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Welcome to Vermont Adult Learning!

Vermont Adult Learning helps adult learners, ages 16 and older, acquire reading, writing, math, and computer skills to earn high school diplomas/GEDs. We teach English Language Learners skills to advance educationally and at work. We engage in workforce development. Our services are offered at no cost and are available in person and online. Text VAL to 833-900-0907 or contact a Learning Center nearest to you to learn more!

Note for in-person learning: We no longer require masks in our learning centers. Anyone at high risk or wishing to continue wearing a mask for other reasons is welcome to do so. We will continue to have masks available in our centers for those who need them.

Those who choose to wear a mask do so because it is a decision they have made for their health and safety. Vermont Adult Learning expects that decision to be respected. If you have concerns about your safety, please let us know so we can discuss options to address them.

Learning Matters Blog and VAL Updates

Student Writing: If I Were… (11/9/2021) - If I were an animal I would be a whale, calm and lonely, floating through years of cold and all consuming water. I would be a whale moving slowly, but yet peacefully. If I were a car I would be an old model with shiny new paint. Perhaps deceiving to the eye in brightness and appeal but tired and worn down all the same. If I were an item of clothing I would be a hat, an interesting decoration but not essential and only needed or desired periodically. If I was a day of the week I would be Wednesday, hanging between the…

Paco: Farm Manager, Poet and ELL Student (10/28/2021) - Paco carries a small black notebook, ready to capture his poetic musings. Trained as an accountant, he attended university in Mexico and worked in a bank for thirteen years before arriving in the United States. Paco cultivates his poet’s zest for beautiful words while managing a Vermont dairy farm. He is earning money to pay his daughter’s tuition in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Paco is an English Language Learning student at VAL. He admires the writing of Mario Benedetti (1920-2009), an Uruguayan poet, novelist and journalist. Benedetti was a member of the famed Generacion del 45, an Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement,…

Energy Works: Sign up for free training starting October 18th (10/7/2021) - Vermont Adult Learning (VAL) is recruiting participants, ages 18 and older, for its next three-week weatherization training session starting Monday, October 18th in Rutland. Contact Jeff Nerney at [email protected] or call (802)779-0057 for more information or to sign up. VAL launched Energy Works, a Workforce Training program benefiting low-income Vermonters while aligning with objectives of Vermont’s Comprehensive Energy Plan. The program trains unemployed and underemployed Vermonters, facilitates energy efficiency cost savings for low-income households, and provides local sustainable energy businesses with experienced trainees. Training includes classroom instruction, hands-on skill development, job shadows, and placement assistance. Partners include BROC, OEO Weatherization, Efficiency…

Kimberly Sizelove: It is possible to change (9/30/2021) - Kimberly is the Regional Director for Windham County. She joined the team recently, and her path to VAL was unique. Kimberly is originally from Ohio and studied Geology and Cartography at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. After working for two years in the cartography field, she decided to make a career change. She traveled to Japan and taught English for a year, where she fell in love with teaching. After returning to the states, Kimberly received her Masters in Teaching English as a Second Language from Ball State University. With that degree, she moved to the Netherlands where she taught…

Online Learning Center: Welcoming Students (9/22/2021) - We are thrilled that our Online Learning Center (OLC), launched in August, is supporting students across our service areas which include Franklin, Grand Isle, Chittenden, Addison, Rutland, Windsor and Windham Counties. The OLC complements VAL's in-person services. Students are now able to pursue their high school diploma for free via in-person, online or hybrid models. “Vermont Adult Learning has taken our experience during COVID-19 and turned it into something positive and exciting - an Online Learning Center - where students have access to more teachers, a greater variety of courses, and a more varied schedule than ever before," said Natalie…

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