gift.
Nomination deadline extended: May 24
Frank C. Laubach Award for Adult Learner Excellence
Recognizes an adult learner who has demonstrated educational excellence, overcome challenges, and become more involved in his/her community.
Ruth J. Colvin Award for Volunteer Tutor Excellence
Recognizes a volunteer tutor who is committed to continuous learning and improvement, engaging and enthusiastic, patient and empathetic, open-minded and sensitive to cultural differences, and shares his/her knowledge generously with others.
ProLiteracy Award for Program Excellence
Recognizes a nonprofit program that excels at supporting and meeting the instructional needs of its community, partnering with other community entities to expand or strengthen literacy services, developing and implementing unique and innovative ways to provide services, collecting and using data to make informed decisions and demonstrate impact.
Recipients of the above three awards will receive a free conference registration, hotel stay for three nights, a $500 New Readers Press gift certificate, a $500 cash award to offset travel expenses, and a commemorative gift.
Dollar General Student of the Year
This award recognizes an adult student (ABE, ESL, or HSE) who has experienced success in academic, professional, and/or personal endeavors through an adult literacy program. Nominees should exemplify determination and perseverance to achieve their educational goals and be an inspiration to other students, teachers, program staff, and the community.
The Dollar General Student of the Year receives a free conference registration, hotel stay for three nights, a $1,000 cash award to cover travel and incidental expenses, and a commemorative gift. The nominating program receives a $5,000 cash award for conference related expenses. Remaining funds can be used for adult literacy programming.
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PAST CONFERENCES
If you registered for our Virtual Mini-Conference, you can access the recordings and resources from all workshop sessions on the event platform. Use the same unique link you received to access the virtual conference, then navigate to the session you want to access from the list. If you lost your unique event link, please contact the conference team at [email protected].
As leading champions for the adult literacy field, we drew hundreds of practitioners, researchers, and advocates to our 2022 conference in San Antonio, Texas. After the pandemic delayed the conference for a year, everyone was excited to finally be together in person.
The 2022 conference featured more than 110 professional learning workshops; an awards luncheon honoring innovative programs, tutors, and students making progress in adult education; and networking events to learn from and have fun with one another. It was a true celebration of everyone’s efforts to advance adult literacy everywhere.
By building the capacity of the smallest community-based basic education programs to the largest workforce development organizations, ProLiteracy can support adults at every stage of their literacy journey. We support every program with what they need to go all the way.
Mark Vineis, President and CEO, ProLiteracy
Our biennial conference is made possible thanks to our sponsors.
We are grateful for the support of our sponsors and exhibitors whose belief in the power of adult literacy to transform lives helps helps make our conference possible. Thank you to the following 2022 sponsors and exhibitors:
