Join us for the VALBEC 2025 Inaugural Numeracy Showcase! 

9:00am – 3:30pm
Friday 28th November, 2025
Angliss Centre,
Level 5, 555 La Trobe Street, Melbourne

We invite adult numeracy educators to an event that promises to be both enlightening and inspiring.

Showcase Theme: Context is Everything

This showcase will delve into the critical role numeracy plays in our daily lives. Our presentations will focus on stimulating thought and discussion around relevant issues and practices within various numeracy contexts. 

Showcase registration closes Friday 14th November.

Free Registration

Thanks to the ongoing support of ACFE, this showcase is free to participants. 

Maximum number of participants is 100.

Registration


Call for Presentations: Context is Everything

We invite adult educators to submit their presentation proposals around the theme of context is everything with relevance to numeracy education. Presentations should focus on stimulating thought and discussion around relevant issues and practices within various numeracy contexts.

More information: Call for Presentations

Join us to better understand these cognitive challenges and equip yours

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VALBEC is a not for profit, volunteer managed, professional organisation that has represented the adult literacy, numeracy and basic education fields in Victoria for nearly 50 years.


Why become a member?

As a member of VALBEC, you will receive:

  • A copy of Fine Print two times a year – a high quality journal for discussion and debate about good practice, theory and policy issues.
  • eVALBEC – our e-mail communication keeping members informed of professional development activities, general committee activities and more up to date policy changes.
  • Discounts for the Annual Conference and other VALBEC statewide professional development.

Professional development application form

VALBEC are able to offer reimbursement of conference or professional development expenses. Click below to download the application form.

Application form


eValbec

eVALBEC is our e-newsletter and our main source of communicating news and views. It is distributed to more than 1,000 practitioners – members and non-members. Subscribe below. Read the latest newsletter here.

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Fine Print Journal

This print journal is produced three times a year and posted to members and subscribers.

You can access the latest copies of Fine Print here.

You can access the Fine Print archive here.


Making Connections

Making Connections: A selection of writings 1983 - 2019 is a collection of writings by Delia Bradshaw, an adult educator, writer, advocate and life member of VALBEC.  Download here.





VALBEC acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Victoria, and we honour the first educational practices that have been occurring on these lands for tens of thousands of years. We acknowledge that we reside and work on the lands and waters of the Kulin Nations, and we pay our respects to all Elders past, present and emerging.

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PO Box 29
Clifton Hill Vic 3068

Email
info@valbec.org.au

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VALBEC (Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council) was established in 1978 and is managed by an elected volunteer committee of management.

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