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Teaching Intermediate Alphabetics
Registration Deadline: TUE. 10/13/26 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
Starting Strong: Supporting Beginning-Level Learners in the ELL Classroom
Registration Deadline: WED. 10/14/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Working with beginning-level learners can feel both exciting and intimidating, especially for new volunteers. Students may have limited literacy skills, emerging English proficiency, interrupted formal education, or varying comfort levels with classroom participation. In this webinar, we’ll explore practical… Learn More
Applications for 2026/27 Best Practices in Digital Learning Cohort
Registration Deadline: FRI. 10/16/26 Venue: Online (see details below) The purpose of this professional development (PD) initiative is to build the capacity of MN ABE consortia to offer quality digital education programming and distance learning opportunities for their learners based on established best practices. Participants who are accepted,… Learn More