Thanks to a partnership with Virginia Tech Student Affairs and Human Resources, SkillUp VT courses are underway at Virginia Tech!
This exciting partnership provides housekeepers, dining services workers and other employees of Virginia Tech Student Affairs with the opportunity to increase basic skills on campus and on-the-clock.
Sixteen employees are enrolled in Moneywi$e: Basic Money Management. LVNRV’s adult basic education instructor, Anne Larsen, with the support of LVNRV tutors Bonnie Tuck and Mara Grossman, have taken SkillUp VT students on a journey of learning about a variety of financial literacy topics, including goal setting, tracking spending, banking basics, budgeting, planning for emergencies, understanding credit, credit reports and scores, dealing with debt and more.
Sixteen employees are enrolled in Basic Computer Skills and Writing for Work and Life. LVNRV co-instructors Anne Larsen and Kerstin Roan are joined by tutors Peter Potter, Beth Grabau, Emma Patterson, Jassi Chahal, Chris Collins, and Bonnie Tuck to provide an individualized curriculum to help students with at a variety of skill levels to achieve their goals. The first hour of class is dedicated to group work focused on basic computer skill instruction, grammar and writing skills. The second hour of class is dedicated to writing or more customized computer skill instruction; writing students break up into groups based on skill and/or level to work on goals such as the GED essay, professional letters, or resume.
Retention has been excellent, and we are so excited about all the learning that is happening! Thank you to Virginia Tech for supporting the ongoing growth and development of its employees, and thank you to the employees who are working hard to learn new skills!
