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Upcoming ABE Events
Volunteer Core Training Module 1: Overview of Minnesota Adult Education and Program Accountability
Registration Deadline: MON. 3/9/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Participants learn about Adult Basic Education programming in Minnesota, demographics of learners, instructional content standards as well as initial and on-going assessment. This session wraps up with learner motivations, barriers and persistence. Learn More
Teaching Intermediate Alphabetics
Registration Deadline: TUE. 3/10/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Teaching intermediate alphabetics (syllables, prefixes, suffixes, root words) is a great way to help students build their decoding and comprehension skills. Come learn a variety of fun and easy-to-use routines and activities for helping intermediate-level readers develop these important… Learn More
Antiracist Praxis Study Circle
Application Deadline: FRI. 2/13/26 Many of us have heard the terms antiracist and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), but how do we actually implement these large frameworks into our adult English classrooms? This study circle goes beyond defining antiracism and explores how the research around Translanguaging by Ofelia… Learn More