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Promising Practices for IET Programs That Serve Beginning-Level Learners

One of six installments in the IET Strategies in Action series, this brief discusses how two strategies—bridge programs and stackable credentials—are implemented by local providers to serve beginning-level learners intentionally, and in some cases, how state-level guidance and support can enable these efforts.

Contextualizing Adult Education: Learning from Six Decades of Experience and Research

September 2020, ProLiteracy released a research brief focused on the importance of contextualizing adult education. Read more to learn about what research has to say, as well as strategies to contextualize instruction with adult learners.

Promising Practices for IET Pathways to PSE

One of six installments in the IET Strategies in Action series, this nine-page resource from American Institutes for Research highlights four strategies to link Integrated Education and Training (IET) to Postsecondary Education (PSE).

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Upcoming ABE Events

December 11, 2023 1:00 pm–3:00 pm
Literacy Minnesota
Online

Tips and Strategies for Adult Education Math Tutors

Online

Registration Deadline: MON. 12/11/23 Join us for this interactive session and pick up some ideas that will maximize your impact as a math tutor. This webinar will be appropriate for volunteers assisting a teacher in a math classroom as well as those leading their own classes, small groups… Learn More

Online
December 11, 2023 6:30 pm–8:30 pm
Literacy Minnesota
Online

Racial Equity 201 with Jimmie Heags

Online

Registration Deadline: MON. 12/11/23 Please note, it is recommended that you take any basic diversity, equity and inclusion class or training before you take this session, but it is not required. This class will define and explore the origins of the white supremacy class and caste systems in… Learn More

Online
December 15, 2023 12:00 am–11:59 pm
PANDA-Minnesota ABE Physical And Nonapparent Disability Assistance
Online

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Recorded Webinar Training – DEADLINE

Online

Registration Deadline: EXTENDED – FRI. 12/15/23 Universal Design for Learning is an approach that minimizes barriers and maximizes learning for all students. Based on scientific insights into how humans learn, UDL can help refine why you teach, what you teach and how you teach. Training details: Recorded UDL… Learn More

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