keef- Welcome to VA! How long are you here for the training session? Did you bring your boat?

There are several reservoirs and small lakes east of Waynesboro in Albemarle County that surrounds Charlottesville, but I don't remember that any of them rent boats & TMs.

If you have your boat and are here long enough, Lake Anna would be a good choice. A few posts up this thread, DWAW says that he and his partner are hitting Anna today. Hopefully, they will give us a report tonight or tomorrow.

There are many good crappie holes in VA. DGIF provides details about every public fishery in the state, here. Also, it's quite likely that EVERYBODY will be fishing one or both days this weekend, so you should be able to locate an open back seat if you're interested.